Opensource Conference in Cebu

[bigeasy]

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Does anyone have any info on this event? i heard it's happening some time in june.

Please post when, where and how much if you have the information.

thx

[javapenguin]

It's in the newspaper, Philippine Open Source Summit at Cebu International Convention Center I on June 23-24,2008. Registration fee = P2,500.00

[weeja]

is there an online registration for this? thanks.

[majer]

Contact:

Ms. Emmalyn C. Consul
+63 32 4127695 to 96

Register online:
Philippine Open Source Summit

[javapenguin]

Is this summit worth attending? Can someone share their opinion?

[insic_19]

This is sounds great!

[elord]

is this amount 2500 is worth to attend for? what can we get if we attend this seminar..

by the way anyone here using UBUNTU desktop and server?

[javapenguin]

Philippine Open Source Summit Programme

Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments. Open Source software promises many advantages to mainstream ICT organizations ranging from investment protection, to quality, to cost. However, thorough planning and governance are key to optimizing Open Source integration and management. For business that successfully navigate these challenges they find long term business value in Open Source technology.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - MONDAY, 23rd OF JUNE 2008
Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments

0800-0850 Registration and Coffee

0850-0900 Invocation & National Anthem

0900-0905 Welcome Remarks: Honorable Tomas R. Osmeña, Mayor, City of Cebu

0905-0910 Opening Message: Dr. Ed Gaisano, President, Cebu Chamber of Commerce

0910-0915 Cebu Business Month 2008: Ms. Tess Chan, CBM Chair

0915-0935 Special Keynote Message: Dr. Sang-Chul Lee, President, Kwangwoon University
(Signing of MOA with CEDF-IT members from the Academe)

0935-0940 Philippine OS Summit 2008 Overview: Mr. Bonifacio D. Belen, Summit Director

0940-1000 Opening Keynote Address: Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua, CICT Chair

1000-1030 Coffee & Networking Break

1030-1115 Plenary 1: Taking Leadership in the Transformational Changes in Technologies & Business Models in the Telecommunications Industry

1115-1145 Plenary 2: Open Source Software Is it Ready for Prime Time?: Mr. Winston Damarillo, Chair and Co-Founder, Exist Global

1200-1330 Lunch

1330-1415 Panel A – Open or Close?
Mr. James G. Velasquez, President & General Manager, IBM Philippines, Inc.
Mr. Edwin Chua, Channels Manager, Red Hat APAC
Mr. Chris Levanes, Platform Strategy Lead, Microsoft Asia Pacific

1415-1500 Panel B – Open Source Business Models
Mr. JR Contreras, President, Imperium Technologies
Mr. Blair Layton, Senior Manager, Developer Program, Oracle Asia Pacific

1500-1530 Coffee & Networking Break

1530-1615 Panel C – Open Source Communities
Mr. Brett Porter, Apache Foundation
Dr. Francis Sarmiento III, Program Manager, IOSN ASEAN+3
Mr. Matt Thomson, Senior Director, Technology Outreach & Open Source Programs, Sun Microsystems

1615-1700 Panel D – I Just Deployed OSS – Now What?
Mr. Philip Dodds, Chief Technology Officer, Exist Global
Mr. Daniel Saito, Business Development Manager, MySQL Japan
Mr. Patrick Reidenbach, General Manager, UR Solutions

1700-1800 Exhibition Viewing & Networking Break

Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance. The Technology Breakout Sessions will focus on Open Source Operating Systems and Applications for business and enterprise users through workshops and proof-of-concept presentations by Open Source Experts and Pioneers. Open Source innovation holds a lot of promise for the technology entrepreneur and is the veritable key to strategic self-reliance. The Open Source software model continues to have an ever more extensive impact in an increasing number of software markets. But Open Source itself needs to develop to meet essential challenges as well. The Open Source blueprint for the future has to be laid out more definitively to maximize any investment made today.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - TUESDAY, 24th OF JUNE 2008
Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance

0800-0900 Registration and Coffee

0900-1030 Breakout Session Track 1:
Open Source Applications

* SugarCRM
* ADempiere
* Pentaho
* Drupal

Breakout Session Track 2:
Open Source for the Academe

* IBM Open Source Initiative

1030-1200 Breakout Session Track 3:
Open Source Tools and Platforms

* RoR
* Eclipse
* Maven
* Tomcat/Jetty
* MySQL

Breakout Session Track 4:
Open Source for the Government

* ASTI, Government CIO Forum & DBP Data Center

1330-1600 PSIA & JETRO Industry Networking Session with ICT Councils

1600-1700 National Meet-up to Initiate the Open Source Association and the Philippine Open Source Center

