FOSS4G 2009 Press Release 25

DRAFT - Not yet emailed - intended for release to the Australian Spatial Information Business Association (SIBA).

FOSS4G conference: Have you considered FOSS4G-2009?

Sydney, Australia. 13 August 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

International presenters attract a motivated audience to the FOSS4G conference in Sydney

Hundreds of world class presenters are attracting motivated delegates and investors to the international conference for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G), coming to Sydney, Australia, 20-23 October 2009. http://2009.foss4g.org

FOSS4G abstracts and workshops, presented by the world's best Developers, Policy Makers, Sponsors and Geospatial Professionals address the latest geospatial applications, standards, government programs, business processes and case studies. Topics include mobile platforms, location based applications, crowd sourcing, cloud computing, development, spatial standards, integration of cross-agency data, Spatial Data Infrastructures, Sensor Webs, Web Processing Services, Integration of Open Source and Proprietary Software and more.

XXX delegates have registered already with still two months till the conference.

Delegates are coming from:

Region	Delegates
Australia/New Zealand	34%
Europe	23%
Asia	16%
United States	12%
Africa	6%
Canada	5%
South America	2%

[Source: Website Google Analytics: http://www.google.com/analytics/ user: foss4g2 password: foss4g2009]

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International and National policy and decision makers will be attending, including Key Note speakers Senator Richard Marles - Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry, Senator Kate Lundy, Warwick Watkins - ANZLIC Chair, Raj Singh - Director of Interoperability Programs at the OGC, Raul Vera - leader of Google's Geo team.

• Sponsorship details may be found at:

http://2009.foss4g.org/sponsorship/

Why is Open Source spatial relevant?

• Open Source spatial is a significant force that is gaining rapid acceptance in the industry;
• Open Source spatial offers superior open standards support with a number of projects being OGC Reference Implementations;
• Open Source spatial integrates well with products from many vendors. Do you need to work with a client in a vendor lock-in situation?
• Globally, Government Policy is becoming increasingly Open Source friendly. Note the new UK Government policy on Open Source, Open Standards and Reuse:

http://writetoreply.org/ukgovoss/

http://writetoreply.org/ukgovoss/2009/02/24/policy/

Endorsements for FOSS4G-2009

The following organisations have endorsed FOSS4G-2009:

• Spatial Information Business Association
• Australian Computer Society
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute
• PSMA Australia Limited

Attendance

To Register:

http://2009.foss4g.org/registration/

Upcoming milestones

• 7 Aug 2009, Early bird registration deadline
• 14 Sep 2009, Completed program available
• 20 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Workshop
• 21-23 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Presentations and Tutorials
• 24 Oct 2009, FOSS4G Code Sprint

Media Sponsors

• Position Magazine: http://www.positionmag.com.au/
• Asian Surveying and Mapping Newsletter: http://www.asmmag.com
• Geoconnexions Magazine: http://www.geoconnexion.com/
• Directions Magazine: http://directionsmag.com/
• GIS Development: http://gisdevelopment.net/
• Baliz Media: http://www.BALIZ-MEDIA.com/

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For more information or to keep informed from the FOSS4G Organising Committee, join our email list or twitter feed at: http://2009.foss4g.org/contacts/

or contact:

Cameron Shorter, Chair of the FOSS4G Organising Committee and Geospatial Systems Architect at LISAsoft

tel +61-2-8570-5050

c a m e r o n . s h o r t e r @ l i s a s o f t . c o m