Software Freedom Day 2011 Announcement

Software Freedom Day 2011 in Ateneo de Davao University is starting to shape up.  The event on September 17 will feature the following talks to be given by CS Division students, faculty, and guests.

  • Dance Animation with Blender: Richard Lao, Rona Jean Ruiz
  • Computer Vision with OpenCV: Nitish Khemani
  • Gambas Application Development: Reinald Kim Amplayo and Jason Occidental (CEA)
  • Moodling with Moodle: Kevin Go
  • Ubuntu for Power Users: Yancy Paredes
  • Ubuntu for Games: Francis Barrina, Herc Casiple
  • Ruby on Rails: Marian Sanchez
  • Open Source for News Organizations: Kenneth Porio (UPMin)
  • WordPress for Publishing: Kevin Paquet (PWC)
  • Advanced PHP Application Development with H/MVC Frameworks: Christopher John Cubos (pro)
More speakers and talks to be announced soon.

Software Freedom Day 2010 Competition Winners Announced

…and sadly, we’re not one of them. But that’s all right, our own Ateneo de Davao Software Freedom Day 2010 was a blast. And yes, we’ll do it again this year!

I might add that the Philippines as a country has, for several years running now, always had a strong showing in Software Freedom Day celebrations. This year, SPCF-CITE in Angeles, Pampanga took a major prize and two other teams received honorable mentions.

Press release from Software Freedom Day International follows:

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