<commit_before>---
layout: default-topic
title: Program
image:
  feature: boston-map.png
---
<div class="sections">
    <h2>An overview</h2>
    <h4>At a glance</h4>
    <ul>
        <li><strong>Pre conference Events</strong> - Monday &amp; Tuesday</li>
        <li><strong>Main Conference Days</strong> - Wednesday, Thursday, &amp; Friday</li>
        <li><strong>Code Sprint</strong> - Saturday</li>
    </ul>
    <h4>More details</h4>
    <p>The following grid provides a daily description of what events are planned and where</p>
    <p>The blocks are color coded by location:</p>
    <table style="width:200px;text-align:center;">
      <tr>
        <td class="district">District Hall</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="harvard">Harvard</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="seaport">Seaport Hotel &amp;<br/>World Trade Center</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="social">Other</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

    <table id="overview">
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td class="top bottom left right">Monday<br/>8/14</td>
                <td class="top bottom right" colspan="3">Tuesday<br/>8/15</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Wednesday<br/>8/16</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Thursday<br/>8/17</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Friday<br/>8/18</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Saturday<br/>8/19</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="left right bottom harvard"><strong>Workshops Day 1</strong><br/>Harvard University</td>
                <td class="bottom harvard"><strong>Workshops Day 2</strong><br/>Harvard University</td>
                <td class="bottom seaport"><strong>B2B Meeting &amp;<br/>Co-Located Events</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom district"><strong>JS.Geo Conference</strong><br/>District Hall</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 1</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 2</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 3</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom district"><strong>FOSS4G Code Sprint</strong><br/>District Hall</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="right"></td>
                <td class="bottom right social" colspan="3"><strong>Welcome Social</strong><br/>Harpoon Brewery</td>
                <td class="bottom right seaport"><strong>Ice Breaker</strong></br>Seaport Hotel</td>
                <td class="bottom right social"><strong>Gala</strong></br>New England Aquarium</td>
                <td class=""></td>
                <td class=""></td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
    <h3>Main Program Details</h3>
    <h4>Community Voting</h4>
    <h4>Community voting is underway for the main conference program! Your votes will decide which presentations are in the main conference program. Vote here.</h4>
    <p class='headlink modal-button'><a href="http://community-review.foss4g.org/" style="text-decoration: none">Community Voting</a></p>
    <p>Main conference topics include:</p>
    <dl>
        <dt><strong>FOSS4G Development</strong></dt>
        <dd>The traditional cornerstone of this conference: desktop GIS, Web services, databases</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Project news and updates</li>
                <li>Project standards and data</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>New technology</strong></dt>
        <dd>Emerging technologies that have an impact on future geospatial development</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Drones</li>
                <li>Internet of Things</li>
                <li>Remote sensing</li>
                <li>Machine learning</li>
                <li>Big Data</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Business</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within the business community</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Products powered by FOSS4G</li>
                <li>Business adoption</li>
                <li>Business intelligence and logistics</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Government</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within government</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Policy and planning</li>
                <li>Citizen engagement</li>
                <li>Disaster management</li>
                <li>Local, state, and federal agency adoption and use</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>The Sciences</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within the sciences</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Climate and environment</li>
                <li>Energy and natural resources</li>
                <li>Agriculture and forestry</li>
                <li>Biology</li>
                <li>Public health</li>
                <li>Archaeology</li>
                <li>Data science</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Education</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used and taught in an academic setting</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Curricula</li>
                <li>Community and Participatory GIS</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
    </dl>

    <h3>Important Dates</h3>

    <table class="tbgrey floatr">
        <tr>
            <td class="tbhead" colspan="2">Timeline</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Tuesday<br/>March 21</td>
            <td>Call for presentations closes</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>March 27</td>
            <td>Community voting opens</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>April 10</td>
            <td>Community voting closes</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>May 1</td>
            <td>Accepted presentations announced</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

    <h2>Selection Process</h2>
    <p>We expect to have 200–250 talks selected through the Call for Presentations. Keynote and invited presentations will round out the program. The volunteer FOSS4G Program Committee will lead the process but you, the attendees, will help select the presentations through an open <a href="http://community-review.foss4g.org/"><strong>Community Voting</strong></a> process. The most popular presentations will be included in the program, and the Program Committee will select the remainder to provide a diversity of voices and content.</p>
    <div class="floatc"></div>

    <h2>Academic Papers</h2>
    <p>All presentations with accompanying papers will be labeled as “academic presentations” in the conference program. However, these papers will be mixed in with both academic and non-academic presentations based on the presentation themes and topics.</p>
    <p>The Academic Subcommittee will support efforts to get the best papers published in appropriate academic journals and to potentially assemble a conference proceedings.</p>

    <h2>Workshops</h2>
    <p>There are two days of workshops prior to the main conference days. These workshops provide many great opportunities for hands on training. <a href="../workshops">Visit the Workshops Page</a></p>



