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This is the main page for holding information for discussion on the upcoming [http://www.foss4g2007.org/ FOSS4G 2007] conference held in the period of September 24 to 27.  Links to resources and various ideas will be collected here.  
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This is the main page for holding information for discussion on the [http://www.foss4g2007.org/ FOSS4G 2007] conference in Victoria, BC, Canada, September 24 to 27, 2007.
  
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Also of interest are:
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* Conference Web Site: [http://www.foss4g2007.org http://www.foss4g2007.org]
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* Conference Mailing List: [http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007 http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007]
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* Workshop/Lab Mailing List: [http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007-workshops http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007-workshops]
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* IRC Channel: irc://freenode.net/foss4g2007
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:FOSS4G2007 other FOSS4G2007 wiki pages]
  
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Announcements|FOSS4G 2007 Announcements Collection]]
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'''For the official conference schedule, please see the [http://www.foss4g2007.org/program_overview/ Program Overview] page on the conference website.'''
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Governance|FOSS4G 2007 Conference Committee Governance]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Communication|FOSS4G 2007 Marketing Notes]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint|FOSS4G 2007 Code Sprint]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_IntegrationShowcase|FOSS4G 2007 Integration Showcase]]
 
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* http://www.foss4g2007.org
 
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* http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Workshops|FOSS4G 2007 Workshop Committee]]
 
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* http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007-workshops
 
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* irc://us.freenode.net/foss4g2007
 
  
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= Sunday, September 23 =
  
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== Opening Plenary Session ==
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* 15:00-19:00 Early Registration Opens
  
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=== 9:00-9:15 Welcome from Chair ===
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= Monday, September 24 =
  
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* Welcome
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* 07:30 Registration Opens
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* Thank Sponsors
 
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* Promote Evening Events
 
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* Housekeeping
 
  
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=== 9:15-10:00 Sponsor Talks ===
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== Workshops ==
  
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* One 15 minute talk by the Premier sponsor
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* 09:00-12:00 Six Morning Workshops
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* Three 10 minute talks by the Platinum Sponsors
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
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* 13:00-16:00 Six Afternoon Workshops
  
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=== 10:00-10:40 Lightning Talks ===
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== OSGeo AGM ==
  
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Howard Butler (hobu@hobu.net) will be coordinating the lightning talks.  Some possible topics are provided below.  Please add a topic and your name if you are interested in presenting a lightning talk.
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* 16:30-18:00 OSGeo [[AGM 2007|Annual General Meeting]]
  
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We will be selecting no more than 8 lightning talks for the plenary session.  You will have the whole conference watching, and using dual 30' projection screens, so being brisk and entertaining and providing lots of colorful pictures is a good idea.
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== Reception ==
  
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* The State of Mapguide
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* 18:00-22:00 Welcome Reception @ Sticky Wicket
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* Big Mapserver Deployments
 
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* Desktop GIS: Conundrum?
 
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* Incredible GRASS Analyses
 
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* "Proprietary", "Open Source", "Commercial" and "Free"
 
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** Arnulf Cristl
 
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* Spatial Databases are Fun
 
  
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=== 10:40-11:00 Coffee Break ===
 
  
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Don't stray too far...
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= Tuesday, September 25 =
  
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=== 11:00-12:00 Keynote Address ===
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* 07:30 Registration Opens
  
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* [http://damian.conway.org/About_us//Bio_formal.html Damian Conway] - A terrific speaker and with a [http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/GeekEye.html particular talk] on open source for suits that will fit our mixed suit/geek attendance.
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== Opening Plenary ==
  
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== Presentations ==
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* 09:00-09:15 Welcome from Chair
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** Welcome
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** Thank Sponsors
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** Promote Evening Events
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** Housekeeping
  
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In addition to general submissions, we should solicit talks from people with topics that have high levels of interest and current relevance.  We should try to get off the beaten track of tools and projects (GRASS, PostGIS, Mapserver, Web Maps, standard GIS analysis with nonstandard toosl) we have heard at FOSS4G before into new areas.  Some particular topics of interest might be:
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* 09:15-10:00 Sponsor Talks
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** One 15 minute talk by Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk
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** One 10 minute talk by Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo
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** One 10 minute talk by Peter Rushforth, Geoconnections
  
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* Open Street Map and other distributed data creation schemes
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* 10:00-10:40 Lightning Talks
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* Google Earth and KML generators
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** See the wiki page: [[FOSS4G2007_LightningTalks]]
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* Worldwind and customizations of Worldwind
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** Howard Butler (hobu@hobu.net) will be coordinating the lightning talks.  Some possible topics are provided below.  Please add a topic and your name if you are interested in presenting a lightning talk. We will be selecting no more than 8 lightning talks for the plenary session.  You will have the whole conference watching, and using dual 30' projection screens, so being brisk and entertaining and providing lots of colorful pictures is a good idea.
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** The State of Mapguide
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** Big Mapserver Deployments
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** Desktop GIS: Conundrum?
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** Incredible GRASS Analyses
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** "Proprietary", "Open Source", "Commercial" and "Free" (User:Arnulf Christl)
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** Spatial Databases are Fun
  
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== Closing Plenary Session ==
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* 10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
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** Don't stray too far...
  
