Events

On Tuesday, June 9, 2009, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) will conduct a free webinar demonstrating results from the OGC Web Services, Phase 6 (OWS-6) testbed activity. The 2 hour webinar will start at: 8:30am in Mumbai, 11am in Perth, noon in Tokyo, 1pm in Sydney, 3pm in New Zealand (http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=9&year=2009&hour=13&min=0&sec=0&p1=240 ).

The webinar connection URL is:   http://ogc.acrobat.com/r98569497

The OWS-6 webinar will be conducted using Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, which only requires a web browser with Adobe Flash plug-in. Audio as well as visual will be provided via Flash inside the browser. Go to Adobe.com to test and install Flash in your browser if you are not sure you have it.

The URL below runs you through a test for your connection.  As an attendee, you only need to pass steps 1-3.  Step 4 is only for the presenters.
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If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before:
Test your connection: http://ogc.acrobat.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm
Get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/go/connectpro_overview
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If your computer doesn't support audio, we are still investigating an alternative dial in capability

To register for this webinar go to:
http://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/register/090609_ows6_webinar.php

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meetings will be held between the Stata Center (Building 32), Building 32 and Building 4.

The tentative agenda for the week is now posted. Please continue to check back as this schedule is constantly updated.

The Cambridge Marriott is the Official Headquarters of the OGC Technical and Planning Committee Meeting.  OGC has secured a limited block of rooms at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel for $199.00 per night plus tax (this rate includes free Internet).  The Marriott is the most convenient hotel to the OGC Meetings. 

Parking is $22 per day for self-park, or $30 per day for Valet.  Public Transportation from the Airport is available (Silver Line to South Station then the Red Line to Kendall Square/MIT), and Kendall Square Station is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel.

Guests may reserve their rooms on-line or by calling Marriott Central Reservations at 1-800-228-9290, (Group Code: OGCOGCA), no later than Monday, June 1, 2009 to receive the discounted rate for the room block

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

The meeting will be held at the Stata Center (Building 32).

Special thanks to:

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as sponsors, and to

for hosting this event.

If your organization would like to help, please contact Greg Buehler.

Please find below the TENTATIVE agenda for this summit.

Purpose: Enabling Licensing Models: connecting business with technical infrastructure for managing and protecting intellectual property.

The Registration for this session is now OPEN.  There is a $40.00 charge for each Summit for non-OGC members, and a $20 charge for all OGC Members.

Non-Members: Go to the Summit Registration Page.

OGC Members: Login to the OGC Registration Page.

Note: This Web Portal uses the SSL Certificate Authority of the Open Geospatial Consortium. You may install the OpenGIS Root Certificate and bypass future warnings about using OGC's Certificates.

Airport

The closest international airport is Logan International Airport (BOS)

Parking

Parking in Cambridge and Boston can be expensive and hard to find (Marriott Parking is $22 per day for self-park).  Whenever possible, park your car at the hotel, and use public transportation to get to the MIT campus. If you must drive to the campus, on- and off-street parking is available for a fee, but most public parking is not very close to the center of the MIT campus

Public Transportation (the MBTA, known as "the T")

The closest subway station to campus is Kendall Square on the Red Line, you may also want to consider going to Central Square (also on the Red Line) or taking the #1 or CT1 bus across the Charles River from Back Bay, depending on where you are coming from and your destination on campus.