FOSS4G 2015 BirdsOfAFeather
Introduction
Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.
General Information
During the FOSS4G 2015 conference in Seoul, South Korea, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.
For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at http://2015.foss4g.org/programme/presentations/.
Rooms
We have available 5 rooms, that includes the grand ballroom (also used for plenary talks). The rooms will be available during lunch(12:20~13:20) and directly after the end of the talks, for 1 hour, on Day1 (Wednesday) and Day 2 (Thursday).
Capacities
- Grand Ballroom B: 400
- Room 9: 150
- Room 10: 50
- Room 11: 50
- Room 12: 50
FOSS4G Contact
- foss4g2015(at)lists.osgeo.org
Wednesday(16th September)
GrandBallroom B
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | |||
| 17:40-18:30 | OSGeo Diversity | JM |
Room 9
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | Censorship in Korean maps | Not everything is what it seems like | Max Neupert |
| 17:40-18:30 | CrowdSourcing | Semantics, formats, interoperability | María Arias de Reyna |
Room 10
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | Geo4All | Venkatesh_Raghavan | |
| 17:40-18:30 | GeoServer / GeoTools | Jody Garnett |
Room 11
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | |||
| 17:40-18:30 |
Room 12
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | |||
| 17:40-18:30 |
OSGeo Diversity BOF
- Description: Discuss how to make sure that everyone in our community is safe and respected, and accepting to cultural differences.
- When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, GrandBallroom B.
Who is coming:
Censorship in Korean Maps
- Description: A presentation / exchange about an artist's approach to censorship in maps. I will show examples of the inconsistent and strange ways Korean maps and aerial/orbital imagery is censored and compare it to uncensored data. I'll also present my art book with the title: Eighteen Secret Golf Courses. It features illustrations of golf courses you aren't allowed to see. It's based on OSM data.
- When/where: Thursday Lunchtime Room 10
Who is coming:
- Max Neupert
- add your name here, it is going to be entertaining. :)
Crowdsourcing BOF
- Description: How to adapt to VGI, crowdsourcing and citizen science data. Quality assurence & process chaining. Data conflation using semantic technologies. App & sensor kits development. Privacy. Interoperability Standards/Formats: OSM/Darwin Core/geojson/geopackage/SOS. Tools for visualising, analysing and managing. Serious gaming. Community mapping.
- When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, Room 9
Who is coming:
- María Arias de Reyna
- Maria Brovelli
- Panos Terzis
- Add your name
Geo4All BOF
- Description: BOF for anyone interested to be a part of Geo4All Initiative
- When/Where: Wednesday 12:20-13:20, Room 10
Who is coming:
- Venkatesh_Raghavan
- Jeff McKenna
- Anthony Robinson
- Nimalika Fernando
- Luca Delucchi
- Maria Brovelli
- Till Adams
- Vasile Crăciunescu (Just for the firs half of the meeting. I have a presentation in the next conference session)
- Add your name
GeoServer / GeoTools BOF
- Description: BOF for anyone interested OSGeo projects GeoServer and GeoTools
- When/Where: Wednesday 17:40-18:30, Room 10
Who is coming:
Thursday(17th September)
GrandBallroom B
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-12:35 | Python Geocoder | Lighting Talk (5 min) about Python-Geocoder.org | Denis Carriere |
| 12:35-12:50 | Lighting Talk (Open) | ||
| 12:50-13:05 | Lighting Talk (Open) | ||
| 13:05-13:20 | Lighting Talk (Open) | ||
| 17:10-18:00 | OSGeo AGM | Annual General Meeting for OSGeo foundation | JM |
Room 9
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | GeoNode | GeoNode Users/Developers BoF | Jeffrey Johnson |
| 17:10-18:00 | Python Geocoder | In-depth Talk (30 minutes) about Python-Geocoder.org | Denis Carriere |
Room 10
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | FOSS4G Bonn Organising Meeting | Sharing experiences between FOSS4G Seoul team and Bonn team | Sanghee Shin |
| 17:10-18:00 |
Room 11
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | |||
| 17:10-18:00 |
Room 12
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-13:20 | |||
| 17:10-18:00 |
GeoNode Developers/Users BOF
- Description: BOF For all users and developers of GeoNode and related projects
- When/where: Thursday Lunch Room 8
Who is coming:
FOSS4G Bonn 2016 Organising Meeting
- Description: Sharing experiences between FOSS4G Seoul team and Bonn team
- When/where: Thursday Lunch Room 10
Who is coming:
Python Geocoder
- Description: Geocoder is a geocoding library, written in python, simple and consistent.
- Website: http://Python-Geocoder.org
- When/where: Thursday Lunch GrandBallroom B & evening Room 9
- Slides: Lighting Talk & Full Talk
Who is coming:
- Add your name here
Friday (18th September)
GrandBallroom B
| Timeslot | Topic/Group | Description | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:20-12:35 | Lighting Talk (5 min) about Mexico | Vicky Vergara | |
| 12:35-12:50 | Lighting Talk (Open) | ||
| 12:50-13:05 | Lighting Talk (Open) | ||
| 13:05-13:20 | Lighting Talk (Open) |
- See FOSS4G 2009 Birds of a Feather for inspiration!