FOSS4G2007 Demos
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Motivation and Direction
One of the great attractions to an international conference like this is a chance to show off your work. In FOSS4G 2006 there was a set of demo tables, that were used with some effect with a timeslot set up opposite other events ...
We can do better.
At OOPSLA they ran a seperate demo track, as an alternate series of presentations, this allowed for a range of expression:
- slick marking presentations
- interesting home brew
- and everything in between
Demo Venue
The "Sidney" room is available for the demo theatre (see [FOSS4G2007 VCC Rooms]). The Sidney room is located near the lunch area, in order to capture people recently refreshed with coffee and/or sustenance.
We will have two overheads (so one team can set up as another is presenting).
A couple of notes:
- During the demos we should make sure to send the people to the exhibitor's booths to get more detailed information f2f that they cannot get from the demo presentations. (--Seven 12:20, 30 July 2007 (CEST))
- Similarly those providing a demo of a Poster may be directed there for more information on what they have seen.
Demo Organization
Ideas:
- run a couple of projectors (so as one person talks the next can set up).
Schedule of Demos:
- At OOPSLA they organized similar content together (both to allow direct comparison and to let those interested in a topic to mark off a block of time)
- We will need to be sure not to conflict with the presentation program (setting up cool examples of GRASS opposite the GRASS track would not be a good thing)