[OSM-talk-ie] Irish bid to host FOSS4G 2016

[Dave Corley]

Hi Peter,

This is a fantastic idea which I hope comes to pass.

I will offer any support I can, although being based in Galway, I'm not
sure how much use I'll be.

Dave
On 17 Dec 2014 20:18, "Peter Mooney" <petermooney78 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello OpenStreetMap IE,
>
> My name is Dr. Peter Mooney and I am a Research Fellow at the Irish
> Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Computer Science,
> Maynooth University, Ireland. Apologies for cross posting of this message.
>
> I have been carrying out research on or with OSM for many years now. Just
> recently I was a co-author on the first ever edited volume academic book on
> OpenStreetMap (
>
> http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/geographical+information+systems/book/978-3-319-14279-1
> )
>
> I am writing to the Irish OpenStreetMap talk pages to let you all know that
> I am leading a group which will officially bid to host FOSS4G 2016 (Free
> and Open
> Source Software for Geomatics). As you may already know this is one of the
> largest geospatial conferences held annually. The aim for attendance at
> FOSS4G 2016 is 1,000 delegates. I believe that members of OpenStreetMap in
> Ireland will find many like minded people at the conference from all over
> the world. There will certainly be lots of OSM people at FOSS4G conferences
> and meetups. The 2014
> version of the conference has just passed (https://2014.foss4g.org/) in
> the
> USA. The 2016 conference must take place in Europe. There is likely to be
> rival bids from Bonn and Lausanne.
>
> We have to submit a 2-page letter of intend by January 9th 2015. If this
> makes it past the initial evaluation we will be invited to submit a full
> proposal by late February. The results will be posted by end of March 2015
> by OSGeo.
>
> Below I've copied the email I posted yesterday to the OSGeo mailing list to
> announce that a bid would be forthcoming from Ireland.
>
> http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2014-December/thread.html
>
> This is a massive undertaking. I would be delighted to chat with people
> from OpenStreetMap Ireland if you are interested in getting involved in the
> LOC. Or perhaps your
> company or SME are interested? Or you might want to know more about FOSS4G.
> In general I would really like to have the support of OpenStreetMap Ireland
> in FOSS4G.
>
> I'll keep this mailing list informed (low-traffic) of our success/failure
> over the next couple of months. I look forward to hearing from anyone who
> is interested in volunteering for the LOC.
>
> Thanks for reading and please drop me an email if you're interested in
> hearing more.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Peter
>
>
> ===================
> Copy of OSGeo email
>
> I am delighted to announce to the subscribers of this list that I am
> leading a local organizing committee (LOC) which intends to bid for the
> hosting of FOSS4G 2016 in Dublin Ireland. I have been working for over a
> decade on GIS, Open Data, public access to environmental information and
> open source software.
>
> I have gathered an experienced, knowledgeable and enthusiastic (LOC) who
> are very eager to work with the OSGeo and FOSS4G committees in hosting this
> conference in Ireland in 2016. Dublin is European headquarters for many
> major ICT, financial, manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies. These
> companies will be engaged as sponsors, delegates and members of the LOC.
> The major drives on open data and public access to geospatial information
> amongst governmental organisations in Ireland will also be a driver for the
> conference.
>
> Our chosen venue is the iconic Convention Centre, Dublin (CCD). The CCD is
> located right in the heart of Ireland's capital city and just 20 minutes
> from Dublin International Airport. The CCD is on the banks of the River
> Liffey and served by Dublin's tram system. The CCD has hosted conference
> events with up to 4,500 delegates. The facilities provided by the CCD make
> it one of the finest such venues internationally. In addition to CCD we
> shall be partnering with local universities and other partners to deliver
> FOSS4G 2016.
>
> We shall be officially submitting our Letter of Intent well before the
> deadline in January 2015. We are very excited by the challenge and the
> opportunity of bringing this truly outstanding geospatial conference event
> to Dublin in 2016. We wanted to let the OSGeo commmunity know that there is
> lots of planning work going on in Ireland at the moment preparing for our
> bid.
>
> We will work very hard to ensure that FOSS4G celebrates it's 10th Birthday
> in 2016 in style in one of the friendliest and open cities in the world.
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