[javapenguin]

Philippine Open Source Summit Programme

Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments. Open Source software promises many advantages to mainstream ICT organizations ranging from investment protection, to quality, to cost. However, thorough planning and governance are key to optimizing Open Source integration and management. For business that successfully navigate these challenges they find long term business value in Open Source technology.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - MONDAY, 23rd OF JUNE 2008
Plenary Sessions on Optimizing Open Source Investments

0800-0850 Registration and Coffee

0850-0900 Invocation & National Anthem

0900-0905 Welcome Remarks: Honorable Tomas R. Osmeña, Mayor, City of Cebu

0905-0910 Opening Message: Dr. Ed Gaisano, President, Cebu Chamber of Commerce

0910-0915 Cebu Business Month 2008: Ms. Tess Chan, CBM Chair

0915-0935 Special Keynote Message: Dr. Sang-Chul Lee, President, Kwangwoon University
(Signing of MOA with CEDF-IT members from the Academe)

0935-0940 Philippine OS Summit 2008 Overview: Mr. Bonifacio D. Belen, Summit Director

0940-1000 Opening Keynote Address: Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua, CICT Chair

1000-1030 Coffee & Networking Break

1030-1115 Plenary 1: Taking Leadership in the Transformational Changes in Technologies & Business Models in the Telecommunications Industry

1115-1145 Plenary 2: Open Source Software Is it Ready for Prime Time?: Mr. Winston Damarillo, Chair and Co-Founder, Exist Global

1200-1330 Lunch

1330-1415 Panel A – Open or Close?
Mr. James G. Velasquez, President & General Manager, IBM Philippines, Inc.
Mr. Edwin Chua, Channels Manager, Red Hat APAC
Mr. Chris Levanes, Platform Strategy Lead, Microsoft Asia Pacific

1415-1500 Panel B – Open Source Business Models
Mr. JR Contreras, President, Imperium Technologies
Mr. Blair Layton, Senior Manager, Developer Program, Oracle Asia Pacific

1500-1530 Coffee & Networking Break

1530-1615 Panel C – Open Source Communities
Mr. Brett Porter, Apache Foundation
Dr. Francis Sarmiento III, Program Manager, IOSN ASEAN+3
Mr. Matt Thomson, Senior Director, Technology Outreach & Open Source Programs, Sun Microsystems

1615-1700 Panel D – I Just Deployed OSS – Now What?
Mr. Philip Dodds, Chief Technology Officer, Exist Global
Mr. Daniel Saito, Business Development Manager, MySQL Japan
Mr. Patrick Reidenbach, General Manager, UR Solutions

1700-1800 Exhibition Viewing & Networking Break

Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance. The Technology Breakout Sessions will focus on Open Source Operating Systems and Applications for business and enterprise users through workshops and proof-of-concept presentations by Open Source Experts and Pioneers. Open Source innovation holds a lot of promise for the technology entrepreneur and is the veritable key to strategic self-reliance. The Open Source software model continues to have an ever more extensive impact in an increasing number of software markets. But Open Source itself needs to develop to meet essential challenges as well. The Open Source blueprint for the future has to be laid out more definitively to maximize any investment made today.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA - TUESDAY, 24th OF JUNE 2008
Technology Breakout Sessions on Open Source Innovations for Tech Self-Reliance

0800-0900 Registration and Coffee

0900-1030 Breakout Session Track 1:
Open Source Applications

* SugarCRM
* ADempiere
* Pentaho
* Drupal

Breakout Session Track 2:
Open Source for the Academe

* IBM Open Source Initiative

1030-1200 Breakout Session Track 3:
Open Source Tools and Platforms

* RoR
* Eclipse
* Maven
* Tomcat/Jetty
* MySQL

Breakout Session Track 4:
Open Source for the Government

* ASTI, Government CIO Forum & DBP Data Center

1330-1600 PSIA & JETRO Industry Networking Session with ICT Councils

1600-1700 National Meet-up to Initiate the Open Source Association and the Philippine Open Source Center

[weeja]

can participants representing the academe get discounted reg fees? just asking