FOSS4G opening session
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The document summarizes attendance data from past FOSS4G conferences between 2006 and 2011. It shows line graphs depicting rising attendance numbers, with 902 attendees in Denver 2011 being the highest. Pie charts show the geographical distribution of attendees, with North America making up 76% and Europe 18%. The US alone accounted for 612 attendees. The document discusses the collaborative and educational nature of the conferences in bringing together the 'meeting of the tribes' in open source geospatial technologies. It provides information on the local organizing committee and sponsors for FOSS4G 2011 in Denver.
FOSS4G opening session
- 1. Welcome to
- 2. FOSS4G Attendees 900 892 830 675 721 550 529 450 436 225 0 Lausanne 2006 Victoria 2007 Cape Town 2008 Sydney 2009 Barcelona 2010 Denver 2011
- 3. FOSS4G Attendees 1000 902 830 750 721 500 529 550 436 250 0 Lausanne 2006 Victoria 2007 Cape Town 2008 Sydney 2009 Barcelona 2010 Denver 2011
- 4. 42 countries
- 5. Europe 157 18% North America Asia 674 25 76% 2.8% South America 11 1.2% Africa Australasia 4 16 0.5% 1.8%
- 6. North America 674 Europe 157 Asia 25 U.S.A. 612 Netherlands 20 Japan 13 Canada 56 Italy 17 Indonesia 7 Mexico 4 Norway 16 Taiwan 3 Honduras 1 France 16 South Korea 2 Trinidad & Tobago 1 United Kingdom 15 Sweden 15 Germany 14 Australasia 16 South America 11 Spain 8 Australia 11 Venezuela 4 Denmark 6 New Zealand 5 Brazil 4 Switzerland 6 Bolivia 1 Finland 5 Chile 1 Austria 4 Africa 4 Colombia 1 Ireland 2 South Africa 2 Belgium 2 Kenya 1 Czech Republic 2 Ivory Coast 1 Russia 2 Latvia 1 42 892 Portugal 1 Romania 1 Poland 1 Hungary 1 countries Estonia Croatia 1 1 people
- 7. “Meeting of the tribes”
- 8. Photo by black vanilla - http://flic.kr/p/6S4C96 Outreach Outreach / Education
- 16. Functionality Cost Support Terms Predictability
- 17. Photo by Taylor McConnell - http://flic.kr/p/a1QTt3
- 19. Photo by Darkroom Daze - http://flic.kr/p/akwNzD
- 21. Functionality Cost Support Terms Predictability
- 23. What is the way forward?
- 24. Photo by mandiberg - http://flic.kr/p/62NbiE
- 25. Tyler Mitchell Executive Director of OSGeo
- 26. Local Organizing Committee Ben Tuttle Jeff McKenna Chris Helm James Fee Tyler Erickson Matt Krusemark Brian Timoney Rafel Moreno Matt Ball Tyler Mitchell
- 27. ... and associates Jonathan Harahush Mike Tafel Jason Sanford
- 28. The GITA gang
- 29. Eric Wolf
- 31. Bronze
- 32. Media