For those of you attending FOSS4G 2018 , you are welcome to attend the GeoForAll meeting on 31st August 2018 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania on Friday 31 August at 8:00 am.
GeoForAll is the Research and Education Outreach of OSGeo, an initiative initially shared with the International Cartographic Association (ICA) and the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS). Since then, many additional partners from all over the world, including UN-GIS, AGILE, UCGIS, IGU and YouthMappers, have joined forces with GeoForAll in its mission of “making geospatial education and opportunities accessible to all”. The goal of the GeoForAll initiative is to promote and enhance education, research and service activities carried out by these stakeholders in the area of Open Geospatial Science & Applications all over the world.
Combining the potential of free and open source geospatial software with open data, open standards, open access to research publications and open resources in education and research enables the creation of a sustainable innovation ecosystem that advances the geospatial disciplines and contributes to a better world.
Today, there are more than 125 GeoForAll Labs spread all over the world and this year’s FOSS4G conference is an opportunity for more universities in Africa to join the GeoForAll network. We have therefore prepared a GeoForAll meeting to take place during the FOSS4G 2018 conference, to be held in room GOMBE at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre (JNICC) in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) on Friday 31 August at 8:00 am.
At the meeting, GeoForAll activities will be introduced, new potential members (e.g. Geospatial Labs at universities) will be welcomed and we will discuss relevant international calls and projects which could be of interest to our activities. Due to your experience and activities, you are cordially invited to participate in the meeting. Details at https://2018.foss4g.org/geoforall/
We look forward to working and building collaborations with all interested on this education mission. Access to quality education and opportunities is key for getting rid of extreme poverty and enable broadly shared prosperity for all. We look forward to working and building collaborations with all interested on this open education mission.
We welcome all interested to join us at /initiatives/geo-for-all/lab-submission/