Fosscomm

Patras Fosscomm lobby & booths photo

FOSSCOMM (Free and Open Source Software Communities Meeting) is a Greek conference aiming at Free Software and Open Source enthusiasts, developers, and communities. It has been hosted in various cities around Greece and its goal is to promote the use of FOSS in Greece and to bring FOSS enthusiasts together.[1][2][3]

Structure

The event runs during a weekend, and includes presentations from distinguished members of Greek Free and Open Source communities (such as Fedora Project Greece, Ubuntu-gr, Chania LUG, etc.), as well as workshops on various free and open source projects.

Financing

FOSSCOMM attendance is free, and all expenses are covered by sponsors and donations. The conference is organized and run solely by volunteers, in accordance with the non-commercial, community-centred nature of the event.

Events

FOSSCOMM 2008 Athens

The first FOSSCOMM conference took place on May 21–22, 2008 in the National Technical University of Athens, with 26 presentations and 30 speakers.[4]

FOSSCOMM 2009 Larissa

Larisa Fosscom organization committee photo

The second FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological and Educational Institute of Larissa, on May 9–10, 2009. It hosted 13 presentations and 4 workshops, the total duration was 14 hours, with more than 250 attendants.[5]

FOSSCOMM 2010 Thessaloniki

The third conference of free and open source software communities, FOSSCOMM 2010, took place on April 24–25, 2010 in Thessaloniki. The event was held at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and consisted of 41 presentations, and 12 workshops.[6]

FOSSCOMM 2011 Patras

The fourth FOSSCOMM took place at the University of Patras on May 7–8, 2011 and was co-organized by the department's Laboratory for Computing and the Patras Linux Users Group. It consisted of 74 presentations and 453 participants.[7]

FOSSCOMM 2012 Serres

The fifth FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological Educational Institute of Serres on May 12–13, 2012.[8]

FOSSCOMM 2013 Athens

The sixth FOSSCOMM took place at Harokopio University in Athens on April 20–21, 2013.[9]

FOSSCOMM 2014 Lamia

The seventh FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological and Educational Institute of Central Greece in Lamia, on May 2–4, 2014.

FOSSCOMM 2015 Athens

The eighth FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens in Athens, on November 6-8, 2015.

FOSSCOMM 2016 Piraeus

The ninth FOSSCOMM will take place at the University of Piraeus in Piraeus, on April 16-17, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2009 Fedora Event".
  2. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2010 Fedora Event".
  3. ↑ "openSuse Developers Blog".
  4. ↑ "1st FOSSCOMM Roundup and Statistics".
  5. ↑ "2nd FOSSCOMM Roundup and Statistics".
  6. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2010 Roundup and Statistics".
  7. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2011 Roundup and Statistics".
  8. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2012".
  9. ↑ "FOSSCOMM 2013".

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