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UP Manila National Telehealth Center conducts the Geolocate4Health contest

Friday, March 5th, 2010

The University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center is now conducting the Geolocate4Health contest.

The contest involves the use of Google Map Maker in mapping health care facilities such as:

1. government hospitals
2. private hospitals
3. rural health units/local health centers
4. lying-in clinics
5. barangay health stations
6. private clinics
7. special health facilities such as dialysis clinics, stand-alone laboratories and
radiology centers
8. blood banks
9. drugstores

Contest period is from February 1, 2010 to May 31, 2010 and is open to all bona fide UP Manila students and and Doctors to the Barrios..

Using Google Map Maker, all participants will be tasked to pin and outline health care facilities (e.g. government hospitals, rural health units, lying-in centers, barangay health stations) inany areas in the Philippines. Monthly top contributors will be awarded with P5,000.00 each while an iPod Touch awaits the grand prize winner.

Registration is free and must be done at the following URL: http://plone.telehealth.ph:8081/NTHC/news/nthc-to-launch-geolocate4health-contest

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International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies – IWEEE 2010

Monday, October 19th, 2009

IWEEE 2010 – International Workshop on e-Health in Emerging Economies, February 10-12, 2010 – Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Spain)

“IWEEE brings together a multi-disciplinary team representing NGOs, Academia, Government, Church and Industry to share their experiences and to try to find ways to improve the lives of millions of human beings from the developing world.

IWEEE is not a pure technical conference. It will focus on the human factor and in raising awareness about the actual situation. We will discuss the tools that we can provide today to doctors and institutions to improve their habitants health and education”

Registration and accommodation’s information at: http://www.iweee.org

*IWEEE is a non-profit event. The resulting balance will be donated to charity.

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Event: Global Conference on Open Source (GCOS) 2009 Update

Friday, October 9th, 2009

“Open Source practitioners from around the world will attend the Global Conference on Open Source, 26 – 27 October 2009 in Jakarta“

Jakarta, 07 October 2009, The Global Conference on Open Source 2009 committee held a meeting on October 1 2009 at the Department of Communication & Information Technology’s office to finalize the latest data regarding preparations for the Global Conference on Open Source and the availability of domestic and foreign speakers.

Open source experts that have positively stated their availability to attend and speak at the conference representing governments’ perspective are; MAMPU (Malaysia): Modernizing Public Service Using Open Source, USA: The Importance of Document Format on Government Task, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Serving The Society Efficiently and Effectively, Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Indonesia: Legal and Smart Solution in Building National ICT Capability, and many more (for more information go to http://gcos.info).

Speakers representing the private sector that have also stated their availability are Sun Microsystems: Embrace and Extend: Making Open Source Technologies Complement Incumbent Technologies in the Enterprise, TELKOM: To Open source or Not To Open source: A CIO Strategy and Migration Methodology, IBM: Open Source Adoption in Enterprise, NTT: Big Surge in the Use of Open Source in Mission Critical Systems, and others (for more information go to http://gcos.info).

The academic track has also attracted distinguished speakers. Those attending are CNRS France: The Use of Open Source in the Grid Computing and Data Acquisition System in High Energy and Particle Physics Research Projects, SEAMOLEC: Prospect and Experience in using Open Source for Distance Learning, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University: Open Source Software and Open Data in Biodiversity Research and Education.

GCOS 2009 will also be discussing other topics that include open source in communities and open source in the creative world.

The meeting has also mapped the committee’s preparations related to the workshops and exhibitions that are also part of GCOS 2009, which will be held on October 26-27 2009. The committee is currently preparing three workshops, which are: Character Animation using Blender, Open Source For Health/Medicine, and Network Analysis & troubleshooting @ enterprise.

There are three other events that will be held parallel to the Global Conference on Open Source, which are Asia Open Source workshop, POSS Network Workshop and IGOS Summit 3.

The day after GCOS ends, Oct 28, there will be a Free (Bebas) Software event: Richard M. Stallman, founder of the Free Software Movement and leader of development of the GNU operating system (with which the kernel Linux is typically used) will give a speech to explain the ethical and political ideas of free software, which are differ from the ideas of open source, and how GNU was developed to realize these ethical goals. The talk, entitled: The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System

This event will be held at the 3rd floor Auditorium, BPPT II Building, Jl. M.H. Thamrin 8, Jakarta on October 28 2009 at 09.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. InfoLinux Magazine will host this even, which is open for FREE to the general public.

Let us work together to make the Global Conference on Open Source 2009 a great success.

For more information regarding preparations, schedule and GCOS events please visit GCOS official website http://gcos.info.

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Event: GNOME Asia Summit

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Announcement From: GNOME.Asia

The GNOME.Asia Summit Vietnam Nov.20-22, 2009 in Ho-Chi-Minh-City is one of the top Free and Open Source Software events for developers, enterprises, officials and general users in Vietnam. Please join us!

