The Sixth Annual Government Open Source Conference - GOSCON will be held on October 27-28, 2010 in Portland, Oregon at the Nines Hotel. The non-profit conference is designed for government IT management This years program focuses on the role of open source software and collaboration enabling leading Open Government and Transparency initiatives throughout the US. An Open Data Summit on October 26 gathers government, civic, and technology interests to collaborate on standards issue.
Its been a big year for open government data. Around the world governments and public bodies have been opening up official datasets for the public to reuse. There has been an explosion of new applications, competitions, hackdays and other initiatives from local authorities, central government departments, international bodies and others. This event will bring together movers and shakers from the world of open government data — including government representatives, policymakers, lawyers, technologists, academics, advocates, citizens, journalists and reusers.
What will happen?
Gov 2.0 Summit brings together innovators from government and the private sector to highlight technology and ideas that can be applied to the nation’s great challenges. In areas as diverse as education, health care, energy, jobs, and financial reform, there are unique opportunities to rethink how government agencies perform their mission and serve our citizens. Social media, cloud computing, web, and mobile technologies—all provide new capabilities that government agencies are beginning to harness to achieve demonstrably better results at lower cost.
MyGOSSCON is Malaysia's premier Open Source Software (OSS) event, held annually since 2007, as part of the Malaysian Public Sector OSS Programme. This popular event is back this year from 2nd until 3rd November to bring you the latest trends and developments in OSS.
MyGOSSCON has reached beyond the Government sector, successfully engaging and benefiting from organisational support of the businesses, educational institutions and OSS communities to nurture the OSS Ecosystem.
Open Source India (formerly LinuxAsia) started in 2003, with the mission to accelerate the growth of adoption of Open Source in Asia. Till date, the overall mission of Open Source India remains the same. A key attribute of Open Source India is that it tries to bridge the gap between the 'community' and the 'industry'
OSI Days is the crossroads of all things open source, bringing together 3000+ of the best, brightest, and most interesting people to explore what's new, and to champion the cause of open principles and open source adoption
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