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Fedora Past Events: 2006
| Date | Name of Event | Location and Short Description | Ambassador | How'd it go? |
| Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2006 | Solutions Linux 2006 | Paris, France - Solutions Linux (in French) is an event for professionals and associations around Linux. Major players will be there, see the map (PDF). Google Translation (in English) | AurelienBompard | Need to rent a booth or to share one with another association |
| Feb 4-5, 2006 | GNUify | Pune, India . http://gnunify.sicsr.ac.in/index.php GNUnify, the technological extravaganza of "SYMBIOSIS INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER STUDIES & RESEARCH (SICSR)" is being organized on the February, 4-5, 2006. It is "A forum to unite open minds", thus a paradigm of the philosophy, which unifies and strengthens the Free Software and Open Source Software movements. | RahulSundaram | (Tentative) Presentation about Fedora and on contributing to it. |
| Feb 8-10, 2006 | Linux |
New Delhi India. The theme for LinuxAsia 2006 alias FUDConDelhi2006 is “The Customer Speaks”. The conference will host customer centered sessions on Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and deployment in various market segments and will focus on the rapid growth of OSS in enterprises, governments and universities across India and Asia | RahulSundaram SankarshanMukhopadhyay | See FUDConDelhi2006 |
| Feb 11-12, 2006 | SCALE 4X | Los Angeles, California, USA - The fourth annual Southern California Linux Expo will be held on Saturday and Sunday, February 11-12, 2006, at the Radisson Los Angeles Airport. | ThomasChung | See SCALE4X |
| Feb 25, 2006 | Fedora Day | Hengelo (Gld), Netherlands - The first day in The Netherlands to promote Fedora and to support new users. | ThijsHulshof | See FedoraDay |
| Feb 25-26, 2006 | FOSDEM | Brussels, Belgium - The sixth Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting in Brussel -Belgium- [1] | FredericHornain ThomasCanniot |
See FOSDEM2006 |
| Mar 12, 2006 | Local organisation, AREL | France, Revin Explanation of "what is a free software?" + Demo of FC5 with Kadischi + Flyers. This event is announced here on the agenda du libre website |
ThomasCanniot | See ["FedoraEvents/AREL"] |
| May 3-6, 2006 | Linux |
Wiesbaden, Germany - LinuxTag Germany | GeroldKassube FlorianBrand |
See ["FUDCon/FUDConWiesbaden2006"] |
| Mar 13-16, 2006 | Jornada de Divulgacion | Bogota, Colombia - A whole day organized for an Recognized University in Colombia for conferences on subjects related to Open Source Software as well as telecommunications, medical artificial intelligence and computer science. It will have universities of the country and the world. http://www.sistemasunbosque.edu.co and http://www.equisl.org | JoseTarazona | See JornadaDivulgacion |
| Mar 18-19, 2006 | Fedora Core Open Days | The first event of this kind in Poland. It will be a conference connected with users and sympathizers meeting, setting Fedora promotion as a main goal. Rybnik, Poland. | MateuszHalaba PawelSadowski |
See FCOD |
| Mar 18-19, 2006 | glugc FLOSS Meet 2006 | GNU/Linux Users Group Calicut (glugc) ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glugc ) has been working inside the campus to promote FOSS. glugc successfully conducted FLOSS Meet 2005, a seminar on Free/Libre and Open Source Software. NIT Calicut is participating in FOSS Month 2006 (glugc FLOSS Meet 2006 will be a part of the FOSS Month celebrations). | KushalDas | Kushal will conduct the BoF |
| Mar 18, 2006 | Introducing Fedora Core 5 | St. Cloud Area Linux Users Group (scalug) ( http://scalug.us/ ) Introducing Fedora Core 5 | BobJensen | BobJensen will be presenting File:FedoraEvents PastEvents 2006 BobJensen/lug-fc5-intro.odp Introducing Fedora Core 5] |
| Mar 25, 2006 | FLISOL 2006 | DF, Brazil - FLISOL stands as Latin-America's Free Software Installation Festival ([2] ), and aims to install as many systems with Linux and free software. Also, there is minu-courses and speakings. It happens in many cities and countries and happens in the same day. | HugoCisneiros | See FLISOL 2006 |
| Mar 25, 2006 | CLUG Installfest | Cincinnati, Ohio - Install as many FC5 as possible at the CLUG Meeting. Discuss installation, another presentation on XEN To be held at the "Brew House" in Cincinnati. 20-25 people attend. | PatrickMcKelvey | I'm making copies of FC5. Will offer those under Brazil Rules. ie When loaded and copied, pass it along or return them to me. |
