Title : open source conference, cape town (jan 2004)
 Date : Jan. 12, 2004 to Jan. 16, 2004
 Location : Dates Jan 12-16, 2004
Venue The University of the Western Cape
Cape Town, South Africa

 Country : South Africa
 Region : Africa
 Type : Conference
 Topic : Information, Knowledge and Communication
 Web site : http://idlelo.uwc.ac.za/
 Organizer : IDLELO
Contact Info : If you need any information urgently you may email us
at idlelo@uwc.ac.za.

Description Dates Jan 12-16, 2004 Venue The University of the Western Cape Cape Town, South Africa
The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA), the African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR) project at the University of the Western Cape in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) invite you to participate in this seminal event.

The conference will address the challenges and opportunities of the creation and use of free / open source software and open content and their development potential for Africa. The conference has both strategic and practical objectives, bringing together participants from government, education, business and civil society together with the developer community. The purpose of this conference is to

* Review progress on implementation of open source and open content in Africa * Create opportunities for peer-to-peer networking and learning among Africans participating in open source and open content initiatives * Lay the groundwork for collaborative creation of open source software in Africa * Expose Open Source companies and products to a variety of participants

The conference will operate through a number of plenary sessions given by world leaders in the area of open source and open content, parallel sessions with contributed papers and posters addressing specific themes, breakaway sessions for for networking, a mini trade fair, and a hackathon that will run in parallel with the conference beginning two days before the conference starts.

Source : Bellanet Calendar of Events