The schedule is out and the FOSSASIA Summit will finally take place again in-person! Please join us for the event at the Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore from April 13-15, 2023.
During the three day event professionals, developers, companies, researchers and tech communities get together to share projects and ideas, learn from each other, and network. Over 150 International speakers will join us and show what is possible with technology today. Catering is provided throughout the event.
For community members we have a promotion with the link here.
For online participants virtual tickets are free and you can win a Tshirt in the lucky draw if you ask a question via Twitter/Mastodon to a speaker.*
The opening is at 9:00 AM on Thursday April 13 with a keynote on the Open Source tech community in 2023. The exhibition with more than 40 exhibitors opens at 8.30 AM daily featuring job opportunities in tech and latest trends in the industry.
Sessions are also going to be streamed to YouTube and services in China.
Find out more about the highlights at the event, sponsors and exhibition partners below. Please also join our Telegram chat here. We can’t wait to meet you again at the summit!
Tracks and Topics
A big topic currently everywhere is AI and ChatGPT. In the artificial intelligence track we will talk about how to build, deploy and run large AI systems using in-house data and Open Source and discuss how the technology can benefit humanity in a rapidly changing world.
Areas that are also receiving more and more attention recently are robotics, hardware, firmware, and microchips. How can open source robotics and open hardware help to solve the challenges in public health, renewable energy, food production and climate change?
Other dedicated tracks cover everything from cloud, DevOps and databases to Blockchain, web & mobile, InnerSource and open source standards where we exchange about standardization and approaches that ensure interoperability, security and the economical use of our resources and energy.
In tracks about kernel, platform, operating systems and security experts get together to discuss the latest solutions in the industry.
Highlights
Workshops: Join us for three intensive workshop tracks on Friday and Saturday on “Cloud and DevOps”, “Databases and Optimization” and “Artificial Intelligence” with experts from around the world.
FOSSASIA Academy with BuildingBloCS: Join us for introductory levelled technology workshops conducted by students from Singapore. Topics include Introduction to Graph Neural Networks, AI in Astronomy and Physics, Processing data with Python, Steganographic malware embedding in AI models, and the Forward-Forward Algorithm. Sign up to reserve.
12 Conference Tracks: Join talks by industry experts and sponsors from OpenEuler, OnlyOffice, PagerDuty, Oracle, Google, YDB, ExpressVPN, Instaclustr by NetApp, Varnish Software, Temporal, NARlabs, Grafana Labs, AngelHack, Mercari, UI-licious, and participants from GovTech, OPNTEC, Microsoft, Datadog, Shopify, AWS, MariaDB, Percona, Intrinsic, Viettel, GitLab, Thoughtworks, Nextcloud, Gojek, Grab, Wavestone, Pythian, IEEE, SODA Foundation, Hyperledger Foundation, Apache Foundation, LionsForge, and open source projects like VLC, LibreOffice, Kaiyuanshe 开源社, Debian, AlmaLinux, KDE, openKylin, SCoRE Lab, Keploy and communities like HackerspaceSG, GOSH, Calyx Institute, COSCUP, Korean FOSS Community, WomenWhoCode, SegmentFault, The IO Foundation, Hack Club, SalvageGarden Assistive Makerspace, CivicTechLab as well as hardware experts from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, Precursor, and many more. Find the complete schedule here.
Exhibition Booths: Showcases and career opportunities with industry-leading companies and Institutes of Higher Learning like NUS, Nanyang Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, ITE West, plus career consultant sessions of SkillsFutureSG. Check out the exhibition overview.
Don’t miss out on our Social Events
FOSSASIA Party with Buffet, Live Music, Dance & Cultural Program on Fri. 14 April: Celebrate the FOSSASIA get together party! Social event ticket
FOSSASIA Meet & Greet on Wed. 12 April: Join the speakers and attendees, meet the local tech scene, explore Singapore in a culture and exploration Wednesday afternoon, and enjoy the taste of Asia at a local dinner: Sign up
Chinatown Snacks, Smith Street Taps and Brewerkz with speakers on Thu. 13 April: Network with speakers and participants of the FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit at a Chinatown and Clarke Quay snacks and beer evening: Sign up
Dim Sums and Midnight Hacks: Didn’t get enough? Join us for the FOSSASIA after-event at Hackerspace.sg on Saturday evening 15 April: Sign up
Community Walk in the nature on Sunday afternoon 16 April: Join us for a Sunday afternoon walk at MacRitchie park with FOSSASIA Summit speakers and participants: Sign up
Online Participation
Sessions are going to be streamed to YouTube and services in China. Virtual Ticket holders can also join a number of interactive sessions live on eventyay. Please get a free virtual event ticket.
* Please post a screenshot of the session video on your tweet on Twitter or Mastodon during the event and tag it @fossasia to be eligible for the Tshirt lucky draw during the event.