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FOSSASIA Virtual Summit 2021 Schedule and Highlights

We are very happy to share with you the schedule of the FOSSASIA Virtual Summit 2021! 190+ speakers from 42 countries and 6 continents are joining us.We are covering a diverse range of topics at the event such as Quantum computing, machine learning, open robotics, CAD and hardware development, search, databases, Covid-19 and open health, Blockchain, digital privacy, microservices, cloud, Kubernetes, kernel development, licensing and many more.More than 180 sessions, talks, panels and workshops are taking place online. Plus, trainers conduct 28 hours of hands-on onsite sessions at the Lifelong Learning Institute in Singapore. Get your free ticket here! The summit will spread out over the week of March 13-21 and will run on our open source virtual event platform eventyay. In the virtual exhibition you can meet our sponsors and partners like Microsoft, Oracle, MySQL, OpenTAP Keysight, Linux Professional Institute, Elasticsearch, OpnTec, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, FreeBSD, UI-licious, Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore and the UNESCO. And you can get together with developers and contributors from Free and Open Source projects, makerspaces, developer clubs and university IT groups. At summit hubs across Asia we are connecting to participants online and locally. FOSSASIA Summit Highlights 5 keynotes from Hong Phuc Dang (Founder, FOSSASIA) and Mario Behling (Co-Founder FOSSASIA, CEO OpnTec), Frank Karlitschek (CEO, Nextcloud), Greg Kroah-Hartman (Linux Kernel Maintainer), Brian Behlendorf (Executive Director, Hyperledger) and Bunnie Huang (CEO, Precursor)150+ sessions covering tech areas of Quantum computing, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, pocket science, open robotics, FreeCAD, hardware development, search, databases, Debian packaging, Covid-19, Hyperledger, Open Source event solutions, digital privacy, microservices, cloud, Kubernetes, and Linux Kernel development.30+ hands-on workshops focusing on getting started with Python, creating MySQL shell utilities and custom plugins, setting up PostgreSQL databases, creating test automation, machine learning, and science measurements.Panel discussions about Open Source licensing vs. available source licenses, firmware development, digital sovereignty, Blockchain and diversity in tech.Virtual exhibition with video rooms and exhibitor tours where participants can connect with companies and active tech communities from across Asia. FOSSASIA Summit Exhibition and Hubs Apart from company partners you can meet communities, students and developers from Asia and around the world in our virtual exhibition. Groups include OpenFIESTA Tsinghua University, Shenzhen DIY Community, Open Source Hong Kong, OpenStack Indonesia, Mozilla Philippines, Ubuntu Korea, FOSS Myanmar, KDE, BuildingBloCS Singapore, SUTD, Python Software Foundation, LibreOffice, KiwiTCMS, Nextcloud Sourcefabric, LambdaChip, and more. Hubs bring attendees together locally or online. Participating hubs include the International Organisation of Software Developers, Open Source Club at Saintgits Engineering College Kerala, Biohacking Space Peshawar Pakistan, Society for Data Science at BIT Mesra India, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering India, Developer Student Community in BHILAI Institute of Technology Durg and Team Aveon Racing of BIT Mesra India. FOSSASIA Summit Daily Focus Topics Each day has different focus topics and tracks. Sat, 13 Mar: Robotics, Open Hardware, Pocket Science Lab, Python/Web development, Digital Sovereignty Sun, 14 Mar: Open Hardware, open science, lightning talks, Python/Web development Mon, 15 Mar: Blockchain, hardware, design, learn how to solder Tue, 16 Mar: DevOps, cloud, containers, Kernel & Platform, Quantum computers, Kubernetes Wed, 17 Mar: Databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Monitoring Thu, 18 Mar: Security, Privacy,  Digital Sovereignty,…

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Read more about the article Open is Becoming the New Common Foundation across Business, Government, Science, and Industry

Open is Becoming the New Common Foundation across Business, Government, Science, and Industry

