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Press Release


http://www.asiasource3.net/

ASIA SOURCE 3 (Second call) 07-12 November 2009 Silang, Cavite, Philippines

MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!

If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.

Apply 11th September 2009!

http://www.asiasource3.net/

Do you want to know practical FOSS applications for SMEs?
Do you want to become a trainer for FOSS applications for SMEs?

Then check out our FOSS4SME toolkit, which is a product of a training of trainers for the FOSS Toolkit for SME, for reference also find this call attached.

Do you want to attend the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN HEALTHCARE (INCOSSH2008) in Malaysia in November?

Do you want to partcipate in a FOSS Healthcare application code sprint?

Then apply until OCTOBER 10, 2008!

for the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN HEALTHCARE (INCOSSH2008), Malaysia, November 22-25, 2008

Application deadline: September 30th, 2008

Do you want to be a certified Linux trainer (LPIC-1)?

Are you interested in creating business by offering trainings on Free and Open Source Software?

Apply until August 1, 2008

EU/BMZ project supports cooperation between European and Vietnamese enterprises on Open Source Software.

We look for internationally oriented free/open source software experts and consultants as specialist and coordinator for our advanced training program it@foss. The application questionnaire is attached to this article.

it@foss Alumnus Chantra invites to the first BarCamp Angkor, which has been scheduled for March 24-25, 2012 in Siem Reap province at Build Bright University. BarCamp Siem Reap is 2 days-long gathering for IT & business professionals, bloggers, social media specialists and university students to share and learn of new innovation of technology, business ideas and mindset and the way of people communicate and get connected. Content is provided by participants — often focusing on but not limited to early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats. For more information, check http://barcampsiemreap.org/

The Information Society Innovation (ISIF) Award 2011 is a celebration of innovative ICT solutions that have contributed to social development in the Asia Pacific region. The program received 46 nominations across the 4 categories from 17 economies in the Asia Pacific.

The 1st Interdisciplinary Alumni Conference in Southeast Asia took place in the Vietnamese Capital of Hanoi at the beginning of July 2010. Leading theme was the regional integration of the ASEAN with regard to different topical aspects, and the participants filled the topic with life. One of the nine themes of the conference was the issue of "Free and Open Software in Public Health", which brought together it@foss Alumni with other key stakeholders from the health sector in ASEAN.

- 150 representatives from Asian NGOs and SMEs gather for open source camp
- Open source advocates discuss tools, business models, and communities
- Theme of Asia Source 3: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS

While most technology conferences happen as swanky, slick, and well-rehearsed events, the recently concluded Asia Source 3 took the opposite track and ran a camp that was spartan yet spontaneous. From November 7 to 12, 2009, Asia Source 3 gathered 150 representatives from all over Asia in the Philippines to discuss developments in open source. For those six days, the campers lived in a communal environment that married fun and relaxation with exchange of ideas.

InWEnt is pleased to announce the opening of Linux Training of Trainers for LPI Level 1 Certification.

Bluepoint Foundation, in cooperation with the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), will be holding the Philippine Sahana Initiative (PSI) on April 24, 2007 at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas.

Sahana is a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Disaster Management System (DMS). It is a web-based collaboration tool that addresses the common coordination problems during a disaster from finding missing people, managing aid, managing volunteers, and tracking camps effectively. Sahana has become the de facto DMS with immense backing from humanitarian and non-government organizations worldwide.

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) and InWEnt Capacity Building International-Germany, are inviting developers in the health sector to participate in a conference-workshop on FOSS health application development. The event is organized and managed by the Open Source Health Care Alliance ( www.oshca.org). IOSN and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through InWEnt Germany are sponsoring the conference-workshop.

"FOSS Mi!" or in English, "We are for FOSS!", is a gathering of various stakeholders interested in FOSS technology. It is organized by FOSS advocate organizations, DabaweGNU, Inc., Kaiban Davao, Inc., and ICT Davao, Inc.