Informática 2009 (La Havana, Cuba)

OSGeo-es will take part in the congress «Informática 2009» in La Havana, Cuba

On February 9-14, 2009 the 13th "Feria y Convención Internacional Informática 2009"[1] will take place in Havana. At the VI Internacional Congress of Geomatics [2], part of the greater congress, the Spanish Language Local Chapter of OSGeo (OSGeo-es [3]) will attend to promote the Free Software for Geomatics (FOSS4G), foster the implementation of Open Standards and their usage for interoperability and promote the access to Free Geo-data.

The Spanish Language Local Chapter of OSGeo invites everybody to participate, Monday Feb. 9 2009, in the Convention Palace (Palacio de las Convenciones), in a day of workshops and practical demonstrations [4] prepared by some of the members of its community. These workshops promise to offer an overview of FOSS4G state of the art technologies and to let users, developers and Latin-American communities meet the international one.

OSGeo and OSGeo-es will be introduced in a dedicated session. A round table on Free Software for Geomatics will be organized too.

The VI Geomatics International Congress will join together a group of high level specialist who will address several issues on IT and Earth Sciences. For further information and to submit your talk or workshop proposal, please visit the web site of the event [2]. Call for Papers deadline is set on Oct. 30, 2008.

[1] http://www.informaticahabana.com/
[2] http://www.informaticahabana.com/?q=es/listeventos_es&e=13&id=es&ci=1
[3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Spanish
[4] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_en_Informatica_2009