Rendez-vous OSGeo Québec

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A Rendez-vous with Free and Open Source Geomatics!

The Quebec Local Chapter of OSGeo is proud to announce the first edition of Rendez-vous OSGeo Québec which will to take place in Saguenay, Quebec, on June 15-16, 2010.The date of the event also coincides with the second anniversary of the local chapter which was created following a meeting at the same location in June of 2008. A very dynamic community of over a hundred active members has built around the OSGeo Quebec Local Chapter since its creation 2 years ago and we feel that it is just the beginning.

Members of the OSGeo community will be invited to share their projects and realizations, and visitors will have the exceptional opportunity to meet and interact with our great line-up of invited speakers, some of the key players of the North American OSGeo community, including (in alphabetical order):

Steve Lime
Jeff McKenna
Tyler Mitchell
Paul Ramsey
Frank Warmerdam

In line with OSGeo’s knowledge sharing and community networking objectives, Rendez-vous OSGeo Quebec 2010 complement its rich conference program with a good share of social events: an ice-breaker is planned for the first night, and a boat cruise on the gorgeous Saguenay Fjord will take place on the second night.

All the ingredients are there for a memorable gathering, and we hope that many of you from the nearby OSGeo chapters as well as from the international OSGeo community will join us in Saguenay in June.

More information about the conference program, invited speakers, registration, venue and more are available below.

Conference program

Here is an overview of the schedule. The final program is now available at: final program.

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

12h00-13h00: Opening and registration
13h00-13h10: Opening speech
13h10-17h00: Invited speakers
17h00-19h00: OSGeo-Québec IceBreaker

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

8h30-9h00: Invited Speaker
9h00-10h00: Local speakers
10h00-10h30: Break
10h30-12h00: Local speakers
12h00-13h00: Lunch
13h00-13h30: Lightning talks
13h30-14h30: Round table
14h30-17h00: Opening of VisionGéomatique 2010
17h00: Boat Cruise on the Saguenay River (Rendez-vous OSGeo-Qc and Vision Géomatique)

Invited speakers

	Steve Lime, the father of MapServer and chair of the project steering committee

	Jeff McKenna, chair of OSGeo’s conference committee, board member, and MS4W project lead

	Tyler Mitchell, Executive Director of OSGeo

	Paul Ramsey, co-founder of the PostGIS project

	Frank Warmerdam, GDAL/OGR project founder, and former OSGeo president