- Learn more about GNOME, desktop applications and new mobile solutions.
- Take part in a FOSS course and get your own course certificate during the event.
- Participate in the install fest of new programs and make your computer faster and more secure.
- Meet us at the FOSS party and celebrate the fun of getting together with people from all over the world.
- Learn about job opportunities with global and local companies and get in touch with representatives.

The event brings together free and open source software projects from Asia and around the world. More than 500 multipliers from 10 countries are expected to participate in the summit, which is the first international community event of its kind in Vietnam. (more…)

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Event: Helping others / Mozilla Service Week

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Spread Firefox Affiliate ButtonFrom: The SourceForge.net Team

Helping others – it comes naturally to people who write open source
software. Now the Mozilla Foundation is trying to employ the power of the
community in a more direct and hands-on way during Mozilla Service Week
(http://mozillaservice.org/learn_more/volunteer/en_US).

During this week, Mozilla (and SourceForge) encourage you to volunteer in
your community. Tech savvy folks can apply their skills in a variety of
ways. Some ideas from the foundation:

. Teach senior citizens how to use the Web.
. Show a non-profit how to use social networking to grow its base of
supporters.
. Help install a wireless network at a school.
. Create Web how-to materials for a library’s computer cluster.
. Refurbish hardware for a local computer center.
. Update a non-profit organization’s web site.

Organizations and projects that need assistance can also register to get
help.

As a company and as individuals, we at SourceForge will be participating in
Mozilla Service Week. We encourage you to get out there in your own
community and make a difference!

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Event: Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Open your Minds: Software Freedom Day 2009
Reference: Rick Bahague
Contact: secretariat@cp-union.com / 4134196 / 09178840096
www.cp-union.com/sfd09

Software Freedom Day (SFD), the largest ever grassroots event promoting and educating the public about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Philippines, will be held on September 19, 2009 with registration starting at 8:00. This international event will be hosted by the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. SFD is an international affair that will be participated in by more than a thousand teams in over 90 countries worldwide, with the Philippine celebration marked by simultaneous events from Luzon to Mindanao that will also be simulcast over the internet.

The morning plenary sessions will introduce what FOSS and SFD is and run participants through its basics, and explain what Free and Open Culture is as the conceptual basis of this software movement. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño will also provide an update on the FOSS Bill that they have sponsored and currently filed in Congress. The Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU), the main organizer of the event, will also be discussing the use of FOSS in social advocacy.

The latest versions of free operating systems and applications can be copied and written on a CD on site. There will also be fun games with exciting prizes as well as software freedom day t-shirts for sale during the event. High quality free software will be available for computers in the office and at home, even be well-polished games for the gaming enthusiasts.

Global participation has relatively doubled since 2008’s record of over 500 participating teams, with over 200 individuals having participated in last year’s celebration. Participants are expected to further increase this year, with more organizations and students from schools such as Adamson University, University of Santo Tomas, Philippine School for Business and Arts, Central Colleges of the Philippines, Asian Academy of Business and Computers and University of the Philippines pledging to participate this year.

The Software Freedom Day 2009 team is composed of CPU, the UST Computer Science Society as the hosts, AdU Computer Science Open Source University Meet-up, AdU Computer Science Society, AdU Web Development Team, Asian Academy of Business and Computers, Blender Users Group, Cybersercurity.Ph, Drupal Users Group, ICAII, Joomla Users Group, LAMP-Pilipinas, PHP Users Group, PUP Taguig Computer Society, Ruby Users Group, TXTPower!, Office of Rep. Teddy Casiño – Bayan Muna Partylist, and the University of the Philippines Linux Users Group.

Those who cannot attend the event but would like to view the live video broadcast may do so visiting http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09. For further information on SFD, visit the international website at http://www.softwarefreedomday.org and http://www.cp-union.com/sfd09 for the details of the local celebration.

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Software Freedom Day Philippines 2009: Open your Minds to Free Software. Participate in SFD 2009!

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Software Freedom Day aims to educate Filipino people about their rights to software freedom. September 19, 2009 is the day when we are going to celebrate it with the rest of the world. The main event this year would be held at University of Santo Tomas in Manila, 8:00AM – 5:00PM.

ORGANIZER:
Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU)

HOST:
UST Computer Science Society

PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS:
AdU Computer Science Open Source University Meet-up
AdU Computer Science Society
Asian Academy of Business and Computers
Blender Users Group
Drupal Users Group
ICAII
Joomla Users Group
LAMP-Pilipinas
PHP Users Group
PUP Taguig Computer Society
Ruby Users Group
TXTPower!
Office of Rep. Teddy Casiño – Bayan Muna Partylist
University of the Philippines Linux Users Group

Venue:

Plenary Sessions (8:00-12:00) will be held at the Medicine Auditorium, located at the Medicine Building.

