1. EOGEO Workshop Report WGISS 23

2. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 2 Overview EOGEO TT Profile EOGEO 2006 Workshop –CEOS was a “sponsor” for FOSS4G2006 in Lausanne EOGEO 2007 Workshop –New plans based on CEOS-level activity?

3. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 3 EOGEO TT Profile EOGEO TT Profile is up to date on http://wgiss.ceos.org/eogeo

4. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 4 EOGEO Venues to date EOGEO 1996 - 5th International WWW Conference in ParisEOGEO 1996 EOGEO 1997 - WashingtonEOGEO 1997 EOGEO 1998 - SalzburgEOGEO 1998 EOGEO 1999 - Springfield, VirginiaEOGEO 1999 EOGEO 2000 - University College LondonEOGEO 2000 EOGEO 2001 - New Brunswick, CanadaEOGEO 2001 EOGEO 2002 - JRC, Ispra, ItalyEOGEO 2002 EOGEO 2004 - University College LondonEOGEO 2004 EOGEO 2005 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USAEOGEO 2005 EOGEO 2006 - FOSS4G 2006 in Lausanne, Switzerland.EOGEO 2006

5. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 5 EOGEO Workshops Developer oriented –Presentations are technical –Presented by technical developers Cutting edge –Abstracts due ~1-2 months before conference –Presentations, not papers, due at conference Demonstrations welcome –Specific demo sessions for interactions among developers http://www.eogeo.org/Workshops/

6. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 6 EOGEO 2006 Workshop FOSS4G2006 - Free And Open Source Software for Geoinformatics http://www.foss4g2006.org/ –Lausanne Switzerland –September 12-15, 2006 –Large conference 400+ attendees 183 Abstracts received, most accepted CEOS WGISS EOGEO is co-organizing, there was no specific EOGEO track. Themes of interest to WGISS were integrated into the tracks. Note: This site is down as of May 2… material to be moved to the OSGeo.org web site, and foss4g2006.org to be renewed…

7. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 7 Hosts/Sponsors (1 of 2)

8. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 8 Hosts/Sponsors (2 of 2)

9. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 9 FOSS4G --> OSGeo.org Newly formed OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation, http://www.osgeo.org) will be the future host of FOSS4G series. http://www.osgeo.org 2007 conference in Victoria –http://www.foss4g2007.org/http://www.foss4g2007.org/ –September 24-27, 2007

10. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 10 Discussion about EOGEO 2007 CEOS-level interest in a conference Discussion has been via email

11. WGISS 23 EOGEO Workshop Report 11 Allan’s opinions… EOGEO Workshops have been a very valuable outreach activity for CEOS/WGISS. –During the height of popularity, EOGEO Workshops were filling an unmet need. –Developers of WGISS-relevant software needed a venue FOSS4G conferences are attracting large numbers –Provides a new venue that is quite similar to EOGEO Workshops There seems to be a new, unmet need at CEOS/WGISS –This need seems to be somewhat different, possibly less developer-oriented. Recommendation –Encourage WGISS participants to engage at developer level via FOSS4G. –Work with CEOS, other WG-groups to define new conference –Consider a “technology” liaison to continue to bring in fresh ideas from venues such as FOSS4G