FOSS4G:UK Local 2022 - Manchester (The University of Manchester)
Local Venue Chair: Jonny Huck
Sponsors
We are very grateful for the support of Informed Solutions and WSP for sponsoring FOSS4G:UK Local in Manchester.
Call for talks
The Call for Talks is now closed. We will be in touch soon confirming if your talk has been accepted.
For more details see here.
Location & Travel
Core Technology Facility
46 Grafton St
The University of Manchester
Manchester
M13 9WU
Click here for information on traveling to The University of Manchester. We encourage everyone to travel by public transport / car share / under their own steam if possible.
Programme
The schedule for Thurs 17th Nov 2022 is:
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Arrivals | Coffee and networking |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Nick Bearman (Streamed) | Opening and welcome |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Anita Graser (Streamed) | Shaping Open Spatial Data Science |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Tim Sutton (Streamed) | 20 Years of QGIS: Successes and Failures of a Global Phenomenon |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break | Coffee and networking |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Kirsty Watkinson (In Person) | An open source exploration into the impact of map data coverage on estimations of access to healthcare |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Tom Huntley (Streamed) | Building a Web GIS - a full stack overview |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | Not Provided |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | John Donovan (In Person) | DIY RTK GNSS |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Richard Kingston (In Person) | Bringing 40+ petabytes of NERC environmental data to more users |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Patrick Reynolds (In Person) | Free and Open Source Geospatial Software within a Modern Consulting Organisation |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Robert Coup (Streamed) | Kart: an introduction to practical data versioning for geospatial |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break | Coffee and networking |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Ant Scott (Streamed) | Analysing Access to UK Public Rights of Way with the QGIS Graphical Modeler |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Regina Obe (Streamed) | PostGIS Vision: Past, Present, and Future |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Nick Bearman (Streamed) | Wrap up |
Registration
Registration is now closed!
The event is free to attend but we strongly encourage attendees (and/or their employers) to make a donation of £20 (more if you can afford or less if you can’t) - see here for details.