[Linux-aus] Tickets for linux.conf.au selling fast!

[James Purser]

Tickets for linux.conf.au selling fast!

Australia's premier open source event, linux.conf.au, has closed early
bird registrations and is on track to selling out, with 2/3 of the
tickets already sold.

Each year software developers and users flock from around the globe to
attend Linux.conf.au, Australia's annual technical conference about Free
and Open Source Software. 

"Based on the registrations so far, tickets could sell out prior to the
event," said Conference Director Donna Benjamin. "We have a hard limit
of 500 tickets this year."

LCA returns to its hometown of Melbourne in 2008, running from January
28 to February 2 at the University of Melbourne.

Attendees are invited to register online at
http://linux.conf.au/register. More information on the conference can be
found at: http://linux.conf.au/

Keynote speakers

Keynote speakers include international guests Stormy Peters, Director of
Community and Partner Programs at Open Logic, and security expert and
pundit Bruce Schneier.

The local keynote will be given by Anthony Baxter. Anthony is the
release manager for Python. He has been involved in the open-source
community for more than a decade, largely working in Python and, in the
last few years, on Python. He works at Google Australia.

Programme
The main conference programme features an array of speakers from
different fields presenting on the Linux kernel, the X Window System,
media, applications, desktop, law, security and usability. 

In addition to the main programme, this year's conference will feature
sixteen mini-confs. Mini-confs are dedicated conference streams for
specific communities of interest including:

Community Wireless, Debian, Multimedia, Security, Distro Summit, Kernel,
Embedded, Fedora, Virtualisation, Gentoo, LinuxChix, GNOME, System
Administration, MySQL, Education, Gaming.

About linux.conf.au
linux.conf.au (http://linux.conf.au/) is Australia's annual technical
conference about Free Software. Fun, informal and seriously technical,
linux.conf.au draws together Free and Open Source Software developers
from across the world. It will be held from January 28th to February
2nd, 2008 at The University of Melbourne.

About Linux Australia
Linux Australia (http://www.linux.org.au/) is the peak body for Linux
User Groups (LUGs) around Australia, and as such represents
approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux
Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free
Software conference in a different Australasian city each year.

Contact
Donna Benjamin - Conference Director
donna at mel8ourne.org - +61 418 310 414
-- 
http://linux.conf.au/

linux.conf.au     Donna Benjamin  +61 418 310 414
MEL8OURNE2008     Conference Director 
28Jan - 02Feb     donna at mel8ourne.org
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