Flourish 2009 Registration Now Open

[Kenneth P. Stox]

If you're not familiar with the conference, have a look at the 
webpage, this will be the 3rd year running with hopefully many more to 
come. 

It's a FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) conference completely 
organized, and run by a student body. 

FLOURISH 2009 BRINGS TOGETHER OPEN-SOURCE EXPERTS 
FROM AROUND CHICAGO, THE MIDWEST, AND AROUND THE 
WORLD 

WHAT 

        Flourish 2009 


        Flourish is an annual conference dedicated 
        to bringing together experts and enthusiasts 
        in Free, Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS). 

        Attendees of Flourish have an opportunity to 
        see how using, creating and supporting FLOSS 
        can enhance their careers, businesses and 
        academic aspirations. 

        Admission always free. 

WHO 

The University of Illinois at Chicago's ACM and IEEE chapters, with 
sponsorship from Motorola, Sun Microsystems, Orbitz, and others. 

WHY 

- Key open-source topics such as Google Android, Kubuntu, the Linux 
kernel, open mapping, user interfaces, music collaboration, and 
energy-efficient supercomputing. 


- Speakers like Ruby On Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson, 
open-source law expert Daliah Sapers, and kernel hacker Christoph 
Lameter, 

- In-depth workshops on Erlang, Drupal, OpenSolaris, and Processing. 


WHEN 

        April 3 - 4, 2009 
        9am - 5pm 

WHERE 

        UIC Student Center East 
        750 South Halsted 

HOW 

Register at: 

http://www.flourishconf.com/register 

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