FOSS4G 2010
FOSS4G is the global and annual conference hosted by OSGeo in venues all around the globe. It attracts the best Open Source geospatial software projects and their developers making it the gathering of the tribes. FOSS4G addresses the needs of users and developers alike and this year intends to also bridge the gap between the suits and the geeks by explaining how the business models can be used to address the needs of small and large organizations alike.
Venue
FOSS4G 2010 will be visiting Europe again after visits in Canada, South Africa and Australia. The date and the place are:
- Monday 6th through Thursday 9th of September, 2010
- Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is a great place to stay, famous for its architecture, mild climate, Mediterranean history, place of the Olympic Games in 1992 and full of attractions for all kinds of visitors. With FOSS4G now even for geospatial geeks.
Congress venue
Fira Montjuic:
- http://www.fira.es/location/montjuic.do?hall=P5_N0
- http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=41.372328&mlon=2.151432&zoom=15&layers=B000FTF
Workshops venue
Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona, UPC Campus Nord:
Codesprint venue
CitiLab Cornellà:
media
Press Releases
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 1 - Announcing Barcelona for foss4g
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 2 - Dec 2009. Opening the doors
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 3 - Jan 2010. Call for Workshops and Tutorials
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 4 - Feb 2010. Call for Papers and Academic Track
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 5 - Feb 2010. Workshops ready for inscriptions
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 6 - Mar 2010. Call for Papers and Academic Track
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 7 - April 1 2010. SotM and FOSS4G are offering combo tickets
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 8 - Apr 30 2010. Community Program Review
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 9 - June 9 2010. Last Early Bird reminder
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 10 - July 20 2010. FOSS4G 2010 is growing fast
- FOSS4G 2010 Press Release 11 - Aug 25 2010. Final Program of FOSS4G 2010
Community Releases
- FOSS4G 2010 Community Release 1 - your project at FOSS4G!
- FOSS4G 2010 Community Release 2 - June 16 2010. FOSS4G: Book your flight to Barcelona!
Activities
- FOSS4G 2010 Conference Website
- Email list:
- public mailing list
- organizing committee private list (for sensitive commercial discussions only).
- Key FOSS4G 2010 pages in this Wiki. Find an overview of all pages in the FOSS4G 2010 Category Page.
- Media videos and pictures from the conference
- FOSS4G_2010 Breakout Sessions was BOFs
- Calendar
- Discounts
- Sponsorship and Exhibitor Prospectus
- Subscriptions - prices, ...
- Workshops
- Geospatial Integration Showcase
- Lessons Learned
- Logo Designs
- Marketing - images
- Mailing Lists (things about...)
- Convention Center Rooms
- FOSS4G 2010 TODO List
- Venue Planning
- Social Activities
- Hotels and Hostels
- Code Sprint
- OSGeo-es (OSGeo Spanish Language chapter)
Volunteering
Do you want to help?!? thanks!
first of all please subscribe to the public mailing list:
There's a lot of things to do:
- Compare FOSS4G 2009 wiki page with this page and help filing the contents. Ask in the Mailing List if you have doubts.
- help reviewing the official web page contents, English is not our mother tongue and other errors can come out.
- Promote! this event is mostly known through friends and colleagues, help us promoting to your favorite mailing lists and buddies.
Barcelona volunteer community
Proposal
- Proposal from Barcelona (10.8 MB)
- Proposal Addendum from Barcelona (2 MB)
- Submission e-mail
- Supporting Letter for Barcelona (4.1 MB)
notes on web search
somebody calls this conference FOSS4Geo, please refer to our FOSS4G official web site.