FOSS4G 2010

FOSS4G is the global and annual conference hosted by OSGeo in venues all around the globe. It attracts the best Open Source geospatial software projects and their developers making it the gathering of the tribes. FOSS4G addresses the needs of users and developers alike and this year intends to also bridge the gap between the suits and the geeks by explaining how the business models can be used to address the needs of small and large organizations alike.

Venue

FOSS4G 2010 will be visiting Europe again after visits in Canada, South Africa and Australia. The date and the place are:

Monday 6th through Thursday 9th of September, 2010

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona is a great place to stay, famous for its architecture, mild climate, Mediterranean history, place of the Olympic Games in 1992 and full of attractions for all kinds of visitors. With FOSS4G now even for geospatial geeks.

Congress venue

Fira Montjuic:

• http://www.fira.es/location/montjuic.do?hall=P5_N0
• http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=41.372328&mlon=2.151432&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF

Workshops venue

Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, UPC Campus Nord:

• http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.389456&mlon=2.113296&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF

Codesprint venue

CitiLab Cornellà:

• http://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=41.359847&mlon=2.061653&zoom=18&layers=B000FTF

Press Releases

• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 1 - Announcing Barcelona for foss4g
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 2 - Dec 2009. Opening the doors
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 3 - Jan 2010. Call for Workshops and Tutorials
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 4 - Feb 2010. Call for Papers and Academic Track
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 5 - Feb 2010. Workshops ready for inscriptions
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 6 - Mar 2010. Call for Papers and Academic Track
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 7 - April 1 2010. SotM and FOSS4G are offering combo tickets
• FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 8 - Apr 30 2010. Community Program Review

Activities

• FOSS4G 2010 Conference Website
• Email list:
  • public mailing list
  • organizing committee private list (for sensitive commercial discussions only).
• Key FOSS4G 2010 pages in this Wiki. Find an overview of all pages in the FOSS4G 2010 Category Page.
  • Calendar
  • Discounts
  • Sponsorship and Exhibitor Prospectus
  • Subscriptions - prices, ...
  • Get Involved
  • Governance
  • Workshops
  • Geospatial Integration Showcase
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logo Designs
  • Marketing - images
  • Marketing Plan
  • Mailing Lists (things about...)
  • Organising Committee Meetings
  • Postcard text
  • Program
  • Convention Center Rooms
  • FOSS4G 2010 TODO List
  • Venue Planning
  • Website Feedback
  • Conference Dinner
  • Social Activities
  • Code Sprint
• OSGeo-es (OSGeo Spanish Language chapter)

Volunteering

Do you want to help?!? thanks!

first of all please subscribe to the public mailing list:

• http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g2010

There's a lot of things to do:

• Compare FOSS4G 2009 wiki page with this page and help filing the contents. Ask in the Mailing List if you have doubts.
• help reviewing the official web page contents, English is not our mother tongue and other errors can come out.
• Promote! this event is mostly known through friends and colleagues, help us promoting to your favorite mailing lists and buddies.

Barcelona volunteer community

• Barcelona Local Chapter - helping FOSS4G 2010

Proposal

• Proposal from Barcelona (10.8 MB)
• Proposal Addendum from Barcelona (2 MB)
• Submission e-mail
• Supporting Letter for Barcelona (4.1 MB)

• Request For Proposal on OSGeo.org
• Conference Committee 2010 Bid Questions

notes on web search

somebody calls this conference FOSS4Geo, please refer to our FOSS4G official web site.