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On behalf of Geo4All, i would like to invite your participation and support for the main global FOSS4G conference 2016 which is coming to Europe (in Bonn) this year. The community behind the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is the heart of FOSS4G and Geo4All, without which we would not have the resources to continue on our mission. The passion and drive that every individual brings to the community results in collaborative development that greatly exceeds even our own expectations. FOSS4G represents the global gathering of the Open Source Geospatial community with a deep focus on free and open source geospatial solutions under the auspices of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation - OSGeo. FOSS4G brings together developers, users, policy- and decision-makers, business representatives from a broad spectrum of organizations and professional geo-related fields. It is great to see how a different group of amazing volunteers coming together each year to help organise an amazing global event (hosted in different regions each year) for the benefit of the wider community , to share ideas and build new collaborations. Now, there are hundreds of locally organised OSGeo events happening each year ranging from regional conferences (North America, Asia, Europe etc) to national ones (from India to Japan) to small local community events run by local communities which clearly shows the global impact of our Foundation (in just 10 years time since OSGeo was founded) starting from humble backgrounds [1]. This year’s FOSS4G theme, “Building bridges” http://2016.foss4g.org/home.html , will bring together all geospatial users, developers and supporters, from professionals to absolute beginners, from business representatives to university teachers, from non-profit organizations to public institutions representatives. Furthermore, this year, FOSS4G will build bridges between geo-related communities. Our traditional FOSS4G topics will be enhanced with four key streams: Land Information, Disaster Management, Remote Sensing and Open Data. Our Call for Submissions will close on 21st of March. You can chose to share your work and knowledge with the community in a variety of ways: you can submit a presentation, a scientific paper, a poster, a map or a workshop. The choice is yours. Submissions can be made at https://proposals.2016.foss4g.org/ Please note that there is a separate call for submissions of full papers for peer-review and academic publication in our Academic Presentation process (see the Academic Track CFP page http://2016.foss4g.opencts.org/ocs/ ). Though the members of our community hail from many different backgrounds, we all seek to eliminate the digital divide and empower all as full citizens and contribute to building up Open Knowledge for the benefit of the whole society and for our future generations. Education and empowerment are key for getting rid of extreme poverty and help create digital economy opportunities also for billions of our economically poor brothers and sisters across our planet. Access to quality education opportunities is everyone's birthright [2]. So let us all work together to enable open principles in education to help create a world that is more accessible, equitable and full of innovation and opportunities for everyone. Please support the LOC and join our community. We are looking forward to welcoming you. http://2016.foss4g.org/about-foss4g.html#promotionvideo Best wishes, Suchith Anand http://www.geoforall.org/ [1] http://www.osgeo.org/node/1672 [2] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2016/02/future-of-gis-should-be-empowerment-not-enslavement-examples-needed-for-geo4all-newsletter/ _______________________________________________ Portugal mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/portugal