Break-out Jam Sessions (1:00-5:00) will be held at the AMV multi-purpose hall, located at the Accountancy Building.

For more details: Tel: 6324134196 Email: secretariat@cp-union.com
Website: Software Freedom Day

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Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4iT), 08-11 Sept 2009

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Philippine Youth Congress in Information TechnologyNow on its 7th year, the Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology is expected to be bigger and better. Held annually, the “Youth for IT” or Y4iT Congress is consistently flocked by delegates from different regions of the country for a new perspective on the current trends, innovations and career opportunities in ICT. It also provides a venue for discovering and evaluating the new technologies that impact our lives. Y4iT 2009 will be held on 08-11 Sept. in UP Diliman. It is hosted by the UP ITTC and UP SITF in cooperation with the Student Volunteer Corps, PSITE, CSP, PCS, JICA, PSIA and itprosasia.com.

Registration is still ongoing. Click here to register or for more info.

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FOSS Event: ASIA SOURCE 3, 07-12 November 2009, Silang, Cavite, Philippines

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Announcement from the International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3

MABUHAY! (Long live!) and get ready for Asia Source 3!

If you are a FOSS advocate, an enthusiast or end-user, a developer or even a newbie who strongly believes in building capacities and empowering humanity with the use of Free/Open Source Software, we look forward to welcome you to Asia Source 3 to connect, cooperate, and collaborate – the FOSS way.

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) ASEAN+3 with support from InWEnt Capacity Building International, Germany, ASEAN Foundation, and Open Society Institute Information Program and co-organized by Tactical Technology Collective and Aspiration bring ASIA SOURCE 3 to the Philippines on 7 to 12 November 2009.

The third event of the Asia source camp series, two of which have been held so far – in Bangalore, India in 2005 and Sukabumi, Indonesia in 2007 – the 6-day learn-and-share event will be held at the lush greens
and quiet cool environs of the YEN CENTER – home to the Headquarters and Regional Center for Asia of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) – located in Silang, a landlocked municipality south of Metro Manila, within the historic Province of Cavite.

In the tradition of previous camps, Asia Source 3 will bring in participants from the Asia, who share common goals of pursuing the Free/Open Source Software advocacy and its promotion and use among non-
profit organizations, small-to-medium enterprises and youth networks. (more…)

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Events: Busy IT week and the 5th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology

Monday, September 17th, 2007

It was a busy (last) week with several ICT events.

At the National College of Business Administration’s (NCBA) IT Week, I had the opportunity to give a talk last Friday, Sept 14 promoting FOSS by showing several cases and statistics why public and private organizations are using FOSS.

Philippine Youth Congress in Information TechnologyAt the 5th Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4IT), I also gave an “opening remarks,” a talk on the growing demand for ICT Human Resource and also had a chance to promote FOSS.

In both events (NCBA and Y4IT) we also played the “Codebreakers: What is the potential of free/open source software to bridge the digital divide?” and introduced the International Open Source Network (IOSN). At the Y4IT we showed in several cinemas both the “Codebreakers” and Free Geek” repeatedly.

Organized by the UP ITTC and the UP System IT Foundation, the Y4IT was held last Sept 12, 13 & 14 in four SM North Cinemas. Y4IT is in its 5th year and for this year, we targetted a total of 15,000 but 17,000 showed up, including 4,000 walk-in participants. According to Dr. Jaime Caro, UP IT Training Center (ITTC) Director, the participants came from all over the Philippines with almost all provinces represented. They are mostly students of IT and IT-related courses, accompanied by their faculty advisers and school administrators. This is the first time Y4IT was held in a mall. In the past years, this event was held in the UP Theatre and last year, also in the UP Film Institute and the UP Bahay ng Alumni. The Congress attracted crowds of 5,000 in 2003, 5,500 in 2004 7,500 in 2005 12,700 in 2006 and this year 17,000.

In both events I attended last week, I noticed that a lot of students doesn’t know Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and there is a need to continue promoting FOSS not only during Software Freedom Day (SFD). Of course SFD is just one annual event.

We can do some kind of a FOSS Campus Tour all year round with talks on FOSS together with Demos, Install and Burn Fest. This can be done by utilizing the network among students and faculty in a lot of Colleges and Universities that has been built by the Y4IT. The Y4IT has large cooperating organizations like the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE), the Computing Society of the Philippines (CSP) and volunteer groups with memberships coming from almost all schools, colleges and universities in the Philippines.

Individual institutions can organize the event in their respective campuses, reserve venues, provide the needed equipment and facilties and invite attendees while IOSN ASEAN+3 and other FOSS advocate organizations can provide the resource persons, information materials, FOSS/Linux CDs and volunteers to assist in both install and burn fest.

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