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OSS Watch hosts a wide range of events as well as participating in events organised by others. If you have an event you would like OSS Watch to participate in, please let us know info@oss-watch.ac.uk. Please note: the listing of third-party events here does not consititute a recommendaton from OSS Watch.

OSS Watch events

OSS Watch is committed to holding a national conference every two years. These are opportunities for the UK further and higher education community to share best practice in the development and deployment of free and open source software. OSS Watch also organises focused workshops throughout the year. These workshops bring together members of the UK higher and further education community to discuss key issues surrounding free and open source software. Upcoming and past OSS Watch events include:

forthcoming events

Collaborations Workshop 2012, Oxford, 21-22 March 2012 [Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:24:17 +0000] The Collaborations Workshop gets researchers and software developers working together to solve research problems. If you're a researcher who wants to make more of software, or a developer who wants to work with researchers, the workshop is the perfect opportunity to meet new collaborators. This year's Collaborations Workshop will be held at Queen's College at the University of Oxford on 21-22 March 2012.
OSS2012, Hammamet, Tunisia, 10-13 September 2012 [Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:39:57 +0000] OSS2012, the 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems will take place in Hammamet, Tunisia, 10-13 September 2012. The event aims to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and the public sector, and diverse OSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences.
Flossie: women and software libre, London, 25-26 May 2012 [Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:37:58 +0000] Flossie 2012 is an event for women who use or would like to use FLOSS in digital arts, NGOs, education and social change movements. Flossie 2012 will take place on 25-26 May 2012 at Queen Mary at University of London, where participants will come together across boundaries of discipline and sector to share ideas, skills and experience.
FOSDEM, Brussels, Belgium, 4-5 February 2012 [Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:20:37 +0000] The Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is holding its annual event on 4-5 February 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. FOSDEM is the biggest free and non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to provide free and open source developers a place to meet. No registration is necessary.
Dev8D conference, London, 14-16 February 2012 [Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:09:24 +0000] The Developer Community Supporting Innovation project is holding its annual Dev8D conference in London 14-16 February 2012. Dev8D provides opportunities for delegates to learn new skills, experiment with technology and ideas, share and network amongst their peers and even take on a number challenges and win prizes.

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Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 (first published October 2005)
Author: Sebastian Rahtz

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