Re: [Geotools-devel] FOSS4G North America Conference coming April 10-12, 2012

[Justin D. <jde...@op...>]

Sure sounds good.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>wrote:

> It is more that there is a submissions deadline for presentations; and you
> could throw that into the ring.
>
> Suppose we can make a blog post now; and just say that GeoTools
> developer(s) are going and would like to invite people to the event etc...
>
> Jody
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Justin Deoliveira <jde...@op...>wrote:
>
>> Sure, but might be a bit premature right now... let's see who else ends
>> up going and will be presenting content.
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>wrote:
>>
>>>  Yeah go for it :-)
>>>
>>> Do you want to make a blog post about the conference for the geotools
>>> blog?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On Monday, 30 January 2012 at 7:19 AM, Justin Deoliveira wrote:
>>>
>>> I'll be there. I am happy to do a "state of geotools" type thing,
>>> ideally recycling the talk from Denver.
>>>
>>> On Saturday, January 28, 2012, Jody Garnett <jod...@gm...>
>>> wrote:
>>> > So is anyone we know going to this gig? If so can we post something on
>>> the GeoTools blog saying "GeoTools will be there?". It would also be handy
>>> if there was like a logo or something for it.
>>> > As I understand it there is not much notice; so any way we can help
>>> with publicity would be go> --
>>> > Jody Garnett
>>> >
>>> > On Thursday, 26 January 2012 at 2:03 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On behalf of OSGeo North America, we’d like to invite you to attend
>>> the Free
>>> > and Open Source Software for Geospatial - North America (FOSS4G-NA)
>>> > conference being held from April 10-12, 2012 at the Walter E.
>>> Washington
>>> > Convention Center in Washington, DC. This event will serve as a
>>> regional
>>> > follow-up to last September’s highly successful international FOSS4G
>>> 2011
>>> > conference in Denver, Colorado, focusing on the North American open
>>> source
>>> > geospatial community.
>>> > The conference will be organized around three tracks:
>>> > - open source technology best practices and tips;
>>> > - deployment case studies; and
>>> > - emerging ideas and trends in open source.
>>> > The call for abstracts is open now and can be submitted here:
>>> > http://foss4g-na.org/abstract-submission/ . We have space for about 50
>>> > presentations and 20 Ignite sessions, so get your submissions in! In
>>> > addition, Michael Byrne, CIO of the Federal Communications Commission
>>> (FCC)
>>> > will be delivering a keynote address, with more speakers to be
>>> announced
>>> > soon.
>>> > Paul Ramsey, Conference Chair of the 2007 FOSS4G conference, will be
>>> > reprising his role, along with an experienced committee from the North
>>> > America chapter of OSGeo to back him.
>>> > We have an open call for sponsorship, which can include exhibition
>>> space;
>>> > for more information please visit http://foss4g-na.org/sponsorship/.
>>> The
>>> > event already has strong support from the community, with a growing
>>> set of
>>> > sponsors that includes OpenGeo, Radiant Blue, AppGeo, and Spatialytics.
>>> > For more information, please visit our site at http://foss4g-na.org/.
>>> > Space is limited to 300 attendees only, so you should sign up today to
>>> > ensure that you can be a part of this exciting event!
>>> > http://foss4g-na.org/registration/
>>> >
>>> > Related Links:
>>> > http://foss4g-na.org/ FOSS4G North America 2012 Conference -
>>> Washington, DC
>>> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/North_America_Regional OSGeo North America
>>> > http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> > http://2012.foss4g.org FOSS4G 2012 - Beijing, China
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Justin Deoliveira
>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>>> Enterprise support for open source geospatial.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Justin Deoliveira
>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
>> Enterprise support for open source geospatial.
>>
>>
>


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Justin Deoliveira
OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org
Enterprise support for open source geospatial.