Congratulations to Team Korea and best wishes to them for hosting a successful conference. Detail of the bids are given here.
The FOSS4G-ASIA conference series aim to bring together FOSS4G users and developers worldwide and foster closer interactions with and amongst Asian communities to share ideas for improving Free & Open Source Software and applications in the field of Geoinformatics. The focus area of the conference is to foster the development and promote the widespread use of FOSS4G technologies.
FOSS4G-ASIA conference series started in 2014 commemorating the 10th anniversary of the pioneering FOSS4G related conference that held was held in Thailand in 2004. The first edition of FOSS4G-Asia in Bangkok, Thailand. Since 2014, FOSS4G-Asia is being held every two years. All work related to organization of the conference is done by the local organizing committee that is formed by the local hosting institution/organizers. The conference has now become the main Asian-FOSS4G event. The last conference was held in Kathmandu, Nepal in October 2021.
During the organization on the 2014 FOSS4G-Asia event, it was decided unanimously that FOSS4G-Asia will be held as a biennial event (every two years) counting from last FOSS4G-Asia. During the FOSS4G-Asia 2018 selection process, it was also decided that the future FOSS4G-Asia events will be organized between October-December period. The selection of the host is entrusted to selection committee comprising of past event organizers and persons involved in actively FOSS4G in Asia.
EARLIER FOSS4G CONFERENCES IN ASIA
2004 – THAILAND: https://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/
2014 – THAILAND: https://www.foss4g-asia.org/2014/
2017 – INDIA: https://www.foss4g-asia.org/2017/
2018 – SRI LANKA: https://www.foss4g-asia.org/2018/
2021 – NEPAL : https://www.foss4g-asia.org/2020