Hi, this year Inspire and GWF joined forces in organising a combined conference 25-29 may 2014 in Lisbon http://www.geospatialworldforum.org. In previous years of GWF we used to organize an OSGeo track (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, not sure about Geneva). Should some of us put some energy in setting up such a track for the coming conference, or alternatives like a booth/strategic partner?
So why do GWF and INSPIRE hang out together? I have no clue... But it might be a combination of I know INSPIRE wants to share their concepts globally (they have some initiatives in Latin America), they might have seen GWF as a facilitator. Another reason might be that organizing such a big event is quite a challenge for local universities that did this in recent years. Hooking up with a commercial organisation like GWF can facilitate continuation of the event. For GWF I see a benefit of having a big audience increase, with meaningful items to discuss. As organizer of 2013 osgeo track at GWF my evaluation back then was not all that positive. It certainly was good people saw the osgeo logo on the program, but I doubted if the conference had a proper audience for osgeo-message. However, now with combined INSPIRE community, the atmosphere should be quite different. Would be good to hear your thoughts on this. And see if we can set up some great OSGeo presence at the conference. Note (for those interested) the dead-line for abstract submission is january first 2015. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss