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Intrepid Release Party - summary
The welcoming of Intrepid Ibex by the Irish Ubuntu Community in Dublin was another success.
Read Laura's summary of the event and have a look at some pictures on our wiki.
Hope you all had a great time.
Your opinion on the Software Freedom Day event in Dublin
A huge THANK YOU goes out to all the people who helped out with the preparations of the event and made the whole thing happen.
On behalf of the Irish Ubuntu Community, the organizer of the Software Freedom Day in Dublin, I would like to thank Elevate Learning for their support and for sponsoring the auditorium, all the speakers and participants: Camara, ILUG, IFSO, Computer Education Society of Ireland, OpenStreetMap, Ruby Ireland.
The Software Freedom Day 2008 in Dublin was the first event organized by ubuntu-ie and we would be grateful for your feedback and any suggestions for improvements for future events. To do so, please leave a comment.
Registration for the Software Freedom Day 2008 in Dublin is now open!
Thank you for your interest in the Software Freedom Day 2008 in Dublin.
The event will start at 11am on Saturday, September 20th. The location is The Digital Exchange, Crane St., Digital Hub, Dublin 8.
Please use the comments below to register your attendance and also if you have any suggestions or thoughts.
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail Maciej (byMeanMachine [at] googlemail [dot] com) or Laura (laura [at] lczajkowski [dot] com) .
What can you expect?
Talks [approx. 30min. each]
11:00am Doors open - time to explore the venue
11:30am Paul O'Malley - What You Should Know About Software Freedom - from GNU to Ubuntu!
12:00pm Camara - "Who are we and what do we do?
12:30pm Glenn Strong (IFSO) - "DRM and Software Freedom"
1:00pm LUNCH
2:00pm Gareth Eason - "Free & Open Source Software: Why you want it!"
2:30pm Ciaran O'Riordan (IFSO) - "The Free Software Movement in 2008"
3:00pm Break
3:30pm John Looney - "Open Source Engineering in Google"
4:00pm Dermot McNally "The OpenStreetMap Project"
4:30pm Maciej Danielski - "Ubuntu Ireland"
6:30pm Refreshments at the Longstone Pub
Activities [Running all Day Long]
Info Stalls – PHP / Open Ireland / Open Street Map / IFSO / Digital Hub / Camara /ILUG
Ubuntu Demo machines running
Games for Kids
Ubuntu Installs
Tours of Camara
Elevate Learning - taking part as a supporter and sponsor of SFD 2008 in Dublin
