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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_BoF|FOSS4G 2007 Bird-of-Feather Sessions]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Demos|FOSS4G 2007 Demos]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Governance|FOSS4G 2007 Conference Committee Governance]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_IntegrationShowcase|FOSS4G 2007 Integration Showcase]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Communication|FOSS4G 2007 Communications Plan]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_CodeSprint|FOSS4G 2007 Code Sprint]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Roomshare|FOSS4G 2007 Hotel Room Sharing]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Session_Chairs|FOSS4G 2007 Session Chairs]]
 
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* [[FOSS4G2007_Workshops|FOSS4G 2007 Workshop Committee]]
 
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* Conference Web Site: http://www.foss4g2007.org
 
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* Conference Mailing List: http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007
 
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* Workshop Mailing List: http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2007-workshops
 
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* IRC Channel: irc://us.freenode.net/foss4g2007
 
  
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= Sunday, September 23 =
  
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= Monday, September 24 - Workshops Day =
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* 15:00-19:00 Early Registration Opens
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= Monday, September 24 =
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* 07:30 Registration Opens
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== Workshops ==
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* 09:00-12:00 Six Morning Workshops
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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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== OSGeo AGM ==
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* 16:30-18:00 OSGeo [[AGM 2007|Annual General Meeting]]
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== Reception ==
  
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* 8:00 Registration Opens
 
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* 9:00-12:00 Morning Workshops (Various Rooms)
 
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided (Pre-Function 1)
 
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* 13:00-16:00 Afternoon Workshops (Various Rooms)
 
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* 16:30-18:00 OSGeo Annual General Meeting (Auditorium)
 
 
* 18:00-22:00 Welcome Reception @ Sticky Wicket
 
* 18:00-22:00 Welcome Reception @ Sticky Wicket
  
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= Tuesday, September 25 - Opening Plenary and Presentations =
 
  
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* 8:00 Registration Opens
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= Tuesday, September 25 =
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* 07:30 Registration Opens
  
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=== Opening Plenary ===
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== Opening Plenary ==
  
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* 9:00-9:15 Welcome from Chair  
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* 09:00-09:15 Welcome from Chair  
 
** Welcome
 
** Welcome
 
** Thank Sponsors
 
** Thank Sponsors
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** Housekeeping
 
** Housekeeping
  
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* 9:15-10:00 Sponsor Talks  
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* 09:15-10:00 Sponsor Talks  
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** One 15 minute talk by the Premier sponsor
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** One 15 minute talk by Geoff Zeiss, Autodesk
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** Three 10 minute talks by the Platinum Sponsors
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** One 10 minute talk by Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo
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** One 10 minute talk by Peter Rushforth, Geoconnections
  
 
* 10:00-10:40 Lightning Talks  
 
* 10:00-10:40 Lightning Talks  
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** 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.
 
** 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
 
** The State of Mapguide
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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.
 
** [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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=== Presentations ===
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== Presentations and Labs ==
  
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Exhibition
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
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* 13:00-14:30 Presentations Sessions and Labs
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* 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
 
* 14:30-15:00 Coffee Break
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* 15:00-16:30 Presentations Sessions and Labs
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* 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 17:00-18:30 Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings
 
  
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= Wednesday, September 26 - Presentations =
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== BOF sessions ==
  
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* 8:00 Registration opens
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* 17:00-18:30 Birds-of-a-Feather sessions
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* 8:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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= Wednesday, September 26 =
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* 08:00 Registration opens
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== Presentations and Labs ==
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* 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
 
* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
 
* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Exhibition
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== Poster Session ==
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided, and Poster Session
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== Presentations and Labs ==
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* 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 13:00-14:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
 
* 14:30-15:00 Coffee break
 
* 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 15:00-16:30 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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== Reception ==
 
* 18:00-20:00 Reception @ Royal BC Museum
 
* 18:00-20:00 Reception @ Royal BC Museum
  
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= Thursday, September 27 - Presentations and Closing Plenary =
 
  
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* 8:00 Registration opens
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= Thursday, September 27 =
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* 8:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 08:00 Registration opens
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== Presentations and Labs ==
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* 08:30-10:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
 
* 10:00-10:30 Coffee break
 
* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
 
* 10:30-12:00 Presentation Sessions and Labs
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch in the Exhibition
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* 12:00-13:00 Lunch Provided
  
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=== Closing Plenary ===
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== Closing Plenary ==
  
 
* 13:00-13:05 Welcome from Chair  
 
* 13:00-13:05 Welcome from Chair  
 
** Housekeeping
 
** Housekeeping
  
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* 13:05-13:45 Panel Discussion  
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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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* 13:15-14:15 Panel Discussion  
 
** Moderated by Adena Schutzberg (Directions Magazine)
 
** Moderated by Adena Schutzberg (Directions Magazine)
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** Three luminaries (now we need to find some, ideas are welcome):
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*** Peter Batty
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*** One from proprietary world
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*** Mark Sondheim
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*** One from open source world
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*** Tim Bowden
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*** One from consumer spatial world
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*** Frank Warmerdam
  
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* 13:45-14:00 Sol Katz Award  
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* 14:15-14:30 Sol Katz Award  
 
** Award explained, Sol Katz memorialized
 
** Award explained, Sol Katz memorialized
 
** Presented to...
 
** Presented to...
 
** Remarks from recipient
 
** Remarks from recipient
  
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* 14:00-14:15 Coffee
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* 14:30-14:50 FOSS4G 2007 in Review  
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** Don't stray too far...
 
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* 14:15-14:30 FOSS4G2007 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.
 
** 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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* 14:30-14:45 FOSS4G 2008
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* 14:50-15:00 Adjourn
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** 2008 hosts describe next years event and venue
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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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* 14:45-15:00 Adjourn
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= Friday, September 28 =
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** More thanks
 
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** Bye!
 
  
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= Friday, September 28 - Code Sprint =
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== Code Sprint ==
  
 
* 9:00-17:00 @ Harbour Towers Hotel, West Ballroom
 
* 9:00-17:00 @ Harbour Towers Hotel, West Ballroom
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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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