eLiberatica 2008 – opportunities and business by using Open and Free Technologies

Dear partners and friends,

We are pleased to announce you that we have started to organize the eLiberatica 2008 conference.

The first edition of one of the most important IT events in Romania gathered this year, in May, more than 200 participants in Brasov. Some of the most important representatives of the international Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) movement and of local and international IT companies were reunited by the initiative of ROSI (Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative) and Agora Media.

The event had a great success among IT specialists but also among business people that learned about a profitable alternative to develop their companies.

During the two days of presentations were covered most of the issues that the international FLOSS movement has to deal with, trying to create a stronger visibility on the community, the business environment and the local projects. With its special spirit eLiberatica offered the proper meeting space for area specialists, business people, professionals and computer fans in general, where guest could not only socialize, but also start fruitful partnerships.

The second edition of eLiberatica will be organized in Bucharest, the most business achieve and economical developed city in Romania. The event will take place in May 2008 (the exact date will be soon announced).

The proposed location is "World Trade Center Bucharest", the perfect place for presentations and networking for business people, specialists, professors, students and computer fans in general.

Keeping the tradition, next year’s event will gather important personalities from the Open Source and Free Software area, from national and multinational companies that use these kinds of systems to grow their profitability. We will give our best to have representatives from the Romanian Government as guests, next to IT representatives of foreign governments.

eLiberatica promises to be one of the biggest IT and business events in Romania for 2008.

Some of the discussion topics for eLiberatica 2008 are:

• Free and open technologies in business: Open Source versus closed source POSS (Professional Open Source) model concept, business model types that use Open Source and Free Software;
• Career development and professional growth by being a member of the international Open Source and Free Software community;
• Legal aspects;
• The importance of Open Source/Free Software in government, administration and public education;
• Definition of the Open Source and Free Software trend: history, economical impact, etc.