</div>
<commit_msg>add link to old submit presentation to program page<commit_after>---
layout: default-topic
title: Program
image:
  feature: boston-map.png
---
<div class="sections">
    <h2>An overview</h2>
    <h4>At a glance</h4>
    <ul>
        <li><strong>Pre conference Events</strong> - Monday &amp; Tuesday</li>
        <li><strong>Main Conference Days</strong> - Wednesday, Thursday, &amp; Friday</li>
        <li><strong>Code Sprint</strong> - Saturday</li>
    </ul>
    <h4>More details</h4>
    <p>The following grid provides a daily description of what events are planned and where</p>
    <p>The blocks are color coded by location:</p>
    <table style="width:200px;text-align:center;">
      <tr>
        <td class="district">District Hall</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="harvard">Harvard</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="seaport">Seaport Hotel &amp;<br/>World Trade Center</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td class="social">Other</td>
      </tr>
    </table>

    <table id="overview">
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td class="top bottom left right">Monday<br/>8/14</td>
                <td class="top bottom right" colspan="3">Tuesday<br/>8/15</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Wednesday<br/>8/16</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Thursday<br/>8/17</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Friday<br/>8/18</td>
                <td class="top bottom right">Saturday<br/>8/19</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="left right bottom harvard"><strong>Workshops Day 1</strong><br/>Harvard University</td>
                <td class="bottom harvard"><strong>Workshops Day 2</strong><br/>Harvard University</td>
                <td class="bottom seaport"><strong>B2B Meeting &amp;<br/>Co-Located Events</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom district"><strong>JS.Geo Conference</strong><br/>District Hall</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 1</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 2</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom seaport"><strong>FOSS4G Day 3</strong><br/>Seaport WTC</td>
                <td class="right bottom district"><strong>FOSS4G Code Sprint</strong><br/>District Hall</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td class="right"></td>
                <td class="bottom right social" colspan="3"><strong>Welcome Social</strong><br/>Harpoon Brewery</td>
                <td class="bottom right seaport"><strong>Ice Breaker</strong></br>Seaport Hotel</td>
                <td class="bottom right social"><strong>Gala</strong></br>New England Aquarium</td>
                <td class=""></td>
                <td class=""></td>
            </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>
    <h3>Main Program Details</h3>
    <h4>Community Voting</h4>
    <h4>Community voting is underway for the main conference program! Your votes will decide which presentations are in the main conference program. Vote here.</h4>
    <p class='headlink modal-button'><a href="http://community-review.foss4g.org/" style="text-decoration: none">Community Voting</a></p>
    <p>Main conference topics include:</p>
    <dl>
        <dt><strong>FOSS4G Development</strong></dt>
        <dd>The traditional cornerstone of this conference: desktop GIS, Web services, databases</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Project news and updates</li>
                <li>Project standards and data</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>New technology</strong></dt>
        <dd>Emerging technologies that have an impact on future geospatial development</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Drones</li>
                <li>Internet of Things</li>
                <li>Remote sensing</li>
                <li>Machine learning</li>
                <li>Big Data</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Business</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within the business community</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Products powered by FOSS4G</li>
                <li>Business adoption</li>
                <li>Business intelligence and logistics</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Government</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within government</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Policy and planning</li>
                <li>Citizen engagement</li>
                <li>Disaster management</li>
                <li>Local, state, and federal agency adoption and use</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>The Sciences</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used within the sciences</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Climate and environment</li>
                <li>Energy and natural resources</li>
                <li>Agriculture and forestry</li>
                <li>Biology</li>
                <li>Public health</li>
                <li>Archaeology</li>
                <li>Data science</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
        <dt><strong>Education</strong></dt>
        <dd>How geospatial tools are used and taught in an academic setting</dd>
        <dd>
            <ul>
                <li>Curricula</li>
                <li>Community and Participatory GIS</li>
            </ul>
        </dd>
    </dl>

    <h3>Important Dates</h3>

    <table class="tbgrey floatr">
        <tr>
            <td class="tbhead" colspan="2">Timeline</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Tuesday<br/>March 21</td>
            <td>Call for presentations closes</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>March 27</td>
            <td>Community voting opens</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>April 10</td>
            <td>Community voting closes</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td class="tright bright">Monday<br/>May 1</td>
            <td>Accepted presentations announced</td>
        </tr>
    </table>

    <h2>Selection Process</h2>
    <p>We expect to have 200–250 talks selected through the Call for Presentations. Keynote and invited presentations will round out the program. The volunteer FOSS4G Program Committee will lead the process but you, the attendees, will help select the presentations through an open <a href="http://community-review.foss4g.org/"><strong>Community Voting</strong></a> process. The most popular presentations will be included in the program, and the Program Committee will select the remainder to provide a diversity of voices and content.</p>
    <div class="floatc"></div>

    <h2>Academic Papers</h2>
    <p>All presentations with accompanying papers will be labeled as “academic presentations” in the conference program. However, these papers will be mixed in with both academic and non-academic presentations based on the presentation themes and topics.</p>
    <p>The Academic Subcommittee will support efforts to get the best papers published in appropriate academic journals and to potentially assemble a conference proceedings.</p>

    <h2>Workshops</h2>
    <p>There are two days of workshops prior to the main conference days. These workshops provide many great opportunities for hands on training. <a href="../workshops">Visit the Workshops Page</a></p>

    <h2><a href="../call-for-presentations/">Original Call for papers page</a></h2>



</div>

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