FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018

== Overview ==
This conference was the inaugural FOSS4G SotM Oceania, held in Melbourne, Australia, 20-23 November 2018.
* Conference website 
* Videos
* Photos
=== Logo ===
* Logo Contest
* Logo Entries
=== Venue ===
The conference was held at the University of Melbourne, in the Old Arts Building.
=== Sponsors ===
Platinum
* Koordinates
* Geoplex
* Bing
* TerriaJS	
Gold
* Gaia Resources
* Mapillary
* Address Finder
* TechnologyOne	
Silver
* AlantGeo
* Carto
* Spatial Vision
* Mapbox
* Spatial Partners
* Georepublic	
Bronze
* North Road
* AURIN	
In Kind
* Land Information New Zealand
* Mammoth Geospatial
* Synthesis Technologies
* FrontierSI
== Program Overview ==
Date 	Name 	Tickets Sold
20 November	Workshops 	206
21 November	Conference Day 1	252
22 November	Conference Day 2	250
23 November	Community Day 	121
=== Keynotes ===
* Nyall Dawson - A spatial community strengthened by a diversity of skill levels
* Jane Elith - Using spatial data to model biodiversity
* Paul Ramsay - Why we code
* Alyssa Wright - What are your salary requirements?
=== Social Program ===
Date 	Name 	Venue 	No. of Attendees	Payment Structure
20 November	Travel Grant Program Breakfast	Vertue Coffee Roasters	 	Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation
20 November	Icebreaker 	The Shaw Davey Slum 	96 	Included with conference registration
21 November	Women in Spatial Breakfast 	Seven Seeds 	 	Paid for out of Good Mojo allocation
21 November	Conference Dinner 	Brunswick Mess Hall 	129 	Separate ticket ($80)
22 November	GeoRabble 	The Clyde Hotel 	 	Organised separately but sponsored by FOSS4G SotM Oceania
=== Conference Attendees ===
By jurisdiction
{| class="wikitable"	 	
Jurisdiction 	Attendees	% of Total
Victoria 	102 	41.0
New Zealand 	28 	11.2
New South Wales 	28 	11.2
Australian Capital Territory	26 	10.4
Queensland 	18 	7.2
Western Australia 	14 	5.6
Tasmania 	8 	3.2
United States 	6 	2.4
South Australia 	4 	1.6
Northern Territory 	2 	0.8
Fiji 	2 	0.8
Samoa 	1 	0.4
Timor-Leste 	1 	0.4
Hong Kong 	1 	0.4
Serbia 	1 	0.4
Papua New Guinea 	1 	0.4
Canada 	1 	0.4
Malaysia 	1 	0.4
United Kingdom 	1 	0.4
Germany 	1 	0.4
Japan 	1 	0.4
== Media ==
* Why we're sponsoring FOSS4G Oceania by Koordinates
* Thoughts on FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018 and the PyQGIS API improvements which it caused by Nyall Dawson
* FOSS4G open source software conference recap by Gaia Resources
* My time at FOSS4G Oceania 2018 by Daniel Hernandez
== Good Mojo ==
=== Travel Grant Program ===
This conference had the first regional Travel Grant Program funded (in part) by OSGeo.
7 attendees were provided with grants to help cover flights, accommodation and visas.
2 half day workshops, conference registration and access to all social events including the conference dinner were also provided.
You can read interviews with 5 of the attendees:
* Dorothy Pion
* Nimalika Fernando
* Hirini Tane
* Kim Fitter
* Zenoveva Xavier Correia
== Organisation ==
=== Conference Committee ===
* John Bryant - Chair / Travel Grant Program Lead
* Dr. David Dean - Community Day Lead
* Dr. Sarah Goodwin - Academic Program Co-Chair
* Greg Lauer - Marketing and Promotion Lead
* Alex Leith - Program Lead
* Phillip Mallis - Volunteer Lead
* Trisha Moriarty - Workshop Lead
* Edoardo Neerhut
* Cameron Shorter
* Daniel Silk - Social Program Lead
* Kerry Smyth 
* Vasiti Soko
* Dr. Adam Steer - Sponsorship Lead
* Jonah Sullivan
* Dr. Martin Tomko - Academic Program Co-Chair
=== Partners ===
This conference was organised in partnership with SSSI, who managed the finances.
OSGeo and the OpenStreetMap Foundation supported our efforts from the beginning.
OSGeo contributed funding toward our Travel Grant Program and Community Day.
=== Meeting minutes ===
* 2018-12-14
* 2018-11-30
* 2018-11-16
* 2018-11-02
* 2018-10-26
* 2018-10-19
* 2018-10-12
* 2018-10-05
* 2018-09-28
* 2018-09-14
* 2018-08-31
* 2018-08-17
* 2018-08-03
* 2018-07-20
* 2018-07-06
* 2018-06-22
* 2018-06-08
* 2018-05-25
* 2018-05-04
* 2018-04-20
* 2018-04-06
* 2018-03-16
* 2018-03-02
* 2018-02-16
* 2018-02-02
* 2017-12-18
* 2017-12-04
* 2017-11-27 (IRC log)
Category: FOSS4G
Category: Events
Category: Oceania
Category: Australia