Osaka 2007

Page for collecting thoughts for Japanese event schedule for Nov 9-10th, 2007 in Osaka.

Conference: Kansai Open Source 2007 (en)

Theme: Open Source Geospatial - Creative Tools for Creative Cities

40 min Presentation outline

1. Tyler Mitchell
   1. Introduce OSGeo in general
   2. Present general structure and history
   3. Discuss ideas and sponsorship for local chapters
   4. Present mentorship as a means of professional development
2. Toru Mori
3. Geoff Zeiss
4. Lorenzo Becchi
   1. European picture
5. Markus Neteler (still ideas state)
   1. General
      1. GRASS Features now and the future
      2. will recycle fresh material from Helena's Canada talk
   2. Applications (Examples of projects using GRASS/OSGeo software stack with some Urban application in Trento or elsewhere):
      1. UXB unexploded bombs risk map (GRASS and machine learning)
      2. MITRIS accidents project (GRASS, WebGIS, DB stuff)
      3. InterSOS Dafur refugees project (maybe)
   3. GRASS in epidemiology with remote sensing:
      1. tick-borne encephalitis
      2. tiger mosquito spreading (maybe)
   4. Technical issues
      1. new GRASS book, new OSGeo edu data set
      2. translation of GRASS and other GFOSS messages
      3. how to join OSGeo projects as programmer

Lightning talk outline

How long?

1. Tyler Mitchell
2. Toru Mori
3. Geoff Zeiss
4. Lorenzo Becchi
5. Markus Neteler