Philippine Commons

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IN HEALTHCARE (INCOSSH2008)
hosted by the ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia
November 22-25, 2008

http://bpio.amdi.usm.edu.my/incossh2008

Call released by International Open Source Network ASEAN+3 (www.iosn.net)

The International Open Source Network for Southeast Asia with support from InWEnt - Capacity Building International, Germany (www.inwent.org, www.it-inwent.org) and cooperation from AMDI-Universiti Sains Malaysia, is co-organizing an Open Source for Health conference in Penang, Malaysia this November 22 to 25, 2008.

The objective of the conference is to bring together stakeholders in the Southeast Asian region and raise the awareness and appreciation for the benefits of the open source methodology as applied in health.

This is a call for expressions of interest from developers/implementers in Europe who have vast experience in the development and implementation of open source health applications. The developers/implementers will be given speaking slots in the conference as well as the opportunity to guide participant-developers in the code sprint.

Applicants must have good grounding on HL7 and other international health informatics standards and must be willing to serve as resource persons in the CODE SPRINT (where developers are challenged to exchange HL7 messages between their FOSS applications using the Clinical Document architecture (CDA).

This grant will cover roundtrip economy airfare, conference registration fees, and allowance for meals outside of conference.

Interested parties can email asean3[AT]iosn[DOT]net (cc: francis[DOT]sarmiento3[AT]gmail[DOT]com) until September 30th, 2008 with the following information:

1. Name of open source application/s
2. Name CV of speaker
3. License of the application (from options available at opensource.org)
4. URL of project
5. Proposed title of lecture and short description

Thank you very much.

The Ubuntu Philippines Local Community Team (Ubuntu-PH), in cooperation with the University of the Philippines Department of Computer Science and Engineering, invite you to a day of sharing experiences, learning, and meeting fellow enthusiasts involved in the hottest GNU/Linux distribution that hit mainstream computing - Ubuntu!

Ubuntu Love Day Manila 2008 is a grassroots effort to spread the spirit of Ubuntu. On August 23, 2008, learn and interact with fellow Ubuntu enthusiasts on how you use Ubuntu in your everyday computing needs. We invited 6 resource persons to share their experiences with Ubuntu in different areas of interest:

1. The Ubuntu 30 day challenge - Aileen Apolo (Google)
2. Ubuntu on virtualization and integrating to a Windows Network - Wallen Tan
3. Ubuntu: Saving lives (and then some) - Charo Nuguid
4. Choice is Good! Welcome to the Exciting, Productive and Wacky World
   of Ubuntu Derivatives - members of UP Linux Users’ Group (UnPLUG)
5. Ubuntu and the OLPC XO-1 - Rowen Remis Iral (OLPCPH)
6. Kubuntu & KDE: Contributing to an International Software Project -
   Juan Carlos Torres (KDE Project)

And the best part? Admission is free! But due to space restrictions, we are limiting this event to 50 participants. Please make sure to reserve a ticket and follow the instructions given to you upon reservation If you have reserved a ticket and for some unforeseen event you are not able to attend, please let us know so we can free up the ticket and give a chance to others who would like to attend.

Limit 2 tickets per participant, first come, first served. Tickets have no cash value as this is a free event. If someone tries to sell you one, let us know.

Register now at http://ubuntuloveday2008.eventbrite.com/

The ASEAN+3 node of the International Open Source Network (IOSN) invites you to the Philippine Open Source Summit to be held on 23-24 June 2008 in Cebu City, Philippines with the theme, “Understanding the Business Value of Open Source.”

We welcome you to visit the official summit website at http://www.oss.ph for more information.

Registration details at http://www.oss.ph/registration.php

We look forward to see you all in the summit.

MABUHAY (Long live) from the Philippines!