First Open Source GIS UK Conference - 22 June 2009

14 November 2008, 10:49am

The University of Nottingham Centre for Geospatial Sciences (CGS), Open Source Geospatial Foundation (UK chapter), ICA Commission on Maps and the Internet and Open Knowledge Foundation are organising the First Open Source GIS Conference in UK on 22 June 2009 at University of Nottingham.

The conference has very much an international focus and holistic outlook, bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academia, industry, software developers, open source communities, geospatial researchers, etc. High profile speakers from the USA, Canada and across the EU are invited to give presentations and workshops. Two 'hands on' lab sessions are also planned.

Speakers and presentations already confirmed include:

- Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of Open Source Geospatial Foundation will deliver the keynote presentation.

- A plenary presentation from the Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR). OSOR.eu is a project owned and funded by the European Commission under the IDABC program. OSOR.eu actively supports the sharing of FLOSS -based eGovernment applications across Europe, connecting EU services and Member States.

- Dr David Ames (Idaho State University) has confirmed his MapWindow workshop.

- EDINA will also be running a workshop on OSGeo Software projects.

Participants are expected from all across Europe. There are plans to webcast the proceedings on the conference website.

Two parallel sessions are planned for the accepted presentations from the Call for Papers, that will be announced in December, plus hands-on workshops.

The Program Committee comprises:

Prof. Thierry Badard (Université Laval, Canada)
Dr Richard Kingston (University of Manchester, UK)
Prof. Ari Jolma (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
Jonathan Gray (Open Knowledge Foundation)
James Reid (EDINA, UK)
Joanne Cook (Oxford Archaeology, UK)
Dr David Ames (Idaho State University, USA)
Prof. Hans-Jörg Stark (University of Applied Sciences Switzerland)
Dr Jerry Swan (University of Nottingham, UK)
Dr James Goulding (University of Nottingham,UK)
Dr Gobe Hobona (University of Nottingham, UK)
Prof Mike Jackson (University of Nottingham,Centre for Geospatial Sciences, UK)
Dr Suchith Anand (University of Nottingham, Centre for Geospatial Sciences, UK)
Dr Muki Hakley (UCL, UK)
Dr J Mark Ware (University of Glamorgan, UK)
Dr Didier Leibovici (University of Nottingham, UK)
Stella Fuller (University of Nottingham, UK)
Jordan Hatcher (ipVA, UK)
Barry Rowlingson (University of Lancaster, UK)
Theodor Foerster (ITC, Netherlands)
Mike Saunt (Astun Technology Ltd, UK)
Prof. Charlie Schweik (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
Jo Walsh (Open Knowledge Foundation)
George Percival (Open Geospatial Consortium)
Dr James Philip (University of Newcastle, UK)
Prof Georg Gartner (Vienna University of Technology)
Prof Mike Peterson (University of Omaha, USA)
Chris Higgins (EDINA, UK)
Glen Hart (Ordnance Survey, UK)
Simon Abele (University of Newcastle, UK)

The website will be announced soon. Watch this space!

For information, contact:

Dr Suchith Anand
University of Nottingham
Centre for Geospatial Sciences (CGS)
UK
Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk

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