Who are you? I am Marco Minghini and I am currently studying for a PhD in Environmental and Infrastructures Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy. As it was my second FOSS4G after the one in Denver (2011), I was…
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Tobias’ FOSS4G – Academic Bursary Review
This Academic bursary event review is by Tobias Kohr who is a Research Associate at the Institute for Spatial Information and Surveying Technology (i3mainz) at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz. So FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham is over and I want to…
Peter’s FOSS4G – Academic Bursary Review
Next up in the Academic Bursary hot seat is Peter Broßeit. Peter is currently studying for a MSc in Geoinformation Technologies at Dresden University of Technology. Over to Peter…… For me, it was an outstanding and enriching experience to participate…
Sizwe’s FOSS4G13 – Academic Bursary Review
Who are you? My name is Sizwe Mabaso and I am from Swaziland. I am currently studying for a PhD at the University of Aberystwyth looking at “Measuring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for Tanzanian forests using space and airborne remote…
Cristina’s FOSS4G – Academic Bursary Review
FOSS4G 2013 offered a number of academic bursaries to students and early stage researchers. This would reduce the cost of attending FOSS4G. But, there is no such as thing as a free lunch and we asked that they write a…
Delegate News – The Final Edition – 13/9
Hi Well this is it, we are almost there. In 3 days time some of you will start to arrive in Mappingham and the workshops and hackathon will kick off on 17th Maptember with the main conference starting on 19th…
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Delegate news 2/9
Hi It’s Maptember! In 2 weeks time people will have started arriving at FOSS4G in preparation for the geohack and the workshops, the team will be in hyper caffeinated panic mode and no doubt the unexpected will have already have…
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Delegate news 9/9
Hi 7 days until the tribes start to gather, you must be getting excited by now? The FOSS4G Team are in overdrive focussing on the mass of logistics for a colossal conference with over 800 attendees, that is a very…
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Delegate news 25/8
Hi Everyone, Steven is taking a well-deserved rest this week – so a short update from the rest of your Local Organising Committee. Remember, the previous delegate emails are all available on the FOSS4G website. Launch of FOSS4G Mobile Programme…
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Delegate news 18/8
Hi A short update for you this week. We are only 29 days from the start of FOSS4G, t-shirts have been ordered, gifts have been ordered, the programme book is about to go to press, it is getting very very…
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