[Freegis-list] Open Source Geospatial '05 Conference Announcement

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

Hi FreeGIS people,

I received this announcement from Steve Lime, one of the guys with the
longest Free GIS Software developement track record. I expect this event
to be quite interesting for the community around Free Software and GIS.

Best

	Jan

| Open Source Geospatial '05, an international conference addressing 
| geospatial data technologies developed by or of relevance to the Open 
| Source community, will be held June 16-18, 2005 in Minneapolis, 
| Minnesota, USA. The conference will bring together the MapServer, 
| EOGEO, and OSGIS communities with the intent to be broadly inclusive. A 
| committee has been working since July to design a program with elements 
| that will interest participants from the novice to the expert. The 
| conference strives to build on the successes and enthusiasm generated 
| by previous, related meetings. This exciting event is being held on 
| June 16 - 18, 2005, at the University of Minnesota campus in 
| Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
| 
|   Important dates to note (dates are approximate and subject to change):
| 
|   Call for presentations: January 1st, 2005
| 
|   Online registration begins: January 1st, 2005
| 
|   Abstracts for presentations due: April 1st, 2005
| 
|   Early registration ends: April 15th, 2005
| 
| Make your plans to attend early, as hotel space on and around the 
| University campus is expected to fill up quickly for the week of the 
| conference.
| 
| For more information as it becomes available, please visit the 
| conference website at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/mum/mtg2005.html 
| 
| Take advantage of the opportunity Open Source Geospatial '05 offers to 
| network with fellow geospatial data professionals, renewing old 
| acquaintances and making new ones. Hope to see you there!

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