Where 2.0 2006

Look for plenty of OSGeo visibility and participation at Where 2.0.

Join us at the booth, the Birds of a Feather gathering, or Developer Roundtable!

Speakers

Chris Holmes, Frank Warmerdam and Gary Lang will have speaking opportunities. Schuyler will do a bit of OSGeo, and a guy from GRASS is there as well:

Booth Area

A 10 foot x 10 foot OSGeo booth area will be available for use by OSGeo members and projects, on Tuesday June 13.

Two 6’ draped counters (20 linear feet)
2 counter height stools
8’ high draped backwall to hang banner
High speed Internet connection
Electrical connection for two computers

If you are planning to attend the event and would like to participate and represent your project, ADD YOUR NAME AND PROJECT below by May 31.

Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo in general
Dave McIlhagga, OSGeo in general
Add your name and project here

Booth staffing and scheduling will be determined once interested participants are known.

Exhibit Move-in Hours: Monday, June 12 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tuesday, June 13 7:00 am – 10:00 am

Exhibit Show Hours: Tuesday, June 13 10:00 am – 7:30 pm (Actual open time: 10-11, 12-2, 3-4:30, 6-7:30 reception)

Exhibit Move-out Hours: Tuesday, June 13 - 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Birds of a Feather Gathering

An informal gathering of the open source geospatial community will occur at:

Tuesday, June 13
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Plaza Room

Chris Holmes and Michael Gerlek are coordinating this event.

The "agenda" will be something like this:

Welcome (BOF Host)

"What is OSGeo?" (5-10 mins) (Speaker 1)

"An OSGeo Project" (5 mins) (Speaker 2)

"An OSGeo Project" (5 mins) (Speaker 3)

"An OSGeo Project" (5 mins) (Speaker 4)

open discussion (remainder of time, until wee small hours)

The actual agenda will firm up closer to the time, when we get a better feel for who is going to be presenting what on the main stage, e.g. we don't want to repeat a "What is OSGeo" talk -- and who is actually going to be at the conference.

Preference for "Project" speakers will be those who don't get main-stage airtime. Also, note that I'm explicitly including the "Edu" and "OpenData" groups as projects.

I, or someone like me, will be the BOF Host.

Press Event: Developer Roundtable

The Press Event will be:

Wednesday, June 14
Time: During Lunchtime - we are investigating getting lunch catered.
Location: TBD
Participants: 4-6 developers. Members of the press will be invited. Room capacity is 20 people.

This will follow the keynotes on Wednesday morning so this is nice timing. There is nothing going on during this lunch hour and there is no exhibit hall during this time.

Michael Gerlek is coordinating this event, but may not be able to attend. We are looking for an on-site volunteer to help host and execute this event.

Suggested agenda:

moderator introduces 4 panel members

moderator introduces theme
- I'm thinking of something readily consumable by the press and suitable for sound-bites along the lines of "What is Driving Open Source Adoption in GIS Today?" (alternatives welcome)
- I'm inclined to not make it too technical, as in addition to the usual GIS media there may well be mainstream tech press there from Big Media like San Jose Merc, WSJ, or NYT

each panel member gives a 1-2 minute (no more!) opening

<much active discussion ensues>
- this is where the press gets to ask questions
- moderator gently aids in keeping discussion alive, as needed
- moderator may interject preplanned, leading questions like
  - "So just how many copies of MapServer were downloaded last year?"
  - "Is it true that both ESRI and Google Earth wouldn't exist today without GDAL?" (tee-hee)

at the end of the session, each panel member gets a 1 minute wrap-up

Possible Participants:

Moderator
- who would be best for this?

Dave McIlhagga - President & CEO of DM Solutions
- voice for: corporate provider of open source solutions (small team division)
- (confirmed)

SUGGESTION: Frank Warmerdam - President of OSGeo and GDAL Lead
- voice for: OSGeo Foundation
- voice for: developer community

SUGGESTION: Gary Lang - Vice President of Engineering at Autodesk
- voice for: corporate provider of open source solutions (large team division), corporate acceptance and transition)
- voice for: mainstream/close-source corporate acceptance of and transition to open source

Speaker 4
- voice for: developer community? open data? open source in general? ...?
- suggestions?

Pre-Conference Messaging

OSGeo has the opportunity to email conference attendees who have opted in to receive communications regarding the event. The conference organizers at O'Reilly will provide a list 7-10 days prior to the conference. Chris Holmes has volunteered to craft a message promoting OSGeo activities at Where 2.0 and invite others to join us.

Advert

Look for a one page ad promoting OSGeo in the conference program. It will likely be a minimalist design, as our resources are limited here. If possible, we will reuse this as a flyer promoting OSGeo.