[FOSSGIS-Talk] Call For papers Geospatial devroom @FOSDEM 2015

[Martin Hammitzsch]

*FOSDEM*[1] is a free open source event bringing together about 5000
developers in *Brussels, Belgium*. The goal is to provide open source
software developers and communities a place to meet at. The next edition
will take place the weekend 31/1 -> 1/2/2015. This year for the first time
there will be a *geospatial devroom on Sunday 1/2/2015*!

Geospatial technology becomes more and more part of mainstream IT. The idea
is to bring together people with different backgrounds to better explain
and understand the opportunities Geospatial can offer. This devroom will
host topics explaining the state of the art of geospatial technology, and
how it can be used amongst other projects.

The geospatial devroom is the place to talk about open, geo-related data
and software and their ecosystem. This includes standards and tools, e.g.
for spatial databases, and online mapping, geospatial services, used for
collecting, storing, delivering, analysing, and visualizing purposes.
Typical topics that will be covered are:

   - Web and desktop GIS applications
   - Interoperable geospatial web services and specifications
   - Collection of data using sensors/drones/satellites
   - Open hardware for geospatial applications
   - Geo-analytic algorithms/libraries
   - Geospatial extensions for classical databases (indexes, operations)
   - Dedicated databases


*HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TALK PROPOSAL*

Are you thrilled to present your work to other open source developers?
Would you like to run a discussion? Any other ideas? Please submit your
proposal at the Pentabarf event planning tool at:

*https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15
<https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15>*

When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the '*Geospatial
devroom*' as '*Track*'. Please *specify* in the notes if you prefer for
your presentation a *short timeslot* (lightning talks ~10 minutes) or a *long
timeslot* (20 minutes presentation + discussion).

The *DEADLINE* for submissions is *1st December 2014*

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with
the organisers of the devroom at fosdem-geospatial at gisky.be!

*Johan Van de Wauw*
*Margherita Di Leo*
*Astrid Emde*
*Anne Ghisla*
*Julien Fastré*
*Martin Hammitzsch*
*Andy Petrella*
*Dirk Frigne*
*Gael Musquet*

[1] http://www.fosdem.org