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  • James Michael DuPont
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    Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :

    Authors are invited to submit Papers for the

    First Software Freedom Conference of Kosova.

    As a newborn and developing nation the focus will be on :

    0. What is free software and open source?
    1. How can free software help a developing nation?
    2. Practical Work on using free software for Schools and Business?
    3. How Government and Institutions can benefit from free software?
    4. Local developers presenting work on projects.
    5. Also any other topic relevant to free software (Including Perl!)
    6. Voice Over IP
    7. How to work with Microsoft using Free Software and Open Source?
    8. Copyright, Licensing and Patents

    Talks will be held in one of the four national languages :
    Albanian
    Serbian
    Turkish
    English

    Here is the new web 2.0 way to submit your Abstract for the papers :
    https://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?key=pANifPM_UTW...

    See Also, The original call for papers on the Call For Papers Wiki:
    http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=364...

    HomePage:
    http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/cms/
    • 06 Jan 2009, 3:49 pm
  • James Michael DuPont
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    Re: Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in
    Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    This was a typo! it is of course in 2009. August 24 2009 till
    September 04 2009
    Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2009 (SFK09) in
    Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo
    • 09 Jan 2009, 4:10 pm
  • James Michael DuPont
    James Michael DuPont    Group moderator
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    Re: Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    We have setup a new server and invite you to join:

    http://groups.google.com/group/free-software-conference?hl=e...
    • 22 Jan 2009, 5:16 pm
  • James Michael DuPont
    James Michael DuPont    Group moderator
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    Re: Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    this was a duplicate post.
    please delete it.
    This post was modified on 22 Jan 2009 at 05:19 pm.
    • 22 Jan 2009, 5:17 pm
  • James Michael DuPont
    James Michael DuPont    Group moderator
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    Re: Call for papers First Software Freedom Conference 2008 (SFK09) in Pristina/Prishtina/Prishtinë/Prishtina Kosova/Kosovo :
    We now have an official call for papers:

    CALL FOR PAPERS

    First International Software Freedom Conference of Kosova

    August 29/30, 2009

    Prishtina / Kosovo





    The University of Prishtina and Free/Libre Open Source Software Association of Kosovo (FLOSSK) are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the First International Software Freedom Conference of Kosova, which will be held on August 29 and 30 at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engeneering, University of Prishtina.


    Considering the pioneering nature of this conference, the focus will be on the following subjects:

    * What is free software and open source?
    * How can free and open source software help in economic development?
    * How can public and private institutions benefit from free and open source software?
    * Copyright, Licensing and Patents
    * Wikimedia and Free Culture
    * Use of free and open source software for Schools and Business?
    * How to work with Microsoft using Free Software and Open Source?
    * Developers presenting work on projects.
    * Use and development of free and open source software for:

    1. Desktop,
    2. OS Kernel,
    3. Programming/scripting languages,
    4. Development tools,
    5. Databases,
    6. Security,
    7. Networks,
    8. Collaboration,
    9. Web, Web 2.0,
    10. GRID/Clusters,
    11. Multimedia and video production
    12. Toolkits
    13. Voice over IP


    Authors are encouraged to also submit papers on any other topic not listed above but related to free and open source software.



    Key Dates

    Call for papers closes


    15 July 2009

    Initial notification of acceptance


    25 July 2009

    Deadline for final versions of papers


    10 August 2009

    Conference


    29/30 August 2009



    Submission Guidelines


    Your proposal will need to include:


    * Your name and a bit of bio info (include a bit about your qualifications regarding your presentation topic)

    * Name of talk

    * A really brief summary of the presentation (around 200 words). If the paper is accepted you will need to provide a summary of your paper in no more than 1000 words.

    * Who your talk is likely to interest (some keywords)

    * Name and bio information of any co-authors

    Papers can be in one of the national languages of Kosovo or preferably in English.

    Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposal by the proposal acceptance date.

    If you require faster confirmation of acceptance (for example, because you are traveling from overseas and require extra time to make arrangements) please communicate this to the committee when submitting your proposal



    Submissions can be made by e-mailing your paper to: sfk-submissions@flossk.org or alternatively by visiting our webpage: http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/.



    Even if you are not interested to speak, we encourage you to pariticpate at the conference. Registration is open and can be accessed by going to:

    http://www.kosovasoftwarefreedom.org/.


    Programme Committee


    The organizers of the conference, University of Prishtina and FLOSSK have setup a programme committee to oversee the programme of the Conference. This committee consists of the following members:


    Mentor Arifaj, University of Prishtina (Chair)
    Bernard Nikaj, FLOSSK (Chair)
    Lule Ahmedi, University of Prishtina
    James Mike Dupont, FLOSSK
    Agni Dika, University of Prishtina
    Blerim Rexha, University of Prishtina
    Nysret Musliu, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    Idriz Smaili, Bosch GmbH, Austria
    Flavia Marzano, FLOSSK, Italy
    Isak Shabani, University of Prishtina
    Milot Shala, FLOSSK
    Ehat Qerimi, University of Prishtina
    Arber Dhomi, FLOSSK

    Toshaan Bharvani, FLOSSK. Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium

    Artan Rexhepi, University of Prishtina




    Contact


    For any further information feel free to contact the Chairs of the committe at: Mentor Arifaj (mentorarifaj@yahoo.com) or Bernard Nikaj (bernard.nikaj@flossk.org)
    • 03 Jul 2009, 11:45 am