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[[File:Rectangle color 150 350.png|thumb|right|370px|FOSS4G 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.]]
 
[[File:Rectangle color 150 350.png|thumb|right|370px|FOSS4G 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.]]
  
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Go to the official [http://2017.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2017] event page.
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* '''Go to the official [http://2017.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2017 Event Page]
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* '''Go to the official [http://foss4g.guide FOSS4G 2017 Schedule Page]
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__TOC__
 
__TOC__
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== 2017 Presentation Slides and Information ==
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[[FOSS4G 2017 Presentations]]
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== Birds Of A Feather (BoF) ==
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BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in BoF rooms, the BoF lounge, or can be taken off site for lunch or dinner. FOSS4G will provide space, but the programming of events should be done informally through the community using the wiki and the on site BoF board.
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BoF sessions rooms will be available through regular session times. There Are two rooms setup theater style without AV that are available. There will also be a lounge available on the trade floor to gather small groups. We will put a BoF organizing board next to the lounge for on site organization.
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The community wiki page is:  [[FOSS4G 2017 BirdsOfAFeather]]
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== Languages Spoken ==
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Please help us list what languages will be spoken at the conference. Add to the following list:
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! Language Abbreviation (3 letter) !! Language Name
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| ENG || English
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| SPA || Spanish
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| KOR || Korean
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| GER || German
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| CAT || Catalan
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== Initial Proposal ==
 
== Initial Proposal ==
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|[[Andy Anderson]]
 
|[[Andy Anderson]]
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|Amherst College;<br/>University of Massachusetts
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|Amherst College;<br/>University of Massachusetts Amherst
 
|style="background-color:#f4cae4;" | Academic
 
|style="background-color:#f4cae4;" | Academic
 
|Academic Technology Specialist;<br/>Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Conservation
 
|Academic Technology Specialist;<br/>Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Conservation
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|[http://twitter.com/aledafreeman Aleda Freeman]
 
|[http://twitter.com/aledafreeman Aleda Freeman]
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|MassGIS/MassIT/Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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|MassGIS/EOTSS/Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 
|style="background-color:#cbd5e8;" | Government
 
|style="background-color:#cbd5e8;" | Government
 
|Web Mapping Services Manager
 
|Web Mapping Services Manager
 
|Greater Boston
 
|Greater Boston
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|Chair of Extracurricular Subcommittee; Member Program Subcommittee
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|Chair of Extracurricular Subcommittee; Member Outreach Committee, Member Program Subcommittee
 
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|Christian Jacqz
 
|Christian Jacqz
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|On Sponsor Committee
 
|On Sponsor Committee
 
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== Community Committee ==
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=== Past Activities ===
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[[FOSS4G 2017/Logo Contest|Logo Contest]]
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== Program Related ==
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==Academic Committee==
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''[[FOSS4G Notes on Academic Track ]]''
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===Co-Chairs===
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; [[Charlie Schweik]], University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA : Volunteered Geographic Information, Land Use/Cover, Commons-Based Peer Production in Open Geospatial, Education
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; [[User:Zia | Mohammed Zia]], National Innovation & Research Center for Geographical Information Technologies, Turkey : GIS, Web GIS, Vehicle Routing, Programming, Remote Sensing, Geology
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===Reviewers===
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; [[Andy Anderson]], Amherst College & University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA : Demographics, Environmental Systems, Geostatistics, Programming, Web GIS, CyberGIS, Education
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; [[User:Maria|Maria Brovelli]], Politecnico di Milano, Italy: GIS, Web Mapping, Collaborative Mapping, Geo-crowdsourcing
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; [[Serena Coetzee]], Centre for Geoinformation Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa : Spatial Data Infrastructure, Address Data, Standardization, Open Principles, GISc Education, Geovisualization
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; [[User:Kimdurante|Kim Durante]], Stanford University, USA : Spatial Data Infrastructure, Metadata, Standardization, Preservation
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; [[User:Nimalika | Nimalika Fernando]], Sri Lanka: Location-Based Services, Mobile GIS, Route Planning, Indoor Spatial Data Modelling, Indoor Navigation, Web GIS
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; [[User:Simonelanucara|Simone Lanucara]], Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, National Research Council of Italy : Spatial Data Infrastructures, Open Geospatial Consortium interfaces, Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, Sensor Web Enablement, Semantic Harmonization, Data Harmonization, Big Data
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; Steven Lehr, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA : Machine Learning, Data Mining, Mapserver, PHP
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; [[User:Peter Loewe|Peter Löwe]], Germany: Open Science, Data Science, GRASS GIS
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; [[Jeff McKenna]], OSGeo, Canada : Web Mapping, Databases, Standards
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; [[Marco Minghini]], Politecnico di Milano, Italy : Volunteered Geographic Information, OpenStreetMap, Land Use/Cover, Education
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; [[Helena Mitasova]], North Carolina State University, USA : Terrain Modeling, Visualization, GRASS GIS
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; Rafael Moreno, University of Colorado Denver, USA : Natural Resources Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Modeling with GIS, FOSS4G
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; [[Venkatesh Raghavan]], Osaka City University, Japan : Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Geospatial Web Services
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; Darshana Rawal, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India: Web GIS, GIS, Programming, Geomarketing, Disaster Management, Location-Based Services
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; [[Jorge Gustavo Rocha]], University of Minho, Portugal : Volunteered Geographic Information, OpenStreetMap, Software development
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; Sven Schade, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, EU : Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Semantic Web, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing
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; [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kalum_Udagepola/stats Kalum Priyanath Udagepola], Scientific Research Development Institute of Technology Australia, Australia : Digital Globe, GIS Education, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Geospatial Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Spatial Data Visualization, Remote Sensing, Land Surveying
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; [[User:thuygeo|Tuong-Thuy Vu]], Malaysia: Remote Sensing, Data Fusion, GIS Education, Big Data
  
