[Solaris] open source conference, cape town (jan 2004) (fwd)

From: Frederick Noronha (FN) (fred_at_bytesforall.org)
Date: 07/25/03 

Date: 25 Jul 2003 19:50:01 GMT

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http://idlelo.uwc.ac.za/

First announcement

 Dates: Jan 12-16, 2004
Venue: The University of the Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa

The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), the
African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) project at
 the University of the Western Cape in collaboration with the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) invite you to
participate in this seminal event.

The conference will address the challenges and opportunities of the
creation and use of free / open source software and open content and
their development potential for Africa. The conference has both
strategic and practical objectives, bringing together participants
from government, education, business and civil society together with
the developer community. The purpose of this conference is to:

* Review progress on implementation of open source and open content in
Africa
* Create opportunities for peer-to-peer networking and learning among
Africans participating in open source and open content initiatives
* Lay the groundwork for collaborative creation of open source
software in Africa
* Expose Open Source companies and products to a variety of participants

The conference will operate through a number of plenary sessions
given by world leaders in the area of open source and open content,
parallel sessions with contributed papers and posters addressing
specific themes, breakaway sessions for for networking, a mini trade
fair, and a hackathon that will run in parallel with the conference
beginning two days before the conference starts.

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