Software Freedom Day @ Alexandria University

The presentations will take place in Hall 3 - Preparatory Building instead of K 3 - Electrical Building

Registration Page Available We now have registration page for early registration here. The first 50 to register will enter a raffle for some gifts. Registration is not necessary for attendance but it has some benefits including the raffle.

Program Updated

Event's Program*

Day

Time

Title

Speaker

Description

From

To

1/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Keynote

Ahmed Saeed & Abdel Rahman Gamal

Introducing SFD and the program and what we're going to have for the following 15 days

12 : 30 pm

1: 30 pm

Free Software

Ahmed Mekkawy

Introducing the idea of Software Freedom, Explaining the four main freedoms and discussing copyrights Issues.

5/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Be Free ... Be Linux

Mohamed Abo El Nour

Linux history, File System and Terminal with some focus on Ubuntu.

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Empower Your Knowledge

Mahmoud El Khateb

Introduces many different issues related with Knowledge and Wikipedia.

7/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Computer Security Basics

Amr Ali

Defining computer security and its mentality.

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Advanced Computer Security

Amr Ali

Going deep into security concepts, secrets and examples.

8/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Openly Secure

Mohamed Sayed

Explaining the use of Open Source in creating securing networks and databases based on his long years of experience.

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Secure Tunnels

Mohamed Sayed

Transit encryption on the cheap

9/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Open Solaris

Ahmed Saeed

Introducing Open Solaris operating system and its advantages

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Open Source (GIS)

Ma’aly sa’eed

Showing how useful Open Source can be when working on Geographic Information Systems

12/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Netbeans – the only IDE you need

Ahmed Saeed

A tour inside Netbeans the comprehensive IDE for Java, C/C++, php, Ruby and more ...

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Programming under Linux (C, Java)

Ahmed Abd Al Aziz

Explaining programming environments and IDE under Linux.

14/9/2009

11 : 00 am

12 : 00 pm

Programming Under Linux (Python)

Marwan Osman

Programming with Python Language under linux

12 : 30 pm

1 : 30 pm

Closing Ceremony

Ahmed Saeed & Abdel Rahman Gamal

* All presentations will be held @ Lectures hall (Modarag) M3 Preparatory(E3dady) building.

RSVP Software Freedom Day @ Alexandria University

If you are any where around Alexandria from the 1st to the 15th of September then mark your calender and RSVP our event on Facebook and on OSUM.

Mission

Our mission is to spread the word of open source in our city in every possible way, To give students the urge to learn, use, develop and share different open source technologies, To tell students about technologies that they would want to use and help them use it during this period.

We are planning to have a two weeks event starting on the 1st of September, in cooperation with a number of students’ organizations including Alexandria ACM chapter, OSUM Club and the Arabic Wikipedia Team (Other Organizations are being contacted currently).

Our events program will be available soon. Keep checking on us.

For interested Students' Organizations

Guys we want this to be the biggest Open Source event our university has ever seen. We need all the resources we can get to have as much demos, presentations and contests as we can fit in a time frame of 2 weeks. If you are a part of an Alexandria University Students' Organization or Club please contact Yasmine Mohamed Gaber ( Yasmine.Gaber@gmail.com ) to organize your club's role.

Team Members List

Details about the plan will be added soon. To contact the team please contact Ahmed Saeed at Ahmed.Saeed@gmx.Com or Yasmine Mohamed Gaber Yasmine.Gaber@gmail.com

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