11-07, 16:20– (Australia/Hobart), Main Auditorium
An open discussion about OSGeo Oceania, who we area, what we've done and where we're going.
OSGeo Oceania was founded in 2019 on the back of the success of our first conference in Melbourne. Since that time we’ve run both in-person conferences and in-pandemic events, we’ve supported dozens of activities across the region with our grants and we continue to sustain a financially viable organisation that supports our open geospatial community here in Oceania.
This talk will go over our history, define our purpose and what our goals are, discuss our present situation in terms of what’s working and what’s not and will outline some ideas for the future of OSGeo Oceania. It will aim to be a discussion, and an open forum for input, questions and comment.
Elisa is the current chair of OsGeo Oceania board and has been contributing to the community since 2019, serving first as board member, then as Grant committee chair and now as the board chair.
Elisa was born in Italy and moved to New Zealand in 2008, where she currently resides. She has over 18 years of experience in GIS and database administration and has been working with most of the proprietors and open-source GIS packages. She is a great supporter of GIS open-source software as she strongly believes that everybody should be able to know and use GIS, especially people belonging to minority groups or living in remote areas.