Presentations submissions have now closed for FOSS4G 2009, and I’ve just generated a wordle based upon the submitted presentation tags. As you can see it’s picking up some interesting themes already, cloud computing, the environment, mobile, business and participatory – as well as the good old stuff too…GIS, Spatial, Open etc. We’ve received over 170 presentations from all over the globe. The presentations make up the back bone of the conference and we’re looking to cram in as much variety and quality of content as possible – you can play a role in this to…read on.
So what happens next? Well there are a few things you may want to know about:
1. If you have already submitted a presentation and would like to have this considered for the academic track then you can log in via this page and flag your submission for consideration
2. If you are attending the conference or thinking about attending then you will very soon be able to view all the submitted abstracts and vote on them. We need your help as we unfortunately don’t have room for all the submissions. THIS IS YOUR CONFERENCE TOO so keep an eye on the FOSS4G 2009 website for more details on how to vote (note the voting will not include academic submissions)
The following is a summary of key dates for those interested in the conference presentation content:
- General Presentations open for voting: 14th June – 28th June 2009
- Academic Track – Full Paper Due: 29th June 2009
- Notification of Acceptance for General Presentations & Academic Track: 20th July
The early bird registration is open till the 31st July - go on click the link and come and join us in Sydney 
**UPDATE** academic abstracts are now accessible for public voting