POSSCON 2013

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Watch Code Rush at IT-oLogy Next Tuesday

Written by jeremy
March 13, 2013 at 4:03 pm
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POSSCON 2013 will be held the same week as the 15th anniversary of one of the most significant events in open source history. On March 31, 1998, Netscape released the source code for their popular web browser at mozilla.org. To celebrate this milestone, Christian Heilmann, principal developer evangelist at Mozilla, will give a keynote and [...]

POSSCON Attendees From Around the Country and the World

Written by jeremy
March 6, 2013 at 10:48 am
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We sorted through the POSSCON registration data yesterday and figured out that we will host attendees from 14 states and 7 countries for POSSCON 2013. The countries represented are Australia, Belgium, Canada, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and across the United States. To better showcase this information, we pulled a blank US map from Wikimedia Commons [...]

SparkFun Workshops at POSSCON

Written by jeremy
February 20, 2013 at 1:33 pm
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We are pleased to announced that SparkFun Electronics will be presenting two two-hour workshops as part of Thursday’s Open Hardware track at POSSCON this March! SparkFun is a popular e-store offering over 2,000 components and widgets for DIY electronics projects. SparkFun is also a prominent member of the open source hardware community. The company has [...]

Early Early Bird Tickets Are Almost Gone

Written by jeremy
January 24, 2013 at 1:34 pm
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We are nearly sold out of the Early Early Bird tickets for POSSCON 2013! Hurry now to attend our world-class conference for only $99 for both days or $79 for a single day. Once these tickets are gone, 100 tickets will still be available at a discounted rate of $149 for both days or $129 [...]

SIOS Welcomed as 2013 Diamond Sponsor

Written by todd
January 4, 2013 at 1:24 pm
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We are proud to welcome SIOS as a Diamond Sponsor of POSSCON 2013. For more than a decade, SIOS solutions have been protecting thousands of mission-critical applications and countless volumes of data for customers of all sizes, across every industry, in all parts of the world, and we couldn’t be happier to have them as [...]

Registration Is Now Open!

Written by jeremy
December 10, 2012 at 3:45 pm
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Registration for POSSCON 2013 is now open!Click here to register. First 100 tickets are only $99 for both days or $79 for just one day.[/highlight] The next 100 tickets will be offered at $149 for both days or $129for one day/li> When those are sold out, the remaining tickets will be $199 for both days [...]

Call for Sponsors Now Open!

Written by jeremy
November 1, 2012 at 4:22 pm
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The POSSCON 2013 Call for Sponsors is now open! The Palmetto Open Source Software Conference has consistently brought together a unique mix of technologists, IT leaders, and educators. Last year, approximately 600 people attended the event from more than 20 states, including representatives from 20 colleges and universities. This is a great opportunity for your [...]

Google to Sponsor Student Attendance in 2013

Written by jeremy
October 17, 2012 at 2:53 pm
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Google will cover the costs of students attending POSSCON in 2013. Since POSSCON was started in 2008 student accessibility has been a primary focus. Hundreds of students have taken the opportunity to attend a local world-class technology conference for free and learn more about what open source has to offer. Google’s donation will allow us [...]

2013 Conference Dates Announced

Written by jeremy
October 16, 2012 at 9:32 am
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The 2013 Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON) will take place Wednesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 28 in downtown Columbia, South Carolina at the IT-oLogy Technology Center. Early Bird registration will open Thursday, November 15 with 100 tickets being available for $99 each. Once the 100 tickets are sold the next 100 will be [...]

Call for Speakers Opens Tuesday, October 16

Written by jeremy
October 16, 2012 at 9:10 am
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The 2013 POSSCON Call for Speakers opens today, Tuesday, October 16. Anyone interested in speaking at the 2013 event is asked to complete the form on the website at http://posscon.org/call-for-speakers/.

The deadline for consideration is Friday, November 16. Five speaking tracks will be included in this year’s conference:

Web Development
System Administration
Hardware
Education
Demo

Sponsors
Testimonials
Chris WanstrathCo-Founder, GitHub
The speaker lineup at POSSCON is world-class.
Matt AsaySVP, Business Development
POSSCON turned out to be a great event. Big thanks to Jeffrey Hammond, Lee Congdon, Mark Anzani and Deb Bryant for a great AM of panel discussion
Deborah BryantOregon State University Open Source Lab
Thanks to Matt Asay for moderating our panel at POSSCON. Well worth the trip to South Carolina. Great regional event.
Bryant PattenExecutive Direcor, National Center for Open Source and Education
The synergy between developers, business people, and teachers makes POSSCON pretty unique, I haven't really seen this anywhere else.
Jon 'maddog' HallExecutive Director, Linux International
It was very nicely run and I think you did a bang-up job. You should all be proud of what you did.
Matt HudsonArt Director, Palmetto Computer Labs
This is like nothing you've ever seen before. You can look at the pictures, you can watch the videos... but just like a concert, you have to be there.
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