From foss4g.asian at gmail.com Thu May 3 06:00:57 2018 From: foss4g.asian at gmail.com (Foss4g Asia) Date: Thu, 03 May 2018 06:00:57 -0000 Subject: [Talk-ug] Deadline for FOSS4G-Asia 2018 Academic Track Abstract Submission is EXTENDED to May 31, 2018! Message-ID: Dear Colleague, *Deadline for Abstract Submission is EXTENDED to May 31, 2018!* This is to inform you that due to the continuous requests for an extension, the Abstract Submission deadline (*Academic Track*) has been extended to May 31, 2018. Authors who have not yet submitted the abstracts via online are kindly advised to refer to the submission guideline at http://www.foss4g-asia.org/ 2018/academic-track/ and submit their abstracts no later than May 31, 2018. If there are any problems with the submission, please feel free to contact the secretariat via email at foss4g.asian at gmail.com. We look forward to your participation in the FOSS4G Asia - 2018 on "Open Source for Sustainable Development" and have the oppportunity to meet you in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. *FOSS4G Asia 2018* ------------------------------ *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* ------------------------------ *"Open Source for Sustainable Development"* *December 2nd – 5th 2018* Abstract Submission is Open Dear Colleague, On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to submit abstracts for the *FOSS4G-Asia 2018 conference* to be held in *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* during the period of *02nd - 05th December , 2018* at the *Department of Town & Country Planning, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.* Register Submit your Abstract *Please submit abstracts by ;* * 01 May 2018 * *(Extended Deadline - 31 May 2018) General Track * * 15 July 2018 Academic Track * ------------------------------ *Important Dates* *Academic Track(Full papers and presentation)* *General Track(Abstracts and presentation)* *Workshop (Call for proposals)* *Call for abstracts * 25 February 2018 25 February 2018 25 February 2018 *Abstract submission deadline* 01 May 2018 *(Extended Deadline 31 May 2018)* 15 July 2018 30 July 2018 *Acceptance notification of abstract* 15 June 2018 01 August 2018 15 August 2018 *Deadline of submission of full papers* 15 July 2018 N/A N/A *Notification of review results of full papers* 01 September 2018 N/A N/A *Deadline of registration for conference* 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 *Deadline of final submission* 01 October 2018 (Camera ready paper) 01 November 2018 (Final presentation) 15 October 2018 (Workshop brief and schedule) * The theme of the Conference is* * “Open Source for Sustainable Development"* ------------------------------ *Papers and presentations are invited in areas covering,but not limited to, the following sub themes* *1.Development of Geospatial Applications using Free and Open Source Software* *2.FOSS4G in Business Innovation* *3.Geo spatial information Services for Urban Management/Urban and Regional Planning/Urban Design and Good Governance* *4.Open and Proprietary Software: Building Bridges* *5.Open Data, Data Collection and Visualization for Societal GIS* *6.Open Hardware, Geo-IoT, Geo-BIM/CIM* *7.Geo-data Analytics and machine/deep learning* *8.FOSS4G in Education and Research* *9.FOSS4G Philosophy, Goals, Complexities and Challenges* *10.Other topics related to Free and Open Source Software, Data and Standards* *Awards & Scholarships * 1. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best paper awards (each sub theme) 2. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best presentation award 3. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best poster award 4. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 student (Undergraduates or Postgraduate) / young (35 years or less) presentation award 5. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 student (Undergraduates or Postgraduate) / young (35 years or less) poster award 6. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best presentation award (Only for Participants from host country) 7. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best poster award (Only for Participants from host country) 8. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best student presentation award (Only for Undergraduates from host country) 9. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best student poster award (Only for Undergraduates from host country) *More Information * All accepted full papers will be published in the *FOSS4G-Asia 2018 conference proceedings *USB and *selected peer-review full papers in the acadmic track* will be invited to publish in the following journals * * *Main Organizers * * Official Media Partner * We are looking forward to receiving your submission and welcoming you in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. We kindly request from you to disseminate this mail among your colleagues and networks. ------------------------------ *Please visit the website for further information* *Thank You !* *Contact Us* *Conference Secretariat* Dr.Amila Jayasinghe Dr. Chethika Abeynayake Dept. Town & Country Planning Phone :+94-772777236 <+94%2077%20277%207236> University of Moratuwa Email : amilabjayasinghe at gmail.com / amilabj at uom.lk Nirmanie Weerasinghe Phone : +94-755361399 <+94%2075%20536%201399>/ +94-715902911 <+94%2071%20590%202911> Phone : +94-712398485 <+94%2071%20239%208485> *Copyright © 2018 *The FOSS4G-ASIA - 2018*, All rights reserved.* *Our mailing address is:* foss4g.asian at gmail.com ****** PLEASE APOLOGIZE ANY CROSS-POSTING ****** Sincerely Yours, *Conference Chair* *Dr. Rangajeewa Ratnayake*Head, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Tel +94 112 650921 <0112%20650%20921>Email: rangajeewar at gmail.com; rangajeewar at uom.lk *Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan*Professor, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Japan Tel +81 6-6605-3381 <+81%206-6605-3381>Email: raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; venka.osgeo at gmail.com *Conference Secretariat* *Dr. Amila Jayasinghe*Department of Town and Country Planning University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Email : amilabjayasinghe at gmail.com / amilabj at uom.lk Phone : +94-755361399 <075%20536%201399>/ +94-772777236 <077%20277%207236> http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/ foss4g.asian at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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