[Chicago] Flourish 2009 Registration Now Open

[Kenneth P. Stox]

If you're not familiar with the conference, have a look at the
webpage, this will be the 3rd year running with hopefully many more to
come.

It's a FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) conference completely
organized, and run by a student body.



FLOURISH 2009 BRINGS TOGETHER OPEN-SOURCE EXPERTS
FROM AROUND CHICAGO, THE MIDWEST, AND AROUND THE
WORLD



WHAT

        Flourish 2009


        Flourish is an annual conference dedicated
        to bringing together experts and enthusiasts
        in Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS).

        Attendees of Flourish have an opportunity to
        see how using, creating and supporting FLOSS
        can enhance their careers, businesses and
        academic aspirations.

        Admission always free.

WHO

The University of Illinois at Chicago's ACM and IEEE chapters, with
sponsorship from Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Orbitz, and others.

WHY

- Key open-source topics such as Google Android, Kubuntu, the Linux
kernel, open mapping, user interfaces, music collaboration, and
energy-efficient supercomputing.


- Speakers like Ruby On Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson,
open-source law expert Daliah Sapers, and kernel hacker Christoph
Lameter,

- In-depth workshops on Erlang, Drupal, OpenSolaris, and Processing.


WHEN

        April 3 - 4, 2009
        9am - 5pm

WHERE

        UIC Student Center East
        750 South Halsted

HOW

Register at:

http://www.flourishconf.com/register

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