Bonn

The FrOSCon, an important conference on open-source software at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, is looking for talks! Contributions can still be submitted until 23 May 2018. The list of topics sought includes the entry ‘GIS’ (GeoInformationSoftware).

There will even be a separate sub-conference on OSM!

Original mail:

FrOSCON 2018 with OSGeo & OSM sub-conference ——————————-———- Open Geospatial, OpenStreetMap, OpenData, free software from the GIS sector

For the second time, there will be a sub-conference at FrOSCon about free geodata and software. FOSSGIS e.V. (http://fossgis.de) is organising this track and is looking for talks about OpenStreetMap, free geodata, free software in the field of GIS and more. Lightening talks (20 min) as well as longer talks (45 min) can be submitted.

From 18-03-2018 to 25-03-2018, an OsGeo CodeSprint is taking place in Bonn at the extremely impressive BaseCamp hostel: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Code_Sprint_2018. My colleague BearT and I (ScubbX) have been there since Monday and Sunday respectively. While I will be attending the FOSSGIS conference, which is taking place at the same time, from Wednesday, BearT had to leave on Tuesday for work reasons.

[caption id=“attachment_484” align=“alignnone” width=“1500”] The base camp building in Bonn[/caption]

What immediately catches the eye is the impressive structure of the hostel. From the outside, it looks like a large factory hall. As soon as you enter through the unassuming front door, you enter a world of its own: the entire hall is open and filled with campervans in different designs. A gallery is built along one side of the hall, where the kitchen and dining areas are located. But these places can also be used for code sprinting, as the GRASS-GIS team has demonstrated.

The announcement for FOSSGIS 2018, the conference for Free and Open Source GIS Software (and OpenStreetMap) from 21.03.2018 to 24.03.2018 in Bonn is out!

The original wording of the announcement from https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-at/2018-January/009054.html :

Dear FOSSGIS activists, dear FOSSGIS beginners, OSM enthusiasts and interested parties, From 21-24 March 2018, the FOSSGIS conference of the non-profit FOSSGIS e.V and the OpenStreetMap community with the support of the University of Bonn will take place in Bonn. The FOSSGIS conference is the leading conference in the D-A-CH region for free and open source software for geoinformation systems, as well as for OpenStreetMap and Open Data. Over four days, insights into the latest developments and possible applications of software projects will be provided in lectures for beginners and experts, hands-on workshops and user meetings. The OSM Saturday is intended as an unconference (barcamp) and mapper meeting and is aimed at mappers, developers and those interested in OSM. The exact programme will be determined in the morning during the introduction and welcome. Participation in the Bonn OSM Saturday is free of charge and independent of the FOSSGIS conference. Registration is desired for better planning, either via the FOSSGIS conference registration system or via the OSM wiki. On the evening of the first day of the conference, 21 March 2018, the evening event ‘Campus-Dialoge’ will take place. Further information about the other social events around the FOSSGIS can be found on the conference homepage. In anticipation of more than 400 participants, registration is necessary and helpful for the organisation. Prices FOSSGIS Conference 2018 Supporter ticket (supporters): from €250 Standard ticket (normal price): €190 Standard ticket (early bird discount until 6 February 2018, 9 p.m.): €150 Student ticket: €80 Community ticket*: € 0* Workshop: € 100 Workshop (early bird discount until 6 February 2018, 9 p.m.): € 90

From 21 to 24 March, FOSSGIS 2018, the conference for free and open software in the field of geographic information systems, will take place in Bonn, organised by the FOSSGIS e.V. from Germany. FOSSGIS e.V. has recently also become the official local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation for Germany, so you can expect a lot of content about OpenStreetMap at this conference (Friday and Saturday).

Here is the official announcement from the organisers: