Puppet Camp is a bi-annual community oriented gathering of Puppet users and developers. Many attendees regard it as one of the most valuable and fun conferences they have attended. You’ll have the opportunity to network with a diverse group of Puppet users, benefit from insightful lectures delivered by prominent community members, and be able to share experiences and discuss potential implementations of Puppet during our attendee generated breakout sessions. Whether you are just beginning with Puppet or whether you are a Puppet Master, what you get from Puppet Camp is an amalgam of opportunity, information, and of course, some cool swag. Great sponsorship opportunities are available, contact Jose Palafox(mailto:jose@puppetlabs.com) or view our sponsorship packages(sponsor-puppetcamp-eu-2011.eventbrite.com) for more information.

Learn more about Puppet Camp Europe (http://www.puppetlabs.com/community/puppet-camp/puppet-camp-ams-2011-info/)

Register for Puppet Camp (http://puppetcamp-eu-2011.eventbrite.com/)

Date and Time: April 28th and 29th, Amsterdam, NL 9-4pm

CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP): IEEE CONFERENCE ON OPEN SYSTEMS 2011 (ICOS 2011)

Dear Friends and Colleagues;

INVITATION

CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP): IEEE CONFERENCE ON OPEN SYSTEMS 2011 (ICOS 2011)

25 – 28 September 2011, Langkawi Island, MALAYSIA

Website: http://cs.ieeemalaysia.org/ICOS2011/

Submission dateline: 15 March 2011

Sponsors: IEEE Malaysia Computer Chapter and IEEE Malaysia PELS/IE/IA Chapter

The Proceedings of ICOS 2011 will be included in the IEEE Xplore database and will be indexed in SCOPUS

ICOS 2011 TOPICS

Papers on original works are solicited from prospective authors. Topics include; but not limited to the following tracks:

A. OPEN SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES
· Smart, Adaptive & Intelligent Systems
· Automation & Robotics
· Information Retrieval & Knowledge Management
· Embedded & Real-Time Systems
· Processor Architectures
· Parallel & Distributed Systems
· Grid and Cloud Computing
· Communication and Networks

B. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND TOOLS
· Programming Languages
· Operating Systems
· Software Requirements Engineering
· Systems Integration
· Critical Systems Specification
· Software Testing and Analysis
· Models of Reuse
· Agile Development
· User Interface Design & Human Factors
· Usability, Scalability, Maintainability & Quality Issues

C. OPEN SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
· Engineering & Industrial Applications
· Bio-Tech & Medical Applications
· Web & Content Management Applications
· Educational, e-Learning Games Applications
· AI & Neural Networks Applications
· Virtual Environments & Games Applications
· Wireless & Mobile Applications
· Remote Sensing & GIS Applications
· E-Commerce Applications
· Social Networks

D. SECURITY
· Security in Mobile Applications
· Cyber Security and Strategies
· Secure Communications
· Encryption and Cryptography
· Security and Privacy Standards
· Tools in managing security and privacy

E. OPEN SYSTEMS IN PUBLIC SECTOR
· Health Service Management & E-Health
· E-Government & e-Governance
· E-Services

F. STANDARDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
· Open Infrastructure
· Software Standards
· Communication Standards

G. BUSINESS, LICENSING AND LEGAL ISSUES
· IPR and Legal Implications in Open Systems
· Business Models & Strategies in Open Systems
· Innovation in Open Systems
· Case studies of Open Systems deployment and migration models

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission Dateline : 15 March 2011

Notification of Acceptance : 15 June 2011

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 July 2011

Final registration & payment Deadline : 15 Aug 2011

Final Camera Ready Paper Submission : 01 Sept. 2011

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY/LIASON
Tony Wasserman (IEEE Fellow; Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Arif Ghafoor (Purdue University, USA)
Sajal K. Das (University of Texas, Arlington, USA)
Rajkumar Buyya (University of Melbourne, Australia)
David Zhang ( Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Zaiki Awang, (Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia)
Chua Tat Seng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Thanos Demiris (Intracom, S.A. Telecom Sys., Greece)
Mukesh Mohania (IBM, India)

Regards,

Mohamed Rawidean Mohd Kassim
General Chair
ICOS 2011

General Information

The IEEE Conference on Open Systems 2011 will be held in Langkawi, Malaysia from 25 until 28 September 2011. The conference will be organized to invite international delegates to Langkawi; the islands of legends and folklore, renowned internationally as the archipelago of 99 tropical islands, the ultimate holiday paradise to share their latest research findings in Open Systems besides getting to know Malaysia.

ICOS 2011 will be sponsored by the IEEE Malaysia Computer Chapter and IEEE Malaysia PEL/IE/IA Chapter

For more information, kindly visit the conference website at http://cs.ieeemalaysia.org/ICOS2011/

Important Dates:

Paper Submission Dateline : 15 March 2011

Notification of Acceptance : 15 June 2011

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 15 July 2011

Final registration & payment Deadline : 15 Aug 2011

Final Camera Ready Paper Submission : 01 Sept. 2011

Date and Time: 25 – 28 September 2011

PHP UK Conference 2011 is PHP London’s sixth annual conference. The PHP UK Conference 2011 is powered by PHP London, a limited company of the UK. OSSCube is participating at the conference as an exhibitor.

Read more about PHP UK Conference 2011

Date and Time: 25/02/2011 12am – 12pm

The openSUSE Conference brings together users, contributors and friends of the openSUSE project from 20th to 23rd October in Nuremberg, Germany. Over four days, more than seventy talks and workshops explore the theme of ‘Collaboration Across Borders‘ in Free and Open Source software communities, administration and development. The conference is the yearly get-together of the openSUSE project to give its people a chance to meet face to face, talk to and inspire each other. It takes place in the Berufsförderungswerk Nuremberg in the beautiful surroundings of the Franconian metropole. Everybody interested is welcome to join and enjoy the program which starts each day at 9am, the admission is free.

http://bit.ly/oconf2010

Date and Time: 2010.10.20 to 2010.10.23 all day

This is year four for UTOSC and we’re growing like crazy! UTOSC 2010 will be held October 7 – 9 @ Miller Campus of the Salt Lake Community College in Sandy, Utah (about 15 minutes south of Salt Lake City)

Date and Time: October 7, 2010 to October 9, 2010

A full day of presentations, inspiration and community. Fourth annual event.

Date and Time: Toronto, Ontario Canada – Saturday 23 October 2010

Free and Open Source Software Conference and Expo – Columbus, Ohio

The Ohio LinuxFest is a conference for the Free and Open Source software communities. Featuring talks by authoritative speakers, a large expo, tutorials, and more, the Ohio LinuxFest welcomes Free and Open Source Source professionals and enthusiasts of all ages and from all places to join us as we celebrate a free world with open source.

Date and Time: September 10-12, 2010

HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth) is a conference series sponsored by the hacker magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. There have been seven conferences to date: HOPE, Beyond HOPE, H2K, H2K2, The Fifth HOPE, HOPE Number Six, and The Last HOPE.

The Next HOPE is scheduled for July 16-18, 2010 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City.

Date and Time: July 16-18, 2010

See http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010

Date and Time: July 19 – 23, 2010

The 6th International conference of developers and users of FOSS will take place at the “Himik” tourist camp near Grodno (Belarus).

http://lvee.org/en/

Date and Time: 2010-07-01