BelFOSS Event in Belfast

Folks,
It might be a bit short notice but I am organising a FOSS event in Queen's 
University Belfast (QUB) in just under three weeks - in case anyone in ILUG 
is interested. I've got just over 100 registered for it already plus the 
speakers so I am getting close to the capacity of the room (if everyone was 
to show up) so if interested get in quick. There's hopefully enough variety 
that everyone will get something out of it. If anyone is travelling up let 
me know ( jonnyDOTmccullaghATqubDOTacDOTuk )  and we can have a quick chat 
in case I can advise about travel. I live in Newry myself. 

We have speakers coming over from Red Hat, Linux Professional Institute and 
also local companies such as AllState, PuppetLabs and HP OpenStack. There 
will be talks covering topics such as Linux, Puppet, Jenkins, OpenStack & 
Certification.
The Red Hat guys will be on a flying visit so if any companies would like 
to meet them let me know and I will pass it on and/or arrange a meeting 
room.
*Duration*         1 day
*Date*               Thursday 28th January 2016
*Time*               9.30am – 4.30pm
*Location*          ECS1 (Elmwood Teaching and Learning), Elmwood Avenue, 
Belfast 
*Website*:         http://belfoss.eeecs.qub.ac.uk  
*Registration* *Link*: 
http://belfoss.eeecs.qub.ac.uk/registration/register-for-belfoss/ 
*Event Description*:
The BelFOSS event will showcase and raise awareness of Linux and 
Free/Open-Source Software (FOSS) use in Belfast. Aimed at students, IT 
professionals and hobbyists the talks will show how FOSS software is used 
locally in charities, in research and in global business. It is hoped the 
event will raise awareness about demand from employers for skills and 
careers in Linux/FOSS.

*Agenda:*
09:00 – 09:30 Registration 
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome Phil Hanna – Director of Education, School of EEECS, 
QUB 09:40 – 09:55 Lightning Talk: What do we mean by Free and Open Source 
Software ? Phil Weir – BLUG 09:55 – 10:10 Lightning Talk: ‘Tools of 
Solidarity’ – FOSS in the Voluntary Sector William Houppy – BLUG 10:10 – 
10:30 FOSS careers, jobs & certification Bill Quinn (LPI) 10:30 – 10:40 Lightning 
Talk: The OpenDataNI Project Cormac McConaghy (DFPNI) 10:40 – 11:05 
Tea/Coffee 
11.05 – 11.30 Lightning Talks: FOSS in Geosciences Lorraine Barry (QUB)
Conor Graham (QUB) 11:30 – 11:55 Why I am a Debian Linux Developer Jonathan 
McDowell (BLUG) 11:55 – 12:15 ODroid Development Boards in a 16 Node Cluster Babis 
Chalios (QUB) 12.15 – 12.40 Configuration Management & Puppet TP Honey & 
Johnny Tripathy (PuppetLabs) 12:40 – 13:25 Lunch 
13.25 – 14.10 Open Source & How it is Driving Innovation Martin Lentle (Red 
Hat) 14:10 – 14:55 Open Source Communities & Red Hat Simon Alcott (Red Hat) 14:55 
– 15:20 OpenStack Simon McCartney (HP) 15:20 – 16:05 AllState & FOSS 
   
   - Java Tools, Git & Jenkins
   - Build Demo
   - Unix to Linux, Satellite & Puppet

Paul Mayne (AllState)
Shane O’Hanlon (AllState)
Anne-Marie (AllState) 16:05 – 16:35 Panel Discussion – Law Lecturer, FOSS 
advocate, Business Dr Mohsen al Attar, Jonathan McDowell 16:35 – 16:40 Summary 
& Close
All the Best,
jonny



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