SCAN International is the Society of Communicators And Networkers around the world composed of volunteers in the field of communications, information technology, paramedics and rescuers.
Software Freedom Day 2009 Activities: September 19, 2009 (Saturday) Room 426 New Era University Diliman, Quezon City Philippines
08:00 - 08:30am - Motorcade around Quezon City
AM (Introductory Seminars) 09:00 - 10:30am - Seminar on What is Free Open Source Software (FOSS) 10:30 - 12:00nn - Introduction to Open Office 3.x, Gimp, Scribus
PM (Intermediate Seminars)
01:00 - 02:30pm - Drupal Content Management System 02:30 - 04:00pm - Linux Security
Participants: SCAN International Members New Era University Faculty and Students
Media Partner: Net-25 UHF TV - Convergence, Sundays, 8:30pm-9:00pm DZEM 954Khz AM Radio - Journey To Discovery, Saturdays 3:00pm-4:00pm
PICTURES OF THE EVENT (SFD 2008): Participants from SCAN and NEU students register for attendance. More than 200 have participated in this event:
Ms. Lani David of, CEO of L2D Computer Solutions, is the master of ceremony and introduced the guest speakers:
Mr. Efren Tercias, CTO of MicroPhase Corp. and the Project Leader of SCAN SFD-08, discussed the Introduction to Open Source Software:
Mr. Mitch Lozare, Technical Manager of Coscoluella Architects, discussed features of Open Office 3.0 and compared it with the equivalent commercial software:
Mr. Mike Sibug, Systems Analyst at DELL Philippines, discussed MySQL and Joomla CMS:
Mr. Levi Valle, Solutions Manager at Micro Image, discussed the various Linux Desktop distros: