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Depending on the number of attendees, we can scale back accordingly within three days of the event.
 
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There will be a registration fee of $15 to $20 to pay for rooms, and possibly some refreshments. Lunch will be up to the attendees, there is a nearby stand of food carts which have excellent choices.
  
 
==Day 1==
 
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9:30 - Put sessions in rooms based on votes<br />
 
9:30 - Put sessions in rooms based on votes<br />
 
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10:00 -sessions start<br />
track 1 in a room that seats 60, track 2 in a room that seats 30, several other smaller rooms available for more focused "sessions".
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Track one is a series of invited talks, tracks 2 and 3 will be organized ad hoc, depending on interest from attendees.
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Track 1 is in a room that seats 125, tracks 2 and 3 in rooms that seats 70.  
  
 
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9am - Codesprint/Documentation Sprint<br />
 
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# Location - how many rooms, what size?
 
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Revision as of 17:25, 25 March 2010

Open Source GIS Conference--Portland, OR
April 16th and 17th, 2010
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
45.511873,-122.68423

This "unconference" will follow a 2-day traditional GIS conference, GIS In Action(GIA), which will also include some open source tracks--mostly concentrated on Thursday. GIA has a single day rate for those who would only want to attend Thursday.

This Friday/Saturday event will take place at University Place and will have access to several rooms for different tracks. Track 1 is in a room that seats 125, tracks 2 and 3 in rooms that seats 70.

Depending on the number of attendees, we can scale back accordingly within three days of the event.

There will be a registration fee of $15 to $20 to pay for rooms, and possibly some refreshments. Lunch will be up to the attendees, there is a nearby stand of food carts which have excellent choices.

Day 1

9am - Registration
9:30 - Put sessions in rooms based on votes
10:00 -sessions start
Track one is a series of invited talks, tracks 2 and 3 will be organized ad hoc, depending on interest from attendees. Check here for an updated list of invited talks.

Track 1 is in a room that seats 125, tracks 2 and 3 in rooms that seats 70.

Day 2

Track 1
9am - Codesprint/Documentation Sprint

Tracks 2 and 3

More Unconference!