Interview with Shanker V Selvadurai, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Cloud and Cognitive Software for IBM Asia Pacific Could you briefly introduce yourself? I am Shanker Selvadurai and currently the Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Cloud and Cognitive Software for IBM Asia Pacific. I am based in Singapore and lead the technical organization that helps clients across Asia Pacific to explore and co-create cloud-based solutions that leverage data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to deliver better decisions and outcomes. I joined IBM in 2006.  Prior to IBM, I held key leadership positions in areas of research, development, consulting, sales and marketing with technology companies like AT&T, NCR and Fujitsu as well as start-up BlueGill Technologies. During this period I lead teams varying in size from 6 to over 1,000 while being based in North America, Europe and Asia. I have a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration. I am also an Open Group Certified Distinguished Architect. Besides having published international patents/papers, I have actively contributed to international technology standards committees that include the IFX Forum, OFX Consortium and the Microsoft Advisory Council. I was also an adjunct lecturer at the Singapore Management University, teaching courses related to Services Science and Advanced Business Technology. Tell us about your session at the FOSSASIA Summit, what will you cover? At the FOSSASIA Summit, I am participating in a panel on “Business, Government, Science – What Opportunities Does “Open” Bring to Society”.  I hope to share IBM’s involvement in the open source movement, how businesses like IBM benefit from open source, as well as share thoughts about approaching open contribution and open governance in the future. Shanker V Selvadurai handing over IBM Cloud Prize for Hackathon Winners Business, Government, Science - What Opportunities Does "Open" Bring to Society from your point of view? Open is becoming the new common foundation across business, government, science, and industry today.  For example, companies that still compete head-to-head in the marketplace are coming together to collaborate in open source communities.  They contribute to open source software and use it in their own IT systems and applications. They gain a competitive advantage — even though they may be helping their competitors in the short run.  The data demonstrates that companies with open source programs see more benefits from open source code and community participation. IBM Connecting with Open Source Community at FOSSASIA Summit International IBM Team Participating in FOSSASIA Summit What is the role of Free Open Source Software in cloud and AI solutions in IBM? Our offering portfolio, especially for our growth initiatives such as cloud and AI, is based on a solid foundation of open technologies.  Most of our strategic initiatives are founded on open source projects or communities, and we work across a wide variety of internal stakeholders to ensure that that the contributions we make to the community also provide greater value to our clients. IBM Training on Open Source Cloud and AI Technologies at FOSSASIA…

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Read more about the article Participate in the #OpenTechNights Program today and Win a Free Stay during the FOSSASIA Summit 2018 from the Open Source Initiative and UNESCO

Participate in the #OpenTechNights Program today and Win a Free Stay during the FOSSASIA Summit 2018 from the Open Source Initiative and UNESCO

The FOSSASIA Summit 2018 takes place in Singapore from Thursday, March 22 – Sunday, March 25. Open Source contributors can now apply for a free ticket to the event, and accommodation throughout the conference. In addition, you’ll be eligible to participate in: Featured cloud workshops, the UNESCO hackathon, and celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Open Source Initiative. All you have to do is convince us, that you are an awesome Open Source contributor and book your trip to Singapore! About #OpenTechNights Developers from all over the world are joining the FOSSASIA Summit. We want to connect established and new Open Tech contributors alike. With the support of UNESCO, the Open Source Initiative, and other partners, we are inviting Free and Open Source Software contributors to join us. Winners will receive free lodging at a shared accommodation in the centre of Singapore, and a free ticket to the conference. Winners are expected to join the summit each day, to participate in the workshops, and the Hackathon on Saturday/Sunday, March 24/25. We would also hope you can support the Open Source Initiative at their booth. How do I sign up? Step 1: Please fill in our form here before February 28, 2018. Step 2: We will notify all winners within three days of their submission, however judging will begin immediately, and continue until all open spots are filled, so the earlier you apply, the higher your chances to win. Please note, winners will receive free accommodations in Singapore. Flight and other travel costs are not included and are the responsibility of the attendee. Step 3: Selected applicants must confirm their itinerary and tickets before March 1st to insure their free stay in Singapore. Earliest check-in possible is Wednesday March 21, latest check-out is Monday, March 26. Please indicate your arrival and departure times in the application form. Expectations of Participants – Share what you learn Attendees support volunteers, speakers and participants at the event, and take a shift at the Open Source Initiative’s booth. Let’s bring the spirit of sharing Open Technologies and learning together! Please confirm your participation at the opening event at 12PM, Thursday, March 22, 2018 and participate in the specially featured cloud workshops on Friday, March 23, 2018 from 9.00 AM – 5.00PM. Attendees participate in the UNESCO Hackathon on Saturday, March 24 (2.00 PM - 10.00PM) and on Sunday, March 25 (9.00 AM - 5.00PM). Attendees help reach out to community members who cannot join us at the event, make tweets, share what you learn on social media, publish photos and put up blog post about the summit. Apply Now Apply for a free stay with #FOSSASIA #OpenTechNights supported by the Open Source Initiative and the UNESCO and participate in the FOSSASIA Summit 2018 now here! More Information More updates, tickets and information on speakers on our website: https://2018.fossasia.org Links Open Source Initiative: https://opensource.org UNESCO: http://unesco.org