 
== Processes ==
 
== Processes ==
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*[[FOSS4G 2017 Committee Member Selection|2017 Committee Member Selection]]
 
*[[FOSS4G 2017 Committee Member Selection|2017 Committee Member Selection]]
 
*[[FOSS4G 2017 Session Selection|2017 Session Selection]]
 
*[[FOSS4G 2017 Session Selection|2017 Session Selection]]
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*[[FOSS4G 2017 Keynote Selection|2017 Keynote Selection]]
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*[[FOSS4G 2017 Website Updates|2017 Website Updates]]
  
 
== Lessons Learned ==
 
== Lessons Learned ==
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*[[FOSS4G 2017 Lessons Learned|FOSS4G 2017 Lessons Learned]]
 
*[[FOSS4G 2017 Lessons Learned|FOSS4G 2017 Lessons Learned]]
  
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== Community Committee ==
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== FOSS4GHappyHour ==
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With 68 days left until the conference we, the LOC, are going to start trying to connect more directly with those attending and thinking about attending. We are going to have happy hours with members of the committee and sub-committees. These sessions will be run in the form of an [https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/ AMA] (Ask Me Anything).
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'''Live Video Stream''':
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* '''[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2Lyc9VUX-jC-E1prJitHw/live youtube live channel]'''
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'''Live Chat''':
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* '''[https://kiwiirc.com/client/freenode.net/foss4g #FOSS4G]''' IRC Channel
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For each happy hour we will list who is going to be in the hot seat, but feel free to list yourself as participating if you are planning on attending (Hot Seat = NO):
  
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=== Past Activities ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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[[FOSS4G 2017/Logo Contest|Logo Contest]]
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|+ style="text-align:left;" | 6/13 17:00 [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/boston EDT]- [http://2017.foss4g.org/volunteer/ Volunteer Committee now accepting applications]
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! style="text-align:left;" | No
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! style="text-align:left;" | Name
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! style="text-align:left;" | Organization
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! style="text-align:left;" | Twitter Handle
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! style="text-align:left;" | Role
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! style="text-align:left;" | Location
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! style="text-align:left;" | Hot Seat
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| 1
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|[[User:gsteinmon|Guido Stein]]
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| Applied Geographics, Inc.
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| [https://twitter.com/guidos @guidos]
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| FOSS4G Boston 2017 Co-Chair
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| Boston, MA
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|style="background-color:crimson"| '''IN'''
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|[[User:atardif|Ashley Tardif]]
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| FOSS4G Boston 2017
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| [https://twitter.com/aerthrae @aerthrae]
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| FOSS4G Boston 2017 Operations Coordinator
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| Boston, MA
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|style="background-color:crimson"| '''IN'''
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| Kayla Patel
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| City of Boston
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| [https://twitter.com/paylakatel @paylakatel]
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| FOSS4G Boston 2017 Volunteer Sub-Committee Chair
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| Boston, MA
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|style="background-color:crimson"| '''IN'''
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[[Category:FOSS4G]]
 
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Latest revision as of 00:03, 24 September 2017

FOSS4G 2017 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.




2017 Presentation Slides and Information

FOSS4G 2017 Presentations

Birds Of A Feather (BoF)

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in BoF rooms, the BoF lounge, or can be taken off site for lunch or dinner. FOSS4G will provide space, but the programming of events should be done informally through the community using the wiki and the on site BoF board.

BoF sessions rooms will be available through regular session times. There Are two rooms setup theater style without AV that are available. There will also be a lounge available on the trade floor to gather small groups. We will put a BoF organizing board next to the lounge for on site organization.

