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[[AAG| Association of American Geographers]] annual conference.
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[[AGU| American Geophysical Union]] annual conference.
  
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=2009 Conference=
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=2008 Conference=
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Las Vegas, March 22-27, 2009
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San Francisco, December, 2008
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[http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/index.htm Meeting Homepage]
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Link to Meeting Homepage
  
 
== OSGeo Sessions ==
 
== OSGeo Sessions ==
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We'd like to try and organize 2 or 3 sessions on Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) in Geography
 
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[[User:Wildintellect|Alex Mandel]] and [[User:StaceyEllis|Stacey Ellis]] from the University of California, Davis will be organizing please contact them if you plan to give a talk and would like to be part of the sessions.
 
  
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'''Deadline''' to submit for talks is <strike>'''Oct 16, 2008'''</strike>(Extended until '''Nov 13, 2008'''), see the [http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/papers.htm call for abstracts]
 
  
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The sessions are now being co-sponsored by the [http://cisg.gmu.edu AAG Cyberinfrastructure Specialty Group].
 
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What's on the books:
 
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=== Session I: Papers ===
 
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'''Title:''' Free and Open Source solutions for Geographers I
 
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'''Description:'''Case studies and general overviews of free software and data sources as applied to geography.
 
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Including neogeography tools, virtual globes, collaborative web portals, web mapping, GIS, remote sensing and statistics.
 
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This session aims to educate the general geography community about end user opportunities to implement cutting edge
 
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Free and Open Source solutions in your research.
 
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'''Anticipated Attendance:''' 50
 
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# Stacey Ellis - A Wiki for every Geography
 
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# Ron Buliung - Opening up the Geographers' Craft: Open Source Spatial Analysis with R
 
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# Michael Treichler - Case Study in Sales Territory Definition using Open Source Software
 
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# Andrew Turner - OpenStreetMap As A Successful Model for User-Generated Geospatial Content
 
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# Joshua Campbell - The Disruptive Potential of GIS 2.0
 
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=== Session II: Panel ===
 
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'''Title:''' Free and Open Source Software solutions for Geographers II (Text needs editing)
 
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'''Description:'''The Free and Open Source Software movement is built on the idea that software can be functional and free. 
 
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Programs such as QGIS (a GIS program),  GRASS (GIS and remote sensing) and R (a statistics program) offer the same tools,
 
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if not more, as their proprietary counterparts but without the expensive price tag. 
 
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Panelist from university, government and private consulting backgrounds will discuss how everyone can use
 
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free sofware as tools in their research.  Database programs, web mapping, GIS, remote sensing, and statistics software
 
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are just some of the topics that will be covered.  Come with questions or just come to listen.
 
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'''Anticipated Attendance:''' 50
 
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(Up to 6 panelists)
 
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# Alex Mandel - Graduate Student (University of California, Davis)
 
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# Eric Wolf - Federal Government (United States Geological Survey)
 
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# Andrew Turner - Private Industry (FortuisOne)
 
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# Bruce Ralston - Professor (University of Tennessee)
 
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# Shriram Ilavajhala - University Researcher (University of Maryland)
 
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# -Open Spot-
 
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=== Session III: Papers ===
 
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'''Title:''' Free and Open Source Software solutions for Geographers III
 
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'''Description:'''Case studies and in depth technical discussions of free software and data sources as applied to geography.
 
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Including neogeography tools, virtual  globes, collaborative web portals, web mapping, GIS, remote sensing and statistics.
 
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This session aims to explore the complexities and specifics of using cutting edge
 
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Free and Open Source solutions in geographical research.
 
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'''Anticipated Attendance:''' 50
 
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# Dan Goldberg - A Framework for Evaluating Geocoding Research and Practice
 
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# Jay Parsons - NASA World Wind Java
 
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# Shriram Ilavajhala - Providing Effective Fire/Hotspot Information Access through the Open Source Fire Information Resource Management System (FIRMS)
 
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# Eric Wolf - Functional Analysis for The National Map Server-side Computing
 
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# -Open Spot-
 
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=== Schedule of all FOSS speakers ===
 
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There are at least 10 talks that identify Open Source or Open Standards, they will be added here when the AAG publishes it's schedule.
 
