• Your ideas

    "FOSS4G is a conference not just organized for the community, but also by the community. That includes you!
    Therefore we encourage you to share your ideas and suggestions on can't dowithout keynote speakers, trending open geospatial topics, wishfull workshops with us (the local organizing committee) and the entire open geospatial community. Also your ideas on side-events, lodging, transportation etc. deserve a place on this wall of ideas."

    So go ahead, and leave a note behind! 

  • Gala Event on MS Rheinenergie

      25th August

     

     18:15 – 18:45: Boarding MS Rheinenergie starting/ending at KD (“Köln-Düsseldorfer”) pier close to WCCB. In case of Rhine having low water: starting/ending at KD pier “Brassertufer/Alter Zoll” (Bonn city) instead.

     19:00: Boat is casting off (can’t wait!)

     

    Cellodion

    Duo. Unplugged.

    Cellodion Duo

     19:00 – 20:00 : on deck 

     

    Frank Beilstein (accordion)
    Philipp Matthias Kaufmann (cello)

    Cellodion plays individual arrangements of well-known and unknown standards as well as own compositions with a lot of space for improvisation. The style of Cellodion´s music moves between Jazz, Tango, Musette and folk musik of different continents. Have fun with their music!

     

    The Queen Kings

     20:00 – 22:00 : Concert hall

     

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    Queen Kings

    Probably Europe's finest Queen Tribute.

    Queen Kings take you through several decades of legendary Queen Music and all of those Greatest Hits like "A kind of magic", "Don't stop me now" or "Radio Ga-Ga". Even more, the band presents you as well masterpieces which did not enter billboard charts, but have been essential for the exceptional reputation of Queen. Every show of The Queen Kings is being played 100% live, on Original equipment. The musicians are experts on queen music, with one of their members even having performed together with Brian May and Roger Taylor. People often say "If you close your eyes, it seems it is indeed Queen with Freddie Mercury performing on stage". Anyway, experts and audience appreciate that Queen Kings is not a look-a-like band, but is maintaining a personal touch, and thus remains authentic to Queen and also to themselves. Therefore, they have also been invited to perform on conventions of the Official International Queen Fan Club several times, and keep touring throughout Germany and Europe for more than 100 shows a year. Join this passionate show of Queen Kings and they will rock you! www.queenkings.de

     

     22:00: Boat returns to Bonn and stays at pier until 01:00 for leaving and entering

     

    DJ Rafa from LUCHA AMADA

     22:15 – 01:00  : Concert hall 

     

    LUCHA AMADA

    LUCHA AMADA advertisment

    LUCHA AMADA is a dj collective from Berlin/Köln/Bonn also organizing concerts, supporting musica rebelde & music without borders...

    A legendary “rebel world” music party where cultures of the revolution meets sounds without borders from every corner of the planet. A huge mix of latin rhythms with the powder of high energy brasses of gypsy & east sound, a colorful voyage through traditional and newer styles of Reggae, Ragga, Hip Hop, Rumba, Cumbia, Patchanka, Ska, Salsamuffin, Drum´ N ´ Bass Mashups, Tropical Bass, Moombahton, ElectroBalkan-Swing-Klezmer, Russian Disko-Polka and much more… all in a cooking pot ready to explode at the dance floor!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • About Bonn

     

    We welcome you in Bonn (Germany) for the FOSS4G 2016. We hope you will have a great time and will like the city and atmosphere. Bonn is a city with a population of more then 313.000 people.

    Bonn is a city on the banks of the river Rhine and in the northwest of the Siebengebirge. It is in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and only 30 km away from Cologne.

    View of Bonn

    Read more about Bonn

    The University of Bonn has more then 32.000 students. Bonn is international. The UN in Germany is hosted in Bonn and also around 150 non-governmental organisations. Headquaters of Deutsche Post DHL and Deutsche Telekom are in Bonn. But even more: Bonn is the german Silicon Valley of GIS. Many companies are located in Bonn f.e. terrestris, WhereGroup, mundialis, lat/lon & more.

    From 1949 to 1990 Bonn was the seat of government and de facto capital of West Germany.

