State of software
Recent developments in Free and Open Source Software projects. Maybe tease the audience with a sneak-peek of what’s to come in a release later in the year? Also use this opportunity to inform fellow maintainers about changes to come.
Open Data
Open source software often goes hand-in-hand with open data. Are you using Open Data to build something? Or better yet, are you producing Open Data? A dataset we haven’t heard about? A solution to accessing, storing or archiving open data? Excellent! We are all eager to find out about it, to make decision making processes more transparent and democratic.
Open standards and interoperability for geospatial
Open standards and best-practices help us to be interoperable. They help us share and consume data and integrate software solutions. What are emerging best-practices that could be integrated into a standard? How did you improve interoperability across geospatial computing, i.e. Julia, Python, R or other projects? Or maybe you have thoughts on implementing INSPIRE services? Or maybe you are building something pan-European on top of INSPIRE? Updates on the European Union Location Framework ( EULF) Blueprint?
FOSS4G ‘Made in Europe’
A special track co-organized with the European Commission to investigate and introduce the many Free and Open Source software tools, data capture and collection and sharing projects carried out at the European Commission, European institutions or funded by them.
Open community
How do you engage people? What project governance models have helped you foster an inclusive community? What makes people want to contribute, and be part of the community. Maybe your local OSGeo chapter? A software user-group? Or maybe you’ve participated in a mapathon and want to share your thoughts. This is most suitable for sharing experiences so we could all grow as individuals and build and sustain our communities better. Sharing is caring.
FOSS4G in education and research
Are you an educator? And you are making your students use Free and Open Source Software? Perfect! We’d like to hear from you how you have managed that. What is the reaction of students? How do you engage them and how do you introduce them to the wonderful world of Free and Open Source Software and the communities that surround them?
Building a business with FOSS4G
You have built a business around supporting and maintaining a FOSS4G solution. This approach shifts the focus to collaboration, transparency and community-driven innovation, setting it apart from the traditional closed-source business model.
How do you manage that? What challenges have you faced? What unique advantages has this path brought to your business and your clients?
Transition to FOSS4G
Do you have a success story to share about transitioning a system or workflow to FOSS4G technology? Maybe some lessons-learnt? We would like to hear about it, and have you share your experiences with the rest of the community.
Use cases & applications
You have a very specific use case of doing things with Free and Open Source Software. Maybe you’re leveraging it for spatial or urban planning, optimizing land use and improving spatial decision-making processes? Maybe you work with FOSS4G for AI to do Earth Observation? Or maybe routing? Farming a flock of drones? Making sense of a gazillion points in space and time? Something completely different that we didn’t even imagine Free and Open Source Software could be used for? Maybe you have a successful use case aiding this year’s host country? We are all eager to find novel and interesting ways of solving geospatial puzzles, and to make existing workflows smoother. Something will click in the audience’s heads after hearing your talk.