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Read more about the article FOSSASIA Summit 2017 Singapore – Call for Speakers

FOSSASIA Summit 2017 Singapore – Call for Speakers

The FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit is Asia's leading Open Technology conference for developers, startups, and IT professionals. In 2017 the event will take place from March 17th - 19th at the Science Centre Singapore. During three days, thousands of developers, technologists, scientists, entrepreneurs and artists get together to showcase latest technologies, communicate, exchange ideas, learn from each other, and collaborate. Topics range from information technology and Open Source software development to hardware and maker projects, open design tools, machine learning, DevOps, knowledge tools, and citizen science. For our 2017 feature event we are looking for speaker submissions for the following tracks: * Open Source Software * Design, Art & Culture, * Internet, Society & Politics, * Hardware & Making, * Health and Technology * Science * Kernel Track and * Startup and Business Development Apart from the conference program, the FOSSASIA Summit offers an exhibition space for company and project stands and areas for community assemblies, and developer meetings. Submission Guidelines Please propose your session as early as possible and include a description of your session proposal that is as complete as possible. The description is of particular importance for the selection. Once accepted, speakers will receive a code for a speakers ticket. Please indicate on the submissions form if you would like to apply for a sponsored community ticket. Submission Link: 2017.fossasia.org/speaker-registration Dates & deadlines Please send us your proposal as soon as possible via the FOSSASIA Summit speaker registration. December 20th, 2016: Deadline for submissions January 18th, 2017: Notification of acceptance March 17th - 19th, 2017: FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit Sessions and Tracks Talks and Workshops Talk slots are 20 minutes long plus 5-10 minutes for questions and answers. You can also sign up for either a 1-hour long or a 2-hours workshop. Longer sessions are possible in principle. Please tell us the proposed length of your session at the time of submission. Lightning talks You have some interesting ideas but do not want to submit a full talk? We suggest you go for a lightning talk which is a 5 minutes slot to present your idea or project. You are welcome to continue the discussion in break out areas. There are tables and chairs to serve your get-togethers. Stands and assemblies We offer spaces in our exhibition area for companies, community projects, installations, workshops, team gatherings and other fun activities. We are curious to know what you would like to make, bring or show. Please add details in the submission form. Developer Rooms/Track Hosts Get in touch early if you plan to organize a developer room at the event. FOSSASIA is also looking for team members who are interested to co-host and moderate tracks. Please sign up to become a host here. Publication Audio and video recordings of the lectures will be published in various formats under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This license allows commercial use by media institutions as part of their reporting. If you do not wish for material from your lecture to be published or streamed, please let us know in your submission. Sponsorship & Contact If you would like to sponsor FOSSASIA…

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Read more about the article Engelsystem GSoC 2016 Summary

