12-06, 14:00–14:30 (America/Belem), Room II
Open Software and Open Standards are complementary pieces of the geospatial ecosystem. In January 2022, OSGeo and OGC signed a new and updated version of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to maximize the achievement of the mission and goals of both organizations. Execution of joint Code Sprints, identifying free and open source technologies that could be used as Reference Implementations for OGC Standards and validating OGC compliance tests are examples of activities that can take place within the scope of the agreement.
In the first year after the agreement was signed, we established the basilar stones for the OSGeo membership within OGC and promoted the related activities within OSGeo. Now we start to see an increasing interest from both sides and some outcomes which are important to highlight.
This presentation will provide an overview of all activities accomplished under the MoU over the last year, as well as discuss future plans. For those who have been distracted, it will reiterate the benefits of the agreement, which allows OSGeo charter members to represent the priorities of OSGeo in the development of OGC Standards and supporting documents and services.
MoU: https://www.osgeo.org/wp-content/uploads/MOU_OGC_OSGeo_2022_signed.pdf
Joint Code Sprint 2024: https://developer.ogc.org/sprints/23/
TeamEngine: https://www.osgeo.org/projects/teamengine/
Tom Kralidis is with the Meteorological Service of Canada and a longtime contributor to FOSS4G and open standards. He is the creator of pygeoapi, pycsw, and numerous projects in the geospatial Python ecosystem. Tom is a lead architect of the WMO Information System (WIS2), and chairs the WMO Task Team on Open Source as well as the WMO Expert Team on Metadata Standards. He also chairs the OGC Pub/Sub Standards working group and co-chairs the OGC API - Records Standards Working Group.
Tom is passionate about location, open software, standards and data, and currently serves on the OSGeo Board of Directors.
Joana is a software engineer with more than fifteen years experience and a strong expertise in the field of geospatial tech and analytics.
After acquiring a PhD in GIS, at UCL, her drive to solve real-world problems has led her to SMEs, an international organisation, a research foundation and a start-up. Joana has been very involved with FOSS, in particular in what concerns geospatial. This has led her to become a charter member of OSGeo. Joana is the founder of ByteRoad, a SME in the field of data engineering and geospatial analytics. She is also a reviewer for the European Commission, and has been involved in education, teaching the next generation of full-stack developers and data analysts. As Developer Relations at OGC, Joana is responsible for connecting the OGC standards with the wider developer community, hopefully increasing their adoption and contributing towards making them more developer-friendly.
