Thanks for the hard work; the improved website is a joy to navigate. -- Jody Garnett
On Saturday, 11 June 2011 at 8:27 AM, Peter Batty wrote: > We are pleased to announce the publication of the FOSS4G 2011 program. You > can view the program details here > (http://2011.foss4g.org/program/session-schedule). Selection was very > competitive - we had almost 300 submissions for around 150 sessions. So > congratulations to those who made it, and commiserations to those who didn't, > but we hope to still see you in Denver for the conference! We feel we have an > excellent program lined up. > We have also announced our plenary speakers > (http://2011.foss4g.org/content/plenary-speakers). They include several > speakers new to FOSS4G, and several FOSS4G veterans. Michael Byrne, GIO of > the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), will talk about their work on > the National Broadband Map, which is based entirely on an open source > software stack, and implements some innovative ideas regarding open data. > Peter Ter Haar, Director of Products at the Ordnance Survey, the national > mapping agency of Great Britain, will talk about their experience with open > data initiatives over the past 18 months, as well as how they are using open > source. Paul Ramsey will talk on "Why do you do that? An exploration of open > source business models". Steve Coast, founder of OpenStreetMap, will talk > about the past, present and (mainly) future of OpenStreetMap. We will have a > panel on "Open x 4" discussing various aspects of openness, chaired by Matt > Ball and featuring Arnulf Christl, President of OSGeo, Steve Coast, and Carl Reed, CTO of OGC. Schuyler Erle and Brian Timoney have accepted the challenge of giving us a couple of short and entertaining but also insightful presentations to close proceedings on Wednesday and Thursday. And Jeff McKenna will be leading the ever-popular web mapping performance shootout in the final session. Check the full list (http://2011.foss4g.org/content/plenary-speakers) to see all the plenary speakers. > We have also redesigned and re-implemented the web site. Nice features > include a searchable program schedule. Shortly we will also have the ability > to save items to build your own custom schedule. We have a few things still > on our to do list, so you'll see some more improvements and additions over > the next few weeks. Please let us know > (mailto:pe...@ebatty.com?subject=FOSS4G%20web%20site%20feedback) if you have > any feedback on the new website, including additional content or features > you'd like to see. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org (mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org) > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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