Events

Pakistani Free/Open Source Software events

FOSSAC'2005: Free and Open Source Software Awareness Campaign (PUCIT Punjab University College of Informatin Technology, University of the Punjab, Old Campus, The Mall, Lahore, Pakistan, from 2005-08-16 09:00 AM to 2005-08-19 05:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Free & Open Source Software Awareness Campaign 2005” is a four day event organized to promote nationwide awareness about the benefits of Free and Open Source Software and to persuade organizations and individuals of Pakistan to use Free & Open Source Software. The event will be arranged for IT professionals, government officials, business community, academic scholars, students and general public.

1st National Conference on Trends and Practices of Free and Open Source Software Technologies (PUCIT Punjab University College of Informatin Technology, University of the Punjab, Old Campus, The Mall, Lahore, Pakistan, from 2005-08-18 08:00 AM to 2005-08-18 04:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

The 1st National Conference on Trends and Practices of Free and Open Source Software Technologies (TPFOSST’05) provides the central gathering place to exchange ideas, share techniques, push the technical boundaries, and maximize the benefits of free and open source software. It brings together the IT professional community, research scholars, enterprise leaders and government officials of Pakistan to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, research results and research-in-progress about all aspects (theory, practice, applications and tools) of the Trends and Practices of Free and Open Source Software Technologies. The conference will include Keynote speeches, tutorials and technical paper presentations.

Pak Con - Pakistan's Hacking Convention (Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan, from 2004-12-22 09:00 AM to 2004-12-23 10:00 PM) — by Faiz Ahmad Shuja

Pak Con is an exclusive hacking convention, the first initiative of its kind in the history of Pakistan IT scene. Pak Con is the brainchild of a group of capable security professionals who have employed their genius and aptitude to provide an overall extensive and comprehensive experience of information security in the form of a wide-ranging convention on information security. We at Pak Con aim to highlight all the issues related with information security and the problems faced by IT professionals, accurately and in depth. Our objective is to examine flaws with new and current technologies, finding their solutions, covering unique and interesting developments. We are well aware of the fact that there is a high probability to the level of certainty that technology can be converted from a tool of progression into a tool for repression. We intend to curb all the threats of such a nature by developing a sound and effective information security defense system that in turns daunts all hazardous actions. Our strategy is of a bold nature, instead of hiding our face from the reality of the situation, we are willing to confront all the dangers facing the IT community and provide them definite resolutions.

Free and Open Source Software Workshop (Auditorium, SZABIST, Karachi Pakistan, from 2004-09-14 09:30 AM to 2004-09-15 12:00 AM) — by Khairil Yusof

Pakistani Software Export Board and Open Source Resource Center Pakistan, is organizing a two days workshop on FOSS respectively at AKU and CSP auditoriums.

Open Source Solutions 2004 (Karachi, Pakistan, from 2004-10-12 10:00 AM to 2004-10-12 08:00 PM) — by Khairil Yusof

Computer Society of Pakistan's Special Interest Group on Free & Open Source Software is organizing a one Expo titled, "Open Source Solutions 2004". Open Source Solutions 2004 is a premier event where Open Source Solutions will be showcased in a live and interactive environment.

Ubuntu Asia Business Tour - Pakistan (Islamabad, Pakistan, from 2006-01-18 12:00 AM to 2006-01-18 12:00 AM) — by Khairil Yusof

Canonical representatives will be travelling to Asia. Their main goals for this tour are to increase awareness for Ubuntu in Asia; introduce Ubuntu to governments, hardware providers, and system builders across the region; and to meet members of the Ubuntu local communities.

CyberNet U-Tech 2006 (Karachi, Pakistan, from 2006-08-18 09:00 AM to 2006-08-19 09:00 AM) — by fouadbajwa

UIT Computer Society a chartered Student Chapter of Association for Computing Machinery (USA) is organizing the National Multi-Competition Event named "CyberNet U-Tech 2006" on 18th & 19th August 2006.

The First International Conference on Open-Source Technologies ICOST-2006 28-29 December 2006, Lahore, Pakistan (ICOST 2006 Secretariat, Al-Khwarizmi Institute of Computer Science, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan, from 2006-12-28 12:00 AM to 2006-12-29 12:00 AM) — by fouadbajwa

ICOST-2006 will create a scientific venue where participants can share ideas for tackling the research and development challenges related to open-source tools and open-source development environments supporting and facilitating CMMI-styled life-cycle of complex information systems for the critical applications.

CHASE-2006 | Conference On Hacking And Security (Lahore, Pakistan, from 2006-12-22 08:00 AM to 2006-12-22 05:00 PM) — by Tushar Abraham Mathew

 

FOSS Promotion Camp (AIMS Institute, Lake Road, Opp University Grounds, Lahore, Pakistan, from 2007-07-02 09:30 AM to 2007-07-08 06:30 PM) — by Tushar Abraham Mathew