FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2019

Overview

This conference was the second FOSS4G SotM Oceania, held in Wellington, New Zealand, 12-15 November 2019.

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Venue

The workshops and community day were held at Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington. The conference was held at Tiakiwai Conference Centre, National Library of New Zealand.

Program Overview

Date	Name	Tickets Sold
12 November	Workshops	159
13 November	Conference Day 1	208
14 November	Conference Day 2	208
15 November	Community Day	~90

Keynotes

Edwin Liava'a (Tonga) - FOSS4G Pasifika Roadmap: Then/Now/Beyond
Kate Crawford (Australia) - Mapping and Society
Miriam Gonzalez (Mexico) - Towards developing the best (and most diverse!) map in the world!
Lyzi Diamond (USA) - This talk is about maptime

Social Program

Date	Name	Venue	No. of Attendees	Payment Structure
12 November	Travel Grant Program Breakfast	Mojo Featherston	18	Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation
12 November	Icebreaker	Queens Wharf Ballroom	~100	Included with conference registration
13 November	Women in Spatial Breakfast	The National Library of New Zealand	39	Co-organised with WiS NZ / sponsored by FOSS4G SotM Oceania
13 November	Conference Dinner	The Thistle Inn	110	Separate ticket ($80)

Conference Attendees

By jurisdiction

Jurisdiction	Attendees	% of Total
Wellington	62	29.8
Rest of North Island	38	18.3
South Island	22	10.6
Victoria	18	9.1
Queensland	14	6.7
Australian Capital Territory	11	5.3
New South Wales	11	5.3
Western Australia	7	3.4
United States	4	1.9
South Australia	3	1.4
Tasmania	3	1.4
Northern Territory	2	1.0
Fiji	2	1.0
Japan	2	1.0
Samoa	2	1.0
Serbia	2	1.0
French Polynesia	1	0.5
Mexico	1	0.5
Northern Marianas Islands	1	0.5
Papua New Guinea	1	0.5
Tonga	1	0.5

By ticket type

Ticket Type	Attendees	% of Total
Full Price	86	41.3
Early Bird	35	16.8
Sponsor	34	16.3
Community Contributor	18	8.7
Travel Grant Program	13	6.3
Student	10	4.8
Keynote	4	1.9
Single Session Presenter	4	1.9
Volunteer	4	1.9

Media

Building an Open Geo Community for Oceania by Women in Spatial NZ
Free and Open Source Software for Geosptial by Address Finder
Sponsoring FOSS4G SotM Oceania by Spatialised
FOSS4G SotM Oceania attendees descend on Wellington by Winyama Digital Solutions
My first experience at the FOSS4G Oceania conference by Elisa Puccioni
FOSS4G / QGIS Geometry Generators by Hamish Campbell

Good Mojo

Travel Grant Program

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

These attendees are from:

Northern Marianas Islands
Papua New Guinea
Fiji (2)
Samoa (2)
French Polynesia
Australia (2)
New Zealand (4)

Organisation

Conference Committee

Matthew Fry - Program Lead
Dionne Hansen - Design & Communication Lead
Tania Hibbard-Nitz - Local & Logistics Lead
Edoardo Neerhut - Sponsorship Lead
Daniel Silk - Chair / Governance Lead
John Bryant - OSGeo Oceania President
Jan Ducnuigeen
David Garcia
Emma Hain
Greg Lauer - OSGeo Oceania Secretary
Richard Law
Alex Leith - OSGeo Oceania Treasurer
Mairead de Roiste
Adam Steer
Belle Tissott

Kim Fitter was Community Lead, and Adam Steer was Program Lead, early in the organising effort.

Partners

Survey and Spatial New Zealand was the Industry Partner, providing support with financial logistics.

Victoria University of Wellington provided the venue for the workshop and community days.

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

Meeting minutes