[chiPHPug-discuss] Flourish Conference

[Samir F. <kd...@es...>]

For anyone interested and in the Chicago area (I believe all the lists 
I'm addressing are local ).

This is an fyi about a free conference that's being put together by 
students at UIC.

Also, please feel free to send this to anybody that you feel would 
benefit from the information.


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FLOURISH 2009 BRINGS TOGETHER OPEN-SOURCE EXPERTS
FROM AROUND CHICAGO, THE MIDWEST, AND AROUND THE
WORLD



WHAT

       Flourish 2009


       Flourish is an annual conference dedicated
       to bringing together experts and enthusiasts
       in Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS).

       Attendees of Flourish have an opportunity to
       see how using, creating and supporting FLOSS
       can enhance their careers, businesses and
       academic aspirations.

       Admission always free.

WHO

The University of Illinois at Chicago's ACM and IEEE chapters, with
sponsorship from Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Orbitz, and others.

WHY

- Key open-source topics such as Google Android, Kubuntu, the Linux
kernel, open mapping, user interfaces, music collaboration, and
energy-efficient supercomputing.


- Speakers like Ruby On Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson,
open-source law expert Daliah Sapers, and kernel hacker Christoph
Lameter,

- In-depth workshops on Erlang, Drupal, OpenSolaris, and Processing.


WHEN

       April 3 - 4, 2009
       9am - 5pm

WHERE

       UIC Student Center East
       750 South Halsted

HOW

Register at:

http://www.flourishconf.com/register <http://www.flourishconf.com/register>

Follow updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/flourishconf/ 
<http://twitter.com/flourishconf/>