FOSS4G Europe 2015 BirdsOfAFeather

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Introduction

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

General Information

During the FOSS4G Europe 2015 conference in Como, Italy, there will be a number of spaces for people to hold Birds of a Feather sessions.


The 1-hour time blocks outlined below are just general guidelines. Adjust as needed. For reference, an overview of the FOSS4G schedule is available at http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/Program.


Rooms

We have available the three rooms of the conference (VS9, V08, V2.12) from 8 am up to 8 pm. Therefore the BOFs can be there when there are not sessions.

Capacities

  • Room VS9: 236
  • Room V08: 98
  • Room V2.12: 93


FOSS4G Contact

  • conference-europe(at)lists.osgeo.org


Wednesday

Room VS9

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00


Room V08

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00 FOSS4G 2016 Planning meeting Till Adams


Room V2.12

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00


Thursday

Room VS9

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00 GeoForAll Discussions about open education JM
13:00-14:00 Launching a European Geoscience Union (EGU) Interest Group A meeting place for OSGeo interested in EGU/AGU. Discussion: OSGeo related research/activities in the EGU Divisions, stakeholders, current links between OSGeo and EGU/AGU, how to move on Peter Löwe
18:00-19:15 Osgeo Europe / OSGeo Membership / OSGeo Industry Discussion: OSGeo Europe as a legal entity, OSGeo membership discussion and how OSGeo relates to the geo-ict industry Dirk Frigne


Room V08

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00 OSM editing time Insert into OSM data collected during OSM Mapping Party Luca Delucchi / Peter Mooney
18:00-19:15


Room V2.12

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
OS Certification Model / Geo4All| |How to implement the certification approach| |Franz-Josef Behr|
18:00-19:15



Friday

Room VS9

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00
18:00-19:15 H2020 Discuss topics and possibilities to apply for an H2020 project aperezn at uoc dot edu


Room V08

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00
18:00-19:15 OSGeo Board meeting Board face-to-face meeting JM


Room V2.12

Timeslot Topic/Group Description Contact
08:00-09:00
13:00-14:00
18:00-19:15



FOSS4G 2016 Planning BOF

  • Description: Planning for the 2016 conference that will be held in Bonn, Germany
  • When/Where: Wednesday 15th of July, 13h-14h, Room V08
  • Topics:
    • Marketing & PR activities (Gert-Jan)
    • Sponsorship (Arnulf) (Do we need Media sponsors?)
    • FOSS4G-EU 2016? (Till, @all)
    • Timetable (Till)
    • Relation FOSSGIS <-> OSGEO (Till, Jeff)
    • Academic Track (FJ)

Who is coming:

GeoForAll BOF

  • Description: Discussions about open education. Sharing within the OSGeo, ICA, and ISPRS communities. http://www.geoforall.org/
  • When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 08:00-09:00, Room VS9
  • More info: Agenda

Who is coming:

GeoForAll BOF 2

  • Description: Open session to plan our collective activities after reflecting on the conference experiences.
  • When/Where: Friday July 17th, 12:00-13:00 Room 3.6
  • More info: Agenda

Who is coming:

OSM editing time

  • Description: Insert into OSM data collected during OSM Mapping Party
  • When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 13:00-14:00 Room V08
  • More info: OpenStreetMap wiki page

Who is coming:

European Geoscience Union (EGU) Interest Group BoF

  • Description: A meeting place for OSGeo people interested in EGU/AGU. Discussion: OSGeo related research/activities in the EGU Divisions, stakeholders, current links between OSGeo and EGU/AGU, how to move on
  • When/Where: Thursday 16th of July,, 13:00-14:00 hours, room VS9
  • Agenda

Who is coming:

OSGeo Europe BOF

  • Description: Follow up of the conversation started at FOSS4G Europe 2014 about Osgeo Europe / OSGeo Membership / OSGeo Industry
  • When/Where: Thursday 16th of July, 18:00-19:15 hours, room VS9
  • More info: Agenda


Who is coming:

Your BOF Name Here

  • Description:
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Who is coming: