FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018

Overview

This conference was the inaugural FOSS4G SotM Oceania, held in Melbourne, Australia, 20-23 November 2018.

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Venue

The conference was held at the University of Melbourne, in the Old Arts Building.

Program Overview

Date	Name	Tickets Sold
20 November	Workshops	206
21 November	Conference Day 1	252
22 November	Conference Day 2	250
23 November	Community Day	121

Keynotes

Nyall Dawson - A spatial community strengthened by a diversity of skill levels
Jane Elith - Using spatial data to model biodiversity
Paul Ramsay - Why we code
Alyssa Wright - What are your salary requirements?

Social Program

Date	Name	Venue	No. of Attendees	Payment Structure
20 November	Travel Grant Program Breakfast	Vertue Coffee Roasters		Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation
20 November	Icebreaker	The Shaw Davey Slum	96	Included with conference registration
21 November	Women in Spatial Breakfast	Seven Seeds		Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation
21 November	Conference Dinner	Brunswick Mess Hall	129	Separate ticket ($80)
22 November	GeoRabble	The Clyde Hotel		Organised separately but sponsored by FOSS4G SotM Oceania

Conference Attendees

By jurisdiction

Jurisdiction	Attendees	% of Total
Victoria	102	41.0
New Zealand	28	11.2
New South Wales	28	11.2
Australian Capital Territory	26	10.4
Queensland	18	7.2
Western Australia	14	5.6
Tasmania	8	3.2
United States	6	2.4
South Australia	4	1.6
Northern Territory	2	0.8
Fiji	2	0.8
Samoa	1	0.4
Timor-Leste	1	0.4
Hong Kong	1	0.4
Serbia	1	0.4
Papua New Guinea	1	0.4
Canada	1	0.4
Malaysia	1	0.4
United Kingdom	1	0.4
Germany	1	0.4
Japan	1	0.4

By ticket type

Ticket Type	Attendees	% of Total
Full Price	146	55.7
Early Bird	30	11.4
Community Contributor	29	11.0
Sponsor	26	10.0
Volunteer	9	3.4
Travel Grant Program	7	2.7
Student	7	2.7
Keynote	4	1.5
One Day	4	1.5

Media

Why we're sponsoring FOSS4G Oceania by Koordinates
Thoughts on FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 and the PyQGIS API improvements which it caused by Nyall Dawson
FOSS4G open source software conference recap by Gaia Resources
My time at FOSS4G Oceania 2018 by Daniel Hernandez

Good Mojo

Travel Grant Program

This conference had the first regional Travel Grant Program funded (in part) by OSGeo.

7 attendees were provided with grants to help cover flights, accommodation and visas. 2 half day workshops, conference registration and access to all social events including the conference dinner were also provided.

You can read interviews with 5 of the attendees:

Organisation

Conference Committee

John Bryant - Chair / Travel Grant Program Lead
Dr. David Dean - Community Day Lead
Dr. Sarah Goodwin - Academic Program Co-Chair
Greg Lauer - Marketing and Promotion Lead
Alex Leith - Program Lead
Phillip Mallis - Volunteer Lead
Trisha Moriarty - Workshop Lead
Edoardo Neerhut
Cameron Shorter
Daniel Silk - Social Program Lead
Kerry Smyth
Vasiti Soko
Dr. Adam Steer - Sponsorship Lead
Jonah Sullivan
Dr. Martin Tomko - Academic Program Co-Chair

Partners

This conference was organised in partnership with SSSI, who managed the finances.

OSGeo and the OpenStreetMap Foundation supported our efforts from the beginning.

OSGeo contributed funding toward our Travel Grant Program and Community Day.

Meeting minutes