[UW-GIS-L] Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS) "Spring Fling" conference, Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 2023: looking for speakers

[Phil Hurvitz]

Hi UW GIS people,

Sorry for any cross or repeat postings.

Calling all all students, professionals, map lovers, coders, and anyone 
with a passion for learning about spatial information!

Please see below for the announcement and link to details for the CUGOS 
Spring Fling, a short conference focusing on geospatial open source 
software and analysis.

Dates: Friday, April 21 (conference/presentations) and Saturday, April 
22 (OSM Hackathon-OpenSidewalks Project), 2023
     Registration opens March 21, 2023.

Location: UW, Bill & Melinda Gates Center for CS & Engineering

*The organizers are looking for presenters for 5, 20, or 30 minute 
sessions*.

Usually there are doughnuts, coffee, pizza, and soda!

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Phil Hurvitz (he/him), Research Scientist, CSDE 
<https://csde.washington.edu/>, UFL <http://sites.uw.edu/ufl>
Contact information <http://gis.washington.edu/phurvitz/contact>
Calendar <http://staff.washington.edu/phurvitz/calendar>

Hi FOSS geospatial aficionados,

After a long hiatus since the CUGOS "Fall Fling" 2019, we are excited to 
announce the CUGOS Spring Fling 2023!
Please mark your calendars for Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 
2023. Registration will open on March 21 once the agenda has been 
established.
Details can be found athttps://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/ 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/2023-spring-fling/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YZ4wR4DDg$>.

We need your submissions:
The "Call for Proposals" is now open and you can submit proposals for 
talks/presentations via a web form at 
_https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YYvVrnzgw$>_until 
March 10th.

Cheers
Karsten

Karsten Vennemann
/Among other things current CUGOS president/
---- For a long and potentially boring explanation - aka what CUGOS and 
"Spring Fling" is see below -------------
The Cascadia Users of Geospatial Open Source (CUGOS) was formed in 2007. 
CUGOS acts as the Cascadia Chapter 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Cascadia__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YZCeVNw8A$>of 
the OSGeo Foundation 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.osgeo.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YaoVOqO_Q$>.  
We are an active group of members who are passionate about open source 
software, GIS, and our region. We have members from all walks of life, a 
large spectrum of business and academia, and active OSGeo members (board 
members, charter members, and active project participants).

It is a non-profit organization in Seattle focused on building a 
community around open source geospatial tools and practicessee also 
https://cugos.org/about/ 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/about/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YYbABoXZw$>. 
CUGOS has been around for nearly 15 years, providing a space for folks 
to share their work and passion for maps.

This year we’re holding the Spring Fling on April 21-22 2023, a two-day 
low cost event bringing together academics, professionals, students, and 
enthusiasts for a series of talks about Pedestrian/Bike/Transit Access, 
Open Source Geospatial tools, open data, and Social Justice in and 
beyond the Puget Sound region. The first day will be the main conference 
day with presentations about open source GIS projects (e.g. such 
projects might include but are not limited to: QGIS, PostGIS, MapServer, 
GDAL/OGR and OpenLayers, see also https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.osgeo.org/projects/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YbJBBFg6Q$>), 
the second day will be a volunteer OpenStreetMap (OSM) Hackathon in 
conjunction with the OpenSidewalks Project 
<https://tcat.cs.washington.edu/opensidewalks-2/>. More information to 
be added on the web page  soon.
For Spring Fling we are are currently putting together the program. If 
you are interested in giving a presentation head over to our /Call for 
proposals/ 
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://forms.gle/fXFtj2hnG6PYyLuN9__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YYvVrnzgw$>page. 
The final program will be announced on March 21st and registration 
(donate as you wish) will open. If in the meantime you are looking for 
inspiration on what to expect in our program you are welcome to check 
out the schedules of these previous CUGOS Fling events:

  * 2015 https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/
    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/2015-spring-fling/2016__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YZID7kQSQ$>
  * 2016 https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/
    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/2016-spring-fling/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YYpjEi4Pg$>
  * 2017 Spring Fling
    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/2017-spring-fling/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YYP7_mQOw$>
  * 2019 Fall Fling
    <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cugos.org/2019-fall-fling/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!iZT-qjfvIb37P87KIWlrb-YKkgd8N48QLhiHqdY7RvSraDK6p2MWjWTbBg7-Gcu7Or4NSkam5YbrRGfBqA$>

We are also in the process of building these grants from donations from 
corporate sponsors https://cugos.org/grants/ 
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