Conference EuroScipy 2010

EuroScipy 2010, Paris. Two days tutorials and two days conference.

The EuroSciPy meeting is a cross-disciplinary gathering focused on the
use and development of the Python language in scientific research.
This event strives to bring together both users and developers of
scientific tools, as well as academic research and state of the art
industry.

http://www.euroscipy.org/conference/euroscipy2010

Date and Time: 8 – 11 July, 9:00 am.

Kent Linux User Group at Mid-Kent College

On Saturday 29th May 2010 from 10am to 1pm the Kent Linux User Group will be meeting at:

Mid-Kent College
Medway Campus
Medway Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 1FN

Currently the talks are a general one about Open Source and also one demoing an install of Lucid onto a desktop and talking briefly about dual booting, wubi and virtualisation options.

Everyone is warming invited to attend.

Please report to reception to sign in and for directions.

See www.kentlug.org for more info and to sign up to the mailing list.

Date and Time: 29th May 2010 from 10am to 1pm

Open Knowledge Conference 2010

The Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon) is back for its fifth installment bringing together individuals and groups from across the open knowledge spectrum for a day of discussions and workshops.

• when: Saturday 24th April 2010, 1030-1830
• where: University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HY

Programme is at http://www.okfn.org/okcon/programme

See http://www.okfn.org/okcon for more information.

FUDCon Zurich 2010

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developer’s Conference, an opportunity for all who contribute to or use Fedora to meet, learn, plan, and hack. This event is free and is open to everyone.

This year FUDCon will be hosted on the premises of the ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Zurich_2010

Date and Time: 2010-09-17/19 09:00-18:00 CEST

FrOSCamp 2010 Zurich

FrOSCamp is a multilingual two-day event taking place on the premises of the ETH Zurich in Switzerland in September. It is completely free of charge and no preregistration for visitors is required. The event consists of an exhibition, talks, workshops and hackfests featuring free and open source software, free content, open standards, open systems and digital sustainability. People and projects are invited to demonstrate their work and to explain visitors said topics. The event is free of any commercial offerings (save swag, snacks and beverages) and is open to any visitor.

http://froscamp.org/

Date and Time: 2010-09-17/18 09:00-18:00 CEST

Akademy-es 2010

The KDE España association, together with Itsas, Free Software group of UPV/EHU (University of the Basque Country), in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Basque Goverment, is organizing the Akademy-es event. This event gathers developers and users of KDE and will be held in the Engineering Technical School of Bilbao from the 7th to the 9th of May.

More info at http://www.kde-espana.es/akademy-es2010

Date and Time: 7, 8, 9 of May

Akademy

KDE annual conference in Tampere, Finland

http://akademy.kde.org

Date and Time: 3-10th July 2010

Ubuntu 10.04 release date

Release date of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

World wide release; events planned to mark the release e.g install / release parties etc.

Date and Time: 29th April 2010 – world wide release

Libre Graphics Meeting

Cutting edge graphics software meets free culture

Developers and users of Free, Libre and Open Source graphics software will meet May 27-30 in Brussels at the fifth annual Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM). The meeting space is truly unique — an historic piano factory, freshly renovated into a lively exhibition and workspace. LGM 2010 gives software developers, artists, designers and other graphics professionals the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other. LGM emphasizes the sharing of collective creativity, innovation and ideas and is free for everyone to attend.

http://www.libregraphicsmeeting.org/2010/

Date and Time: 27-30 May 2010

Registration for IDLELO 4 is now open!

IDLELO is one event for FOSS practitioners, developers and advocates as well as governments to showcase results, share experiences and challenges, review progress on the continent in diverse domains and chart a way forward for an African future grounded in true ownership of technology. IDLELO is therefore a premier international forum for the presentation of research results in Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) in Africa.

From May 17-21, 2010, FOSSFA is holding the Fourth Conference for FOSS and the Digital Commons in Accra, Ghana. This event gathers the brightest minds in FOSS, including developers, distribution maintainers, business leaders, end users, system vendors, other community organizations and government official. It is the only conference designed to encourage sharing, collaboration and encourage solutions by bringing together a true cross-section of leaders to meet face-to-face to tackle and solve the most pressing issues facing FOSS on the African Continent today.

For more information on this event visit http://www.idlelo.net

Date and Time: May 17 – 21