[plug] LCA2004 RDP

Kai vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
Tue Dec 16 21:23:31 WST 2003


...bit more to follow on this:
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/16/1071336944751.html

Ben, you suck ! :P

Kimberly Shelt wrote:

> There is a press release floating around about the 
> Open Source in Government Miniconf.. on shortly
> before the main conf..  see attached :)
> 
> Might be useful in using to ask again ? :)
> 
> See http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/ocgconf/ for the conf details..
> 
> 
> Kim
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 03:04:58PM +0800, Kai Jones wrote:
> 
>>LCA has sessions about OSS in government, and although I requested leave 
>>for the conference, specifying OSS in government as one of they key 
>>reasons, council rejected it...have fun Ben ! :)
>>
>>
>>>Well, usually I am more of a background person but I am
>>>pleased as punch
>>>that the person I nominated this year is the successful
>>>winner for WA of
>>>the LCA2004 RDP.
>>>
>>>I leaped around our house with excitement for several hours
>>>when I read
>>>the press release.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Jacqueline
>>>
>>>PS I'll send you my nomination off list. Just in case I made any
>>>promises you can't keep ;-P
>>>
>>>Ben Jensz wrote:
>>>
>>> > A big thank you to whoever it was out there who nominated me (I'm
>>>told the person wished to remain anonymous).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > / Ben
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Jacqueline McNally wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Yay Ben in Broome
>>> >>
>>> >> http://lca2004.linux.org.au/mediacentre/rdp-pr-final.pdf
>>> >>
>>> >> Regards
>>> >> Jacqueline
>>
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>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>PRESS RELEASE
>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>                  Speakers Announced for the Linux and
>>                  Open Source in Government Conference
>>
>>   AUUG announces the speakers and program for the joint AUUG and Linux
>>    Australia conference on Linux and Open Source in Government to be
>>                   held in January 2004 in Adelaide.
>>
>>SYDNEY, Australia -- 15 December, 2003 -- AUUG, the organisation for UNIX 
>>and Open Source professionals, today announced  the speakers and program 
>>for the first annual Australian conference on Linux and Open Source in 
>>Government. The conference is being jointly organised by AUUG and Linux 
>>Australia as a "miniconference" of Linux.conf.au and will be held in 
>>Adelaide, South Australia, on 12 and 13 January 2004.  Titled "The 
>>Challenges", the conference will focus on best practices, raise awareness 
>>and share experiences amongst Policy Makers and IT officials. 
>>Participants will come from Government and public departments, the 
>>academic sector, and local, national and international organizations.
>>
>>Keynote presenters include:
>>
>>   * Honourable Ian Gilfillan MLC, Australian Democrats Member of the
>>     South Australian Legislative Council
>>   * Tony Judge, General Manager Business Strategies, National Office
>>     for the Information Economy (NOIE)
>>   * Senator Kate Lundy, Labor Senator for the ACT
>>   * Roland Slee, Director, Business and Technology Solutions, Oracle
>>     Corporation Australia
>>
>>With the growing importance of Open Source and Open Systems to 
>>Government, as demonstrated by recent ACT legislation, the conference 
>>will be a key resource and meeting place for users, developers and 
>>vendors wanting to learn more.
>>
>>Conference papers and speakers include:
>>
>>   * "Commonwealth Administrative Health Data Mining using Debian
>>     GNU/Linux", Graham Williams, Principal Computer Scientist, CSIRO
>>     Data Mining
>>   * "The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's new Internet
>>     and Intranet Web portals", Peter Bailey, Synop
>>   * "NOIE's Open Source Solution to Web Content Management", Avi
>>     Miller, NOIE
>>   * "Open source software in health", Dr. Peter Schloeffel
>>   * "A demonstration of technology to facilitate disabled access",
>>     Malcolm Tredinnick
>>   * "Using open standards to share spatial data using Mapserver,
>>     PostGIS and other open source GIS software", Antti Roppola,
>>     Scientific Information Analyst, Bureau of Rural Sciences
>>   * "Software access regimes in government", Brendan Scott
>>   * "Legal Issues For the Use of Free and Open Source Software in
>>     Government", Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Head of the School of Law, 
>>     QUT
>>   * "Open Source and the Public Sector", Ian Oi, Blake Dawson Waldron
>>   * "Overcoming the Challenges Facing Open Source in Government", Con
>>     Zymaris
>>
>>The full programme and abstracts for most papers can be view online at
>>http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/ocgconf/programme.html
>>
>>Those wishing to attend need to register online at
>>http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/ocgconf/register.html
>>
>>Key Partners in the event: Oracle (Platinum Sponsor). IBM is Penguin 
>>sponsor of linux.conf.au 2004.
>>
>>"Linux and Open Source in Government 2004 - The Challenges" will be held 
>>at The University Of Adelaide, 12 to 13 January 2004. More details will 
>>be available at http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/ocgconf
>>
>>The conference will take place within the framework of Linux.conf.au, a
>>major technical conference for open source developers, held in the same
>>precinct on subsequent days, January 14-16.  Linux.conf.au is for Linux, 
>>BSD and other related tools of the open source trade.  Registrants for
>>linux.conf.au receive complimentary entry to "Linux and Open Source in
>>Government" and all other miniconfs being held in the same week.
>>
>>                                     ###
>>
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>>-----------------------
>>
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>>organisation for UNIX and Open Source professionals. Dating from 1975, 
>>AUUG is a national body with chapters that organise local activities in 
>>most capital cities.
>>
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>>Previous AUUG press releases can be viewed at
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>>
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