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What to do with the closing plenary?  Thank the organizers, distribute the parting gifts?  Another speaker could be arranged, perhaps someone journalistic to do a "conference summary on the fly" talk.  Or a rousing "call to arms" (Schuyler? Schuyler?).
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* 11:00-12:00 Keynote Address
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** [http://damian.conway.org/About_us//Bio_formal.html Damian Conway] - A terrific speaker and with a [http://damian.conway.org/Seminars/GeekEye.html particular talk] on open source for suits that will fit our mixed suit/geek attendance.
  
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Ideas welcome.
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== Presentations and Labs ==
  
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=== Panel Discussion ===
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
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* 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
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* 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  
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We have had some panel discussions, Q&A, in the past, but the format is getting less and less suitable to the venue and audience size.  It is possible that it is time to move this sort of thing to a different part of the schedule.
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== BOF sessions ==
  
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=== Sol Katz Award ===
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* 17:00-18:30 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions
  
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The Sol Katz Award is a quick item, which is a nice feel-good moment and a good fit for the closing plenary.
 
  
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=== Wrap-up Keynote ===
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= Wednesday, September 26 =
  
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Have a journalistic approach to the conference that bundles themes and things seen during the conference into a wrap-up that puts the conference into a larger industry and / or technology context. A tall order, but there are a few people who could do a good job of this.
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* 08:00 Registration opens
  
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== Workshop Logistics ==
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== Presentations and Labs ==
  
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We have a limited number of laptops and a large demand for workshops. There are a few solutions:
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* 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
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* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  
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* Rent yet more laptops.  Another $10K in the budget could net us another 40 or so laptops and probably drop our unit costs through volume.
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== Poster Session ==
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* String the workshops out over the conference.  The rental is for a week, so only using the things for a day is pretty wasteful.
 
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* Go for UVIC labs.  Hard to organize, requires transportation logistics, but could be doable.
 
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* What about "bring your own labtop" workshops? Attendees could be provided with bootable CD's ahead of time (download an image via web?). Requires presenters to get their act together sooner rather than later which isn't a bad thing.
 
  
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== New Ideas ==
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided, and Poster Session
  
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=== Demo Studio ===
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== Presentations and Labs ==
  
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This conference will have the advantage of a tight layout in a conference center and dedicated show floor.  As a result, we have the option of running a full-time demo studio on the show floor, with a big screen, sound and seating.  There should be enough vendors with products to show and projects willing to take a 15 minute slot that we can keep it active through-out the exhibition.
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* 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
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* 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  
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=== Bear Pit ===
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== Reception ==
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* 18:00-20:00 Reception @ Royal BC Museum
  
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There is nothing so entertaining as watching people tear into each other on matters of principle.  Rather than genial panel discussions, the Bear Pit brings two speakers together with a moderator charged with putting them at each others throats.  Given the right combination of speakers, could be quite entertaining.  The [http://victoriaconference.com/tour_theatre.php lecture theatre] might make a nice venue for such a thing.
 
  
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=== Integration Showcase ===
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= Thursday, September 27 =
  
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''Now being planned at [[FOSS4G2007 IntegrationShowcase]].''
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* 08:00 Registration opens
  
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Use the show floor to show the Open Source stack all working together.  Each vendor brings a part of the infrastucture. 
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== Presentations and Labs ==
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* 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
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* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
  
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* Refractions - Big PostGIS server loaded with lots of data, uDig viewing and editing it
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== Closing Plenary ==
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* DM - Mapserver, Mapguide with Fusion
 
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* Autodesk - Mapguide
 
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* Camp2camp - CartoWeb
 
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* WhereGroup - Mapbender
 
  
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Conference coordinator prepares an architecture diagram poster that shows each vendor, which component they have, and how those components use the other components.  Vendors display the diagram with their areas highlighted.
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* 13:00-13:05 Welcome from Chair
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** Housekeeping
  
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=== Code Sprint ===
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* 13:05-13:15 FOSS4G 2008
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** 2008 hosts describe next year's event and venue
  
