South Tyrol Free Software Conference 2006

Every year the Free Software Community can count on a fix autumnal appointment: the SFSCon.
The South Tyrol Free Software Conference addresses everybody interested in Free Software.

November 06^th – 09^th PLONE SPRINT

This year the SFSCon can count on an interesting introductive event: Plone Sprint. From the 6th to the 9th of November the software developers will gather in a developer camp and create the basis for the implementation of an off-line modus for the free CMS Plone Zope. The results of the developer camps will be announced by Jens Klein, the expert who will coordinate the camp.

November 10^th – 11^th SFSCon

The programme will be split in two days as usual.

Friday is the principal day, during which the most important talks will be held. That day the conference will be dedicated to the decision makers of the economical world and the public sphere. The event, celebrating its 6^th edition, will take place in Bozen/Bolzano, the UNIBZ will host the event. More international than ever, its core topic will be "communication with free software". Its main speaker Leon Shiman, Advisor to Commonwealth of
Massachusetts (USA) Government IT Division on Policy and Integration of Free Software. Already invited as speaker in various international events, he will tell us about his experience of the migration to open document format (ODF) at the Massachusetts Government. The Massachusetts Government utilizes by now compulsory the ODT-format as a standard. In the course of the morning, as every year, the personality who has stuck up at most for the use and the diffusion of Free Software in South Tyrol will be awarded the SFSAward. We are all anxious to know who's the winner of this edition!* Any suggestions are to be send at info@sfscon.it

November 10^th at night: Törggelen

We have scheduled a traditional South Tyrolean dinner: the Törggelen. It will be a chance to stay all together and savour South Tyrolean deliciousnesses, chestnuts and must. We need your regsitration for organisational reasons. The dinner is included in the accommodation packages.

November 11^th morning

This part of the conference will principally be addressed to software developers and to the Free Software Community members. Free Software experts will coordinate various workshops. After the conclusion of the workshops the SFSCon will be officially closed.

November 11^th afternoon FELLOWSHIP MEETING OF THE FSFE FELLOWS

On Saturday afternoon, after the official closure of the event, the Free Software Foundation Europe will organise the 1. Fellowship Meeting of the FSFE-Fellows (Free Software Foundation Europe). Since its foundation, fellows coming from all over Europe gather for the first time, in order to finally meet each other in person. The meeting is organised fron the Fellows on their own official Website.

At the Fellowship will be admitted the Fellows only. Anyway, the FSFE will give the enthusiastic hackers the chance to become fellows during the SFSCon.

ACCOMMODATION

The LUGBZ has arranged three all-inlcusive packages according to everybody's needs:

Hostel Accommodation Package, November 10^th – 11^th

• Room for 2 nights, breakfast included

• lunch and dinner for 2 days at the refectory

• typical social dinner on Friday, November 10^th

Hostel Accommodation Package, November 6^th – 11^th

• Room for 6 nights, breakfast included

• lunch and dinner for 6 days at the refetory

• typical social dinner on Friday, November 10^th

• visitation of a local winery

Hotel Accommodation Package, November, 10. – 11. November

• Room for 2 nights, breakfast included

• lunch and dinner for 2 days at the refectory

• typical social dinner on Friday, November 10^th

We welcome you all to the SFSCon 2006 and look forward to have you here!

*Also for this year the entrance will be free, special thanks to the sponsors, who made this possible.

* the event will be simultaneously translated into three langauges (German, Italian, English)

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