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Subject: OGRS2009 : pre-program & registration
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OGRS2009 : pre-program is available & registration is open
First International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium 2009

Dates & place: July 8th to 10th, 2009, Ecole Centrale de Nantes
(France)
Website: http://www.ogrs2009.org
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First international Open source Geospatial Research Symposium
(OGRS2009), that will be in Nantes, France 8-10 July, 2009, is now
open for registration and the pre-progam is available. See http://www.ogrs2=
009.org

During the tenth edition of Libre Software Meeting (RMLL - http://www.rmll.=
info),
the Research Institute on Urban Sciences and Techniques (IRSTV) in
partnership with the University Of Applied Sciences Western
Switzerland, Prefecture and Council of Region Pays de La Loire will
organize a Research and Innovation Symposium about free and open
source geospatial methods and technologies.

Main goals of this symposium are :
* to build a panel of new scientific works built on open source models
or using open source tools
* to build and discuss a scientific framework about open source
technology usage (benefits and limitations)
* to provide a platform to network and develop ideas for future
collaborative works between the academic research world and the
everyday operational world (companies, local authorities ...)

The symposium is composed of scientific presentations, companies and
authority testimonies (showcases) and training sessions (labs).

Thus, we invite you to go to http://www.ogrs2009.org where you will
find :
* a pre-program containing talks from 3 keynote speakers, 20
scientific talks, 14 showcases and 12 lab sessions
* a registration form to fill in so as to attend to this unique
event : fees are about 50=80, one price for one, two or three days
including an access badge to attend all presentations and labs, a
conference bag, proceedings, coffee breaks and lunch for each day.

Get more information on our website and if you want a direct contact,
use :
* registrat...@ogrs2009.org for specific questions concerning your
attending
* i...@ogrs2009.org for all other questions

We would appreciate if you could kindly distribute this announcement
to other interested parties of your acquaintance.

Hope to see you soon in Nantes for this event.
OGRS2009 organizing committee.