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Purpose of the 3rd FLOSS Conference |
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The Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET S.A.), the e-Business Forum, and the Greek Open Source community, organise the 3rd Free / Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) Conference that will take place on May 27th & 28th 2008, in the National Technical University (NTUA) of Athens, in Greece.
The conference will bring together professionals, academics, practitioners, and users of FLOSS. High profile speakers, like Wietse Venema (Postfix), Jim Blandy (SVN), John Eaton (Octave), Mathias Bauer (Open Office), Pieter Hintjens (iMatix / ESOMA / Digistan), Lisa Petrides (ISKME), Luca Deri (ntop), Barbara Held (IDABC), Mats Ostling (SALAR) και Jan H. Wildeboar (RedHat) will participate and present their work. Moreover, there will be community sessions, where developers will share their views and exchange their experience.
The agenda will be structured around the following topics:
- FLOSS and Security
- FLOSS in Scientific Computing
- FLOSS and Open Access
- FLOSS at the Office
- FLOSS infrastructures for Software Development
- FLOSS in Network Administration
- FLOSS in the Public Sector
- FLOSS and Related Legal Issues
TThe 3rd Free / Libre / Open Source Software Conference will be a unique opportunity for all parties involved to discuss, liaise, celebrate and enjoy this event and Athens in spring.
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