Software Freedom Day / Saratov

We invite everyone to a holiday of free software!

Date: September 19, 2009
Venue: Saratov, SSU them. N.G. Chernyshevsky, the 12th academic building (Volskaya 10a, intersection with Beloglinskaya).
Duration: 10: 00-18: 00
Our website: sfd.sgu.ru

Software Freedom Day is a worldwide free and open source software festival held annually on the third Saturday of September on the initiative of the non-profit organization Software Freedom International. Volunteer teams around the world organize local Software Freedom Day celebrations to attract public attention.

Program

10:00 Meeting guests. Exhibition handout materials.
10:30 Introduction. A story about the history of Software Freedom Day. Communication with participants.
11:30 Break. Preparation for presentations and master classes.
I-th block of reports and master classes.
Topics for presentations:
12:00 - Practical experience Solving software licensing issues. (Jacob Popov)
12:30 - Python - an overview of the main features. (Yu.A. Blinkov)
13:00 - Organization of parallel computing using open source software. (V.A. Podchukayev)
13:30 - Russian-speaking community and LoCo team Ubuntu. (Dmitry Agafonov)
Themes of the master classes:
12:00 - Bluetooth + Linux + Phone. (Ekaterina Polyakova)
13:00 - Building GUI applications using PyQt4. (Yu.A. Blinkov)
14:00 - Break.
II block of reports and master classes.
Topics for presentations:
15:00 - Preparation of system administrators of Linux-systems. (V.M. Solovyov)
15:30 - Rapid development of web applications using Django. (Leonid Shvechikov)
16:00 - LiveCD - unlimited possibilities. (Ilya Zakharenkov)
16:30 - OpenSIPS - a key component of SIP-based VoIP solutions. (Ivan Khvatov)
Themes of the master classes:
15:00 - TrueCrypt. Secure data storage.
16:00 - Rapid development of web applications using Django.
17:00 Closing of the festival. Distribution of materials.

Throughout the festival, an install-fest will be held in the lobby, where everyone can install Linux OS or free software for Windows OS on their laptops.
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ATTENTION! In case of installing Linux OS, take care in advance about saving important information from the system partition of the hard disk of your laptop !!!

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