Engelsystem GSoC 2016 Summary

This blog post I would like to share my work done during the GSoC period (May - August). Doing GSoC has been one of the most wonderful experience in my life. Introduction ENGELSYSTEM - Engelsystem is a volunteer management application for events written in PHP. It is used for coordination among different angels who want to volunteer. END USERS FOR ENGELSYSTEM SYSTEM ADMINS It will make it easy for them to coordinate with the volunteers by the product we developed. VOLUNTEERS /USERS Those who want to volunteer finds it difficult to coordinate, contact admins. This platform helps all those who want to help. Volunteers can register and can allot their shifts. A better User Interface, Integration with different Asian languages will allow the system to be used globally and in their local languages and ease for the volunteers to use. As a part of the project I developed many new features for engelsystem. Implemented a workflow similar to wordpress, Implemented MVC model, Importing user data to database directly through script, Implemented a copy function for shifts, sending messages to entire group/ AngelType, Implemented a search for all Angels View, Date Picker for shifts, New Settings Page for admin where we can write event related information, Deployed the system on different platforms, Added Documentation, Re-factor the code, Improved the code standards, Blog Post tutorials on various technologies. I am really happy with the outcome of the project. I learnt lot of new technologies and was improving day by day. My initial proposal, time line of the project My GSOC 2016 Proposal. I have proposed a many UI changes for the system, Improving Documentation, Refactoring. All of these are done during the period. And I have implemented extra features and surpassed the proposal. I have finished most of the proposed features before the Mid Evaluation. There was a shift in the timeline but I am very happy that the outcome was excellent. I was able to finish all the issues assigned to me on time. What I have done to make Engelsystem better? Overview of my contributions Commits: 172 Additions: 87,528 Deletions: 80,555 Issue Completed: 60 Pull Requests Merged: 36 Scrum Reports: 99 Blog Posts: 15 Daily Timeline during GSOC. Everyday we need to write a scrum report about our progress and submit it before 10 AM local time. Scrum consists of the following information. 1.What did you do yesterday? (which areas, issues you worked on, links) 2.What do you plan to do today? (which areas, issues you want to work on, links) 3.What is currently preventing you from achieving your goals? What blockers do you encounter? I have written total of 99 scrum reports from May 10 - August 23. I have never missed a scrum report. My Activity on Engelsystem Google Group : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/engelsystem Working Environment All the issues for engelsystem are available on github. Whenever we need to implement a new feature or resolve a bug we need to make a issue and start working on it. There are…

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Webapp: The generator for making schedule pages

Why a static HTML generator   Before we start working on more advanced features like push notifications and iCal exports etc, we have been working on getting a generator (a simple node.js script) up, that can take data for an event either in form of json files, or from a given API in open-event data format, and generate a schedule page. It has been used to generate the programm page of OpenTechSummit 2016 (http://2016.opentechsummit.net/programm/) It is based on the open-event-scraper   project of FOSSASIA, and some more features had been added when developing it for OTS16. Some of the new features include - Ability to define copyright and license in the API/Json, and generator adds it in the footer Ability to define sponsors (support for upto 3 levels are there), and the generator adds sponsor logos with links at the bottom of the page. Ability to embed audio, slides and videos into the session cards. How the process works Right now if you take a look at the open-event-scraper project under opentechsummit (which is a fork from the FOSSASIA repo, and being used to develop the new features) , you'll see the process goes like this - The scraper.py file scrapes data about sessions and speakers from an internal Google Sheet we have. Then the event.py file gets data about the event itself (copyright, links to social channels). This step is not needed if we are using a JSON API endpoint. This is needed only if the data source is a Google Sheet, then local JSON files are created. Once we have an endpoint or JSON files locally downloaded, there a node.js script - generator.js   which generates a static HTML page. The generated HTML page is based on a handelbars template - schedule.tpl where all the required markup is there. And finally there is our own stylesheet which is called schedule.css  and is a very lightweight styling addition, on top of what is majorly a vanilla bootstrap layout. The road ahead Going forward we will pull back in this source code to our main repo https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-webapp . Then we'll add some parameters that can be fed to generator.js when calling it, like  - Name of event Color scheme URL of endpoints This will have a minimal form-like frontend We can host this on heroku then, where filling the form, will run the generator.js and the generated HTML and associated CSS files will be available as a zip.

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FOSSASIA Summit 2016 Science Centre Singapore – Wrap Up

