I know this one has already been making the rounds but I thought I would toss my .02 cents worth. FOSS4G 2017 is going to be quite the meeting. I just received an update and added to the list of Keynotes is Richard Stallman.Â
I’ve been a linux user since the days of “You’ve got to compile sound into the kernel if you want to listen to music”. So I’m familiar with Stallman and the other players in the open source game. I had the chance back in late 2014 to see him at the University of Georgia. Somehow the Linux Users group Got him there to speak and it was a huge talk. If you’ve ever been marginally interested in Open Source and “why” – then you need to hear him speak. For all the open source geo I deal with his name doesn’t come up a lot. So that’s going to be a powerful addition to the talks in Boston.
Empowered by Open Source
Boston
August 14-19 2017
The Free and Open Source Software For Geospatial (FOSS4G) conference is coming to Boston, Massachusetts, USA on August 14-19, 2017.  This conference is hosted annually by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation(OSGeo).  Last year’s conference in Bonn, Germany had about 1,000 attendees from 40 countries. Don’t miss the chance to attend this global event in the USA!
The conference is for developers, users, decision-makers, researchers and anyone else interested in free and open source geospatial information technology.
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Six days of workshops, presentations, discussions, social events and a code sprint in the Seaport Innovation District near Boston Harbor.
Keynote Speakers include:
Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation
Paul Ramsey, solutions architect, CARTO
Holly St. Clair, Chief Digital Officer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Visit the event web page at FOSS4G 2017Â to find out more.
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