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''Now being planned at [[FOSS4G2007 CodeSprint]].''
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* 13:15-14:15 Panel Discussion
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** Moderated by Adena Schutzberg (Directions Magazine)
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*** Peter Batty
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*** Mark Sondheim
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*** Tim Bowden
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*** Frank Warmerdam
  
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On the Friday after the conference, arrange some empty rooms and internet connections for projects to have long format meetings and codings. If projects are interested in such a thing (a day of discussions, planning and coding) they should note themselves down here.
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* 14:15-14:30 Sol Katz Award
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** Award explained, Sol Katz memorialized
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** Presented to...
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** Remarks from recipient
  
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* Geotools
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* 14:30-14:50 FOSS4G 2007 in Review
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* GRASS Hack session
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** Adena Schutzberg shares her off-the-cuff observations of the event and how what she has seen relates to the larger field of geospatial.
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* GDAL / Mapserver
 
  
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[[Category:Events]]
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* 14:50-15:00 Adjourn
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** Draw for evaluation form sweepstakes
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** Thanks to volunteers and committee
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** Thanks to presenters and teachers
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** More thanks
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= Friday, September 28 =
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== Code Sprint ==
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* 9:00-17:00 @ Harbour Towers Hotel, West Ballroom
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** [[FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint]]
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[[Category:Past Events]]
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[[Category:FOSS4G2007]]
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[[Category:FOSS4G]]
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[[Category:Conference Committee]]

Latest revision as of 10:42, 12 June 2018

This is the main page for holding information for discussion on the FOSS4G 2007 conference in Victoria, BC, Canada, September 24 to 27, 2007.

For the official conference schedule, please see the Program Overview page on the conference website.

Sunday, September 23

  • 15:00-19:00 Early Registration Opens

Monday, September 24

  • 07:30 Registration Opens

Workshops

  • 09:00-12:00 Six Morning Workshops
  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
  • 13:00-16:00 Six Afternoon Workshops

OSGeo AGM

Reception

  • 18:00-22:00 Welcome Reception @ Sticky Wicket


Tuesday, September 25

  • 07:30 Registration Opens

Opening Plenary

  • 09:00-09:15 Welcome from Chair
    • Welcome
    • Thank Sponsors
    • Promote Evening Events
    • Housekeeping
  • 09:15-10:00 Sponsor Talks
    • One 15 minute talk by Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk
    • One 10 minute talk by Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo
    • One 10 minute talk by Peter Rushforth, Geoconnections
  • 10:00-10:40 Lightning Talks
    • See the wiki page: FOSS4G2007_LightningTalks
    • Howard Butler (hobu@hobu.net) will be coordinating the lightning talks. Some possible topics are provided below. Please add a topic and your name if you are interested in presenting a lightning talk. We will be selecting no more than 8 lightning talks for the plenary session. You will have the whole conference watching, and using dual 30' projection screens, so being brisk and entertaining and providing lots of colorful pictures is a good idea.
    • The State of Mapguide
    • Big Mapserver Deployments
    • Desktop GIS: Conundrum?
    • Incredible GRASS Analyses
    • "Proprietary", "Open Source", "Commercial" and "Free" (User:Arnulf Christl)
    • Spatial Databases are Fun
  • 10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
    • Don't stray too far...
  • 11:00-12:00 Keynote Address

Presentations and Labs

  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
  • 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  • 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
  • 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs

BOF sessions

  • 17:00-18:30 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions


Wednesday, September 26

  • 08:00 Registration opens

Presentations and Labs

  • 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  • 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
  • 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs

Poster Session

  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided, and Poster Session

Presentations and Labs

  • 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  • 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
  • 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs

Reception

  • 18:00-20:00 Reception @ Royal BC Museum


Thursday, September 27

  • 08:00 Registration opens

Presentations and Labs

  • 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  • 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
  • 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
  • 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided

Closing Plenary

  • 13:00-13:05 Welcome from Chair
    • Housekeeping
  • 13:05-13:15 FOSS4G 2008
    • 2008 hosts describe next year's event and venue
  • 13:15-14:15 Panel Discussion
    • Moderated by Adena Schutzberg (Directions Magazine)
      • Peter Batty
      • Mark Sondheim
      • Tim Bowden
      • Frank Warmerdam
  • 14:15-14:30 Sol Katz Award
    • Award explained, Sol Katz memorialized
    • Presented to...
    • Remarks from recipient
  • 14:30-14:50 FOSS4G 2007 in Review
    • Adena Schutzberg shares her off-the-cuff observations of the event and how what she has seen relates to the larger field of geospatial.
  • 14:50-15:00 Adjourn
    • Draw for evaluation form sweepstakes
    • Thanks to volunteers and committee
    • Thanks to presenters and teachers
    • More thanks

Friday, September 28

Code Sprint

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