FOSSASIA 2016 took place from 18th -20th March in Singapore. Hong Phuc Dang, Mario Behling, Harish Pillay, and Roland Turner were leading the organization efforts for the 2016 summit supported by many volunteers, speakers and the community. With a good mix of 37 nationalities, we are proud to be one of most international developer events in Asia. We would like to especialy thank our host venue and the wonderful team of the Science Centre Singapore, our partner UNESCO Youth Mobile and our sponsors Red Hat, Google, GitHub, MySQL, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, gandi.net, General Assembly and the Internet Society Singapore for their support and participation. Thanks to everyone who helped to make FOSSASIA 2016 in Singapore possible! FOSSASIA 2016 Group Photo at Science Centre Singapore by Michael Cannon FOSSASIA’16 NUMBERS & FACTS We reached the number of 2,917 attendees over 3 days including 230 speakers and 72 volunteers. With a good mix of 37 nationalities, we are proud to be one of most international developer events in Asia. There were 201 scheduled sessions and lightning talks, and more 50 exhibitors. This was the first year we organised Tech Kids program with 14 hands-on workshops that covered Mobile Development, Electronics, Digital Fabrication, Pocket Science and 3D Modeling. Dozens of talks are already available as videos. Thousands of photos have been uploaded to social networks. 1500+ tweets with the FOSSASIA hashtag were posted during the event. A trend analysis of FOSSASIA shows that web technologies, data analytics and Internet of Things have a huge momentum. The attention of developers is also increasingly turning to open hardware. Opening HallMario Behling the superman behind our programCat Allman Happy Volunteers Day 1 Opening of FOSSASIA The first day started at the OpenTech and IoT track with a warm welcome message from Mr. Lim Tit Meng, the director of Science Centre, follow by some of our keynotes including Cat Allman with her inspiring story on Science & Education Program at Google; Harish Pillay with his intriguing title ‘A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To The Science Centre’ revealing the history of Internet and Open Source; Bernard Leong caught a huge attention on ‘Rethinking Drone Delivery with Open Source’; and Davide Storti introduced the exciting MobileYouth Program at UNESCO. The day continued with many other interesting talks/discussions and five other tracks were opened that afternoon of the same day namely Tech Kids, Hardware and IoT, DevOps, Big Data, Internet Society and Community. More Photos: [Photo 1], [Photo 2], [Photo 3] - Tech Kids Track Day 2 Intensive day of workshops and more discussion Stephanie Taylor opened the second day of FOSSASIA with her informative presentation on Google Summer of Code Program and Google Code-In. Many GSoC and GCI students from Asia attended this year FOSSASIA. The day continued with series of workshops and discussions on Hardware, IoT, and DevOps. Four new tracks were added into the program including OpenTech Workshop, Python, WebTech and Databases. Popular DevOps Track Harish Pillay proudly presenting his first computer Day 3 Hack Sunday and the closing notes At the last day, we opened another three new tracks: Privacy and…

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Participate in FOSSASIA Summit 2016 in Science Center Singapore, March 18th-20th

Please join us at FOSSASIA 2016 in Singapore, the premier Open Technology event in Asia. The event will take place from March 18-20 at the Singapore Science Center and already on 17th March the pgDay Asia conference is part of the pre-event activities. The FOSSASIA weekend from Friday to Sunday is dedicated to the “Internet of Things and Me” covering open technologies and software that make todays connected devices run. In workshops kids can start learning with the Pocket Science Lab. In the Science Hack track attendees will learn how to participate in the Citizen Science community. Please: get your FOSSASIA Summit Ticket become a Volunteer or submit your talk until February 2 at Speaker Registration. More than 120 speakers from Asia and around the world will join the event from communities and companies such as Google, RedHat, and Github. There will be talks and hands on workshops on topics including: Open Hardware, Makers, Internet of Things Open Source Software, Data and Free Knowledge DevOps, Docker, Programming languages, Python, Go, and more Science Hacks and Open Design Tech and Science for Kids Info on the FOSSASIA Summit 2016 at the Event Website Read the Call for Speakers here. Join the FOSSASIA Meetup Group in Singapore and reserve your spot in workshops as soon as they are announced. Follow us on Twitter. Check out the photos from last year on Flickr.

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FOSSASIA 2015 Singapore – Wrap Up

