Events

General FOSS events

International OpenOffice.org Conference (OOoCon 2004) (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany, from 2004-09-22 09:00 AM to 2004-09-24 05:30 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Following the success of last year's inaugural conference, which drew over 300 developers and users from government, education and business, the OpenOffice.org Conference 2004 is scheduled to take place from September 22-24th, 2004 at the Humboldt-Universität, Erwin Schrödinger-Zentrum Adlershof in Berlin, Germany.

Free/Open Source Software Workshop (Damascus, Syria, from 2005-03-02 12:00 AM to 2005-03-04 05:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Organized by Network of Syrian Scientists, Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA)and Syrian GNU/Linux Users Group, speakers include Richard Stallman, Dimo Calovski from UNCTAD and Glen McKnight from LPI. There will also be an LPI examination lab held at the event.

IDLELO2: Achieving Millennium Development Goals Through Community Software (Nairobi, Kenya, from 2006-02-23 08:00 AM to 2006-02-25 05:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

The Free Software & Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) in Collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD) are pleased to announce the Second IDLELO Conference on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) to be held at the Nairobi Safari Park Hotel in Kenya from the 23rd to 25th February 2006. The first IDLELO Conference which attracted over 250 delegates was held in January 2004 in Cape Town, South Africa. IDLELO is a Zulu word for a common grazing ground.

Alternative Technologies for Development: A Look at Free Open Source Software (New York, USA, from 2006-08-29 09:05 AM to 2006-08-29 05:05 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Will educate and stimulate discussion about FOSS among UN delegates and will focus on the relevance of FOSS technologies within the UN, its projects and development as a whole.

Software Freedom Day 2007 (Everywhere, from 2007-09-15 12:00 AM to 2007-09-15 12:00 PM) — by Tushar Abraham Mathew

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities.