Opening Keynote: “Plausible Promises”
by Scott Rigby and Meg Frisch of Basekamp
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Making the Most of Communities
by Bryan Ostergaard of Exherbo
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So you started an Open Source Software project, now what?
by Onno Kluyt of Onno-Consulting.Com
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Open Source in a Closed Environment
by Onno Kluyt of Onno-Consulting.Com
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BaseKamp, a non-commercial organization of people researching and co-developing interdisciplinary, self-organized art projects and based in Philadelphia, has members around the world.  This Saturday a few of those members will provide the opening keynote at fosscon and we’ll get to learn a bit more about them in the process.
Before we get there, though, here’s a [...]

The POSSE Panel is a great chance to learn from those who have just learned themselves.
POSSE, sponsored by Red Hat, is a week long event where college level educators come in to learn more about open source, and how to teach using it in the classroom.  The format allows instructors to learn as a group [...]

The days are dwindling.  Here you will find an annotated campus map to help you find your way.  Check in is at the registration area in building 70.

Besides the great selection of talks at Fosscon we will also have Bird of a Feather sessions and now lightning talks during the closing portions of the day.  Due to great demand by a few groups that we just couldn’t fit into the main talk sessions, we will be adding a handful of lightning talks [...]

Fosscon is only a few days away.  If you would like to plan an informal Bird of a Feather session, space will be available to hold these.  You can use the wiki at http://wiki.fosscon.org/index.php/BOF to plan them.  You will need to create an account to do edit but feel free to do so.

With our speaker list full, we are proud to offer a schedule of talks visible at http://fosscon.org/speakers. We also have a geeknic coming up in New Jersey which will involve several fosscon planners and speakers. Click above for more details!

This 2 hour session will provide insights into what POSSE attendees have learned and how it applies to their job, and should be quite revealing for anyone dealing with foss in education. Click the heading for more information.

Registration has opened for fosscon! Register prior to to secure your spot and to get in for $25. View the rest of this post for more information and to register today.

See you there!