BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//Calagator//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Calagator METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT CREATED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101008T043035Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20101029 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20101027 DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101008T043035Z LAST-MODIFIED;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101008T043035Z UID:http://calagator.org/events/1250459331 DESCRIPTION:This event runs from Wednesday\, October 27\, 2010 at 8am thr ough Thursday\, October 28\, 2010 at 5:30pm.\n\nDescription:\nGOSCON is the Government Open Source Conference\, an annual event produced by Oreg on State University's Open Source Lab. Now in its fifth year\, the confe rence focuses on the role of open source software and collaboration as a n enabler of leading Open Government and Transparency initiatives throug hout the United States. Speakers come from all levels of government\, fr om City Officials to Federal Agencies. Notable past speakers include Ane esh Chopra\, now Chief Technology Officer of the United States\, Vivek K undra\, now Chief Information Officer of the United States\, and Dugan P etty\, Chief Information Officer of the State of Oregon. The conference has welcomed visitors from as far afield as Brazil\, Belgium\, Japan and Russia. \;\n \;\nAttendees will be treated to in-depth exploratio ns of Open technology strategy\, policy\, acquisitions\, operations\, or ganizational readiness\, exemplary projects and use cases in our breakou t sessions. Conference content includes lessons learned in the developme nt and integration of open source solutions into agency environments\, e xposure to projects and existing software applications and services\, an d opportunities to establish and foster relationships for collaboration around shared interests. GOSCON offers a place for government and indust ry luminaries and to gather\, present and network with representatives f rom both public and private sectors\, in a non-commercial setting.\n\nTa gs: open government\, open standards\, transparency\, open source\, gosc on\n\nImported from: http://calagator.org/events/1250459331 URL:http://goscon.org SUMMARY:Government Open Source Conference (GOSCON) 2010 LOCATION:The Nines Hotel: 525 SW Morrison St\, Portland OR 97204 US SEQUENCE:1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR