cnjohnson
04-29-2003, 07:02 PM
Join the Nashville Linux Users Group as we host our first SETEC 2003 conference to be held in Nashville, TN on Saturday, May 10 from 8 am until 5 pm.
If you plan to attend, please register early as seating is limited. The registration deadline is Friday, May 2. Registration is only $5! What a bargain for a whole day of Linux! After the deadline, registration will only be taken if there are seats available and it will be $10 to register then. We are limited in the number of people who can attend, so it's in your best interest to register early!
Wireless connectivity will be available throughout the conference area. Lunch (pizza) will be available at a nominal charge; other food options are within walking distance.
SETEC is a new technology conference focusing on open source in the southeastern United States. The conference is being held in Nashville, TN. The conference is scheduled for May 10th, 2003, at the Nashville State Tech Community College, in the auditorium (room #209) of the Clement Building (Map, PDF format). More information about the location (including driving directions) is available here.
Speakers:
Peter H. Salus
Topic: The Importance of Open Source or Nearly a Dozen Years of Linux
Peter H. Salus has been Executive Director of the USENIX Association and the Sun User Group and Vice President of the Free Software Foundation, following 20 years' experience in academia and a stint at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.
Dr. Salus has written or edited over a dozen books, including A Quarter Century of UNIX, Casting the Net, the four-volume Handbook of Programming Languages, and the Big Book of IPv6 Addressing RFCs.
He is a frequent speaker at European and North American computer events, including the Atlanta Linux Showcase, USENIX, CompCon, Comdex, UniForum Canada, the UKUUG, the NLUUG, the Open Technology Association (Brussels), OpenForum (Moscow), and several other European conferences.
Ian Shields, IBM
Currently researching Linux technology for the developerWorks Linux zone, Ian Shields is a Senior Programmer at IBM at the Research Triangle Park, NC. He joined IBM in Canberra, Australia, as a systems engineer in 1973, and has since worked on communications systems and pervasive computing in Montreal, Canada, and RTP, NC. Ian now works on IBM's Speed-start your Linux app program, assisting developers to get started with Linux. His undergraduate degree is in pure mathematics and philosophy from the Australian National University. He received an M.S. in computer science from North Carolina State University, where he is now pursuing a Ph.D.
Randal Schwartz
Randal L. Schwartz is a two-decade veteran of the software industry, skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training.
He has co-authored the "must-have" Perl references: Programming Perl , Learning Perl , Learning Perl for Win32 Systems , and Effective Perl Programming , and writes regular columns for WebTechniques , PerformanceComputing , SysAdmin , and Linux magazines. Randal is a frequent contributor to the Perl newsgroups, and has moderated the comp.lang.perl.announce newsgroup since its inception.
Randal's desire to contribute to the Perl community inspired him to help create and provide initial funding for The Perl Institute. He is also a founding board member of the Perl Mongers (perl.org), the worldwide Perl grassroots advocacy organization. Since 1985, Randal has owned and operated Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
Be there!
Cheers--
Charles
If you plan to attend, please register early as seating is limited. The registration deadline is Friday, May 2. Registration is only $5! What a bargain for a whole day of Linux! After the deadline, registration will only be taken if there are seats available and it will be $10 to register then. We are limited in the number of people who can attend, so it's in your best interest to register early!
Wireless connectivity will be available throughout the conference area. Lunch (pizza) will be available at a nominal charge; other food options are within walking distance.
SETEC is a new technology conference focusing on open source in the southeastern United States. The conference is being held in Nashville, TN. The conference is scheduled for May 10th, 2003, at the Nashville State Tech Community College, in the auditorium (room #209) of the Clement Building (Map, PDF format). More information about the location (including driving directions) is available here.
Speakers:
Peter H. Salus
Topic: The Importance of Open Source or Nearly a Dozen Years of Linux
Peter H. Salus has been Executive Director of the USENIX Association and the Sun User Group and Vice President of the Free Software Foundation, following 20 years' experience in academia and a stint at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.
Dr. Salus has written or edited over a dozen books, including A Quarter Century of UNIX, Casting the Net, the four-volume Handbook of Programming Languages, and the Big Book of IPv6 Addressing RFCs.
He is a frequent speaker at European and North American computer events, including the Atlanta Linux Showcase, USENIX, CompCon, Comdex, UniForum Canada, the UKUUG, the NLUUG, the Open Technology Association (Brussels), OpenForum (Moscow), and several other European conferences.
Ian Shields, IBM
Currently researching Linux technology for the developerWorks Linux zone, Ian Shields is a Senior Programmer at IBM at the Research Triangle Park, NC. He joined IBM in Canberra, Australia, as a systems engineer in 1973, and has since worked on communications systems and pervasive computing in Montreal, Canada, and RTP, NC. Ian now works on IBM's Speed-start your Linux app program, assisting developers to get started with Linux. His undergraduate degree is in pure mathematics and philosophy from the Australian National University. He received an M.S. in computer science from North Carolina State University, where he is now pursuing a Ph.D.
Randal Schwartz
Randal L. Schwartz is a two-decade veteran of the software industry, skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training.
He has co-authored the "must-have" Perl references: Programming Perl , Learning Perl , Learning Perl for Win32 Systems , and Effective Perl Programming , and writes regular columns for WebTechniques , PerformanceComputing , SysAdmin , and Linux magazines. Randal is a frequent contributor to the Perl newsgroups, and has moderated the comp.lang.perl.announce newsgroup since its inception.
Randal's desire to contribute to the Perl community inspired him to help create and provide initial funding for The Perl Institute. He is also a founding board member of the Perl Mongers (perl.org), the worldwide Perl grassroots advocacy organization. Since 1985, Randal has owned and operated Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc.
Be there!
Cheers--
Charles