Merge pull request #8 from foss4g-europe/cfp-pages

Cfp pages

content/call-for-proposals/_index.md

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 title: "Call for proposals"
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-date: 2024-11-16T14:04:24+02:00
+date: 2024-11-30T14:46:24+02:00
 description: "FOSS4G Europe is the regional
 flagship event of OSGeo - an open, grassroots and dynamic community. We are
 welcoming your submissions under three categories: workshops, general sessions,
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-TBD
+## Workshops
+The CfP will be open from **2 December 2024** until **19 January 2025**
 
-**Note!** Call for proposals for general and academic programs and workshops
-for FOSS4G Europe 2025 will be opened soon. We will announce them in due course
-on our social media channels and some select mailing lists :)
+Proceed to the [**workshops call-for-proposals**](/call-for-proposals/workshops/).
+
+## General Program talks
+The CfP will be open from **2 December 2024** until **16 February 2025**.
+
+Proceed to the [**general program talks call-for-proposals**](/call-for-proposals/general-program/).
+
+## Academic Program
+**_Note!_** More information on the Academic CfP will be published soon.

content/call-for-proposals/general-program.md

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 title: "General program"
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-date: 2024-11-16T14:06:24+02:00
+date: 2024-11-30T13:09:24+02:00
 description: "FOSS4G Europe is the regional
 flagship event of OSGeo - an open, grassroots and dynamic community. We are
 looking for novel and original submissions on development, use, and advocacy
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-TBD
 
