Belgium/FOSS4G 2015 Organisation

Main topics where chairs/heads needed

Conference Chair

• TBD
• I am candidate, if no one else steps up.

• Tasks
• opening the conference
• thank the sponsors

eventually: introduce OSGeo and FOSS4G. Why we are doing it and for who. How the public can be involved and give feedback.

• introducing the keynote speakers
• close the conference
• thank the sponsors

Chair of program committee

• TBD
• Tasks
  • Decide which presentations are included in the program
  • Put together the program / schedule
  • Call for papers

Financial Issues

• TBD
• Tasks
  • Budget
  • Follow-up

Sponsorship & Exhibition

• Marc
  • Communication with sponsors
  • Exhibition stand plan
  • Accompany the exhibitors to their stand
• Booth size:
  • 1 table
  • 2 chairs
  • 1 power socket
  • WIFI
  • Limited booth size
  • no walls
  • Set-up: from 7 to 9
• 1 parking space

Catering

• TBD
  • Communication with catering

Hackaton

• TBD (Brussels open data?)

Technical Infrastructure

• There is a technical person from the venue available for free
  • Support technical issues during the event
  • Printer at the venue

Volunteer Chair

• Oliver May
  • Hand out t-shirts / badges for the volunteers
  • Recruit vulonteers

Tasks & Volunteers

Session Chairs

• Session chairs serve as the "master of ceremonies" for one 90 minute session of presentations. Each session has three 25 minute presentations, with a 5 minute question-and-answer period after each. Chairs are expected to:
  • introduce the speakers,
  • ensure each speaker stays within his or her 30 minute combined presentations-plus-questions presentation limit,
  • ensure the next presentation starts promptly as scheduled, and
  • occasionally read off a few reminders and announcements at the end of the session.

• Session chairs:
  • Morning sessions
    • Plenary Opening: TBD
    • Session 1 (Main track 11h): TBD
    • Session 2 (Side track 11h): TBD
    • Session 3 (Side track 11h): TBD
  • Afternoon sessions
    • Session 4 (Main track 14h): TBD
    • Session 5 (Side track 14h): TBD
    • Session 6 (Side track 14h): TBD
    • Plenary Closing: TBD

On call - Runner

• Tasks
  • Check that all sessions start at the correct time, and that the chairs are available
  • Communication between sessions if needed
  • Fix technical issues if session chair can't fix
  • Keep an eye out on room safety and report potential issues such as overcrowded rooms...

Volunteer tasks

• Entrance
  • Hand out badges and programmes
  • Hand out food bracelets, goodie bags, t-shirts if they have this kind of ticket,...
• Managing a infodesk : help out fellow attendees with their questions, sell t shirts,…
• Taking photos / videos of the event
• Help with boots
  • Help to place sponsor stands
• Tear-down and clean-up at the evening: collecting bottles, tearing down the network, taking down the signage, ... Basically, make sure we're welcome again next year ;)
• Hand out headsets
• Vestiare -> covered by the venue

Other tasks

• Tasks
  • Prepare all printed material (signalisation, programme,...)
  • Provide signalisation to the different rooms (conference rooms, break and restaurant) and programme at the doors of the different rooms
  • Check materials for speakers and translators (Internet, video projectors, sound)

Schedule

Time Slot	Program	Entrance	Main room chair	First room chair	Second room chair	On Call
8:00 - 9:30	Setup exhibition & entrance	TBD	-	-	-	-
9:30 - 10:30	Morning plenary	TBD	TBD	-	-	-
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee break	TBD	-	-	-	-
11:00 - 12:30	Morning sessions	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch break	TBD	-	-	-	-
14:00 - 16:00	Afternoon sessions	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
16:00 - 16:30	Coffee break	TBD	-	-	-	-
16:30 - 17:00	Closing plenary	TBD	TBD	-	-	-
17:00 - 19:99	Networking	TBD	-	-	-	-