FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018
Overview
This conference was the inaugural FOSS4G SotM Oceania, held in Melbourne, Australia, 20-23 November 2018.
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Venue
The conference was held at the University of Melbourne, in the Old Arts Building.
Program Overview
- 20 November - Workshops
- 21 November - Conference Day 1
- 22 November - Conference Day 2
- 23 November - Community Day
Keynotes
- Nyall Dawson
- Jane Elith
- Paul Ramsay
- Alyssa Wright
Social Program
Date | Name | Venue | No. of Attendees | Payment Structure |
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21 November | Travel Grant Program Breakfast | Vertue Coffee Roasters | Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation | |
21 November | Icebreaker | The Shaw Davey Slum | 96 | Included with conference registration |
22 November | Women in Spatial Breakfast | Seven Seeds | Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation | |
22 November | Conference Dinner | Brunswick Mess Hall | 129 | Separate ticket ($80) |
23 November | GeoRabble | The Clyde Hotel | Organised separately but sponsored by FOSS4G SotM Oceania |
Attendees
The 2 conference days received 250 registrations.
Media
- Why we're sponsoring FOSS4G Oceania by Koordinates
- Thoughts on FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 and the PyQGIS API improvements which it caused by Nyall Dawson
- FOSS4G open source software conference recap by Gaia Resources
- My time at FOSS4G Oceania 2018 by Daniel Hernandez
Organisation
Conference Committee
- John Bryant - Chair / Travel Grant Program Lead
- Dr. David Dean - Community Day Lead
- Sarah Goodwin - Academic Program Co-Chair
- Greg Lauer - Marketing and Promotion Lead
- Alex Leith - Program Lead
- Phillip Mallis - Volunteer Lead
- Trisha Moriarty - Workshop Lead
- Edoardo Neerhut
- Cameron Shorter
- Daniel Silk - Social Program Lead
- Kerry Smyth
- Vasiti Soko
- Dr. Adam Steer - Sponsorship Lead
- Jonah Sullivan
- Dr. Martin Tomko - Academic Program Co-Chair