SFD Event at UST

[Flor Cruz]

Hello,

Di pa up yung info sa sfdphilippines.org about the SFD sa Sept 17,
pero I got this from the SFD main website kung saan naka-reg yung
event ng partner natin na CP-Union:


Software Freedom Network will be celebrating SFD at the University of
Santo Tomas on September 17, 2011 at 9:00am - 5:00pm at the University
of Santo Tomas.

The morning session will include plenary discussions and presentations
on various topics:

08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:10 Welcome Remarks
09:10 - 09:20 Video Messages of support for SFD 2011
09:20 - 09:35 Introduction to FOSS
09:35 - 09:50 Ubuntu Desktop Tour
09:50 -10:00 Raffle
10:00 - 10:15 Trends in FOSS
10:15 - 10:30 Google and Open Source
10:30 - 10:45 Special topic from Exist Global
10:45 - 11:15 Speed Coding Contest
11:15 - 11:30 Free Culture
11:30 - 11:45 FOSS Legislation
11:45 - 12:00 Q&A

From 1:00 - 5:00 pm, simultaneous breakout sessions will cover various
free and open source software and projects:

FOSS for the Arts
Content Management Systems and Web Visualization
FOSS for Developers

A satellite celebration at the University of the Philippines - College
of Education will include topics on FOSS for Education, led by the UP
Network for Educational Technology.

Most of the participants will be coming from schools all over Metro
Manila and Luzon. Pre-SFD events will be held in various partner
schools to promote software freedom and SFD.

In the coming months we will have the following pre-event activities:

August 25, 2011. FOSS@Schools: TUP Manila (Multimedia)
August 27, 2011. FOSS@Schools: TIP-QC
August 31, 2011. FOSS@Schools: Manila Central University

Software Freedom Network is composed of the Computer Professionals'
Union, Exist Global, Pinoy Blender Users' Group, Developers' Society
of TCU, Computer Association of TUP Manila, Computer Science Society
of UST, Wikimedia Philippines and OpenStreetMap Philippines.