http://www.foss4g2007.org/news http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20071004 Attendees are posting their comments on their blogs and news letters! http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070928 After five amazing, full days, the conference is wrapping up and folks are going home... http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070923 People are arriving, beers are being drunk, material is being delivered, rooms are being set up! http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070911 The printable PDF version of the conference profram is available online now! http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070910 The Wednesday Banquet is shaping up nicely. We'll start out with a screening of the IMAX feature 'Titanica' at the theatre located inside the Museum, then head up to the third-floor galleries for munchies and art! http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070904 The demonstration theatre is going to be a great place to see applications in action! 10 minute demonstrations will be running throughout the lunch and coffee breaks, pop in and see what people are doing with open source geospatial! http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070830 As part of FOSS4G 2007, the OpenStreetMap project will be organizing a community mapping party in Victoria on Saturday and Sunday, Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070817 The final programming for the opening and closing <a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/plenaries/">plenaries</a> is complete, and we have a great line-up of speakers. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070815 We have had a great response in our call for poster presentations! Check out the <a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/presentations/posters/#accepted">list of posters</a> and make sure you have time on <a href="http://www.foss4g2007.org/program_overview/wednesday/">Wednesday, September 26</a> at lunch to see the posters and talk to the creators. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070802 Our media partners at <a href="http://www.directionsmag.com">Directions Magazine</a> have <a href="http://www.directionsmag.com/article.php?article_id=2517">published an interview</a> with conference chair Paul Ramsey and OSGeo Executive Director Tyler Mitchell. With heavy early registration, we're expecting 750 attendees at FOSS4G this year. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070715 The program of presentations has been selected! Over 200 submissions were made, from presenters around the world. The conference committee has selected 120 oral presentations, which will be presented in 5 breakout tracks over three days. Presentations are 25 minute talks, followed by a 5 minute question-and-answer session. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070713 As we head towards selecting the final program for FOSS4G 2007, here are some statistics about the workshop, presentation, and review process. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070630 The call for presentations has ended, and now FOSS4G needs your help! Join the community program review, and help us choose the presentations for the FOSS4G program. http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070512 The first ten presentations have been been selected early, to give prospective attendees a feel for what the final program will look like. Ten submissions were selected from the current set of submissions &mdash; the final program will feature 120 presentations, in five concurrent tracks. The early selections are: http://www.foss4g2007.org/news/./20070427 Alan <a href="http://think.random-stuff.org/FrontPage/archive/2007/01/09/foss4g-2007">advocates</a> putting FOSS4G 2007 on your conference calendar and <a href="http://think.random-stuff.org/FrontPage/archive/2007/03/22/ebb-and-flow-conferences-come-and-go">examines the recent GITA conference</a> and what makes good conferences good.<blockquote>What really struck me was the percentage of people who were not vendors or VIPs. Of the 1520 people there, only 64% were &quot;actual&quot; attendees. The positive spin by GITA was that there was a 14% increase in seminar registrations. That resonates with me, I want to learn things when I travel to conferences ... This year in Victoria, BC, FOSS4G2007 is expected to top 500 people, and since it&apos;s not really an exhibitor or VIP oriented affair, most of those 500 will be &quot;actual&quot; attendees.</blockquote>