From Monday, June 25 until Thursday, 28 June 2012 the Open Source GIS conference will be held at VanHall-Larenstein University of Applied Sciences, Velp, The Netherlands. This conference is organized by the MapWindow GIS, DotSpatial, SharpMap and OSGeo.nl communities in partnership with Alumni association VVA-Larenstein. The purpose of the 4-day conference is to highlight significant aspects of Open Source GIS. The conference will appeal to developers, users, students and educators.
The first 3 days will have a strong international character as developers and users from around the world gather to share experiences and demonstrate the latest applications. Each morning will start with a keynote and continue with several presentations. These presentations are about Open Source GIS and Open Data in the broadest sense possible. There will be presentations about MapWinGIS and the SOBEK model, on SharpMap, OpenLayers, Geostatistics, QGIS, OpenStreetMap, etc. After lunch (included), workshops will be held.
Map contest
A map contest will be held. The winner will be revealed on Thursday during the Network Drink /social hour. Take your best maps and go for glory. The maps may be made with any software package (open source or not).
Open Xchange
On Thursday 28 June in the auditorium of Larenstein (a freely accessible location) there will be an exhibition of companies. Various Geo companies and institutions (large and small, Open Source or not) will present themselves. You can also present your company, organization or product at this exhibition. This is a great opportunity for you to present yourselves to students, users and developers for a participation fee of just € 400.
Posters
There are several posters to promote the conference. We want to ask you to print one or more of them and distribute them in your university, company and/or to your contacts. The posters can be downloaded here.
Sponsoring
The conference is financially dependent upon the entry fees and sponsorship. With the money we receive, we organize not only the conference but also provide scholarships to specific individuals who are important in the Open Source GIS community who do not have the financial means to come to the conference.
Registration
The cost structure for this conference is kept low due to volunteerism and donations of time and resources from our partners. Please bring your guests! Families of participants are welcome to the register as guests and join the conference BBQ. The registration starts at €200 for student and €300 for non-students.
