One of my comrades ( shurup ) holds a small conference, but due to certain circumstances and disagreements with the administration of the great and mighty he, due to "religious convictions", decided not to publish an announcement of the event here. Correct this unfortunate misunderstanding.

On May 25, 2011, the first free software conference will be held in Moscow, organized by the Russian web portal nixp.ru, - nixp.conf / 2011.
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The key task of the nixp.conf conference is to demonstrate the success stories of the use of free software in Russian realities. Representatives of well-known domestic companies specializing in the development and implementation of free software will share their experience.

Time and place

The time is May 25 (Wednesday). Start - 15:00, ending - 20:00. In the middle of the conference there will be a coffee break (17: 30—18: 00).

Venue - the main building of the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM): Moscow, B. Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane, 3 ( on Yandex.Maps ), assembly hall (2nd floor); the nearest metro stations are Kitay-Gorod, Kursk, Chistye Prudy.

Reports

• Dmitry Shurupov (head of nixp.ru): "nixp.ru: 10 years online."
• Pavel Frolov (GNU / LinuxCenter, General Director): "The market of open source software in Russia: successes and prospects."
• Svetlana Semavina (Mandriva.Ru, director of marketing): "Successful implementation of open source software in Russian organizations."
• Andrei Grunau (Yandex, system administrator): "Using Open Source-tools for monitoring server infrastructure."
• Denis Gorbachev (head of Web.TrueOffice): “Practical experience of web development based on open technologies”.
• Mini-section from the Russian Linux-community: Russian Fedora, Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team, MLUG.
• Alexey Novodvorsky (ALT Linux, Deputy General Director): The Sixth ALT Linux Platform.
• Dmitry Shurupov (head of nixp.ru): “Free software in the educational process of the ICT department of MIEM”.
• Dmitry Stolyarov (MIEM, Head of the Software and Technical Support Department): “Free Software in the Service of MIEM”.

The time of each report is 30 minutes (20 of them are set aside for a speech, 10 are answers to questions from the audience and the Internet).

* Minor changes are possible in the conference program.

The terms of participation

Participation in the event is free.

Mandatory preliminary online registration is required, which is done by filling out a simple form at reg.miem.edu.ru. Do not forget to bring an identity document with you (for example, a passport, driver’s license, student ID or military ID).

Webcast

Watch for events on nixp.conf / 2011 will be in the framework of a direct Internet video broadcast on the site live.miem.tv (requires the installed Flash-player of the current versions).

The conference will also be a brief text translation in the official twitter account nixp.ru - @nixp_ru .

Organizers and sponsors

The event was organized by TruOfis CJSC and the Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM) with the support of the Russian Fedora , the Russian Ubuntu LoCo Team and the Moscow Linux Users Group (MLUG) .

The general sponsor is CJSC TruOfis .

The conference webcast is provided by TsVeT LLC .

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Event page - nixp.ru/conf , registration - reg.miem.edu.ru (for students, graduate students, employees MIEM registration is not required).

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Conference videos