CASCADOSS Regional Workshop: Belgium

The CASCADOSS project deals as a cascading training platform for the use of Open Source Software for Geomatics in environmental applications.

In its third phase CASCADOSS project organizes several regional events, targeted to disseminate project's output, extended with demonstrations, case studies and training. In general there will be 5 regional workshops, held in: Benelux, Poland, Czech Rep., Slovakia and Hungary, organized idependently from each other.

I would like to draw your attention to the workshop for the region of Benelux. It will be held on February 5th-6th 2009 in Leuven, Belgium.

The participation is free of charge.

The event is bilingual: French and Dutch, with simultaneous translation.

Everyone interested in the practical applications of FOSS4G should find here comprehensive information on: 1. FOSS4G licensing issues 2. FOSS4G business models 3. Software evaluation methods 4. Results of the evaluation on wide range of FOSS4G software projects 5. Practical applications in EA, e-government, decision support. You are welcome to submit your own case study, application, business model, software development cases, community developments etc.

You will find more details, including registration and abstract submission forms on our Belgian website : [ http://www.cascadoss.be].