FOSS4G 2010 Workshops

NOTE: This is only a proposal so far.

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Introduction

Workshops are 3-hour sessions in a PC classroom, and Tutorials are 90-minute sessions in a conference room. The FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Committee is responsible for the organization of both Workshops and Tutorials.

FOSS4G 2010 Workshop Commitee

If you are an OSGeo member willing to help organizing FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials, please add yourself to the members list. We need people experienced in organizing conference workshops and in well practical knowledge of GFOSS community. Locals (Barcelona/Spain) will be also well needed.

This committee reports to the FOSS4G 2010 Organization Committee.

Discussion to be hold in public mailing list (to be determined), and meetings via IRC channel (to be determined).

Please don't forget to add your contact info!

Workshop Committee Members

• Oscar Fonts, local contact
• ...

Workshop and Tutorial Selection Criteria

FOSS4G 2010 Organization Committee will evaluate workshop and tutorial proposals attending to these criteria:

1. Meets conference mandate:
   1. Matches with the themes of the conference
   2. Makes use of software that is both "free" and "open source"
2. Submission's technical requirements can be met by the conference facilities
3. Demonstrates practical applications
4. Expected level of attendee interest in the workshop topic
5. A plus for proposals addressing the special interest topics stated in the Call
6. Likelyhood of a quality workshop:
   1. Expertise of the workshop presenters in the workshop subject matter
   2. Presenters personal experience presenting workshops at other conferences
   3. Successful workshop presented at prior FOSS4G/GFOSS conferences

Workshop Venue

Workshops will be hold in a separate venue provided with PC classrooms.

Contacts made with Barcelona public universites.

Schedule

Workshops

Two 3-hour sessions:

• Monday Sep 6 afternoon
• Tuesday Sep 7 morning

Tutorials

1.5 hour sessions simultaneous to conference talks, in standard conference rooms. Timetable to be determined.

Calendar

• Jan 15, Opening Call for Workshops/Tutorials
• Jan 30, Closing Call for Workshops/Tutorials
• Feb 1-15, Workshop/Tutorial selection process
• Feb 16, Notification of acceptance for workshops/tutorials
• Feb 22, Registration for workshops and tutorials opens
• Sep 6-7, FOSS4G Workshops
• Sep 7-9, FOSS4G Tutorials

Announcements

• FOSS4G_2010_Press_Release_3 Call for Workshops and Tutorials.