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From: eviljoel <evi...@li...> - 2011-03-31 03:28:40
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Greetings, Only a couple days left until Flourish Conference 2011. Again, this is a FREE open source software conference. Hope to see you all there. http://www.flourishconf.com/ Thank you, Joel Luellwitz On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM, eviljoel <evi...@li...> wrote: > Hello All, > > Many of you will probably be interested in this event. Flourish is a > FREE conference hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago > Association for Computing Machinery (UIC-ACM) and the University of > Illinois at Chicago Linux User Group (UIC-LUG). The goal of Flourish > is to promote Free and Open Source Software and Open Culture. We have > a variety of talks, workshops and other activities for you throughout > the conference. > > According to TechVenue.com, your group has a meeting tomorrow. If > someone can mention Flourish 2011 at your meeting, I would certainly > appreciate it. > > Check out our website at http://www.flourishconf.com/. > > > Dates and Venue: > > April 1st through 3rd at the University of Illinois at Chicago. More > information about the venue is available here: > http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/directions . Our schedule is posted > here: http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/schedule . > > > Highlights from our Speaker Line-up: > > We have an exceptional lineup of speakers this year: > > Italo Vignoli - Founder & Steering Committee member of The Document > Foundation (LibreOffice) > Chris Palmer - From the Electronic Fronter Foundation > Ryan "Icculus" Gordon - Will talk about Gaming on Linux (He MIGHT also > run a game development workshop.) > Chris McAvoy - VP of technology at Threadless and founder of the > Chicago Python Users Group > Gregory Miller - From Open Source Digital Voting > Mitch Altman - A famous open source hardware hacker. > > More speakers are listed on our website here: > http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/speakers . > > > Panel Discussion: > > For our panel discussion this year, four of our top speakers will > discuss the challenges for Open Source Software going forward. Our > panel discussion is typically one of our better events and is one you > will not want to miss. > > > Lightning Talks: > > Got something to say? We'll give you five minutes to do it. The > Flourish Lightning Talks is an hour set aside for our attendees to > tell us about whatever they want. But you only have have 5 minutes to > do it before we give the floor to someone else. > > > BSDA and LPI Exams: > > You will have the opportunity to take the BSDA or the LPI exams at > Flourish. The LPI exam is being offered at a discounted rate. More > information is available at http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/exams . > > > Flourish Mini-expo: > > Tables will be setup showcasing various open source related companies > and non-profit organizations. Non-profit organizations can get an > expo table for free. See our website for more information. > > > After Party: > > There will be an after party on Saturday at Threadless. More details > will be posted soon on our website. > > > Hack-a-thon: > > We are really trying hard to setup a hack-a-thon like we did during > Flourish 2008. We are currently trying to setup something in > association with the Python Software Foundation. E-mail me directly > at jo...@fl... if you are interested in participating in the > Flourish 2011 Hack-a-thon. > > > Registration is Open: > > Our website is http://www.flourishconf.com/. Registration is now > open! Registration and attendance is FREE! > > > Flourish and Social Media: > > Flourish is on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/flourishconf) and > Twitter (http://twitter.com/flourishconf). If you are attending, > please let other's know via the Facebook event page > (http://tinyurl.com/45goqub). (Stating intentions of attendance on > Facebook is NOT a substitute for registering on our website.) > > > Other: > > One thing we could still use is some sponsors. If you know of anyone > who might want to sponsor us, please contact me directly > (jo...@fl...). Thanks. > > > Thank you, > Joel Luellwitz > |