TPOSSCON 2006 - Trans-Pacific Open Source Software Conference

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TPOSSCON 2006 Schedule of Events

This year we are giving focus to three specific areas: Government, Asia, and the Small to Midsize Business. Our esteemed Presenters will show you how Standards, alongside Free and Open Source Software, foster access, equality, innovation, and economic development. With hands-on workstations freely available throughout the conference, you will have adequate opportunity to do more than just hear about it.

January 3-6
8am-4pm

Building the Office Powerhouse
Deployment Workshop with John Terpstra
Graciously hosted by New Horizons of Hawaii
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Monday, January 9 - Linux and Government
9:00 - 10:00 Emalani Theater	KEYNOTE "Standards in Government - Innovation, Equality, and Access" John Terpstra, PrimaStasys
10:15 - 11:45 Emalani Theater	PRESENTATION Mike Balma, Linux and Open Source Organization (OSLO), Hewlett-Packard
1:00 - 2:15 Emalani Theater	Rana Dutt Founder/CEO Softel Solutions, Inc
2:30 - 3:45 Emalani Theater	"How Open Source Software Improves Society" Aaron Seigo
8:00 - 4:00 Room 319	FOSS Petting Zoo With 90% of America's workplaces having 20 or fewer employees, please visit our Petting Zoo of workstations and software you can use in your business, school, or non-profit.
4:00 - 5:00 Emalani Theater	Crabs in the Bucket "Free and Open Source Software should be forbidden from Government Support."
Tuesday, January 10 - Asia and Open Source
10:15 - 11:45 Emalani Theater	Tom Welch, CIO, Linspire, Inc.
12:00 - 1:00 Room 322	HANDS-ON SESSION "Using SAMBA to Manage your Domain" with John Terpstra
1:00 - 2:10 Emalani Theater	"Inexpensive Community Networking (using 802.11) for Hawaii Homelands" Jim Thompson, Netgate
2:15 - 2:30 Emalani Theater	Admiral Richard C. Macke, Warrior Information Technologies, LLC
2:35 - 3:45 Emalani Theater	Andre Hill, Chief Technology Officer, Linux Novell, Inc.
8:00 - 4:00 Room 319	FOSS Petting Zoo With 90% of America's workplaces having 20 or fewer employees, please visit our Petting Zoo of workstations and software you can use in your business, school, or non-profit.
4:00 - 5:00 Emalani Theater	Crabs in the Bucket "Doing Business in Asia is too Scary for Me"
Wednesday, January 11 - The SMB and FOSS
9:00 - 10:00 Emalani Theater	KEYNOTE Gordon Bruce, CIO, City and County of Honolulu
10:15-11:40 Emalani Theater	Jeff Barr, Technology Evangelist, Amazon.com Web Services "Opening Up: Sharing Data and Technology as a Growth Strategy"
12:00 - 1:00 Room 322	HANDS-ON SESSION "Learning, Communicating and Creating with KDE" with Aaron Seigo
1:00 - 2:15 Emalani Theater	"Linux: The Business Opportunity" John Terpstra, PrimaStasys
8:00 - 4:00 Room 319	FOSS Petting Zoo With 90% of America's workplaces having 20 or fewer employees, please visit our Petting Zoo of workstations and software you can use in your business, school, or non-profit.
2:30 - 3:45 Emalani Theater	Robin 'roblimo' Miller, OSTG
4:00 - 5:00 Emalani Theater	Crabs in the Bucket "FOSS does not deliver the Value of Proprietary software, so keep it out of here"
Thursday, January 12 - The Great Educational Giveaway
9:00 - 10:00 Emalani Theater	ENDNOTE "10 Ways To Get Involved With Open Source" with Aaron Seigo
10:00 - 11:00 Emalani Theater	"Free Software for Hawaii's Charter Schools" Jim Thompson,Netgate
11:00 - 12:00 Emalani Theater	HOSEF ANNOUNCEMENTS R. Scott Belford All of the hardware used for TPOSSCON's Petting Zoo and Hands-On Sessions are donated by HOSEF, the show's organizers, to beneficiaries such as Hawaii's schools, non-profits, and parks.