The 5th International conference of developers and
users of free / open source software "Linux Vacation / Eastern
Europe" (LVEE 2009) will take place on July 02-05 near Grodno
(Belarus). The event combines both communication and rest of the
enthusiasts of free software, including GNU/Linux platform, but not
limited to it.
LVEE 2009 is organized by Minsk Linux Users Group with support
of the open source community active members from Grodno and
Brest.
Recommended Conference languages are Russian, Belarusian and
English.
Participation requests submission deadline is June, 12.
Abstracts submission deadline is May, 24.
Conference format includes reports, workshops, and round tables.
Speakers will be provided with a conference hall, a projector and
sound. An abstracts digest will be published before the Conference
beginning.
Presentations subjects include development and maintenance of
free software, adoption and administrating of FOSS-based solutions,
peculiarities of free licenses usage. LVEE covers a wide range of
platforms - from workstations and servers to embedded systems and
mobile devices.
The "Himik" tourist camp near Grodno, Belarus was once again
chosen as a place of the Conference. In case if the amount of
participation requests exceeds the "Himik" capacity (as it had
happened in some of previous years), there will be a contest-based
requests approval with priority given to the Conference speakers
and free / open source software contributors.
Authors of reports, sponsors representatives and press are free
from paying the organization fee. Also a prize for the best report
is handed after the audience voting.
List of the Conference sponsors is still to be detailed. For
today it includes SaM Solutions, Promwad, and Lokalnye seti
companies.
Please visit the www.lvee.org website to find additional
information and to register as a participant or as a speaker of the
Conference.
