[Linux-aus] Chair of Internet Australia George Fong to keynote linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong

[Kathy Reid - Team linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay]

  Chair of Internet Australia George Fong to keynote linux.conf.au 2016
  Geelong


Regional and rural technology advocate, Federation University Council 
Member, former lawyer and Chair of Internet Australia, George Fong, will 
be one of four outstanding keynotes for linux.conf.au in February 2016. 
Eminently respected within the region for his tireless efforts in 
advancing technology access, governance and inclusion, his advice and 
counsel is sought far and wide.


Most recently, Fong has been a driving force in the rebranding of the 
Internet Society of Australia into Internet Australia, transforming the 
organisation to be relevant and representative of a broad cross-section 
of Australians.


“Internet Australia is the peak body representing everyone who uses the 
Internet. Much of our work is dedicated to keeping the Internet as open 
and free from undue government interference as possible and seeing 
innovation thrive in the sector. It goes without saying that a 
significant part of that process is fueled by the open source and linux 
community.”


There are new challenges in maintaining the integrity and utility of the 
Internet. Those challenges are redefining who we are in the technical 
community and what our roles and responsibilities are for communities 
and businesses nationally and internationally”


Conference Director David Bell was thrilled to announce that Mr Fong 
would be keynoting.


“We’re delighted to be able to bring George’s considered wisdom, 
academic intellect and world view to linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By 
the Bay. The need for well researched, inclusive and representative 
technology policies is more important than ever given the disruption the 
world faces in coming years”.


One of the most respected technical conferences in Australia, Linux 
Conference Australia (linux.conf.au) will make Geelong home between 
1st-5th February 2016. The conference is expected to attract over 500 
national and international professional and hobbyist developers, 
technicians and innovative hardware specialists, and will feature nearly 
100 Speakers and presentations over five days. Deakin University’s 
stunning Waterfront Campus will host the conference, leveraging state of 
the art networking and audio visual facilities.


The conference delivers Delegates a range of presentations and tutorials 
on topics such as open source hardware, open source operating systems 
and open source software, storage, containers and related issues such as 
patents, copyright and technical community development.


Linux <http://linux.org.au>is a computer operating system, in the same 
way that MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS are operating systems. It can 
be used on desktop computers, servers, and increasingly on mobile 
devices such as smartphones and tablets.


Linux embodies the ‘open source’ paradigm of software development, which 
holds that source code – the code that is used to give computers and 
mobile devices functionality – should be ‘open’. That is, the source 
code should be viewable, modifiable and shareable by the entire 
community. There are a number of benefits to the open source paradigm, 
including facilitating innovation, sharing and re-use. The ‘open’ 
paradigm is increasingly extending to other areas such as open 
government, open culture, open health and open education.


Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date 
with conference news through one of the following channels;


Website:http://lcabythebay.org.au

Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay

Google+:https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu

Lanyrd:http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/

IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net

Email: info at lcabythebay.org.au

Announce mailing 
list:http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce


We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical 
communities you may be involved in.

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