-**Note!** Call for proposals for general program for FOSS4G
-Europe 2025 will be opened soon. We will announce them in due course on our
-social media channels and some select mailing lists :)
+## Timeline
+
+All deadlines are preliminary and are subject to change. We are working hard to
+stay on schedule as much as possible, but sometimes issues may occur. If
+anything changes we will communicate it on the FOSS4G Europe 2025 public
+channels and update timings here.
+
+|   |   |
+|:--|-------:|
+| Call for papers: | **2 December 2024 - 16 February 2025** |
+| Community voting period: | **17 February 2025 - 2 March 2025** |
+| Program committee review period: | **17 February 2025 - 9 March 2025** |
+| Announce accepted talks: | **17 March 2025** |
+| Full program: | **7 April 2025** |
+| Conference: | **16 July - 18 July 2025** |
+
+<br>
+<br>
+
+<hr>
+<br>
+<div>
+<center>
+<p>
+{{<
+    extlink
+    href="https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europe-2025/cfp"
+    title="Submit a proposal for general program"       
+    class="btn btn-primary btn-lg disabled"
+    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+>}}
+</p>
+</center>
+</div>
+<hr>
+
+
+## Description
+
+Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Europe is the European
+flagship event of [**OSGeo**](https://osgeo.org) - an open, grassroots and
+dynamic community. We are
+looking for novel and original submissions on development, use, and advocacy
+for FOSS4G over a wider array of topics ranging from state-of-software to
+specific use cases, from building and sustaining an inclusive community to
+running a successful business around FOSS4G technology, from software technical
+details to democratic processes and policy making.
+
+Whether you are a seasoned FOSS4Ger or it is your first time presenting, we
+welcome all contributions - the conference and the FOSS4G community at large
+flourishes on knowledge and experience shared by diverse voices.
+
+As this is the European regional OSGeo event we are in particular seeking to
+create dialogue and discussion on developments, opportunities and challenges
+for the European OSGeo community. As we live in an interconnected world, we
+are also eager to give space to learning from global perspectives and foster
+exchange going beyond European borders.
+
+**_Please keep in mind this is a Free and Open Source Software conference.
+Submissions promoting restricted license / closed source software will not be
+accepted._**
+
+## Session types
+A **regular talk** is allocated to a 30 minute slot:
+- 20 minutes for the talk,
+- 5 minutes for questions and answers, and
+- 5 minutes for the participants to change rooms and next speaker setup.
+
+A **lightning talk** is a 5 minute speaker slot, with
+- 4 minutes for the talk, and
+- 1 minute for the next speaker setup.
+
+## Submitting a proposal
+### General topics
+When submitting your talk, you will be asked to select one general topic that
+best defines your contribution. This will help us group similar-themed talks
+into tracks.
+
+#### State of software
+Recent developments in Free and Open Source Software projects. Maybe tease
+the audience with a sneak-peek of what’s to come in a release later in the
+year? Also use this opportunity to inform fellow maintainers about changes to come.
+
+#### Open Data
+Open source software often goes hand-in-hand with open data. Are you using
+Open Data to build something? Or better yet, are you producing Open Data?
+A dataset we haven’t heard about? A solution to accessing, storing or
+archiving open data? Excellent! We are all eager to find out about it, to
+make decision making processes more transparent and democratic.
+
+#### Open standards and interoperability across geospatial
+Open standards and best-practices help us to be interoperable. They help us
+share and consume data and integrate software solutions. What are emerging
+best-practices that could be integrated into a standard? How did you improve
+interoperability across geospatial computing, i.e. Julia, Python, R or other
+projects? Or maybe you have thoughts on implementing INSPIRE services? Or
+maybe you are building something pan-European on top of INSPIRE? Updates on
+the European Union Location Framework ( EULF) Blueprint?
+
+#### FOSS4G “Made in Europe”
+A special track to investigate and introduce the many Free and Open Source
+software tools, data capture and collection and sharing projects carried out
+at the European Commission, European institutions or funded by them.
+
+#### Open community
+How do you engage people? What project governance models have helped you
+foster an inclusive community? What makes people want to contribute, and be
+part of the community. Maybe your local OSGeo chapter? A software user-group?
+Or maybe you’ve participated in a mapathon and want to share your thoughts.
+This is most suitable for sharing experiences so we could all grow as
+individuals and build and sustain our communities better. Sharing is caring.
+
+#### FOSS4G in education and research
+Are you an educator? And you are making your students use Free and Open
+Source Software? Perfect! We’d like to hear from you how you have managed that.
+What is the reaction of students? How do you engage them and how do you
+introduce them to the wonderful world of Free and Open Source Software and
+the communities that surround them?
+
+#### Building a business with FOSS4G
+You have built a business around supporting and maintaining a FOSS4G solution.
+This approach shifts the focus to collaboration, transparency and
+community-driven innovation, setting it apart from the traditional
+closed-source business model. How do you manage that? What challenges have you
+faced? What unique advantages has this path brought to your business and your
+clients?
+
+#### Transition to FOSS4G
+Do you have a success story to share about transitioning a system or workflow
+to FOSS4G technology? Maybe some lessons-learnt? We would like to hear about
+it, and have you share your experiences with the rest of the community.
+
+#### Use cases and applications
+You have a very specific use case of doing things with Free and Open Source
+Software. Maybe you’re leveraging it for spatial or urban planning, optimizing
+land use and improving spatial decision-making processes? Maybe you work with
+FOSS4G for AI to do Earth Observation? Or maybe routing? Farming a flock of
+drones? Making sense of a gazillion points in space and time? Something
+completely different that we didn’t even imagine Free and Open Source Software
+could be used for? Maybe you have a successful use case aiding this year’s host
+country? We are all eager to find novel and interesting ways of solving
+geospatial puzzles, and to make existing workflows smoother. Something will
+click in the audience’s heads after hearing your talk.
+
+
+### General theme
+In addition you’ll be asked to provide at least one general theme (think of
+this as a keyword) to describe your submission. You can choose between
+the following:
+- Data access, collection & sharing
+- Data processing and analysis
+- Spatial machine learning
+- Data visualization
+- State of software, or new features
+- Business & FOSS4G
+- FOSS4G at governmental institutions
+- FOSS4G and sustainable development goals (SDG)
+- FOSS4G for movement, transport, and networks. In space and time, by any
+subject (water, asphalt, people, birds, animals, air, or even cosmos)
+- FOSS4G for crisis / disaster response, civil defence
+- FOSS4G for land use planning, land management, monitoring, smart cities,
+population mapping
+- FOSS4G for ocean / marine monitoring
+- Drones, sensors, lasers, and remote sensing
+- FOSS4G for agriculture
+- FOSS4G and environmental observations
+- IoT, indoor mapping
+- Standards, SDI, INSPIRE, interoperability
+- Education
+- Community building and participatory FOSS4G
+
+### Technical complexity
+And finally we would like to ask you to identify the level of technical
+complexity of your presentation in a 3-point scale ranging from
+“no previous knowledge needed” to “must be a superexpert to understand”.
+
+
+## Guidelines
+There are no formal indications when preparing your contribution for the
+conference, but please consider the following suggestions:
+- FOSS4G is - first and foremost - about open source, so make sure you
+clearly indicate which projects are essential in your talk
+- If your talk is about developments in or a completely new project,
+please point to the appropriate repository (or repositories)
+- Your talk would not be about development of software? Yes! Although
+software development is in the heart of FOSS4G it is not the only purpose of
+the conference. The goal is to bring together developers and users, policy
+makers and open community advocates over the broad sphere of geospatial to
+share experiences and showcase the power and reach of free and open source
+software.
+- Although we expect many different languages to be present at the conference,
+the working language for the event is English.
+- The more suitable the selection of topic, theme and technical complexity are,
+the better shaped the final program will be. So, please, help us optimize your
+time and make the best out of the conference.
+- Although we are working hard to provide you with good internet connectivity
+at the venue, please don’t rely solely on it during your presentation.
+Things tend to break exactly at the moment of live demonstrations.
+- We believe in equality, therefore please keep in mind the talk slot lengths
+when preparing your presentation. But at the same time be prepared that the
+hallway discussions on your presentation might continue until the early hours
+of the morning.
+- FOSS4G is an open community of people from various, diverse backgrounds and
+lived experiences. This is what makes us strong and we care for each other’s
+well-being. Please keep in mind that a derogatory attitude towards other
+people or their work is not welcome.
+- We are working on making streaming of presentations a reality, however
+the conference presenters would be expected to be on-site
+- And lastly, the success of this event lies in the responsible actions of
+all participants and organizers alike. If you have confirmed your participation
+but later on you or none of the co-authors are no longer able to present,
+please let us know as soon as possible.
+
+## Selection process
+FOSS4G Europe is a community event and therefore the selection of talks will
+be predominantly based on an open community voting process. The highest-scoring
+talks will automatically be included in the program, while others will be
+reviewed by the volunteer [**Program Committee**](/program-committee/).
+
+We will make sure that the conference program will be well-balanced and diverse.
+Moreover, the Program Committee will work hard to ensure that every OSGeo
+project has its proper representation. If you are part of some FOSS4G project
+and want to propose a special session, contact us at
+[**info-europe@foss4g.org**](mailto:info-europe@foss4g.org) to make sure we
+consider the proposal carefully.
+
+<br>
+<br>
+
+<hr>
+<br>
+<div>
+<center>
+<p>
+{{<
+    extlink
+    href="https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-europe-2025/cfp"
+    title="Submit a proposal for general program"       
+    class="btn btn-primary btn-lg disabled"
+    rel="noopener noreferrer"
+>}}
+</p>
+</center>
+</div>