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Due to the vast amount of interest from USGIF members for the Interoperability Tech Talks, the Interoperability Outreach Subcommittee has decided to extend the deadline for proposals to July 15.

Have you battled through learning, developing and implementing services and solutions using Geospatial open standards?  Do you have lessons learned, best practices or just tips and tricks for standing up an OGC compliant Web Processing Service? Share your experience and knowledge by submitting to present at the first Interoperability Tech Talks at the USGIF GEOINT 2010 Symposium, held on Nov. 1-4, in New Orleans, La. Discussions will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday during the GEOINT 2010 Symposium.

Abstracts for your proposal are now due Thursday, July 15 by 11:59pm EDT .

The purpose of Tech Talks is to offer technical presentations on topics of interest related to standards based interoperability within the GEOINT 2010 agenda.  These presentation opportunities will only be open to USGIF members as an opportunity to collaborate and educate colleagues on technical topics relevant to their domain area. 

While this is not considered a marketing presentation, it is an excellent opportunity for individuals and companies to be recognized for work and expertise in the standards based interoperability domain. Acknowledgments for presentations will be highlighted throughout GEOINT 2010 program material.

Guidelines

• Proposals must be in English only and limited to 15 minutes
• Only USGIF Members are eligible to submit
• Topics should be centered on standards based interoperability. Examples of topics include:
  • How To for standards based development
  • Lessons learned or experiences in integration
  • Testbed results
  • Emerging standards

Abstracts and then presentations will be approved by the designated subcommittee . A common template will be used across all presentations. Proposals will not be accepted if all steps of the submission process are not completed.

Selection Criteria

It is the goal of this call for presentations to develop an agenda of diverse and informative topics related to standards-based interoperability. Presentations focused on communicating or educating the audience about specific technical topics regarding interoperability services and standards will be given priority consideration.  The review panel will evaluate proposals according to the following criteria:

• Depth of presentation with regards to the topic’s specific standards or services
• Uniqueness and originality of presentation topic
• Relevance to the GEOINT symposium themes and focus areas
• Opportunities for the audience to learn or improve their knowledge about interoperable standards and services, best practices with those services/standards or lessons learned integrating said standards or services
• Expertise and experience of the presenter and clear evidence that the presenter is a lead contributor or subject matter expert in the topic
• Clear abstract of the purpose and objectives of the presentation

Submission Details

Interested parties should submit according to the following guidelines:

• Submissions should include the following information and ONLY this information on the first page of the submission:
  • Label: Submission for Interoperability Tech Talks
  • Title of Presentation
  • Company Name
  • Presenter’s Name & Title
• An abstract or overview of the presentation should be attached as the second page.  This is limited to a single page, single-spaced, Arial 12pt font with 1-inch margins.
• Submissions are due electronically as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format attachments to an email sent to both co-chairs above with the subject line: Submission for Interoperability Tech Talks. This email must be time stamped by 11:59pm EDT on July 15, 2010.
• Submissions should be emailed to the co-chairs at interop@usgif.org.

Schedule

• July 15 – Abstracts are due
• August 6 – Selection of Abstracts
• August 16 – Commitment from presenters
• Sept 1 – Draft presentations are due – finalized agendas
• Oct 1 – Final presentations are due

Questions about submissions should be directed to interop@usgif.org or to Interoperability Outreach Subcommittee co-chairs Jessica Hersey at 703-466-3556 or Joe McMahon at 703-435-3760.

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