posted Nov 9, 2009 3:03 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.openthesource.be
One day workshop (French-speaking) about the opportunities brought by open
source for public bodies, industry and academics, illustrated by concrete
cases. With a keynote from R. Demotte, Minister-President
of the Walloon Government.
Especially, there will be an introduction about OSOR.eu
and a panel session about the adoption of open source software by public
administration with the examples of tabellio,
lutece, as well as the perspective of e-government and provider representatives.
Organisers: CETIC, INFOPOLE Cluster TIC and LIEU. With the support of FEDER and Walloon Region, Interreg IV, and the CIO Club Brussels/Wallonia.
Venue: Point Centre, Aéropole de Gosselies, at Charleroi, Belgium. |
posted Aug 11, 2009 12:53 PM by Nico Elema
From Paulo Pastore: I would like to invite you to come to Brasília, Brazil. We are
organizing a big Conference about Free Software and E-Government that
will happen at the end of this month, from 26th to 28th. Some big names
of FLOSS history will be there and lots more. Check the program here ( http://www.consegi.gov.br/2009/pub/index.html
) and pack your things!
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posted Apr 28, 2009 12:53 AM by Nico Elema
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Description: The Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) East 2009 will provide a forum to explore both the business case and real-world applications for open technology to deliver the next generation of government services. Policy issues and economic drivers for IT invesment will be addressed. Attendees will hear from industry experts and their peers. Extensive networking opportunities for CIO & IT directors, management, planning, legal staff. |
posted Apr 6, 2009 12:44 PM by Nico Elema
http://2009.foss4g.org/index.html
FOSS4G is heralded as the international "gathering of tribes" of open source geospatial communities, where developers and users show off their latest software and projects. The theme for 2009 is "User Driven", highlighting the power of Open Source to solve business problems. |
posted Apr 6, 2009 12:42 PM by Nico Elema
http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/
The Centre for Geospatial Science of the University of Nottingham, Open Source Geospatial Foundation (UK Chapter), ICA Working Group on Open Source Geospatial Technologies, SOSoRNET and Open Knowledge Foundation are organizing the First Open Source GIS UK Conference on Monday 22nd June, 2009 at the University of Nottingham.
The conference has a strong international focus and takes a holistic approach bringing together speakers and delegates from government, academe, industry and open source communities. High profile speakers from North America and the EU will be giving presentations and running hands-on workshops within the conference schedule. |
posted Jan 29, 2009 12:13 AM by Nico Elema
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009Now in its eleventh year, OSCON changes scenery, moving to the San Jose
Convention Center in San Jose, California July 20-24, 2009, and
bringing together over 3,000 experts, visionaries, and hackers in the
trenches to explore all that open source has to offer. 2009 promises
interesting developments in Linux, Java, Web, and open source
infrastructure. OSCON will have tracks for Linux, PHP, Perl, Python,
Ruby, Java, Mobile, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications,
Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics. |
posted Jan 20, 2009 9:31 AM by Nico Elema
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http://fsfeurope.org/news/2009/news-20090120-02.en.html
On the 16th of January [2009] the European Commission DG Competition reported that it had issued a statement of objections regarding Microsoft's tying of Internet Explorer (IE) to the Windows Operating System product family. This action builds on a complaint originally submitted by Opera, a European company involved in web browser development. Free Software Foundation Europe welcomes the European Commission's decision and offers its support in the coming anti-trust investigation. As stated previously in a letter to the European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, anti-competitive behaviour is unacceptable, whether it occurs as 'tying' products with dominant market segments, or in circumventing standards and fair access. "Web browsers are becoming a critical platform for home and business computing," says Shane Coughlan, legal coordinator at FSFE. "The market previously failed to prevent unfair distortion of the desktop environment and we cannot allow such practices to be repeated." "It is important that no business in Europe is allowed to institute any policy of embracing, extending and extinguishing competition either through manipulation of interoperability information or through abuse of a dominant position by unfair tying and bundling of products," says Georg Greve, FSFE President. "Microsoft is a company that has previously been convicted of market distortion in the Work Group Server market, and we would welcome if the Commission also took up the antitrust complaint initially lodged in early 2006 by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) regarding market abuse in other areas." For FSFE's previous statement on this issue please see: http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/2007/news-20071221-01 For FSFE's letter to the European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes please see: http://fsfeurope.org/documents/20071219-opera-antitrust.pdf |
posted Jan 15, 2009 12:36 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.fosdem.org
The ninth FOSDEM is a two-day event organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of Free and Open Source software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM meetings are recognized as "The best Free Software and Open Source events in Europe". More informationMailing list: fosdem at lists.fosdem.org.
We will inform you when news about FOSDEM is available. RSS feed: http://fosdem.org/rss.xml
Planet Aggregator: http://planet.fosdem.org/
What is FOSDEMFOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for the community. The goal is to provide Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to meet to: - get in touch with other developers and projects;
- be informed about the latest developments in the Free Software and Open Source world;
- attend interesting talks and presentations held in large conference rooms by Free Software and Open Source project leaders and committers on various topics; and
- to promote the development and the benefits of Free Software and Open Source solutions.
Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organization gratefully accepts donationals and sponsorships.
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posted Dec 12, 2008 2:00 AM by Nico Elema
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=3640
Authors are invited to submit Papers for the
First Software Freedom Conference of Kosova.
As a newborn and developing nation the focus will be on :
0. What is free software and open source?
1. How can free software help a developing nation?
2. Practical Work on using free software for Schools and Business?
3. How Government and Institutions can benefit from free software?
4. Local developers presenting work on projects.
5. Also any other topic relevant to free software.
6. Voice Over IP
7. How to work with Microsoft using Free Software and Open Source?
8. Copyright, Licensing and Patents
Talks will be held in one of the four national languages :
Albanian
Serbian
Turkish
English
If you are interested in working on the project, please
send me an email so that I can setup you with a project account. |
posted Dec 8, 2008 12:58 AM by Nico Elema
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