eLiberatica 2009

Richard Stallman's presentation sent to be released at eLiberatica 2009 published - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F76DCDADA970F6B0

eLiberatica 2009 presentations published - http://www.slideshare.net/eLiberatica

Actual images from eLiberatica 2009 - click to see the set.

Despite the harsh financial times, eLiberatica is making a stand again – 400 confirmed participants, 5 inside conference events and over 40 speakers, and an exciting schedule!

We wish to thank publicly to all who helped this event: the eLiberatica Community, Agora Media and it's great team, Ceata, all Romanian FLOSS communities who chose to support us, all our partners and sponsors, and all who trust in us and are attending this event.

We will publish images and videos from the conference on eLiberatica homepage, in real time, as we did last year, so for the ones who cannot come, check the website on 22 and 23 this month and next days after the conference.

Lot of things to say, but no more time, so see you in Bucharest in a few days!

What is eLiberatica

One of the biggest events of its kind in Eastern Europe, eLiberatica brings community leaders from around the world to discuss about the hottest topics in FLOSS movement, demonstrating the advantages of adopting, using and developing Open Source and Free Software solutions.
Beyond this, the event tries to promote these open and free concepts in other fields, covering but not limited to, business, media, digital civil society and education.

Target

We are expecting over 400 attendees this year.

Business people, entrepreneurs and decision factors
Developers, geeks, IT professionals
Government, mass media and academic representatives
Significant this year - non-specialists and our young generation of business leaders and programmers

Scope

Open Source in an Economic Downturn.

Development - learn to use and develop Open Source and Free Software solutions and products
Business adoption - how to make/save money and gain profit using Open and Free Technologies
Professional growth - by participating in the FLOSS community
Government, administration and public schools - the importance of Open and Free Technologies

SCHEDULE PUBLISHED!

Conference Schedule | Register NOW!

Students pay only 19 EUR / person!

Why participate

A unique event where you can learn from (and meet) high profile personalities and peers, otherwise hard to put together in a single place.

Find the latest trends, learn about new technologies and all the hot topics in IT and Open Source / Free Software
Listen and personally meet high profile speakers which are hard to find together even for a North American IT event
Learn new things, you will actively participate and discuss with the speakers and attendees, and get new friends
Have a lot of fun (don't forget our renowned Freedom Party)

What is special this year

Multiple tracks
Special events hosted by the conference
Surprise guests
Larger number of practical workshops

Who is presenting

World renowned FLOSS representatives
Representatives from the big IT players around the world
Romanian Government representatives
EU representatives
High profile developers, IT specialists and academics

For the complete list of speakers, please stay updated by subscribing to our newsletter and check the speaker list section.

eLiberatica is brought to you by eLiberatica Community Group.

Media

The eLiberatica organizational committee together with our speakers and guests, have graciously allowed media representatives and all attendees to photograph, videotape and otherwise record their sessions, on the condition that the photos, videos and recordings are licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License.

We encourage people to photograph and video other parts of the event as well, being free to publish it, but ask you to share your photos and videos under the Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 License and to be respectful of peoples' wishes not to be photographed.

We don't permit live streaming of the conference.