[gnome-women] Flourish 2011 Conference (Chicago), Apr 1st to 3rd

[Aisha Halim <aishahalim gmail com>]

Hi, I don't usually post on this list (lurk), but I help organize an
open source conference in Chicago called Flourish. If any of you are
around here early April, and are interested, please check it out. The
conference is held in UIC and has a lot of the tech/geek community
here. For once, we (surprisingly) don't have a women in open source
talk, but we have a pretty interesting line-up of speakers, so please
check us out.

I hope you don't mind me posting this here...

More information below the sign off.

-Aisha

CELEBRATE INNOVATION WITH CHICAGO'S LINUX & OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE ENTHUSIASTS
AT FLOURISH! 2011

*From April 1 - 3, Free Technology Conference Brings Fifth Year of
Insightful Talks and Hands-on Workshops about Open-source Software,
Technology, and Culture*

WHAT

An annual gathering of, for, and by enthusiasts of open-source software,
technology, and culture, taking place at the University of Illinois at
Chicago.

This year, you can also take your exams for certification by the Linux
Professional Institute (LPI) and BSD Certification Group (BSDCG).

FEATURED SPEAKERS and TOPICS

Flourish! 2011's list of speakers include:

 - Chris Palmer, Technology Director of the Electronic Frontier
 Foundation, on Internet decentralization efforts
 - Chris McAvoy, VP of Technology at Threadless, on "What Should You
 Build?"
 - Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, professional Linux 3D game developer
 - Vinod Kutty, CME Group, on migrating to Linux on x86
 - Cathy Malmrose, CEO of ZaReason, on stress-testing Linux hardware
 - Mark Meeker, Principal UI Engineer for Orbitz Worldwide, on real-world
 Web development
 - Edward R. Swiderski III, partner at GreenCanyon, on "Is Software
 Licensing Still Relevant?"
 - Daliah Saper, Principal of SaperLaw, on the legal aspects of open
 source
 - Italo Vignoli, The Document Foundation, LibreOffice
 - Mitch Altman, CEO of Cornfield Electronics, on forming communities
 - Dru Lavigne, Community Manager of PC-BSD, on the PC-BSD desktop
 - Dean Wampler, Principal of Aspect Research Associates, on Scala

Complete list of speakers at http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/speakers

WHEN

April 1 - 3, 2011

April 1, Evening Program
Reception 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Keynotes start at 4:30 p.m.

April 2, Day-Long Program
Morning Reception 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Main conference starts at 10:00 a.m.

April 3, Mid-Day Program
Morning Reception 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Day starts at 11:00 a.m


Certification exams take place from 11am - 3pm. Go to the Flourish! website
for more details: http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/exams

Complete schedule will be available at
http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/schedule

WHERE

UIC Student Center East
750 South Halsted Street
Chicago, IL

WHO

Flourish! is organized by the Computer Science department of the University
of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC's) School of Engineering, as well as the
University's Linux user group and chapter of the Association of Computing
Machinery (ACM). The conference is sponsored in part by GreenCanyon, Linux
Journal, the Linux Professional Institute, Orbitz, O'Reilly, SourceForge,
Times Two Technology, Threadless and Ubuntu.

HOW

Registration is free at http://www.flourishconf.com/2011/registration

Join us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/flourishconf/

Conference updates and conversation-starters on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/flourishconf/.