Fosscon 2013 will be held Saturday, August 10th, at the Friends Center facility in Central Philadelphia. This new location provides easy access from Market East station and Suburban station, and is located in the heart of Philadelphia with plenty to see and do nearby. This years keynote will be provided by Philadelphia’s own Jordan Miller, [...]
When: Saturday August 10th
Where: 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA
FOSSCON news
We’re live. Register, respond to our CFP, and gear up for Fosscon, coming Saturday August 10th 2013 in Central Philadelphia.
We’ll see you there!
Attend 2013
Fosscon is being held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Friends Center on Cherry Street, easily reachable from Market East Station and Suburban Station. Both can be reached from Philadelphia International Airport by train. Some of our guests from last year recommend this nearby hotel, but there are many other options nearby. You can register for [...]
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Exhibits 2013
Call for Exhibitors Fosscon 2012 is a community driven conference for fans of free and open source software(FOSS), being held in Philadelphia, PA on August 10th, 2013. If your group has an interesting product, project, or event useful to the community, show it to the world at Fosscon! We invite you to join us at [...]
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Sponsors 2013
What is Fosscon? Fosscon is a free and open source conference held annually in Philadelphia, PA. As one of the largest open source events in the area, it brings together developers, users, and hardware hackers under a single roof. Fosscon exists to bring together a community of businesses, individuals, and groups each of whom may [...]
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Speakers 2013
FOSSCON 2013: Call for Papers and Invited Session Proposals As a sponsor, previous speaker, or leader in some aspect in the free and open source community, we encourage you to submit a session for FOSSCON 2013. Below is a generalized list of topics in which we are seeking this year. If you have a topic [...]
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Basekamp and Fosscon
We’re pleased to announce that Fosscon is now a project of Basekamp. Basekamp is an artist-group researching and co-developing interdisciplinary, self-organized art projects with other individuals and groups in various authorship-blurring configurations. Basekamp is not concerned with who initiates a project or idea, but rather how they can plug-in to each others’ efforts. Fosscon has [...]
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Speakers 2012
In addition to the schedule below, Hive will be doing hands-on workshops all day, just walk in any time. The Ubuntu PA Team will also provide install and troubleshooting support in the Ubuntu Village space, near the sponsors area. Current Speakers and talks Keynote – Promoting Software Freedom Development via Non-Profits – Bradley M. Kuhn [...]
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Sponsors 2012
Current Sponsors Call for Sponsors Fosscon 2012 is a community driven conference for fans of free and open source software(FOSS), being held in Philadelphia, PA on August 11th, 2012. If your business has an interesting product, project, or resource which may be useful to the community, show it to [...]
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Exhibits 2012
Call for Exhibitors Fosscon 2012 is a community driven conference for fans of free and open source software(FOSS), being held in Philadelphia, PA on August 11th, 2012. If your group has an interesting product, project, or event useful to the community, show it to the world at Fosscon! We invite you to join us at [...]
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About 2012
About Fosscon How did Fosscon come about? The people behind Fosscon are free software enthusiasts, user group members, coders and users — just like you! Free software is all about community and this is a very grassroots event, organized by the community and for the community. Our common goal is to provide a space for [...]
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