    The Plenary Chamber of WCCB

    Read more about the history of the WCCB

    You should also knwo that Beethoven was born in Bonn. You can visit Beethovenhaus, make a picture at the Beethoven stature and listen to Beethovens music.

    http://www.bonn.de/tourismus_kultur_sport_freizeit/index.html?lang=en

    Bonn is more then 2000 years old. The history of the city was always influenced by the Rhine.

    You find a beautiful historic center, you can enjoy a walk or a boot trip at/on the Rhine. You can go to the Nordstadt and find many bars and a very vibrant quarter.

     
  • Be a tourist

     

    Get Information at

    Places to visit in Bon

     

    Discover Bonn on foot- Roman Settlement, Baroque Residence and Beethoven City
    Enjoy a city tour. http://www.bonn.de/tourismus_kultur_sport_freizeit/tourist_information_aktuell/tourismus_und_hotels/stadttouren/index.html?lang=en

    Museumsmeile - Several Museums are waiting for you!
    Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig
    With great exibition about Our blue planet - the living network
    https://www.zfmk.de/en

    Deutsches Museum Bonn - Museum about science and technology
    http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/bonn/information/

    Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublick Deutschland
    Museum of contemporary history. German history from 1945 until the present.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haus_der_Geschichte
    Close to the WCCB. Worth a visit. Entrance is free.
    https://www.hdg.de/bonn/

    Bundeskunsthalle Bonn
    http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/home.html

    Arithmeum
    The Arithmeum is a museum on the theme “reckoning past and present”.
    http://www.arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/arithmeum.html

    Kunstmuseum Bonn
    http://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/en/information/news/

    Cross the Rhine with the romantic Rheinnixe
    You can cross the Rhine from Bonn-Beuel to Bonn Rheinpavillon.
    http://www.rheinnixe.com/

    20.8. Flea Market (Flohmarkt) in the Rheinaue
    http://www.flohmarkt-rheinaue.de/
    http://www.bonn.de/tourismus_kultur_sport_freizeit/parks_und_gaerten/index.html?lang=en

    Internationale Stummfilmtage Bonn – 11. – 21.08.2016
    http://blog.bonn-region.de/events/internationale-stummfilmtage-bonn-2016

    Max Ernst Museum Brühl and the World Heritage Site Brühl Palaces
    http://www.maxernstmuseum.lvr.de
    http://www.schlossbruehl.de/en_home

    Visit the secret Government Bunker in Ahrweiler
    You can got to Ahrweiler by train - get of the train at "Ahrweiler Markt" or "Walporzheim". From the train station it is a 1,5 km walk to the former Regierungsbunker. Ahrweiler is a historic place with city wall, historic centre suraounded by vineyards located in the valley of the river Ahr and a
    http://www.regbu.de/Fremdsprachen/GB1.html

    Cologne
    Visit Cologne by boat or by train.
    http://www.cologne.de/what-to-do

     

    Hiking

    Siebengebirge! http://www.naturpark-siebengebirge.de/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebengebirge
    Siegaue https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegaue_und_Siegm%C3%BCndung
    Kottenforst/Ville- near Bonn http://www.naturpark-rheinland.de/natur/die-landschaften/kottenforst-waelder/
    Ahrschleife, Rotweinwanderweg (Ahr) http://www.rotweinwanderweg.de/ http://www.ahr-rotweinwanderweg.de/

    SEA LIFE
    https://www.visitsealife.com/konigswinter/

    Phantasialand in Brühl
    http://www.phantasialand.de/en/home/

     
  • Our Locations

    WCCB - World Conference Center Bonn
    WCCB - World Conference Center Bonn

    Venue

    The conference will take place in the World Conference Center Bonn (WCCB).

    It is located in the middle of Bonn’s former government district, in the immediate vicinity of the United Nations Campus, Deutsche Post DHL headquarters, Germany's international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, and next to the river Rhine. 

    The convention center is a unique facility, allowing us to hold the conference in rooms formerly occupied by parliamentarians who shaped the political future of Germany and in fact all of Europe.

    Take a look at the map for more information.