FOSSCON 2010 @ RIT will feature three tracks
- FOSS EDU – This track focuses on using FOSS in education and includes K-12, home school and higher education
- FOSS BUSINESS – This track will focus on how FOSS can help find an edge for business – this track will include both for-profit and not-for-profit topics
- FOSS @ HOME – This track will be focused on how individuals can use FOSS to complete their personal computing tasks
Current Speakers and talks
Below are a few highlights of already scheduled speakers and talks.
- FOSS EDU Track -
- POSSE Panel: The POSSE panel consists of college and university professors who will speak about their experiences at POSSE and how it applies to teaching open source, and with open source, in the real world.
- FOSS BUSINESS Track -
- Developing for the OLPC Sugar Platform: Steven Jacobs will speak about his experiences developing for OLPC Sugar.
- Increasing Women’s Participation in Free Software: Deb Nicholson will speak about ways of increasing women’s participation in Free Software.
- Multimedia in Linux Using a realtime Kernel: Klaatu will speak about using the realtime Kernel to work with multimedia on Linux.
- FOSS @ HOME Track -
- OpenStreetMap: Richard Weait will speak about how you can use and help with the OpenStreetMap project.
Call For Participation
We invite you to attend FOSSCON 2010 @ RIT and submit proposals for presentations and birds of a feather sessions. The Conference Review Policy requires that each proposal will be peer-reviewed by for inclusion in the conference program.
Important Dates:
- Submission deadline is April 15th, 2010
- Acceptance Notifications is April 30th, 2010
- Presentation digital files submitted by June 1st, 2010