Hi,
the first Free and Open Source Conference ("FrOSCon") [1] takes place on
June, 24th and 25th 2006 in Sankt Augustin, near Bonn, Germany.
Organized by a commited team, it aims to become a significant event for
free software in the Rhineland. The conference is hosted by the faculty
of Computer Science [2] of the University of Applied Sciences
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg [3] in collaboration with the student body and the
Linux/Unix User Group Sankt Augustin [4].
In a Call for Papers [5], the organizers ask for submission of
contributions. A broad variety of topics concerning free and open source
software is desired. Particularly welcome are contributions about
programming languages, free software on the desktop, security, systems
administration and networks. Aspects of free software in business and
industry are also a focus of the conference.
Contributions can be submitted in English or German and should
summarize the intended talk concisely and succinctly; talks should range
from 45 to 60 minutes in length. Deadline for submission is March, 15th
2006.
FrOSCon will offer Developer Rooms (just like FOSDEM [6] does) to Open
Source projects. These projects can use the rooms to organize developer
meetings as well sub-conferences dedicated to their project. Projects
that have already registered a room or are interesting in doing so
include: Gentoo Linux [7], GNOME [8], Mozilla [9], OpenOffice.org [10],
OpenWRT [11], PHP [12], and Wikipedia [13].
Cheers,
Lars
[1]: http://www.froscon.org/
[2]: http://www.inf.fh-brs.de/home-lang-en.html
[3]: http://www.fh-brs.de/
[4]: http://www.luusa.org/
[5]: http://www.froscon.org/wiki/CallforPapers
[6]: http://www.fosdem.org/2006
[7]: http://www.gentoo.org/
[8]: http://www.gnome.org/
[9]: http://www.mozilla.org/
[10]: http://openwrt.org/
[11]: http://www.php.net
[12]: http://www.wikipedia.org
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