FOSS4G2007 VCC Rooms

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Introduction

This page outlines the rooms available at the Victoria Conference Centre (VCC), and how they will be used during the FOSS4G2007 Conference. The information about the usage of the rooms is subject to change.

Victoria Conference Centre floor plan (379KB PDF)

Types of Use

BOFs

• Lecture Theatre
• Oak Bay 1
• Oak Bay 2
• Saanich 1
• Saanich 2
• Salon C
• Sooke
• View Royal

Exhibits

• Salon A and 50% of Salon B

Labs

• Colwood (40)
• Esquimalt (40)

Miscellaneous

• Conference Committee's lounge - Victoria
• Conference Office - Metchosin
• Demonstration Theatre - Sidney
• Lunch(Monday) - Prefunction 1A
• Lunch(Tuesday-Thursday) - Exhibition Hall (Salon A/B)
• OSGeo AGM - Lecture Theatre
• Speaker's Ready Room - Sooke
• Storage - Langford

Plenaries

• Salon C and 50% of Salon B

Posters

• Prefunction 1A

Presentations

Scenario 1

• Lecture Theatre (400)
• Saanich (180)
• Oak Bay 1 (70)
• Oak Bay 2 (70)
• View Royal (60)

Total seating capacity = 780

Scenario 2

• Lecture Theatre (400)
• Salon C (400)
• Saanich (180)
• Oak Bay 1 (70)
• Oak Bay 2 (70)

Total seating capacity = 1,120

Workshops

• Oak Bay (84)
• Saanich (84)
• Colwood (40)
• Esquimalt (40)
• Sidney (40)
• View Royal (30)

Rooms

Carson Hall

Hard walls can separate Salons, and a fabric wall can be used to divide a Salon in half.

Salon A

• Exhibit Hall, including Food & Beverage stations

Salon B

• will be draped in half
• along with Salon A, Exhibit Hall
• along with Salon C, Plenaries

Salon C

• along with Salon B, Plenaries
• Tuesday through Thursday - possibly for Presentations
• BOFs

Colwood

Colwood can be split into Colwood 1 and Colwood 2, but we will use it as one room

• Monday - Workshops
• Tuesday through Thursday - Labs

Esquimalt

• Monday - Workshops
• Tuesday through Thursday - Labs

Langford

• Storage

Lecture Theatre

• Monday - OSGeo AGM
• Tuesday through Thursday - Presentations
• BOFs

Metchosin

• Conference Office

Oak Bay

Oak Bay can be split into Oak Bay 1 and Oak Bay 2

• Monday - Workshops (full room)

Oak Bay 1

• Tuesday through Thursday - Presentations
• BOFs

Oak Bay 2

• Tuesday through Thursday - Presentations
• BOFs

Prefunction 1

Prefunction 1A

• Monday - Lunch for Workshop attendees
• Wednesday at lunchtime - Posters

Prefunction 1B

• Not Used

Prefunction 2

Prefunction 2A

• Not Used

Prefunction 2B

• Not Used

Prefunction 2C

• Not Used

Saanich

Saanich can be split into Saanich 1 and Saanich 2

• Monday - Workshops (full room)
• Tuesday through Thursday - Presentations (full room)

Saanich 1

• BOFs

Saanich 2

• BOFs

Sidney

• Monday - Workshops
• Tuesday through Thursday - Demonstration Theatre

Sooke

• Speaker's Ready Room
• BOFs

Victoria

• Conference Committee's lounge

View Royal

• Monday - Workshops
• Tuesday through Thursday - Presentations, or not used if Salon C is used for Presentations
• BOFs