Workshop on Free & Open Source Geospatial Technologies (FOSS4G) for Urban Environment Applications (mapping, inventorying & monitoring): 1^st - 5^th April 2015

Dear All,

Welcome to FOSS4G @ CiSTUP during 1-5 April 2015, Venue of the workshop would be CiSTUP conference Hall, CiSTUP-SID complex, IISc Campus
IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE ALL OUTSTATION PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ACCOMMODATED at CENTENARY VISITORS GUEST HOUSE (Near M S Ramaih Hospital Gate, BEL ROAD).
Route map is attached
Type of accommodation: Twin sharing (studio apartment)
Room rent: Rs 300 per candidate per day ( (Possibility of room rent waiver for candidates who attend all session and also take active part in the workshop and learn basic concepts. These candidates need to a brief presentation to prove learning)
Programme schedule is attached with accommodation details. Rooms at Centenary Visitor Guest house is booked during 1-5 April 2015. Participants who are likely to reach on 31 March evening, will be given rooms.
Limited accommodation is available on campus. Accompanying persons (if any) need to make arrangement outside the campus. IISc campus is safe and most of us reside at campus. In case of any problem you may contact me at office 080-22933099 [my residence 080-23602075 (after 9 pm before 8am) - ONLY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY].
Please carry your ID card, copy of this mail with you. This is required at Gates as well as for accommodation and classroom access. You all are required to carry your own laptop so that practical sessions would be meaningful.
Regisration would be at 8 30 am on 1 April at CiSTUP (main entrance)
Tea (at 10 30 and 4 pm) and Lunch (at 1 noon) is arranged at CiSTUP. You need to manage breakfast and dinner in nearby hotel/ facilities on campus (Prakriti, NESARA, NISARGA)
Bangalore day te,mperature is quite warm while night temperature on campus is about 19 -20 deg C.
Looking forward to a interactive session of FOSS4G

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with best wishes

                               TVR
On Behalf of FOSS4G organising Committee

Dear Participant

Welcome to the workshop on FOSS4G 2015@CiSTUP, IISc.
Thank you for your response and we have received overwhelming response (100+) and the selection of candidate was a quite difficult task. On behalf of the organising committee, we are happy to inform you that you are selected to the current session during 1-5 April 2015.
We have selected 35 participants for the current session. We plan to conduct another session during June/July 2015 (for those applicants who were not selected during the current session).
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Please note the following (candidates chosen for the current session 1-5 April 2015) __________________________________________
Accommodation: Accommodation of outstation participants (those who have asked for the campus accommodation) is arranged at Hoysala Guest House, Indian Institute of Science
Type of room: Single room
Telephone number at the Guest house: 080-2293 3535
Route map of the guest house is at:
http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy/lake2010/Hoysala%20GH_map.JPG
(Opposite to NMR centre, Closer to NESARA Restaurant)
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Travel reimbursement: need to manage your travel yourself, we are not in the position to reimburse travel expenses. The committee has shortlisted 4 candidates, who have been intimated separately.
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Food Arrangements: Tea (at 10 30 am), lunch (working lunch), tea (@ 4 pm) will be arranged at the venue of the workshop. This means that you need to manage your breakfast and dinner at nearby hotel closer to Hoysala
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Workshop Venue:
Conference Room, Ground Floor (CiSTUP-SID), Indian Institute of Science campus, Bangalore 560012, Phone number 2293 2043, 2293 3521, 2293 2521
Requirements: you are required to carry your own laptop with adequate hard disk free space (30GB) Bring spatial data of your study region (this helps to do spatial analysis)
Time of the workshop: 9 AM to 7 00 pm (IISc time)
Registration on 1 April 2015, 8 30 AM @ CiSTUP, IISc.
CiSTUP, IISc: "CiSTUP office in IISc: To reach this building, Use the entrance located next to Circle Shri Maramma Temple. This is at the north side dead end of Margosa Road where it meets the Sankey road. Once inside, you can see the SID building. CiSTUP building is behind SID and can be reached from left (west side) road.
Route map at: http://cistup.iisc.ac.in/contact.php
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IMPORTANT: "PLEASE CARRY A PHOTO ID CARD AS SECURITY AT THE IISC GATE MAY ASK FOR IT." Carry a copy of this invitation (needs to show at the Gate - security)
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Climate in Bangalore: 32 Deg C in the morning and 22-25 deg C at night
Details to reach IISc: available at http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/energy/lake2010/reachiisc.htm
Refer our Research groups webpage: http://ces.iisc.ac.in/energy
Open Source software KIOSK at http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ac.in/foss
MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND SMOKING NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT PREMISES. In case of health emergency, medical facility is available at IISc Health centre (0802293 2234/2227) or nearby M S Ramaiah Hospital
Contact details: T V Ramachandra (080-22933099/2293 3503 extn 101 or 107),
Bharath H Aithal. Bharath Settur, Vinay S (2293 3504 extn 113),
Chandan M C (2293 3503 extn 110)
Session would be interactive, and we look forward to your active participation. Participation certificates would be given to only those who attend all sessions. This programme being organised as part of capacity building programme at IISc and hope all participants take advantage of the training programme.
We look forward to your confirmation of participation on or before 23 March 2015 (1 noon) to us (email: cestvr@ces.iisc.ac.in, foss4g.cistup@gmail.com). In absence of the confirmation, we will select wait listed candidates.

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with best wishes

                               TVR
On Behalf of FOSS4G organising Committee