Grenoble Ecole de Management to Host fOSSa 2010
Grenoble Ecole de Management is hosting the second edition of the fOSSa Conference - Free Open Source Software for Academia - co-organized by INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes and EMSI Grenoble Ecole de Management from 8th to 10th November 2010.
Grenoble, France, October 15, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The conference aims at answering the following questions: how does open source software work? How can we build its future, how can we create a common useful ecosystem, supported by academia, industry and citizens?
Stephane Ribas, INRIA Rhône-Alpes, said: “The current debates between Google and Oracle demonstrate the crucial role that open source software is playing nowadays in information and communication technologies. At the same time, looking at the major software organizations only, the evolution of open source software appears incomplete, since this model is spreading rapidly on an ever-growing number of territories. The Arduino project, which is open source applied to hardware, is a perfect example.”
During the three-day event, speakers will examine different themes. 1) Open source fundamentals: development, innovation and research. 2) Evolution of open source in the academic domain 3) the democratization that open source software can bring to citizens and the public sector. 4) Support to and promotion of open source communities.
The conference includes several workshops, such as install parties and demos.
fOSSa 2010 will welcome various European decision makers and free software organizations, such as Apache, Arduino, Debian, Eclipse, Engineering Group, Gnome, Red Hat, Ubuntu, FossBazaar, Fraunhofer Fokus, Irill, Plume and QualiPSo. Fossa 2010 is sponsorised by HP Open Source Division and Linux Magazine.
fOSSa days are open to everyone, with free registration. Visit: http://fossa2010.inrialpes.fr/
Contact: mary.zaccai@grenoble-em.com
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Stephane Ribas, INRIA Rhône-Alpes, said: “The current debates between Google and Oracle demonstrate the crucial role that open source software is playing nowadays in information and communication technologies. At the same time, looking at the major software organizations only, the evolution of open source software appears incomplete, since this model is spreading rapidly on an ever-growing number of territories. The Arduino project, which is open source applied to hardware, is a perfect example.”
During the three-day event, speakers will examine different themes. 1) Open source fundamentals: development, innovation and research. 2) Evolution of open source in the academic domain 3) the democratization that open source software can bring to citizens and the public sector. 4) Support to and promotion of open source communities.
The conference includes several workshops, such as install parties and demos.
fOSSa 2010 will welcome various European decision makers and free software organizations, such as Apache, Arduino, Debian, Eclipse, Engineering Group, Gnome, Red Hat, Ubuntu, FossBazaar, Fraunhofer Fokus, Irill, Plume and QualiPSo. Fossa 2010 is sponsorised by HP Open Source Division and Linux Magazine.
fOSSa days are open to everyone, with free registration. Visit: http://fossa2010.inrialpes.fr/
Contact: mary.zaccai@grenoble-em.com
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