Dear Open-Source Community Member and Open-Science College, Donât miss out the opportunity to present your valuable works at the *FOSS4G Asia - 2018 http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/* conference at University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. *2 WEEKS* left to get your abstract in. *Deadline is on* *31.05.2018*
Submitting the 500-word abstract: http://www.foss4g- asia.org/2018/academic-track/
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*FOSS4G Asia 2018* ------------------------------ *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* ------------------------------
*"Open Source for Sustainable Development"*
*December 2nd â 5th 2018*
Abstract Submission is Open https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=e80298a17e&e=8623906bd7
Dear Colleague,
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we are delighted to invite you to submit abstracts for the *FOSS4G-Asia 2018 conference* to be held in *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* during the period of *02nd - 05th December , 2018* at the *Department of Town & Country Planning, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.* Register https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=5ba041b997&e=8623906bd7 Submit your Abstract https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=3ac390d69a&e=8623906bd7
*Please submit abstracts by ;* * 01 May 2018 https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=df91e9dc96&e=8623906bd7* *(Extended Deadline - 31 May 2018) https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=df91e9dc96&e=8623906bd7General Track https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=df91e9dc96&e=8623906bd7 *
* 15 July 2018 Academic Track https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=a6ad31fd2a&e=8623906bd7*
------------------------------ *Important Dates*
*Academic Track(Full papers and presentation)* *General Track(Abstracts and presentation)* *Workshop (Call for proposals)* *Call for abstracts * 25 February 2018 25 February 2018 25 February 2018 *Abstract submission deadline* 01 May 2018
*(Extended Deadline 31 May 2018)* 15 July 2018 30 July 2018 *Acceptance notification of abstract* 15 June 2018 01 August 2018 15 August 2018 *Deadline of submission of full papers* 15 July 2018 N/A N/A *Notification of review results of full papers* 01 September 2018 N/A N/A *Deadline of registration for conference* 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 *Deadline of final submission* 01 October 2018 (Camera ready paper) 01 November 2018 (Final presentation) 15 October 2018 (Workshop brief and schedule)
* The theme of the Conference is*
* âOpen Source for Sustainable Development"* ------------------------------
*Papers and presentations are invited in areas covering,but not limited to, the following sub themes*
*1.Development of Geospatial Applications using Free and Open Source Software*
*2.FOSS4G in Business Innovation*
*3.Geo spatial information Services for Urban Management/Urban and Regional Planning/Urban Design and Good Governance*
*4.Open and Proprietary Software: Building Bridges*
*5.Open Data, Data Collection and Visualization for Societal GIS* *6.Open Hardware, Geo-IoT, Geo-BIM/CIM*
*7.Geo-data Analytics and machine/deep learning*
*8.FOSS4G in Education and Research*
*9.FOSS4G Philosophy, Goals, Complexities and Challenges*
*10.Other topics related to Free and Open Source Software, Data and Standards*
*Awards & Scholarships *
1. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best paper awards (each sub theme)
2. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best presentation award
3. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 best poster award
4. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 student (Undergraduates or Postgraduate) / young (35 years or less) presentation award
5. FOSS4G-Asia 2018 student (Undergraduates or Postgraduate) / young (35 years or less) poster award
6. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best presentation award (Only for Participants from host country)
7. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best poster award (Only for Participants from host country)
8. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best student presentation award (Only for Undergraduates from host country)
9. OSGeo-Sri Lanka best student poster award (Only for Undergraduates from host country) *More Information * https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=e40af414af&e=8623906bd7 All accepted full papers will be published in the *FOSS4G-Asia 2018 conference proceedings *USB and *selected peer-review full papers in the acadmic track* will be invited to publish in the following journals
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*Main Organizers *
* Official Media Partner https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=fa62278925&e=8623906bd7* We are looking forward to receiving your submission and welcoming you in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. We kindly request from you to disseminate this mail among your colleagues and networks. ------------------------------ *Please visit the website for further information* https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=28dcc45403&e=8623906bd7 *Thank You !* *Contact Us*
*Conference Secretariat* Dr.Amila Jayasinghe Dr. Chethika Abeynayake Dept. Town & Country Planning Phone :+94-772777236 <+94%2077%20277%207236> University of Moratuwa
Email : amilabjayasinghe@gmail.com / amilabj@uom.lk Nirmanie Weerasinghe Phone : +94-755361399 <+94%2075%20536%201399>/ +94-715902911 <+94%2071%20590%202911> Phone : +94-712398485 <+94%2071%20239%208485> https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=cbe0121530&e=8623906bd7 https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=00a19164b1&e=8623906bd7 https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=84d5d67054&e=8623906bd7 *Copyright © 2018 *The FOSS4G-ASIA - 2018*, All rights reserved.*
*Our mailing address is:* foss4g.asian@gmail.com
Sincerely Yours,
*Conference Chair*
*Prof. Venkatesh RaghavanProfessor, Graduate School for Creative Cities,Osaka City University, JapanTel +81 6-6605-3381 <+81%206-6605-3381>Email: raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; venka.osgeo@gmail.com venka.osgeo@gmail.com *
*Dr. Rangajeewa Ratnayake*Head, Department of Town and Country Planning, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Tel +94 112 650921 <0112%20650%20921>Email: rangajeewar@gmail.com; rangajeewar@uom.lk
*Conference Secretariat* *Dr. Amila Jayasinghe*Department of Town and Country Planning University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Email : amilabjayasinghe@gmail.com / amilabj@uom.lk Phone : +94-755361399 <075%20536%201399>/ +94-772777236 <077%20277%207236> http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/
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