FOSS4G2006
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Workshop Sessions (Tuesday am/pm + Wednesday pm)
Rooms
UNIL : Placename | Number of Pcs |
Amphipôle (Pol 204.2) | 20+1 |
Amphipôle (Pol 342 / géolab) | 24+1 (enough space for 48) |
Amphipôle (Pol 189) | 13+1 (enough space for 28) |
Biophore (Bio 1928) | 20+1 |
Amphipôle (Pol 189.1) | 36+1 laptops (enough space for 48) |
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EPFL: Placename | Number of Pcs |
(GR B0 01) | 38+1 |
(GR B0 02) | 21+1 |
(LaSIG) | 11+(1)(enough space for 18) |
Each room will have a "local admin" to help workshop givers to prepare.
FOSS4G2006 LiveCD.
Some links.
- LiveCD GIS oriented : List
- List of GIS LiveCDs
- Mandriva based : FOSS4G Toolkit CD --> Hum, it's not a LiveCD !!
- Knoppix based : GIS Knoppix
- LiveCD for GRASS Workshops
Conference Sessions (Wednesday/Thursday/Friday)
Rooms
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Amphimax 350 | 498 seets |
Amphimax 351 | 302 seets |
Amphimax 410 | 180 seets |
Genopode C | 176 seets |
Amphimax 415 | 96 seets |
Cubotron I | 96 seets |
Cubotron II | 48 seets |
Cubotron III | 36 seets |
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Timetable
See here [1]
Session chairs URGENT
Proposition :
Thursday, 14th AM
- Session 1 : T. Kradilis (J. Schaper)
- Session 2 : R. Singh (Van den Eijnden)
- Session 3 : J. Westervelt
- Session 4 : D. Hugentobler (R. Quenet)
- Session 5 : P. Ramsey (S. Santilli)
- Session 6 : S. Lime
- Session 7 : T. Badard (S. Bayarri)
- Session 8 :
Thursday, 14th PM
- Session 1 : T. Bowden
- Session 2 : J. Liebermann (S. Pasche)
- Session 3 : H. Mitasova
- Session 4 : A. Doyle
- Session 5 : F. Warmerdam
- Session 6 : D. Rappo
- Session 7 : O. Ertz
- Session 8 : F. Golay
Friday, 15th AM
- Session 9 : F. Golay (C. Holmes)
- Session 10 : D. Mcilhagga (R. Atkinson)
- Session 11 : J. Cepicky
- Session 12 : M. Netteler
- Session 13 : E. Erle
- Session 14 : O. Bedel (H. Butler)
- Session 15 : M. Ciolli
- Session 16 : R. Sperb
More : D. Morissette, Stefan Keller, Stark, Spencer, Nacionales, Dao, Walsh, Blomac... ?
Missions for session chairs :
- Timing management in session
- Presentation of the speakers and conference
- Animation of session : questions
BOFs / DEMOs / Lightning Talks
BOFs
What is a BOF ?
- A meeting in which a topic of specific interest is discussed.
When are BOFs scheduled ?
- eh oui quand ça ? just after conferences ?
How to set up a BOF ?
- ask directly conference@foss4g2006.org (no more submission through InDiCo)
- what duration do you plan ?
- who are the chairs ?
- how many participants do you expect ?
Some BOFs :
See the list of BoF already submitted.
DEMOs
What is a demo ?
- Large space available with table and seets to show a demo on your PC (wifi connexion available)
When ?
- Demo fest is scheduled on Wednesday afternoon in parallel of workshops.
- Nonetheless, space will be available during the whole conference for on-the-fly demos.
Some demos : Submitted through InDiCo :
- space for a couple GeoServer/GeoTools projects (cholmes@openplans.org)
- A web based GIS solution to capturing everyday "fuzzy" geography. Mr. WATERS, Tim
- Native, standalone Image Map Server project based on UMN Mapserver as possible ArcIMS replacement Mr. ALBARELLO, Andreas
- GeoTracing Mr. VAN DEN BROECKE, Just
- Geospatial Virtual Appliance - MapSnack Dr. SUMBERA, Stanislav
- The Application of MapServer/MapScript to Map and Depict Murals in the City of Winnipeg BRUCE, Bob
- EduCal 2 Mr. LEAHY, Michael Mr. NATHAN, Engler Dr. HALL, Brent
- Spatial Statistics in C# using Open Source Tools Mr. LEAHY, Michael
- EO1 GeoBliki - OGC Sensor Web Enabled Data Node Mr. CAPPELAERE, Patrice
- CampusMapper - a light-weight internet mapping tool using MySQL, Tomcat and SVG Mr. KöBBEN, Barend
- FIONA - SDI with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, GeoServer, UMN MapServer and Mapbender Ms. EMDE, Astrid
- Mapbender - an introduction to the Mapbender project Ms. EMDE, Astrid
- Native, standalone Image Map Server project based on UMN Mapserver as possible ArcIMS replacement Mr. ALBARELLO, Andreas
- Flash Mapping Applications Utilizing Open Source Web Services: Two Examples Mr. CRAWFORD, Stephen
- A web based GIS solution to capturing everyday "fuzzy" geography. Mr. WATERS, Tim
- Enabling Users to Produce personalized Geodata Mr. TURNER, Andrew
- uDig Demo Mr. GARNETT, Jody
Lightning Talks (LT)
What ?
- A Lightning Talk is a 5-minute presentation on any topic of interest to the FOSS4G communities.
- Lightning Talks will be presented back to back with strict enforcement of the 5-minute time limit.
When ?
- Scheduled for opening plenary.
Propositions :
- GIS and the Neogeographer, Mr. ERLE, Schuyler (submitted)
- Growing GRASS, Mr. NETELER, Markus
- WEBGIS : Mr. LIME, Stephen (title?)
- GDB : (who? - P.Ramsey don't want, suggested Arnulf) (title?)
- JFOSS4G : Mr. GARNETT, Jody (title?)
- OSGeo's Public Geospatial Data Project, Ms. WALSH, Jo (submitted)
(synchronize with The Economic Case for Open Public Geodata Mr. ERLE, Schuyler)
Opening and Closing Plenary Activities
- Keynote: Gary Lang (topic?)
- Keynote: Frank Warmerdam (topic? OSGeo related, but to be non-conflicting with Gary)
- Sol Katz Award
- Lightening talks (discussed earlier) are scheduled for opening plenary.
- Developer round table? Other special events?
Panel discussions
Gather great speakers and innovaters Participants :
- Jim Westervelt
- Erle Schuyler, confirmed
- Frank Warmerdam, confirmed
- Paul Ramsey
- David McIlhagga, confirmed
- Michael Tiemann, confirmed
- more ... ?
Moderator : Tyler Mitchell, confirmed
What topic ? How many panels ?
IRC chat and logs
Please join us :
Agenda :
More documents
Here : conference Documents & files
- Local committe todo list Foss4g2006 ToDoList