Following last year’s well-attended international FOSS4G conference in Denver Colorado, the North American community of free and open source geospatial software developers, users, and advocates are planning a regular annual event in North America. The first FOSS4G-NA conference is scheduled to take place April 10–12, 2012 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. FOSS4G-NA will bring together many public and private-sector stakeholders at the forefront of some of the world’s most innovative free and open source software to discuss and work on building tools to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. The organizers have confirmed Michael Byrne, the Federal Communications Commission’s Geospatial Information Officer and the force behind the National Broadband Map, as a keynote speaker.
Important dates:
1/23/2012 Call for Papers
1/23/2012 Pre-Registration Opens
2/9/2012 Early Bird Registration Closes
2/10/2012 Regular Registration Opens
3/1/2012 Papers Submission Deadline
3/15/2012 Confirmation of Accepted Papers
4/2/2012 Close of Online Registration
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