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

[Peter Mooney]

Thanks for the response Dave. Thank you very much for the offer of support.
I'll take you up on that.

As you said this thing has to come to pass first ;-)

In reality I think support can come in many ways from the OSM IE community
and I'm only too happy to discuss. There will be lots of OSM related
workshops, demos, hacks, presentations, etc at FOSS4G 2016 so I'm pretty
sure everyone on the list would find something useful. Mostly there would
be the opportunity to network, collaborate, code, map, etc.

Being part of the LOC in the planning phase will mostly be done via
teleconference, phone and email. So geolocation in Ireland shouldn't be a
problem.

Peter


On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Dave Corley <davecorley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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