FOSSASIA 2015 in Singapore has been a fantastic success. Thanks to everyone who helped to make this event possible! We would also like to thank all sponsors, venue partners and our main supporters Red Hat and Google. FOSSASIA 2016 will take place from March 18-20 in Singapore. Below are some numbers and facts of 2015 now, some info about ‘What’s Next in 2015’ and our FOSSASIA GSoC program with 5,500 USD stipends for students (Deadline 27 March. Apply now).FOSSASIA’15 NUMBERS & FACTSWe had 128 speakers from 27 countries and 900+ attendees. 37 volunteers supported the event.There were 142 scheduled sessions and lightning talks, and 58 breakout and unconference sessions.Dozens of talks are already available as videos. Thousands of photos have been uploaded to social networks. 1500+ tweets with the FOSSASIA hashtag were posted during the event.Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, the Singapore Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative said at the event at a Q&A with Roland Turner: “Rest assured, we will continue to support Open Data and Open Source."Other keynotes included Lennart Poettering with systemd; Bunnie Huang gave insights to Open Hardware Development; Colin Charles about the future of MariaDB, and Gen Kanai talked about developer engagement at Mozilla.“Build your own minimum viable Internet” was a hot topic at the event set by Harish Pillay as well as the Internet of Things and enabling local production with digitization of machines like knitting machines.A first trend analysis of FOSSASIA shows that Python continues to receive increasing attention of developers and DevOps topics attracting a lot of interest. WHAT’S NEXT IN 2015Due to the large interest in DevOps at FOSSASIA we are teaming up with Red Hat to bring you some free Open Stack webinars including a 3-webinar series to learn how PaaS partnered with DevOps can improve application time to market. Please follow this link for the free webinar.And: DevOps can also join a free webinar to learn about the Keystone identity service, which is part of the OpenStack Platform. FOSSASIA is a mentor org for Google Summer of Code 2015. We are looking for students who would like to develop for Open Source projects and receive a stipend of 5,500 USD. We are particularly looking for mobile app developers and software developers for Open Hardware and the Internet of Things. Please check out our ideas list here: http://labs.fossasia.org/ideas and sign up before March 27 on Google Melange.The FOSSASIA community organizes events and developer meetups throughout the year. Please join our meetups in Singapore, in Dubai and many other cities in Asia.LinksSign up for GSoC before March 27: http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/FOSSASIA Photos: https://www.flickr.com/search/?tags=fossasiaFOSSASIA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fossasiaFOSSASIA Videos: https://www.youtube.com/chanFOSSASIA Sg Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/FOSSASIADevOps Webinars: https://vts.inxpo.com/scripts/Server.nxpKeystone identity service Webinar: http://www.redhat.com/en/about/events

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Read more about the article FOSSASIA Open Technology Summit 2015 in Singapore

FOSSASIA Open Technology Summit 2015 in Singapore

Singapore, March 8, 2015 - FOSSASIA will take place in Singapore for the first time this year. The conference will feature over 100 talks and workshops covering the latest in Free and Open Source Technology projects, including those focused on the development of Singapore as a smart nation. The summit is hosted by NUS Enterprise, ACE, Silicon Straits, JFDI and SingTel Innov8 in partnership with IDA, Red Hat, Google, Oracle, MySQL, Mozilla Foundation, Python Foundation, Treasure Data, MBM Asia, Uptime and many more. The event will kick off on Friday at Biopolis and continue on Saturday and Sunday at JTC LaunchPad @ one-north. The organizers are particularly excited to welcome keynote speakers including Colin Charles from MariaDB running Wikipedia one of the biggest websites in the world, Italo Vignoli - co-founder of LibreOffice, Bunnie Huang - the founder of the Novena laptop project, Stefan Koehler - lead engineer of the City of Munich’s whole-of-government Linux project LiMux, and Georg C. F. Greve - the founder of Free Software Foundation Europe. Mario Behling, head of Program Planning, said "This year we are welcoming over 120 speakers from 26 countries, making this both the largest and most diverse FOSSASIA speaker roster ever. Of particular interest is the increasing presence of open hardware, which is important for Singapore as the growth in open hardware development combined with proximity to Asian manufacturing capacity and commitment to building a Smart Nation creates a wealth of opportunities for innovation." Other topics and activities include: Free and Open Source software, web and mobile development, software for education, map solutions for websites and phones, open knowledge tools, Wikipedia, open data, big data, sensor networks, free wireless networks, graphic design, fashion technology, open source knitting machines, 3D printing, key signing parties to help local developers join the PGP web of trust and the opportunity for participants to obtain their Linux Foundation Certification organised by the Linux Foundation in cooperation with OlinData. Agenda Day 1, Fri.13 Mar,  9am - 5pm: Opening Event at Biopolis with IDA, Red Hat, Google, Mozilla Day 2, Sat.14 Mar, 9am - 5pm: Talks and presentations of developers and designers at LaunchPad @ one-north Day 3, Sun.15 Mar, 10am - 4.30 pm: Hands-on seminars and workshops at LaunchPad Links FOSSASIA: fossasia.org Summit Site: 2015.fossasia.org

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