The OSGIS conference series has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach in bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from all over the world are invited for giving presentations and running hands-on workshops for the conference series.
Registrations for OSGIS 2011 open – Early bird closes on 22 April 2011
The key aims of OSGIS conference series are:
1. to hear presentations from government, academic, industry and policy makers on open source, open standards and open data geospatial technologies
2. to provide platform to network and develop ideas for future collaborative work in open source GIS
3. to understand current developments in open source GIS
4. to act as a focus for open source, open standards, open data GIS research
OSGIS 2011 Keynote address – Professor Thierry Badard (Laval University, Canada)
“Open Nottingham” presentation -Professor Christine Ennew (Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham) & Prof. Wyn Morgan (University of Nottingham)
“The impact of open data, open source software and open standards on the evolution of National SDI�s” -Professor Mike Jackson, Director, Centre for Geospatial Science
OGC-OSGeo Interoperability Day (Organised by Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director, Open Source Geospatial Foundation)
Confirmed workshops for Interoperability Day on 21 June 2011
