Timeline

The venue of FOSS4G 2012 is the Beijing Conference Center. The conference date is arranged as follows.

  • 9th, Sept. (afternoon) - desk registry (one day after openstreetmap meeting closing in Tokyo)
  • 10th-11th Sept - Workshops
  • 12th-15th Sept - Tutorial/Technical/Academy Section
  • 16th, Sept - Code Sprint

    • The milestone is proposed as follows. It is about one month late if comparing with 2011 events. But it can be recovered very soon in Chinese way.

    1) Web-site release 29th Feb 2012 (can be early, after spring festival)

    2) Announcement of Chinese Sponsors 29th Feb 2012

    3) Release of Prospectus for Sponsors 15th March 2012

    4) Early Bird Registration Start 15th March 2012 to 15 June 2012

    5) Call for Abstracts: Start 31 March 2012 - Close 30th April 2012

    6) Call for Workshop and tutorials 31 March 2012 - Close 30th April 2012

    7) Voting for Technical Session Abstract 1 May 2012 - 15th May 2012

    8) Abstract acceptance 31 May 2012

    9) Workshop acceptance 31 May 2012

    10) Call for Full papers for Academic Session 31 May 2012 with deadline 1st July 2012

    11) Announcement of Keynote Speakers 1st July 2012

    12) Release Conference Program 10th July 2012

    13) Issue for support letters for Visa commence 10th July 2012 onwards. Visa will be issued in 4 working days at Chinese Embassy or Consulate in resident countries.

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