FOSSASIA is one of the top Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) events for developers, enterprises, governments and users in South East Asia. It will be held in Ho Chi Minh City from November 12 – 14, 2010 with the focus:  Lightweight Computing and Women in IT. In 2010 the event hosts the OOo community with a special track. Participants from across Asia and the world are expected to join the three day event. Please join us. Register now as a speaker with your project <<Speaker/Project Registration>>.

FOSSASIA offers sessions for newbie users, advanced business users, enthusiastic promoters, beginning coders or anyone interested in cutting-edge Open Source technologies. Hosting 1400 participants in 2009 with GNOME.Asia it is one of the largest annual community events in Asia. More than 100 volunteers support participants at the conference. More than half of all participants are women. Over 50 percent of speakers come from outside Vietnam. The event is supported by the Ho Chi Minh City Government and private partners.

What can I learn and do at the event?

• Learn more about Free Software and Open Source technologies.
• Get to know new lightweight mobile and desktop solutions and start using them.
• Find out about development models and how to join projects.
• Learn how to translate software online or on your computer.
• Participate in the install fest of new programs and make your computer faster and more secure.
• Take part in free OpenOffice.org and Linux courses and get a certificate of participation during the event.
• Meet us at the FOSS party and celebrate the fun of getting together with people from all over the world.
• Learn about job opportunities with global and local companies and get in touch with representatives.

FOSSASIA for Business

The Open Source community has enjoyed phenomenal growth in Asia in recent years. As one of Asia’s leading Free and Open Source events FOSSASIA is the best place for announcing Open Source related projects, hiring regional Open Source experts and winning mind share from the communities.

FOSSASIA Organizers

FOSSASIA is organized by the Asian Free Software and Open Source IT community under the roof of the non-profit FOSSASIA event organization and in cooperation with the Ho Chi Minh City Government, Quang Trung Software Park and MBM International. Co-organizers of 2010 are the OpenOffice.org community and the Asia mini-DebConf 2010. Chair of the event is Ms. Hong Phuc DANG from Vietnam, who is supported by co-lead Mario Behling (lubuntu, Germany) and Peter Junge (OpenOffice.org China/Germany).