Let's join Software Freedom Day 2009, Hong Kong (19 Sept)

[Sammy]

We hopes we can gather together in Software Freedom Day on next
Saturday, before we have another Linux the Gathering again in the
future if any.

Software Freedom Day 2009, Hong Kong

Date: 19th September 2009, Saturday.
Time: 2 - 7pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre LT-3, Classroom Y4701, and Classroom Y4702,
4/F City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue,
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Fee: Free of charge.
Lanaguages: Cantonese or English, with English slides.
Registration: http://bit.ly/registersfd09hk
Offical Wiki Page: http://wiki.opensource.hk/index.php/Software_Freedom_Day_2009%2C_Hong_Kong
Offical Page at SFD web site: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/hongkong

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is an annual worldwide event to promote
Software Freedom and Free/Open Source Software. SFD 2009 will be held
on 19 September 2009 Saturday.

OAKA will be a organiser in Hong Kong. Some talks are arranged for
users and techies.

Please register at http://bit.ly/registersfd09hk and share SFD on
facebook.

Agenda:

A. Technology Track (Lecture Theatre LT-3):

- Enterprise-class open source virtualization from the server to the
desktop.
- Development with Android.
- JavaFX - Free and Open Source RIA for Mobile, TV and Desktop.
- The Apache Way.
- GGG Project.


B. Community Track (Classroom Y4701):
- Open source developers from Hong Kong.
- Incubating Open Source Communities.
- Free HK Bloggers with Wordpress.

C. Application Track (Classroom Y4702):
- A Startup Case Study of Open Source Software.
- Uses of OSS in Internet Radio.
- Free/Open Source in Education.

Organisor: Opensource Application Knowledge Association (OAKA)

Gold Sponsor: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sponsors: CWLinux Limited, HKDay Limited.

Wifi Sponsor: FON Hong Kong.

Co-Organisors:
Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong
Creative Commons Hong Kong
Debian HK
Embedded Linux Interest Group
MobileRadio.HK
Software Freedom International (SFI)

Supporting Organisations:
Internet Society Hong Kong (ISOC HK)
Hong Kong Linux Industry Association (HKLIA)


Aims of Software Freedom Day 2009, Hong Kong are:

1. Introduction and promotion of local open-source software projects
and developers in Hong Kong.
2. Communication with end-users, and promotion of OSS to end-users.
3. Promotion of Software Freedom and Open Source culture, and
difference
4. Introduction of free-of-charge or open-source software in different
catagory.