FOSS4G 2010 Workshops

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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

We need people with experience organizing conference workshops at other GFOSS events. Local (Barcelona & Spain) members are welcome. If you are willing to help organizing FOSS4G Workshops and Tutorials, please add yourself to the members list below, and subscribe to the mail list.

Communication

• Discussion to be hold in conference-workshops mail list
• meetings via #foss4g IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net)

Workshop Committee Members

• Oscar Fonts, local contact
• Jeff McKenna IRC username: jmckenna

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

Classroom	Capacity	Session 1 (Mon 6 Sep 15-18h)	Session 2 (Tue 7 Sep 9-12h)
B5.S101	42	W1 - Web mapping with GeoServer	W8 - Getting started with Mapserver
B5.S201	42	W2 - gvSIG 1.9 user workshop	W9 - Quantum GIS and PostGIS: Solving spatial problems and creating web-based analysis tools
B5.S202	42	W3 - Setting up an OpenStreetMap rendering toolchain	W10 - FOSS4G routing with pgRouting tools, OpenStreetMap road data and GeoExt
C6.S302	48	W4 - Introduction to PostGIS	W11 - Working with OpenLayers
C6.S306	40	W5 - Introduction to the Mapbender geoportal framewework	W12 - Mastering advanced GeoNetwork
C6.S308	40	W6 - Solid web mapping with Python	W13 - Geospatial for Java
C6.S309	40	W7 - Practical introduction to ZOO, the powerful WPS platform	W14 - Practical introduction to GRASS

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

• Call for Workshops and Tutorials (press release 3).