The community wiki page is: FOSS4G 2017 BirdsOfAFeather

Languages Spoken

Please help us list what languages will be spoken at the conference. Add to the following list:

Language Abbreviation (3 letter) Language Name
ENG English
SPA Spanish
KOR Korean
GER German
CAT Catalan

Initial Proposal

Download the proposal PDF: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/foss4g/proposals/2017/FOSS4G2017_proposal_Boston.pdf

Local Organizing Committee

LOC_Members
Name Organization Sector Title Location Role
Andy Anderson Amherst College;
University of Massachusetts Amherst 		Academic Academic Technology Specialist;
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Environmental Conservation 		Amherst, Massachusetts Chair of Program Subcommittee
Giovanni Zambotti Harvard University Academic GIS Specialist Greater Boston
Patrick Florance Tufts University Academic Associate Director of Geospatial Technology Greater Boston
Chris Barnett Tufts University Academic Geospatial Developer Greater Boston
Guido Stein AvidGeo & Applied Geographics, Inc. Community Founder & GIS Analyst Greater Boston Co-Chair of FOSS4G Boston 2017
Mike Foster Maptime Boston & MIT Community Community Organizer & GIS Specialist Greater Boston Chair of Workshop Subcommittee
Aleda Freeman MassGIS/EOTSS/Commonwealth of Massachusetts Government Web Mapping Services Manager Greater Boston Chair of Extracurricular Subcommittee; Member Outreach Committee, Member Program Subcommittee
Christian Jacqz MassGIS/MassIT/Commonwealth of Massachusetts Government Former Director of MassGIS Greater Boston Member Program Subcommittee
Carolyn Bennett Boston Redevelopment Authority Government GIS Manager Greater Boston
Michael Terner Applied Geographics, Inc. Private Executive Vice President Greater Boston Chair of FOSS4G Boston 2017
Will Mitchell NBT Solutions, LLC Private Principal Portland, Maine On Sponsor Committee

Community Committee

Past Activities

Logo Contest

Program Related

Academic Committee

FOSS4G Notes on Academic Track

Co-Chairs

Charlie Schweik, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Volunteered Geographic Information, Land Use/Cover, Commons-Based Peer Production in Open Geospatial, Education
Mohammed Zia, National Innovation & Research Center for Geographical Information Technologies, Turkey
GIS, Web GIS, Vehicle Routing, Programming, Remote Sensing, Geology

Reviewers

Andy Anderson, Amherst College & University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Demographics, Environmental Systems, Geostatistics, Programming, Web GIS, CyberGIS, Education
Maria Brovelli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
GIS, Web Mapping, Collaborative Mapping, Geo-crowdsourcing
Serena Coetzee, Centre for Geoinformation Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Spatial Data Infrastructure, Address Data, Standardization, Open Principles, GISc Education, Geovisualization
Kim Durante, Stanford University, USA
Spatial Data Infrastructure, Metadata, Standardization, Preservation
Nimalika Fernando, Sri Lanka
Location-Based Services, Mobile GIS, Route Planning, Indoor Spatial Data Modelling, Indoor Navigation, Web GIS
Simone Lanucara, Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment, National Research Council of Italy
Spatial Data Infrastructures, Open Geospatial Consortium interfaces, Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, Sensor Web Enablement, Semantic Harmonization, Data Harmonization, Big Data
Steven Lehr, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA
Machine Learning, Data Mining, Mapserver, PHP
Peter Löwe, Germany
Open Science, Data Science, GRASS GIS
Jeff McKenna, OSGeo, Canada
Web Mapping, Databases, Standards
Marco Minghini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Volunteered Geographic Information, OpenStreetMap, Land Use/Cover, Education
Helena Mitasova, North Carolina State University, USA
Terrain Modeling, Visualization, GRASS GIS
Rafael Moreno, University of Colorado Denver, USA
Natural Resources Management, Sustainable Development, Environmental Modeling with GIS, FOSS4G
Venkatesh Raghavan, Osaka City University, Japan
Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Geospatial Web Services
Darshana Rawal, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India
Web GIS, GIS, Programming, Geomarketing, Disaster Management, Location-Based Services
Jorge Gustavo Rocha, University of Minho, Portugal
Volunteered Geographic Information, OpenStreetMap, Software development
Sven Schade, European Commission - Joint Research Centre, EU
Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Semantic Web, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Citizen Science, Crowdsourcing
Kalum Priyanath Udagepola, Scientific Research Development Institute of Technology Australia, Australia
Digital Globe, GIS Education, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), Geospatial Business Intelligence, Decision Support Systems, Spatial Data Visualization, Remote Sensing, Land Surveying
Tuong-Thuy Vu, Malaysia
Remote Sensing, Data Fusion, GIS Education, Big Data

Processes

Lessons Learned

FOSS4GHappyHour

With 68 days left until the conference we, the LOC, are going to start trying to connect more directly with those attending and thinking about attending. We are going to have happy hours with members of the committee and sub-committees. These sessions will be run in the form of an AMA (Ask Me Anything).

Live Video Stream:

Live Chat:

For each happy hour we will list who is going to be in the hot seat, but feel free to list yourself as participating if you are planning on attending (Hot Seat = NO):

6/13 17:00 EDT- Volunteer Committee now accepting applications
No Name Organization Twitter Handle Role Location Hot Seat
1 Guido Stein Applied Geographics, Inc. @guidos FOSS4G Boston 2017 Co-Chair Boston, MA IN
2 Ashley Tardif FOSS4G Boston 2017 @aerthrae FOSS4G Boston 2017 Operations Coordinator Boston, MA IN
3 Kayla Patel City of Boston @paylakatel FOSS4G Boston 2017 Volunteer Sub-Committee Chair Boston, MA IN
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