Dear Colleague,

*Deadline for Abstract Submission EXTENDED to May 31, 2018!*

This is to inform you that due to the continuous requests for an extension, the Abstract Submission deadline (*Academic Track*) has been extended to May 1, 2018.

Authors who have not yet submitted the abstracts via online are kindly advised to refer to the submission guideline at http://www.foss4g-asia.org/ 2018/academic-track/ http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/academic-track/ http://acts2017.org/?page_id=141and submit their abstracts no later than May 1, 2018.

If there are any problems with the submission, please feel free to contact the secretariat via email at foss4g.asian@gmail.com.

We look forward to your participation in the FOSS4G Asia - 2018 on "Open Source for Sustainable Development" and have the oppportunity to meet you in Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.

*FOSS4G Asia 2018* ------------------------------ *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* ------------------------------

*"Open Source for Sustainable Development"*

*December 2nd – 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*

* “Open 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

* https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=57652e383a&e=8623906bd7 https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=db9c77baea&e=8623906bd7 https://foss4g-asia.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8fd061ad5cc75e4ea5f0b65d8&id=914c358f6a&e=8623906bd7*

*Main Organizers *

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*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.*

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Sincerely Yours, *Conference Chair*

*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

*Prof. Venkatesh Raghavan*Professor, Graduate School for Creative Cities, Osaka City University, Japan Tel +81 6-6605-3381 <+81%206-6605-3381>Email: raghavan@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp; venka.osgeo@gmail.com

*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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