Irish Ubuntu Community is growing bigger and is more active than ever before. We are open to all types of people whether you are a novice or an expert. We encourage everyone to help out in any way they can by spreading the word and helping others.
Registration for the Software Freedom Day 2008 in Dublin is now open!
The event will start at 11am on Saturday, September 20th. The location is The Digital Exchange, Crane St., Digital Hub, Dublin 8.
Please use the comments at ubuntu-ie.org to register your attendance and also if you have any suggestions or thoughts.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me (byMeanMachine [at] googlemail [dot] com), Laura (laura [at] lczajkowski [dot] com) or ubuntu-ie mailing list
What can you expect?
Talks
[approx. 20min. each]
11:00am Doors open - time to explore the venue
11:30am Paul O'Malley - "What You Should Know About Software Freedom - from GNU to Ubuntu!"
12:00pm Camara - "Who are we and what do we do?"
12:30pm Glenn Strong (IFSO) - "DRM and Software Freedom"
1:00pm LUNCH
2:00pm Gareth Eason - "Free & Open Source Software: Why you want it!"
2:30pm Ciaran O'Riordan (IFSO) - "The Free Software Movement in 2008"
3:00pm BREAK
3:30pm John Looney - "Open Source Engineering in Google"
4:00pm Dermot McNally - "The OpenStreetMap Project"
4:30pm Maciej Danielski - "Ubuntu Ireland"
6:30pm Refreshments at the Longstone Pub
Activities [Running all Day Long]
Info Stalls – PHP / Open Ireland / ILUG / OpenStreetMap / IFSO / Digital Hub / Camara
OpenStreetMap will be running a Mapping Party from the venue, with the opportunity for others to join in and put another piece of Dublin on the world map.
- Ubuntu Demo machines running
- Games for Kids
- Ubuntu Installs
- Tours of Camara
Elevate Learning - taking part as a supporter and sponsor of SFD 2008 in Dublin
You can also promote the SFD 2008 event. Use provided buttons for your blog/homepage
Contact Us
Contact us to help organize the event:
- Maciej (byMeanMachine [at] googlemail [dot] com)
- Laura (laura [at] lczajkowski [dot] com)
SFD 2008 Local Press Coverage
