Sebastopol, CA--EuroOSCON, the O'Reilly European Open Source Convention, has unveiled the preliminary schedule for its second annual event. With free and open source software use on the rise all across the continent, EuroOSCON creates a place for developers, sys admins, entrepreneurs, and business people working in free and open source software to come together and delve into critical issues across the spectrum of open source technologies. Registration has just opened for EuroOSCON, which takes place in Brussels September 18-21; early discount pricing is in effect until August 7.
EuroOSCON 2006 includes all the coding and practical sessions of a skills-oriented conference, but also takes "open" further, recognizing that open source is just one facet of a larger revolution in commercial and social life that can all be traced back to the inherently open nature of the Internet.
"A major change is taking place in our lives, whether we like it or not," observe EuroOSCON co-chairs Nikolaj Nyholm and Nathan Torkington. "The Internet makes it easy for people and applications to communicate, and new political, legal, technological, and cultural systems are emerging that harness this potential for open communication. Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) shows us that these emerging systems will be hugely disruptive to the status quo, will create opportunities for entrepreneurs, and will be enormous fun for those doing the disrupting. We've broadened EuroOSCON's scope to include revolutionary tools and thoughts that will power the next decade."
This year's EuroOSCON examines the technology, business, politics, and social dimensions of open source, open culture, open APIs, open innovation and all that's built on top of them. Torkington and Nyholm have put together four very full days, loosely coupled around these thought-provoking topics:
EuroOSCON brings together a particularly thought-provoking set of innovators, creators, and leaders from across Europe and around the world. Some of the participants scheduled to speak about best practices, strategic issues, and coming changes include:
The second annual EuroOSCON is where technologists meet business people, where hallway conversations connect community activists, politicians, developers, and managers, where the people building the future meet the people taking it to the mainstream.
Additional Resources:
- Complete information about the 2006 O'Reilly European Open Source Convention
- Check out the EuroOSCON conference blog for the latest news
- See the great time that was had by all at last year's EuroOSCON
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