<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The LCA 2015 Organisers are proud to announce our </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial;line-height:14.9499998092651px;white-space:pre-wrap">Diversity Programme</span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent"> funding programme!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LCA 2015 and InternetNZ are proud to support diversity. The InternetNZ Diversity Programme is one of the many ways we ensure that the LCA 2015 continues to be an open and welcoming conference for everyone. Together with InternetNZ this program has been created to assist under-represented delegates who contribute to the Open Source community but, without financial assistance, would not be able to attend LCA 2015.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">For more information please see our funding registration page: <a href="http://linux.conf.au/register/funding" target="_blank">http://linux.conf.au/register/funding</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LCA 2015 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, Catalyst IT, HP and IBM, and our diversity sponsor Internet NZ</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The LCA 2015 Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> is one of the foremost open source conferences in the world and is considered the most prestigious in the Southern Hemisphere. The conference is well-known for the speakers' and delegates' depth of talent and its focus on technical linux content.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LCA 2015 will be held in Auckland, New Zealand from <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Monday 12</span></span> to <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Friday 16 January 2015</span></span>. Registrations are now open.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.lca2015.linux.org.au/" target="_blank">http://www.lca2015.linux.org.au</a>   #BeAwesome</span></p>
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