FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 25

DRAFT - Not yet emailed - intended for release to the Australian Spatial Information Business Association (SIBA).

FOSS4G conference: Have you considered FOSS4G-2009?

Sydney, Australia. 5 August 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

Sponsorship Opportunity - Establish your organisation's credentials in a rapidly growing market

The world's Open Source spatial communities are coming to Sydney, Australia for the Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference in October this year.

International and National policy and decision makers will be attending. A list of Key Note speakers, including Senator Kate Lundy and ANZLIC Chair, Warwick Watkins may be found at:

http://2009.foss4g.org/speakers/

• Sponsorship details may be found at:

http://2009.foss4g.org/sponsorship/

Why is Open Source spatial relevant?

• Open Source spatial is a significant force that is gaining rapid acceptance in the industry;
• Open Source spatial offers superior open standards support with a number of projects being OGC Reference Implementations;
• Open Source spatial integrates well with products from many vendors. Do you need to work with a client in a vendor lock-in situation?
• Globally, Government Policy is becoming increasingly Open Source friendly. Note the new UK Government policy on Open Source, Open Standards and Reuse:

http://writetoreply.org/ukgovoss/

http://writetoreply.org/ukgovoss/2009/02/24/policy/

Endorsements for FOSS4G-2009

The following organisations have endorsed FOSS4G-2009:

• Spatial Information Business Association
• Australian Computer Society
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute
• PSMA Australia Limited

Background

FOSS4G is the international Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference, which comes to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. FOSS4G offers presentations, workshops, demos, install-fests, and a code sprint. It is presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals and includes the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.

Attendance

To Register:

http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/

Upcoming milestones

• 7 Aug 2009, Early bird registration deadline
• 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
• 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
• 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
• 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

Media Sponsors

• Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
• Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
• Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
• Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
• GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
• Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/

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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/

or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel +61-2-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m