Howard Butler
Employers on the program
- 2022–2026Hobu, Inc4 talks
The year around now
Talks in the past 12 months and announced talks ahead, one row per conference, January to December. Hover a mark for the talk.
Appearances by year
- FOSS4G
- FOSS4G North America
- CNG Forum (Cloud-Native Geospatial Conference)
Talks
| Date | Event | Conference | Role | Title | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2026 | FOSS4G North America 2026 | FOSS4G North America | speaker | Code is liability – contributing to GDAL in the LLM era as Hobu, Inc. Congratulations! LLM agents can now make you a GDAL developer, but the project closed the ticket your agent created. We will talk about LLM contributions to…Show lessCongratulations! LLM agents can now make you a GDAL developer, but the project closed the ticket your agent created. We will talk about LLM contributions to twenty year old software projects that might not want them. | |
| Aug 30, 2026 | FOSS4G 2026 | FOSS4G | speaker | Building the GDAL Sponsorship Program as Hobu, Inc. The GDAL Sponsorship Program changed how the project operates, has resulted in project-wide functionality and improvements, and put the project on a previously…Show lessThe GDAL Sponsorship Program changed how the project operates, has resulted in project-wide functionality and improvements, and put the project on a previously unachievable sustainability path. | |
| Apr 30, 2025 | CNG Conference 2025 | CNG Forum (Cloud-Native Geospatial Conference) | speaker | Data Gravity Shapes the Architecture of Cloud-Native Geospatial as Hobu, Inc Data doesn't weigh but has gravity just the same. Gravity can be an apt metaphor to describe architectural choices driving the development cloud-native…Show lessData doesn't weigh but has gravity just the same. Gravity can be an apt metaphor to describe architectural choices driving the development cloud-native geospatial tools, formats, and specifications. | |
| Sep 9, 2024 | FOSS4G North America 2024 | FOSS4G North America | speaker | Building the GDAL Sponsorship Program Throughout much of its life, GDAL has suffered from "random person in Nebraska" syndrome. | |
| Sep 9, 2024 | FOSS4G North America 2024 | FOSS4G North America | speaker | Business of Open Source Birds of a Feather Can we make money and care about humanity at the same time? Yes we can. | |
| Sep 9, 2024 | FOSS4G North America 2024 | FOSS4G North America | workshop | Point Cloud Processing and Analysis with PDALThe PDAL Workshop https://pdal.io/en/latest/workshop/index.html teaches users common processing patterns of geospatial LiDAR point cloud data and shows you how…Show lessThe PDAL Workshop https://pdal.io/en/latest/workshop/index.html teaches users common processing patterns of geospatial LiDAR point cloud data and shows you how to take advantage of PDAL's processing and orchestration capabilities through its Pipeline concept. | |
| Aug 22, 2022 | FOSS4G 2022 | FOSS4G | speaker | Cloud Optimized Point Cloud: Compressed, Geospatial, Lossless and Compatible Data Organization for Analysis Ready Point Cloud Data as Hobu, Inc. Point cloud data are an important component of geospatial data workflows, but software and formats to manage it often have compromises that work against…Show lessPoint cloud data are an important component of geospatial data workflows, but software and formats to manage it often have compromises that work against efficient storage and processing of data. |
Frequent co-speakers
| Speaker | Shared events | Shared talks | Last together |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hanson | 5 | — | 2026 |
| Andrea Aime | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Nathan McEachen | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Pete Gadomski | 4 | — | 2026 |
| Michael Smith | 3 | 1 | 2026 |
| Corey White | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Cristiano Giovando | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Edoardo Neerhut | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Florent Gravin | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Jeroen Ticheler | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Michele Tobias | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Rajat Shinde | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Simone Giannecchini | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Stefano Bovio | 3 | — | 2026 |
| Tom Kralidis | 3 | — | 2026 |
Speakers with the same name are merged into one entry, so this page may combine more than one person. Affiliations are shown as each conference listed them.