[OSM-talk] Call for Papers for SOTM09 is now open

Tim Waters (chippy) chippy2005 at gmail.com
Mon Mar 16 15:18:55 GMT 2009


Thanks Nick,

for the clarification - it's certainly looking like it's going to be a
cracking conference!

chippy

2009/3/16 Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com>:
> Hi Chippy,
>
> The idea of the business day is to promote OSM and opengeodata to potential
> users.  The business day is not so much about letting OSM solution providers
> promote their products.  We want to focus on the bigger issues - why OSM is
> important to consumers of geodata, why crowd sourcing is the way forward,
> reliability of OSM etc.  We are planning a "10 of the best" session - a one
> hour slot that would let startups and small businesses pitch their solution
> to the audience.
>
> The SOTM organizing committee are currently finalizing the themes and
> agenda, but this is what we are looking like at the moment:
>
> Suggested Themes:
>
> Crucially Independent - Why an independent third data source is vital for
> consumers of geodata
> The Crowd Sourced Advantage - What is crowd sourcing and how does it relate
> to map data?
> Safe and Secure - Delivering reliable, high quality products and services
> with OSM data
> Serving the Public - Using OSM data to provide better services to citizens
> in Local and National Government
>
> Criteria for Choosing Speakers
>
> World leader in a field that is directly relevant to a theme
> Senior level in a company that is contributing to the themes of the day
>
> Target Audience
>
> Execs and senior management from mobile handset manufacturers, network
> operators, transport consultancies, national and local government, web
> portals, navigation providers and other ISVs using mapping data
> Professional cartographers, GIS analysts and statisticians
> Owners of start-ups and small businesses who use or are considering using
> mapping data
> OSMers (of course ;-) )
>
> Concept program
>
> Show the problem - why do you need crowd sourced data?
> Introduce the solution - OSM - crowdsourced, reliable, up to date
> Give examples - people using OSM data
> Discussion panel - panel made up of leading speakers for the day
>
> The quick answer is that you should first submit to the weekend conference,
> via the online form.  When the Biz Day is finalised (in the next few days)
> you can always re-submit or submit a second paper.
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Tim Waters (chippy) <chippy2005 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 2009/3/16 Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com>:
>> > That's right - there's only 117 days until we start SOTMizing in
>> > Amsterdam.
>> >
>> > Details of the Call for Papers are here:
>> >
>> > http://www.stateofthemap.org/2009/03/16/call-for-papers-for-the-stateofthemap-2009-is-now-open/
>> >
>> > You can buy an early bird ticket for the recession beating price of € 85
>> > here until the 29th March: http://www.stateofthemap.org/register-now/
>>
>> Could you clarify the call for papers and the Business Day - there
>> doesn't seem to be a way to just submit a paper to one or the other,
>> or to give a preference.
>>
>> From what I gather, the differences are not just Serious Business on
>> one day vs Fun Geeky Community stuff - there's cross over, right?
>> Might we have to submit two talks, one about how you can make serious
>> money using X for Friday, and one about the ins and outs of how X was
>> made for the weekend?
>>
>> Could we see certain talks repeated, say, from a celebrity speaker,
>> generous sponsor, etc?
>>
>> Tim
>
>
>
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> --
> Nick Black
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>




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