Hi Maria Appreciate the efforts. Would be happy to be of guidance/assistance when contacted by Indira.
Kind regards, Mauricio +1 305 484 1355 On Jun 14, 2012, at 5:35 PM, "Maria Brovelli" <brv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Mauricio and All spanish local chapter members > > many thanks for your nice answer. > I'm writing in English because I can't write in Spanish (sorry!!!) but Indira > will then contact you in Spanish. > > I'm involved in OSGeo Edu and I teach at Politecnico di Milano (or better at > the moment I'm a vice rector of the Como campus of Politecnico di Milano). I > had the occasion of meeting the colleagues from Escuela Politecnica del > Litoral in Milan and offered myself in help them in organizing a Conference > on Free and open Source GIS. > I'm also co-chair of an ISPRS WG (http://www.commission4.isprs.org/wg5/) and > my WG could also help in organizing the conference. > > Today I spoke with Rafael Moreno (who is from Mexico and now lives in Denver > and who organised the FOSS4G Academic track in Denver) and he is also > enthusiast about the idea of organizing a Conference in Latin America. > > > In my opinion the best is to join the efforts in such a way to maximise the > result. > Indira will contact you to discuss what it is better to do. > I'm very pleased if I can help. Anyway what is really important is to have > created this connection. > Many thanks!! > Cheers. > Maria > > > > > > 2012/6/12 Maria Brovelli <brv...@gmail.com<mailto:brv...@gmail.com>> > Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral - Guayaquil - Ecuador > with Politecnico di Milano and ISPRS WG IV/5 (Distributed and Web-Based > Geoinformation Services and Applications) > > is organizing in Guayaquil the > > > First Latin American Conference of Free and Open Source GIS - I Congreso > Latinoamericano de Aplicación de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) de > código libre y abierto. > > Background of the event > The awareness about the necessity of integrating, if not basing, the most of > environmental and territorial analyses with geography and mapping has been > growing at every administrative and governmental level. In the meanwhile the > success of application, like for instance Google Earth, demonstrates the > dramatic curiosity and active interest of people with respect to the space in > which they live. Lowering barriers to contributing, making easier the > interaction and the possibility of participation will result in more photos, > maps and other pieces of information uploaded and therefore plays an > important role in that success. > The availability of a richer information (from institutional and/or crowd > sourced data) can help decision-makers in their activity. > Free and Open Source Tools and Applications are rapidly increasing in number > and quality. Many and different actors are involved in such a kind of > process: large and small companies, professional practitioners, public > agencies, universities, research centers but also simple map lovers. > The conference aims at foster interdisciplinary discussions in all aspects of > the geospatial and free and open source domains. The conference will be > organized in a way to promote networking between the participants, to > initiate and favour discussions regarding cutting-edge technologies in the > field, to exchange research ideas and to promote national and international > collaboration. > > Themes of the Event > Presentations should cover aspects of the use or development of open source > GIS. > Some topics of interest: > > * Case Studies and Application of free and open source GIS > * State of Development of free and open source GIS > * Migration from proprietary to free and open source solutions: > problems, advantages, drawbacks > > The proposed dates of the event are: 24-25 October 2012. > > Other possible co-organizers of the event are the Ecuadorian Secretary for > Risk Management and ICA (requests sent, waiting for reply). > > The Organizer Committee is asking for OSGeo support in whichever form it is > possible. > > > For more information please contact: > > Indira Nolivos Alvarez > Departamento de Sistemas y Control > Facultad de Ingeniería en Electricidad y Computación > Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral > inoli...@fiec.espol.edu.ec > > Sergio Flores > Departamento de Sistemas y Control > Facultad de Ingeniería en Electricidad y Computación > Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral > sflo...@fiec.espol.edu.ec > > Maria Antonia Brovelli > Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering > Politecnico di Milano - Campus Como > maria.brove...@polimi.it > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
