Re: BelFOSS Event in Belfast

Just wanted to drop a note to say thanks for running a great event. Talks 
were interesting and it ran to schedule which was a help in getting my bus 
back to Dublin on time.

Looking forward to the next one, thanks Jonny.

On Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:37:33 UTC, Jonny McCullagh wrote:
>
> 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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