| Mar 30, 2006 | 30 minutes presentation | Strasbourg, France | ChitleshGoorah | ["ChitleshGoorah/LicenseESA"] |
| Apr 01, 2006 | Install Party | Strasbourg, France | ChitleshGoorah | - will be held at 1600 to 2100 - will have assistance of one of my friend (fedora user), MichaelClauss - Ill provide free FC5 DVD to each one who wants to install FC5 |
| Apr 3-6, 2006 | Linux |
Boston, MA, USA - LinuxWorld US | MatthewMiller JackAboutboul |
See LinuxWorld Bosten 2006 |
| Apr 4, 2006 | A day with Fedora | Durgapur, West Bengal, India | KushalDas | See Durgapur |
| Apr 7, 2006 | FUDCon Boston 2006 | Boston, MA, USA - Sequel to the first [[FUDCon] . | MatthewMiller JackAboutboul |
See FUD Bosten 2006 |
| Apr 9-13, 2006 | Teachers Professional Developement Training | Sonargoan, Bangladesh | RussellJohn | The training is based on FC5. Details |
| Apr 11, 2006 | Local LUG - Campux | France, Lille. | ThomasCanniot | Have to translate presentation, and don't think i need any schwag. 20-25 people will be attending. |
| Apr 19-22, 2006 | FISL 7.0 | Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil - 7th International Free Software Forum This is the biggest conference for IT Infrastructure and Developers in Brazil. See FISL 7.0 for more description. |
RodrigoPadula | see FISL 7.0 |
| Apr 22-23, 2006 | lanwelche | Strasbourg, France | ChitleshGoorah | Video Games on LAN |
| Apr 24, 2006 | Fedora Talk (rescheduled) | Uttar Pradesh, India | PuneetBatura | Talking to my school students on FOSS. I think i will be talking on FC 5 since we have a auditorium(of about 250 people capacity) with a projector so place is not an issue. |
| Apr 24-26, 2006 | Linux |
Metro Toronto Convention Centre Toronto, Canada | BehdadEsfahbod | LinuxWorld Toronto 2006 for more info |
| Apr 27, 2006 | IRC Presentation: #fedora-fr-meeting | Fedora and How the French Community can participate | ChitleshGoorah ThomasCanniot DamienDurand AurelienBompard | [wiki:ChitleshGoorah/fr-meeting meeting minutes] -- Official wiki page -- [wiki:fr_FR/FedoraEvents/vFUDCon/01France Version Française] |
| Apr 29, 2006 | LUGS | Singapore Management University, Singapore | EugeneTeo | EugeneTeo's report |
| Apr 29, 2006 | Linuxfest Northwest 2006 | Bellingham, WA, USA | GregDeKoenigsberg JesseKeating |
Greg's SpeakerSchedule JesseKeating's report |
| May 3-6, 2006 | Linux |
Wiesbaden, This event is the biggest Open Source Event in Europe | FlorianBrand GeroldKassube ChitleshGoorah | see Linuxtag Homepage for Linux |
| May 12-14, 2006 | ENSOL Brazil | João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil - This event is the biggest Open Source Event in Brazil's Northeast | HugoCisneiros RodrigoPadula |
See ["FedoraEvents/ENSOL"] |
| May 20, 2006 | Multimedia Day France | Cambrai France, This event is organized by a local LUG : Linux-Cambrésis | ThomasCanniot | See Linux-Cambrésis . Will do a presentation of the Fedora Project in general, the same as in Campux in April 11th. Will request some schwag soon, as it seems to be a small event but lasts 2 days. |
| June 9-10, 2006 | CarolinaCon | Raleigh NC - See Carolina Con | LeeJoseph | See Carolina Con |
| June 15, 2006 | Migrating to Linux: Introduction to Open Source Tools | Workshop at North South Univeristy , Dhaka, Bangladesh | RussellJohn | See NSU Workshop for more information |
| June 17-20, 2006 | NELS | Bethel, Maine | WarrenTogami | Focus on Fedora Education, k12ltsp |
| June 20, 2006 | HP Linux Roadshow | Brussel, Belgium | FredericHornain | HP Linux Roadshow EMEA in Belgium. Do not have any booth however I am going to contact the Belgium Red Hat Regional Manager in order to be present with him at this event. I already know her. |
| June 23-30, 2006 | Fedora, Friends and Fun | Virginia Beach, VA USA - Working to be a family friendly vacation for Fedora users and contributors with Fedora related Events | BobJensen | More Info coming very soon |
| July 22-23, 2006 | LUGRadio Live! 2006 | Wolverhampton, UK - Up-and-coming UK Open Source event, by geeks, for geeks. | JonFautley | See ["FedoraEvents/LUGRadio"] |
| July 24-28, 2006 | OSCON 2006 | Portland, OR, USA. The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is where coders, sysadmins, entrepreneurs, and business people working in free and open source software gather to share ideas, discover code, and find solutions. | JackAboutboul | See OSCON for status |
| Aug, 5, 2006 | My First Mauritian LUG Meeting | Port-Louis, Mauritius: Presentation and Fedora Promotion | ChitleshGoorah | To present the Fedora Project and Kadischi |
