Re: NASA To Host Open Source Summit March 29-30 In California
Hi Jameson,
you are right this would be nice but it is probably to late to submit a
talk. Some earlier notification for a similar event in the future would
be great to get a reasonable audience to promote Debian Science.
Kind regards
Andreas.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 03:55:10PM -0700, Jameson Rollins wrote:
> Hey. Is anyone going to be at this? Might be nice to have a Debian
> presence there.
>
> jamie.
>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:42:23 -0800 (PST)
> From: NASA News <hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov>
> To: NASA News <hqnews@mediaservices.nasa.gov>
> Subject: NASA To Host Open Source Summit March 29-30 In California
>
> March 10, 2011
>
> Katherine Trinidad
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-3749
> katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
>
> Gretchen Curtis/Jessica Culler
> Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
> 650-604-3460/650-604-4110
> gretchen.curtis@nasa.gov/jessica.culler@nasa.gov
>
> RELEASE: 11-070
>
> NASA TO HOST OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA
>
> WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a summit about open source software
> development on March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in
> Moffett Field, Calif. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on
> both days.
>
> NASA's first Open Source Summit will bring together engineers, policy
> makers and members of the open source community. Participants will
> discuss the challenges within the existing open source policy
> framework and propose modifications to facilitate NASA's development,
> release and use of software.
>
> "Open source brings numerous benefits to NASA software projects,
> including increased quality, reduced development costs, faster
> development cycles and reduced barriers for public-private
> collaboration to commercialize agency technology" said NASA's Chief
> Technology Officer for Information Technology Chris C. Kemp. "The
> full benefits of open source can only be achieved if NASA is able to
> establish the processes, policies and culture needed to encourage and
> support open source development."
>
> Goals for the summit include establishing a method to support
> collaboration with the public throughout the development lifecycle;
> exploring NASA's ability to release and develop software under varied
> open source licenses; determining whether and to what extent NASA can
> participate in open source software governance bodies; and gleaning
> best practices from private industry and other federal agencies.
>
> Guest speakers will provide insights into best practices and share
> valuable lessons learned in building and using open source
> communities. Confirmed speakers include Kemp; Pascal Finette,
> director of Mozilla Labs; Robert Sutor, vice president of Open
> Systems at IBM; Chris Wanstrath, CEO and co-founder of Github; and
> Brian Stevens, CTO and vice president of Worldwide Engineering at Red
> Hat.
>
> The summit will include sessions on licensing, government
> restrictions, such as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations,
> governance, and risk assessments.
>
> Seating at the event is limited. However, virtual participation is
> open to the public through online media, including live video
> streaming, electronic discussion and collaborative note taking. For
> more information or to register for the summit, visit:
>
>
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/open/source/
>
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