Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:29:09 -0600 From: "Kenneth P. Stox" <ken@stox.org> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Flourish 2009 Registration Now Open Message-ID: <1235104149.9778.78.camel@stox.dyndns.org>
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If you're not familiar with the conference, have a look at the
webpage, this will be the 3rd year running with hopefully many more to
come.
It's a FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) conference completely
organized, and run by a student body.
FLOURISH 2009 BRINGS TOGETHER OPEN-SOURCE EXPERTS
FROM AROUND CHICAGO, THE MIDWEST, AND AROUND THE
WORLD
WHAT
Flourish 2009
Flourish is an annual conference dedicated
to bringing together experts and enthusiasts
in Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS).
Attendees of Flourish have an opportunity to
see how using, creating and supporting FLOSS
can enhance their careers, businesses and
academic aspirations.
Admission always free.
WHO
The University of Illinois at Chicago's ACM and IEEE chapters, with
sponsorship from Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Orbitz, and others.
WHY
- Key open-source topics such as Google Android, Kubuntu, the Linux
kernel, open mapping, user interfaces, music collaboration, and
energy-efficient supercomputing.
- Speakers like Ruby On Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson,
open-source law expert Daliah Sapers, and kernel hacker Christoph
Lameter,
- In-depth workshops on Erlang, Drupal, OpenSolaris, and Processing.
WHEN
April 3 - 4, 2009
9am - 5pm
WHERE
UIC Student Center East
750 South Halsted
HOW
Register at:
http://www.flourishconf.com/register
Follow updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/flourishconf/
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