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=== Other Ideas: ===
 
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Ideas (Claim one and move it up above with your name, and submit your abstract ASAP)
 
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* Open Source - Community websites (Content Management, Wiki etc)
 
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* Open Street Map - Free Wiki Based Road Data
 
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* Open Source Business Case (slides available from lisasoft)
 
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* LiveDVD GIS
 
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* Helena Mitasova - Advanced Open Source GIS (Can't come)
 
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* Brian Hamlin - Intro to PostGIS
 
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Other Ideas:
 
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*Plan A
 
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**Session 1:Introduction to FOSS in Geography
 
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**Session 2:FOSS Case Studies - What you did, what you used and why.
 
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**Session 3:Technical FOSS - talks that throw in the technical talk.
 
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*Plan B
 
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**Session 1:FOSS in Qualitative Geography
 
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**Session 2:FOSS in Quantitative Geography
 
  
 
== OSGeo Booth ==
 
== OSGeo Booth ==
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It's about time we have booth at the US's largest geography conference. Also note it does attract a considerable foreign crowd.
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None this time how about next year [[AGU 2009]]
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=== Volunteers ===
 
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* Alex Mandel
 
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* Stacey Ellis
 
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* Michael Treichler
 
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* Michele Tobias
 
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=== Schedule ===
 
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Should we set this based on session times for talks so people can go to talks when not at the booth?
 
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Exhibit hall is only open 3 days out of the 7 day conference.
 
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* Tuesday, March 24  9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
 
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* Wednesday, March 25 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
 
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* Thursday, March 26 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
 
  
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=== Proposed Budget ===
 
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List of Items we need and proposed budget request from the [[Marketing]] team.
 
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{| border="1"
 
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!Item!!Cost!!Notes
 
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|Banner
 
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|$200(Guess)
 
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|Get an [[Exhibition Pack]]
 
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|Table Skirt
 
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|$100(Guess)
 
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|Get an [[Exhibition Pack]]
 
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|Handouts
 
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|$500
 
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|How many - 1000? there will be 7000+ attendees at the conference.
 
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|Booth
 
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|$1000 (non-profit price)
 
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|Includes tables, do we have an internet connection? [http://www.aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/exhibitor.htm Booked, #620.]
 
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|Live CD/DVD or Software
 
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|$200
 
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|In the works, [[Live GIS Disc]], how many?
 
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|T-shirts/hats/pins
 
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|$100
 
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|How many tablers? New collared shirts?
 
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|Demo Machines
 
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|Borrow or Rent?
 
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|For next time, the Gentoo liveCD or the GeoNetwork FOSS DVD.
 
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|Comp Fees for Staffing?
 
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|$200
 
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|A few meals maybe?
 
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|Banner/Skirt to next event
 
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|$0
 
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|To be stored in California
 
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!Total
 
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|$2300/~TBD
 
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|Estimate/~Final(?)
 
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=== Sponsors/Funding Sources ===
 
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These are ideas for where to try and get funds for the booth.
 
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* OSGEO - ?
 
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* Universities - ?
 
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* Open Source specialized companies - ? CloudMade? FortiusOne?
 
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* O'Reilly
 
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Sponsor
 
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{| border="1"
 
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!Sponsor!!Donation!!Notes
 
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|OSGeo
 
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|$1000?
 
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|Initial Booth fee and subsidy on the [[Exhibition Pack]]
 
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|University of Calfornia, Davis - Information Center for the Environment
 
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|$?
 
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|Photocopies and Live DVDs, maybe a plotted poster
 
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== OSGeo Social ==
 
== OSGeo Social ==
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== To Do List ==
 
== To Do List ==
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#Get support from marketing team for a booth
 
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##It's $1000 for a non-profit and there are 8 spots left
 
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#Get speakers for the sessions
 
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##Ask the Edu group to talk about it at FOSS4G.
 
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#Register the sessions
 
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Last years AAG was in Boston, see the list of [[AAG 2008| osgeo related speakers]]
 
  
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== Ideas ==
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[[Category:Past Events]]
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#Do we want to do a [http://aag.org/annualmeetings/2009/workshop_planning.htm workshop], '''Deadline is Oct 1'''
 
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[[Category:Events]]
 

Revision as of 19:15, 16 December 2008

American Geophysical Union annual conference.

2008 Conference

San Francisco, December, 2008 Link to Meeting Homepage

OSGeo Sessions

OSGeo Booth

None this time how about next year AGU 2009


OSGeo Social

Anyone want to schedule a social?

Time: TBD

Place: TBD

Who: Anyone interested in Open Source Geo

Why: To get together to chat socially about stuff over some beer and bar food or maybe a buffet?

Directions:

To Do List

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