Posts
FUOYE SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY 2013
Unknown
00:23
0
FUOYE SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY 2013 
Software
Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source
Software (FOSS). The goal in this celebration is to educate the
worldwide public about the benefits of using high quality FOSS in
education, government, at home, business, and everywhere! The non‐profit
organization Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global
level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but
volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD
events to impact their own communities.
events to impact their own communities.
For the second time, SFD will be celebrated in Ekiti, and this event would hold at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Oye Campus. The event is organized by the Information and Communication Technology Centre in conjuction with Computer Science Department.
It's not
always easy to explain concepts like free software and open source, but
it's important that it happens. Which is why events like Software
Freedom Day are so important; To help introduce software freedom to the
community. We are aiming to provide a Software Freedom Day full of
interesting talks and workshops dealing with free and open source tools
and projects that are cool.
The event
is expected to attract software programmer and enthusiast across the
country. The event will run from 16th to 21st of September. The next
page contains the summary of the event(currently work in progress).
16th to 20th of September 2013- Pre-conference program:
Tutorial sessions / workshops
Tutorial sessions / workshops
There
will be concurrent training session during this period. At present we
have confirmation for the following trainings/worskshop (You may click
any of them to read more)
- Network Management and Monitoring Using FOSS
- Linux Essentials by Linux Professional Institute (this includes an optional Certification Exam)
- eLearning Training workshop using MOODLE
21st of September is the SFD day and it will include the following:
- Presentations
- Exhibitions
- Open discussions
- Social activities (the social event and closing event)
- The will be a website contest!!! click here to participate and stand a chance to win a great price!
(Event program"draft" is available here)
If you will be attending the pre-conference trainings, kindly
take note that there is a fee of 30000 per participant. This fee
includes launch and tea break during the training period. All
those participating in any of the events are expected to handle their
accommodation and transportation themselves. We can however help you
book for an hotel based on request. You may send us an email with
subject "hotel booking" to
sfd@fuoye.edu.ng. Below is the account to make all necessary payment (do send us an email once you make payment):
Bank: Diamond Bank Ado Branch
Account Name: Federal University Oye-Ekiti
Account Number: 0026330892
Businesses
and Institutions often are unaware that switching to Free Software and
Open Source increases productivity and user satisfaction whilst cutting
down software licensing by at least 65%. Running a production system on
Free Software and Open Source can also ensure that the system does not
miss out on innovative industry and community developments.
So does this sound like something you may be interested in? Great! If you would like to come along as a Speaker, Volunteer, Audience member or something else. Register Here
So does this sound like something you may be interested in? Great! If you would like to come along as a Speaker, Volunteer, Audience member or something else. Register Here
No comments