Indiana LinuxFest is a community F/OSS conference, which is showcasing the best the community has to offer in the way of Free and Open Source Software, Open Hardware, and Free Culture. We are also highlighting the best and brightest from all of these communities from the hobbyist to professional level.

Indiana LinuxFest 2012, April 13th to the 15th at the Wyndam Indianapolis West, is free to attend and Open for any to attend be it the hobbyist to the professional. So join us for the Reign of Freedom!

Date and Time: 2012-04-13..15

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for the community. The goal is to provide Free Software and Open Source developers and communities a place to meet to:

get in touch with other developers and projects;
be informed about the latest developments in the Free Software and Open Source world;
attend interesting talks and presentations held in large conference rooms by Free Software and Open Source project leaders and committers on various topics; and
to promote the development and the benefits of Free Software and Open Source solutions.

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organization gratefully accepts donationals and sponsorships.

http://fosdem.org/2012/

Date and Time: 5-6 Feburary 2011

There’s again time for a Skolelinux/Debian Edu developer gathering in Norway, and Redpill-Linpro in Oslo have gracefully offered their space to us. The gathering will take place between Friday the 10th to Sunday the 12th, so book your transportation now. We will try to cover a lot of subjects during this weekend, so anyone should find something of interest. As usual this is both a social event and a place to endorse free and open software, so don’t be shy about your own abilities to contribute. Due to safety guidelines and restrictions, the conference room have limited space, so contact one of us to make sure there’s a spot for you as well. Contact information and schedule are available at http://friprogramvareiskolen.no/Gathering/2012-02-10-12-Oslo

We look forward to seeing you there!

Date and Time: 2012 February 10-12

http://wikimania2011.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Once a year, hundreds of participants from around the globe meet at the central conference of the Wikimedia movement, to create a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.

Wikimania is the annual international conference of the Wikimedia community. It’s organized by a different local team each year – in 2011 the conference is taking place in Haifa, Israel. Wikimania allows the community and the general public to learn about and share their experiences with free knowledge initiatives all over the world.

The schedule includes developers’ meetings, speeches and discussions.

Date and Time: August 2-7, 2011

sipX-CoLab- http://www.sipfoundry.org/sipx-colab

What is sipXecs? sipXecs is the largest open source effort around to build a software application for unified communications using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). It is the only solution that aims at scaling to large corporate deployments with several branch offices. It is also the only solution that focused on ease of use from the beginning.

Several thousand deployments of the sipXecs communications solution around the world demonstrate that our vision is getting real. sipXecs has evolved to now being a serious competitor when companies evaluate buying a new phone system.

What is sipX-CoLab? One way to expand our efforts is to foster innovation and collaborate within the community. The inaugural first ever user conference called, sipX-CoLab will focus on strengthening the sipXecs solution; encourage forward thinking and increasing the visibility and use of sipXecs.

Why Should You attend the sipX-CoLab? We know this conference will provide an atmosphere that is unmatched in its ability to further open communications. This is your opportunity to become an active contributor to the future direction of our open communications platform and collaborate with your peers in the sipXecs user community. Share your ideas, experiences, and suggestions on how together we can change the way communications are heard, forever.

Who Should Attend? sipXecs users, developers, IT consultants and integrators, technology business leaders, VARS, resellers, solution providers, entrepreneurs, EDU IT professionals and fans of open source communications

Where and When will it be Held? University of Colorado- Fort Collins, Colorado. The Lory Student Center, March 5. Join us the second day March 6th for a full day of of either beginner or advanced training on our sipXecs platform.

sipX-CoLab- http://www.sipfoundry.org/sipx-colab

Date and Time: March 5-6, 2012 Fort Collins, CO. 8:00am-5:00pm 3/5/12 and 8:00am-5:00pm 3/6/12

The Perth Linux Users’ Group is pleased to have Martin Dougiamas presenting a talk on Moodle on Tuesday 14th February at Challenger Tafe, Fremantle. See www.plug.org.au for more information.

Date and Time: 19:00 14 February 2012

International conference of developers and users of free / open source software.

http://winter.lvee.org/en/main

Date and Time: Feburary 10–12, 2012

We are conducting an International Conference on Recent Trends of Computer Science, Medical Instrumentation and Communication Engineering on 7th & 8th December 2011. We have excellent Technical Advisory Committee from IIT’s from India, Professors from United States of America, Professors from United Kingdom, Research Scientists, Professors from Andhra University, Professors from Jammu University , Professors from Anna University and Professors from Pondicherry University.
Our International Conference gives quality Research techniques, which can be used as to strengthen the skills, minds and goals of their research. Due to our International Conference, Researcher’s can share their themes, probabilities and their knowledge with each other.
So, we want Sponsorship and support from you. Kindly please accept my request and proposal. Sir I am once again humbly requesting to you that accept my request. I am eagerly waiting for your response.

Date and Time: 7th & 8th December 2011

PyCon India 2011 is the primary Python conference in India. A purely volunteer effort, it is being hosted for the third time in India, and will attract some of the best Python developers in India and abroad.
The conference will take place at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research, Pune (map) on 16th, 17th and 18th September 2011.
The conference will consist of tutorials, full length presentations, shorter lightning talks and open sprints and BoFs.

Learn more about PyCon India 2011 at http://in.pycon.org/2011/

Date and Time: 16-18 September, 2011

8th Open Source India (OSIDays) conference in Bengaluru

The Forum for Open Source Initiatives in India (FOSII) and Electronics For You (EFY)
Group announce the Open Source India conference at NIMHANS Convention Centre
in Bengaluru. The Asia’s MEGA OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION is being organized
for the past 7 years in association with OSSCube. The conference – previously known
as LinuxAsia – is being organized for the eighth time with the aim of educating and
accelerating the growth of adoption of open source technologies in Asia.

The Open Source India conference encompasses three main events – PHP days,
DATA days & OSI days and brings together the key researchers, innovators, decision-
makers, technologists and standard bodies working to explore and share their ideas.
The conference provides an invaluable opportunity for the national and international
open source enthusiasts & communities to discuss learn and debate over some
intellectual innovative ideas in Open Source technologies particularly LAMP.

The Open Source India conference is attended by software developers, IT
implementers, CIOs, CEOs, CTOs, SMEs, academicians, bureaucrats, government
officials and other senior decision makers alike to advocate the principles powering the
Open Source software and also to discuss policy decisions governing their respective
businesses, present new ideas, network with others and share the best practices.

The Open Source India conference is divided into various workshops, sessions,
tutorials and paper presentations on PHP, Object Oriented patterns & development,
Apache, SOAP, Gearman, Doctrine 2, Flow 3, Jenkins, Testing Tools, API
implementation, MySQL, Scrum and other frameworks.

To register yourself, click on the following link:

http://2011.osidays.com/content/register-now

Date and Time: 20th Nov, 2011 to 22nd Nov, 2011, 8:30 Am – 8:00 PM