| Aug, 14-17, 2006 | Linux |
San Francisco, CA, USA - Linux |
JackAboutboul | See LinuxWorld San Francisco 2006 for more info |
| Aug 24-26, 2006 | III Festival Software Livre da Bahia | Lauro de Freitas, BA, Brazil | HugoCisneiros OthonBatista |
See FSL Bahia for more information |
| Sept, 2006 | Linux Day | Ilza, Poland - It will be a presentation generally about Fedora, Open Source etc. It will take place at my high school. | PawelSadowski | More info will be available in September, after the school year starts. |
| Sept 9, 2006 | Linux Day Tirol | Hall in Tirol, Austria - Presentation of the local Linux-Community in public inclusive Installationparty | ClausReheis | see [3] |
| Sept 16, 2006 | Software Freedom Day | Kathmandu, Nepal - There will be a Install Fest including Fedora Installation and troubleshooting + a bunch of other activities | AbhishekSingh | More Information available at here |
| Sept 16, 2006 | GUC installfest | Cairo,Egypt - The Germen University in Cairo will host EGLUG (Egyptian GNU/Linux Users Group) to organize InstallFest including Fedora Installations and Demonstration | DiaaRadwan | More Information available at [4] |
| Sept 30, 2006 | Ohio Linux |
Columbus, OH, USA | JeffreyTadlock | See Ohio Linux Fest |
| Oct, 11-12, 2006 | Linux |
Utrecht, The Netherlands - Linux |
FredericHornain | No free booth available for organization. So I send a mail to redhat benelux in order to let them know I ll be there. Waiting after their reply. BTW, I will only be present one day. |
| Oct 12-13 2006 (tentative) | 1er Campamento Playero Fedora Linux Venezuela : Chichiriviche 2006 | Chichiriviche, Edo.Falcón, Venezuela - This event is intended for the promotion of open source software and specially dedicated to Fedora. It will also be the first time for gathering all fedora-ve people. It's a beach camp in a very small town with activities related with local schools and authorities. | GuillermoGomez | Agenda: Guided Fedora Tour for High School students (friday). Various tech seminars and talks on Saturday. |
| Oct, 16-20, 2006 | IV Forum of Free Software | Rio de Janero, Brasil - www.forumsoftwarelivre.org.br | RodrigoPadula |
Lectures, Users Group, Install Fest, Free Media |
| Oct, 21, 2006 | Campux Install Party (French LUG) | Lille, France - www.campux.org | ThomasCanniot CharlesVinchon DamienDurand |
Report |
| Oct, 21, 2006 | PERU Open Source Day 2k6 (USMP-LUG) | Lima, PERU - [5] | HernanPachas | Incentivar el uso y desarrollo de Linux y Open Source Software, invitados - Jon "Maddog" y Ken Coar |
| Oct, 25-26, 2006 | Linux |
London, UK - LinuxWorld UK | JoeEarly JonFautley |
Linux |
| Oct, 28 2006 | RENTRÉE DU LIBRE | Strasbourg , France. This event is intended for the promotion of open source softwares and linux. There will also be conferences about various open source topics | ChitleshGoorah | See Strasbourg Need people at the booth with me :) |
| Oct, 28-29, 2006 | Parinux (French LUG) | Paris, France - www.parinux.org | Many French Ambassadors | Report 1 , Report 2 |
| Nov 13, 2006 | Vijayawada GLUG Meet/Install Fest | Vijayawada, AP, India | PrudhviKrishna | Location K.L.College of Engineering , Vijawada |
| Nov 15, 2006 | LUG of Strasbourg Meeting | Strasbourg, FRANCE. The meeting will talk about the release of Fedora Core 6 and Fedora Project | ChitleshGoorah | Report |
| Nov 17, 2006 | FACTFest | Farmingdale, NY, USA - FArmingdale Computer Technology Festival | SamFolkWilliams | See FACTFest for status |
| Nov 20, 2006 | VanLUG Meeting | Vancouver , Canada. The meeting will talk about the release of Fedora Core 6 and Fedora Project | LuyaTshimbalanga | Report |
| Nov 22, 2006 | Install Parties | Strasbourg, FRANCE. Install Party of Fedora Core 6 | ChitleshGoorah | Report |
| Nov ??, 2006 | Día Fedora Don Bosco | Caracas , Venezuela. Fedora Core 6 and Fedora Project Presentations and Experience | GuillermoGomez | Don Bosco. fedora-ve.org organized event. |
| Dec,1st-3rd 2006 | FAD - Fedora Ambassadors Day EMEA | Near Basel (Switzerland) | GeroldKassube ChitleshGoorah | See FAD 2006 EMEA |
| Dec,1st-4th 2006 | PC Fair 2006 | KLCC Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) | HanafiahMuhamad | |
| Dec 11, 2006 | 20 minutes presentation | Berne University of Applied Sciences Room E56 New Desktop Features in FC 6 (Fedora Core 6 vs Windows Vista ;-) ) |
FabianAffolter | approved after 1600 (Time not fix until now) |
| Dec 18-22 2006 | ExpoTecnologica | Maracaibo - Venezuela | GuillermoGomez | Sending materials (freemedia plus banner) |