Was there a presentation you couldn’t make it to, or perhaps one you want to see again? Presentation slides from the conference are now available on individual presentation pages. Cruise on over to the FOSS4G North America schedule and find the presentation you’re interested in. Follow that link you’ll find the slides available for download.
Additional speaker slides are available for keynote and lunch panel presentations.
Next up – videos!
Wow, what a conference! Our thanks to everyone who made it to FOSS4G North America. We had over 350 attendees, 50 speakers and set twitter ablaze with open source geo goodness. We want to send our appreciation to our Keynote Speakers, presenters, Sponsors and our volunteers.
We’ll be uploading presentations slides soon – we’ve collected most of them but are still missing a few. If you have not sent your slides in please email them to presentations@foss4g-na.org or upload them to slideshare and tag them with foss4gna2012 – but please send us a link! As for video – our volunteer videographers were able to capture most of the presentations. We’re processing and editing those but it will take us some time to get them posted. Check back soon for details on where the videos will be hosted.
Thanks for joining us in DC and making FOSS4G North America so successful, we’ll see you in Beijing for FOSS4G 2012 and in Minnesota for FOSS4G North America 2013!
Tuesday evening we’re hosting an ignite spatial event as part of the opening day cocktail reception. Twelve speakers will give talks on topics like selling open where piracy reigns, curating geo data in the eye of a hurricane, making usable maps, and getting the right geo courses and ideas into universities. Check out the full lineup here.
For those unfamiliar with the ignite format, speakers get 5 minutes and 20 slides which automatically advance every 15 seconds. It leads to fast paced, fun presentations. This will be combined with cocktails, appetizers, and time to hang out with and meet other attendees.
The cocktail reception starts at 5:00 pm, immediately after the last session of the day. Ignite Spatial talks will kick off at 6:30 pm. The full conference schedule is here.
See you next week!
We’re looking for a few good videographers , three to be precise, to record the proceedings of FOSS4G North America. We need folks who have their own equipment and can edit the raw material down into uploadable files, one per session.
Our volunteer videographers will gain free admission to FOSS4G North America, and, of course, the sincere appreciation of the open source community for helping share the FOSS4G proceedings with the wider community.
Interested in helping out? E-mail presentations@foss4g-na.org for more information.
Our Gold Level sponsors were given the opportunity to assist planning and scheduling the conference agenda for Thursday, April 12 201. OpenGeo and RadiantBlue have done a tremendous job creating a full day of programming with guest speakers from city, state and the Federal Government. The schedule has been finalized and and is now public – we hope you find it as exciting as we do.
Be sure to stick around for luncheon panel courtesy of Red Hat. The State of Open Source in the Federal IT Landscape will highlight stories of implementing and using open source technology within the Federal Government.
We thank OpenGeo, RadiantBlue, Red Hat, and all of our sponsors for helping make FOSS4G North America possible.
All FOSS4G registrants are welcome to attend the programming on Thursday but we need to keep an accurate count of attendees. If you indicated that you would attend on your registration form – great! If you didn’t please email registration@foss4g-na.org and let them know you’d like to come by on Thursday.
FOSS4G North America is only one month away! Today we’re happy to announce the schedule for the conference. We are proud of our program, which includes talks from open source developers, managers and visionaries. FOSS4G North America is a great opportunity to learn about the state of the art, and how people are putting open source to use in their organizations.
Don’t forget that due to venue restrictions, we only have a limited number of registration spaces still remaining, so sign up soon!
Relevant links:
Many of you traveling from out of town have asked if we could recommend any hotels with reasonable rates near the convention center. We’re happy to announce that we’ve arranged a group rate of $189 per night at the Renaissance Washington DC, and the Washington Marriott Metro Center. This rate applies to the nights of April 9 thru 12, 2012.
To make reservations, use the links below before March 19, 2012:
999 Ninth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Washington Marriott Metro Center
775 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
At FOSS4G we believe in the wisdom of crowds, after all it is the open source way. To help us choose the presentations that will form the backbone of our program we’re using a community review process. We saw over 100 talks submitted for the 50 speaking slots available. We need help from the community to build the most appealing program possible!
If you have registered for FOSS4G North America, or are planning to attend (register soon, space is running out) please participate in the community program review. Attendees should select the talks that most interest them. The program committee will use that data to help build the final program and ensure that the most popular talks are scheduled for the largest rooms.
The review closes on March 11, vote at http://community-
FOSS4G North America is shaping up to be an exciting event. Over half of our 400 registration slots are already filled and many sponsors have signed on. Now is your chance to tell everyone what you’ve been up to!
The conference program is being organized around three tracks:
Space is limited to only 400 attendees. If you haven’t registered sign up today to ensure that you can be a part of this exciting event! We look forward to seeing you in DC!
Due to an overwhelming early response we’ve secured space for additional registrations. The limit has been raised to 400 attendees and we’re filling up quickly! Conference attendance costs $300 and closes on April 2nd. If space is available registration will be open on site for $350.
To find out more information please join our mailing list or follow us on twitter. Check back often, we’re close to announcing our keynotes, our sponsor day schedules and other important information.
Don’t forget, you can submit an abstract for a paper to be presented at the conference, abstracts are due by 3/1/2012.
We look forward to seeing you in Washington DC!
Register for FOSS4G North America
FOSS4G North America 2012 April 10 - 12, 2012 Walter E. Washington Convention Center
E-mail us your interest and we will send you an invoice and information package.