Hi Peter, I have been reading your posts with interest but have only know got the chance to respond. FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin would be splendid.
I work in the University of Ulster, currently as Course Director for the MEd, but have done and am doing a lot of work with schools and the school assessment body in Northern Ireland CCEA. I developed and am Chief moderator for a Space Science Technology curriculum. It has, among other things, Open Street Map as apart of a GIS core unit. You can find some details if you search for CCEA Space Science Technology microsite. I am research active, but largely in GIS in Education and in GPS tracking at the moment. I would be interested in exploring whether there would be research opportunities that we could take forward. Best wishes, Stephen > On 22 Jan 2015, at 09:56, Peter Mooney <petermoone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > In December I wrote to this list announcing that I would be leading a bid > to host FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin. > Here's a link to the email in the archives [ > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ie/2014-December/000913.html] > > We were delighted to hear yesterday that the Dublin bid and Bonn (see both > here http://www.osgeo.org/conference/rfp/) have been invited to submit full > proposals (due before the end of February). I am delighted to share this > news with you. This was announced on OSGeo yesterday [ > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2015-January/002870.html] > > Whilst this is only a very small step we feel that Dublin FOSS4G 2016 can > be a very strong contender. > > Thanks to some people on the list here who gave me some ideas and feedback > for the initial Letter of Intent. > > I will keep you informed of the development of the full proposal. While the > full proposal doesn't need to be very prescriptive of what the exact shape > of FOSS4G 2016 will be I will be trying to create an exciting programme. > > In particular I'm very interested to chat with any OSM Ireland people (or > OSM anywhere people) on what role OSM might like to play in Dublin FOSS4G > 2016. If you have any ideas please get in touch. > > I'm also very interested to learn about the use of FOSS4G in companies, > SMEs, startups, volunteer organisations, etc in Ireland as this was > something we have been asked to expand on in the full proposal. Again I'd > be delighted to hear and learn of your experiences and include them in the > proposal. > > Thanks for reading and I will keep you posted, > > Best wishes, > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie
