FOSS4G

'FOSS4G 2010 will take place from Monday 6th through Thursday 9 September, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain! '
 * Check FOSS4G 2010 official web site.

Introduction
FOSS4G is the acronym for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. It is the annual recurring global event hosted by OSGeo since it's inception in 2006. Its predecessors were rooted in the GRASS and MapServer communities and can be traced back to the beginning of this millennium.

Organizing FOSS4G
The OSGeo Conference Committee is the steadying factor of FOSS4G over the years. Organization of FOSS4G starts roughly 2 years in advance as the venue rotates around the world when a call for bids is sent out.

Local Organizing Committee
All the hands-on ground work is done by a volunteering Local Organizing Committees that form each year and have so far always excelled themselves at putting together a great conference. OSGeo is very thankful and excited to see this much effort going into each conference. As of 2007 all conference web sites can be found under the generic OSGeo URL by replacing the year as in http://2010.foss4g.org/

Localized FOSS4G conferences
Some Local Chapters put on localized FOSS4G conferences like in Japan in Tokyo and Osaka. Sometimes also with other names like in Germany with the FOSSGIS conferences in German language.

Roll Your Own Conference
If you are interested in organizing "your own" conference please contact the Conference Committee - OSGeo is always interested to lend a helping hand to seed organize local events.