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It’s an easy job is to present a program. Reading through the more than 300 abstracts is admittedly a lot of work. But it has been a true pleasure! So it’s easy! Yes – some of the abstracts were in all honesty a bit long. The texts would have also been easier to read if […]
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We come to you from 3 continents to share with you our conference program. Internet tools from Google, Linux, Windows, MacOS, Skype – not to mention countless open source libraries makes this happen. In this context place hardly matters. For us, the organisers of this conference, the internet has made us equals whether we are […]
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As you all know this years FOSS4G conference will be in Dar es Salaam. Our venue is the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC). So what is it like? It is a lot of things – BIG is one of them. Professional is another word which rings a bell.Each year JNICC is the center of attention for hundreds […]
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The 5th of June is the last day for the early bird registration. We trust (and hope!) that many of you will use the favourable rates offered. For us as conference organisers, the earlier you register, the more time we will we have in putting together the most exciting FOSS4G yet! So, let us […]
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The last week our team has been working with the workshops. Of the 72 workshops were suggested to us and we have now chosen 29 of them. We are still trying to find a place for more of the workshops. This is the most important part for many of you. You will find the accepted […]
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Last friday the FOSS4G 2018 conference sent a letter of acceptance to hundreds of authors/presenters. The process of choosing presentations was in the end not a difficult one. Under way we have had good help from our community, the programme committee, Michael Terner, Paul Ramsey and Antonio Armas Diaz. We have also had help […]
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A total of 239 presentations was submitted to us for evaluation. Around 450 authors have been involved in writing the proposals for talks at our conference. This is what makes a conference – all those people with ideas, knowledge and questions they want to share with us. Having read through all abstracts we know choosing […]
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