{"id":58235,"date":"2015-03-12T10:54:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T02:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=58235"},"modified":"2015-03-12T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T02:54:28","slug":"have-you-registered-for-fossasia-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/have-you-registered-for-fossasia-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you registered for FOSSASIA 2015?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOSSASIA 2015 is happening in Singapore from tomorrow (13th to 15th March). If you have not registered, <a href=\"http:\/\/fossasia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">do it now<\/a>.\u00a0The conference will feature over 100 talks and workshops covering the latest in Free\u00a0and Open Source Technology projects. Full details and Agenda below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/12\/have-you-registered-for-fossasia-2015\/fossasia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?fit=600%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,294\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;unknown&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 30D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1393633760&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.02&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fossasia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?fit=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?fit=600%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58236\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?resize=600%2C294\" alt=\"fossasia\" width=\"600\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fossasia.jpg?resize=300%2C147&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">FOSSASIA, Asia\u2019s premier open technology conference, will take place March\u00a013-15 at Biopolis and LaunchPad.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Singapore, March 8, 2015<\/strong> FOSSASIA\u00a0will run in Singapore for the first time this year.\u00a0The conference will feature over 100 talks and workshops covering the latest in Free\u00a0and Open Source Technology projects, including those focussed on the development\u00a0of Singapore as a smart nation. It will be hosted by NUS Enterprise, ACE, Silicon\u00a0Straits, JFDI and SingTel Innov8 in partnership with IDA, Red Hat, Google, Oracle,\u00a0MySQL, Mozilla Foundation, Python Foundation, Treasure Data, MBM Asia, Uptime and\u00a0many more. Registration is free for open source technology community participants.<\/p>\n<p>The event will kick off on Friday at Biopolis and continue on Saturday and Sunday at\u00a0JTC LaunchPad @ onenorth.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers are particularly excited to welcome keynote speakers including Colin Charles\u00a0from MariaDB running Wikipedia one of the biggest websites in the world, I talo Vignoli co-founder\u00a0of LibreOffice, Bunnie Huang the\u00a0founder of the Novena laptop project, Stefan\u00a0Koehler lead\u00a0engineer of the City of Munich\u2019s whole-of-government\u00a0Linux project LiMux, and\u00a0Georg C. F. Greve the\u00a0founder of Free Software Foundation Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Behling, head of Program Planning, said &#8220;This year we are welcoming over 120\u00a0speakers from 26 countries, making this both the largest and most diverse FOSSASIA\u00a0speaker roster ever. Of particular interest is the increasing presence of open hardware, which\u00a0is important for Singapore as the growth in open hardware development combined with\u00a0proximity to Asian manufacturing capacity and commitment to building a Smart Nation creates\u00a0a wealth of opportunities for innovation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other topics and activities include: Free and Open Source software, web and mobile\u00a0development, software for education, map solutions for websites and phones, open\u00a0knowledge tools, Wikipedia, open data, big data, sensor networks, free wireless networks,\u00a0graphic design, fashion technology, open source knitting machines, 3D printing, key signing\u00a0parties to help local developers join the PGP web of trust and the opportunity for participants\u00a0to obtain their Linux Foundation Certification organised by the Linux Foundation in\u00a0cooperation with OlinData.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1, Fri.13 Mar, 9am &#8211; 5pm:\u00a0Opening Event at Biopolis with IDA, Red Hat, Google, Mozilla<\/li>\n<li>Day 2, Sat.14 Mar, 9am &#8211; 5pm:\u00a0Talks and presentations of developers and designers at\u00a0LaunchPad @ onenorth<\/li>\n<li>Day 3, Sun.15 Mar, 10am &#8211; 4.30pm: Handson\u00a0seminars and workshops at LaunchPad<\/li>\n<li>AfterEvent,\u00a0March 1618:\u00a0Circular Knitic Workshop at Singapore National Design Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About FOSSASIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FOSSASIA is the premier Free and Open Source Technology event in Asia for developers,\u00a0startups, and contributors. Projects at FOSSASIA range from open hardware, to design,\u00a0graphics and software. FOSSASIA was established in 2009. Previous events took place in\u00a0Cambodia and Vietnam and have attracted over 1400 participants and speakers from 24\u00a0countries, with more than 100 volunteers. More than half of all participants were women.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday March 13: Biopolis, Auditorium, Level 2 Matrix, 30 Biopolis Street, Singapore\u00a0138671<\/li>\n<li>Saturday\/Sunday March 14\/15: Launchpad, 71 Ayer Rajah Crescent, Singapore\u00a0139951<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Full details of the FOSSASIA program can be found at: <a href=\"http:\/\/fossasia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fossasia.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[ad#img]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOSSASIA 2015 is happening from tomorrow. 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