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From The Linux Foundation
Upcoming Events
Co-Hosted by The Linux Foundation and the China Open Source Promotion Union
Park Plaza Beijing Science Park Hotel - Beijing, China
February 19-20, 2008
The Linux Developer Symposium in Beijing will group leading kernel developers with Chinese engineers from the corporate, academic and government sectors for the purpose of technical collaboration and exchange. The goals of this union are to increase Chinese developer participation in Linux and educate kernel developers of Chinese open source projects and resources. Over 300 people are expected to attend.
This two-day event includes a summit on February 19th, followed by roundtable and BOF sessions on February 20th. Session topics will cover Linux server, desktop and mobile embedded technology. Confirmed speakers include: Andrew Morton of Google, Ted T'so of IBM, Jonathan Corbet of Linux Weekly News, Coly Li of SuSE Labs/Novell, Dave Neary of GNOME Foundation, Matt Mackall of Selenic Consulting, Glenn Seiler of Wind River and Jim Zemlin of our very own, Linux Foundation.
For more information about this event, please contact Amanda McPherson at amanda (at) linux-foundation.org.
Past Events
Linux Foundation Japan Symposium
Tokyo
November 1 - 2, 2007
The Linux Foundation will be holding a symposium with key open source developers. Watch this space for updates on speakers.
On Friday, November 2, there will be an OpenPrinting Meeting with the OpenPrinting Japan work group and representatives of japanese printer manufacturers, moderated by Till Kamppeter, OpenPrinting Manager, The Linux Foundation.
October 2 - 3, 2007
Jim Zemlin will be attending and speaking at this open source events.
September 18-19, 2007
Jim Zemlin will be giving a speech on Linux and mobile.
Sep 7- 8, 2007 Beijing
Jim Zemlin will be giving a keynote on the state of Linux.
Linux World San Francisco
August 6 - 9, 2007
Jim Zemlin will be giving a keynote address in San Francisco. The Linux Foundation will also be hosting a VIP cocktail party. John Cherry will also be participating on a mobile panel. Stop by our booth in the .org pavilion to say hello.
July 15-21 2007, Birmingham, England
The Linux Foundation is pleased to sponsor GUADEC, the annual meeting of the GNOME community. GUADEC (pronounced GWAH-DEC) is an acronym for the GNOME Users' And Developers' European Conference. Held annually in cities around Europe, GUADEC is the largest get together of GNOME users, developers, foundation leaders, individuals, governments and businesses in the world.
Presentations are given by software developers, business leaders and users who are involved in Open Source, Free Software and of course, GNOME. These combine with many practical sessions and discussion groups which set the direction of the GNOME project. It also aims to attract new developers and contributers, as well has serve as a meeting point for corporate interests and allow us to showcase some of the latest technologies.
Akademy
June 30 - July 7, 2007 Glasgow, Scottland
The Linux Foundation is pleased to sponsor aKademy, the annual meeting of the KDE community as well as the Text Layout Summit being held in conjuction with akademy.
This year aKademy is being held in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. The event will span eight days and includes an exciting programme of talks and presentations by outstanding KDE developers, joint development, bug-fixing & coding sessions, workshops for all KDE contributors, and design, usability and polishing work.
Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
June 13 - 15, 2007
Please join us for the first ever Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit at Google's Mountain View Campus. This is an invitation-only meeting for LF members and key Linux ecosystem participants. If you'd like to be considered for an invitation to this event, please email events@linux-foundation.org.
June 23, 2007
Jim Zemlin will be giving a keynote address.
May 18-19, 2007
Los Angeles
Hardware vendors interested in the Linux market may want to check out this event. From their web site: FreedomHEC is the hardware unconference where you'll learn how easy it is to make your hardware compatible with free, open source operating systems such as Linux, and available to new markets such as servers, next-generation entertainment devices, and more.
FreedomHEC is the conference where hardware vendors looking for a cost-effective Linux driver strategy can meet Linux driver experts.
May 30 - 31, 2007
Tokyo
Jim Zemlin will be giving a keynote on the state of Linux. COO Dan Kohn will be presenting a technical talk.
International Free Software Conference (FISL)
April 12 - 14, 2007
Brazil
Jim Zemlin will be giving a keynote.
April 19, 2007
Lisbon, Portugal
Linux Foundation COO Dan Kohn will be speaking on open source and open standards at this conference in Lisbon.
MVACEC '07 February 28 - March 1, 2007
The Linux Foundation is a proud media sponsor of this event, with discounts available to members. John Cherry, LF DTL Initiative Manager, and Ian Murdock, LF CTO, will be participating in panels on February 14.
Focus on Building Open-Specifications based COTS Equipment for the Converging Wireless, Service Provider / Telecom and Internet infrastructure markets. Carrier Grade Linux is a member of the Mountain View Alliance.
Linux Foundation Japan Symposium
March 13 - 14, 2007
Tokyo