Not heard of this event until today, and should be of interest to any on the Emerald Isle, or within ferry distance of it.
The lack of advance notice is a great shame; I'd have liked to have done an ubuntu stall, and got to meet Ubuntu users in Belfast. Perhaps next year, eh? John -------- Original Message -------- Dunno how many people on list this will apply to, but the Inaugural all-Island Conference on Free and Open Source Software will take place in Belfast on 1st February (yes, only just over 2 weeks away). Full details are at http://www.openisland.net/ and I'll be there myself. The program is as follows: 9.00am – 9.45am Arrival Tea / Coffee and Registration 10.00am – 10.05am Welcome 10.05am – 10.10am OPEN-NI & OPEN-ISLAND Objectives Brian Cleland – Chair of OpenIreland 10.10am – 10.15am VIP Speaker 1 10.20am – 10.30am VIP Speaker 2 10.30am – 11.00am Key Note Address 1 – Bruce Perens 11.00am – 11.15am Tea / Coffee 11,15am – 11.45am Key Note Address 2 – Robert O’Dea – SUN 11.45am – 12.15pm Free & Open Source Software - Same Difference? Ciaran O’Riordan Licensing / Business Models - Alan Wallace 12.15pm – 12.20pm Morning Session Wrap-Up 12.20pm – 1.15pm Lunch 1.15pm – 1.45pm European Strategy for Open Source vs. Vendor Lock-in & Opportunities for Growth Graham Taylor – Open Forum Europe 1.45pm – 2.05pm Large Corporate Case Study - AIB Desktop Rollout 2.05pm – 2.25pm SME Case Study Armada Group Technologies Liam Robertson 2.25pm – 2.45pm Health Sector Case Study Mel McIntyre – CEO OpenApp 2.45pm – 3.05pm Educational Sector Case Study Colin Turner – FOSS Group UU 3.05pm – 3.30pm Panel Q&A 3.30pm – 3.45pm Wrap-up & Next Steps 3.45pm Tea / Coffee and Networking There is an attendance fee (and a limited number of free student places); more details are on the site. J. -- I'm from the tax office. I'm here to take all your money. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
