Debian Conference in Australia
February 2nd, 2002
The Debian mini Conference at Linux Conference Australia 2002 is a small gathering of various Debian developers and users in the region, directly preceding the Australian national Linux conference, both will be held at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, in Australia. The Debian mini Conference will take place from 4th to 5th of February, and Linux Conference Australia will take place from 6th to 9th.
At this Debian mini Conference, short talks on various topics, discussions of future goals for the Debian project, a keysigning party, a general debate and socialising are planned. Anthony Towns, Russel Coker, Bdale Garbee, Brendan O'Dea and Steve Kowalik from Debian have signed up for a presentation and the entire schedule looks like:
Monday, February 4th, 2002
| 9:55-10:00 | James Bromberger: Welcome |
| 10:00-11:00 | Steve Kowalik: Lintian |
| 11:00-12:00 | Jason Andrade: Mirroring Debian |
| 13:00-14:00 | Key Signing Party |
| 14:00-15:00 | Brendan O'Dea: Perl Games |
Tuesday, February 5th, 2002
| 10:00-11:00 | Russell Coker: Portslave (and perhaps a bit of NSA SE Linux) |
| 11:00-12:00 | Bdale Garbee: Dealing w/i386 bigotry (porting) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Anthony Towns: The Upcoming Woody Release |
| 14:00-15:00 | Panel: Woody++ Goals and objectives |
We invite all interested people in that area to attend this conference, meet Debian developers and users, exchange GnuPG fingerprints, discuss various topics on Debian and Free Software, and otherwise participate in our vibrant community.