GNOME.Asia 2018 and COSCUP, openSUSE.Asia launch co-host press conference in Taipei

Since its founding in 2006, COSCUP (Conference for Open Source, Coders, Users and Promoters) has been the leading promoter of open source and innovation in Taiwan. GNOME.Asia 2018 will co-host with COSCUP and openSUSE.Asia in Taipei!

We launched our Press Conference in Taipei Humble House Hotel on Aug 7, and honorably invited former Simon Chang San-Cheng (former Premier of Republic of China, Chairman of the Taiwan Mobile Foundation), Chen Hsien-Li (CEO of Breaktime Inc), Wu Han-Chang (CEO of Asus Cloud Corporation).

We are grateful to have such honored guest represent and share their passion for open source. We want to break down the misconception that only engineers/developers can benefit from the open source community. Our hope is to share the open knowledge and community that COSCUP has to offer to all fields of discipline.

COSCUP is the largest open source event in Asia that will soon take place on August 11-12, 2018 at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. To top it off, this year we are fortunate to have GNOME.Asia and openSUSE.Asia help kickoff our event.

The mission of COSCUP is to create an open source community that promotes the sharing of knowledge and code amongst users and developers. We are a group of volunteers passionate about sharing the idea of open source to others. Only with this sort of commitment, is COSCUP able to continue on for 13 straight years.

We started in Taipei and our hope is to connect users and developers from all over the world, putting Taiwan on the map as an important distributor of open code.

As for our partners, GNOME.Asia is currently the world’s most popular open source user interface. The GNOME Foundation in Asia was first established in 2008, and shares our passion for open source software.

The openSUSE Asia Conference is an important event in the open source community that promotes the use and application of the highly popular operating system, Linux. This is the 5th year that the openSUSE Asia conference was held in Beijing. Every year, they invite participants from around the world to share open source knowledge and experience to users and developers alike.

Thus, we are excited to have both GNOME.Asia and openSUSE Asia attend this years’ 2018 COSCUP event.

2017 was the first year we invited honored speakers to come to speak at COSCUP by sharing their open source story and experiences. Fast forward to 2018, COSCUP took on the challenge to invite Mr. Simon Chang San-Cheng, chairman of Taiwan Mobile Foundation, and Mr. Chen Hsien-Li, executive of Breaktime Inc., and Mr. Wu Han-Chang, director of Asus Cloud Corporation, to represent the 2018 COSCUP press conference leading up to our main event.

The press conference is an opportunity to showcase the 13 – year journey of COSCUP, and also invite speakers to share how greater society can benefit from an open source community.

Our open source representative, Mr. Simon Chang shares what it means to have the “open source spirit” and applications that are not exclusive to software development. He mentions an example of open source farming that takes place in Hualien, and touches upon the potential and opportunities of open source.

Further, Executive, Chen Hsien-Li shares how he benefited from open source with his teaching background.

Director Wu claims that ,” from the use of Linux to EeePC 10 years ago, the market has been well received. In recent years, the development of the Asus cloud platform has used a large number of Open Sources. Asus has always been a loyal supporter of Open Source; Open Source is a very important platform for connecting developers, through sharing, feedback and Solving problems allows technology to progress faster and lays a good foundation for Taiwan’s system software.”

Finally, we will have a ceremonial breaking of the ice to represent our desire to reach out to other industries and not be limited to engineers/developers. We hope to share the value of open source to all areas in the world. We firmly believe that the values of open source will contribute to the greater good in the world. While the concept of open source may have started from programming, the open source spirit is surely not limited to it.

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GNOME.Asia Summit 2018 Call for Papers is now open

GNOME.Asia Summit 2018 invites proposals for presentations at the conference.

GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also covers applications and the platform development tools. The summit brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss the present technology and future developments.

picture from Chi-Hung Lin – https://www.flickr.com/photos/92585929@N06/27325096293, CC BY-SA 2.0

The conference will be co-hosted with COSCUP 2018 which will be held in Taipei, Taiwan from 2018-08-11 until 2018-08-12. We welcome proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers alike.

Please submit yours at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKnffsc_Ke2ZEP3fInJkAwEzXFUM24HZ7dYYluoGLmHMQjZw/viewform

Chinese Version(local language) 中文版（本地語言）請參見：https://openingsource.org/2003/zh-tw/

Important Information

The deadline:
- Submission: 25th of May
- Notification of acceptance: 2018-06-01 until 2018-06-05
- Full programme published: Early July
Conference:
- Conference date: Aug 11th – 12th , 2018
- Venue: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Contributing to GNOME

Latest developments
Writing applications for GNOME 3
UI design
QA and testing
Accessibility
Human Interface Engineering (Icons and Graphic Design)
Marketing/Engagement
Asia success stories / Local GNOME Projects
GNOME and Education
FOSS outreach programs, including Google Summer of Code

Developing GNOME on mobile devices (smart phones, tablets)
Developing GNOME on embedded systems or open hardware

Contributing to Linux and F/LOSS

Linux kernel and development
The development and promotion of open-source operating systems
About Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and other distributions
The development and promotion of other open-source projects

Open Source Enlightenment and Related Story

The Knowledge and Spirit of Open Source
Open Source stories of your own
How to optimize the process and improve efficiency with the help of open-source tools
How to engage non-technical clightning talksontributors in Open Source Projects
How to engage more female contributors in Open Source Projects

Emerging Technologies

Artificial Intelligence
DevOps with AI
Deep Learning
AR & VR
Big Data
Distributed systems
Open Source DevOps

We are also interested in other topics related to Free/Libre and Open Source Software which are not listed above.

There will be an opportunity for speakers and GNOME Foundation members to request sponsorship by the GNOME Foundation. Please submit applications to the GNOME Travel Committee https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel .

A standard session will be scheduled for 45 mins (35 mins talk + 10 mins Q&A). The session could be a technical talk, panel discussion, or BOF. If you need more time or additional resources, feel free to get in touch with the organizing team.

For those who would like to participate but are not sure if they’d like to do a full talk, we have shorter lightning talks. These are a 10 minutes presentation to demonstrate your work or promote an interesting topic. These talks will be grouped together in a single session.

Please provide a short abstract of your proposal (under 150 words). Include your name, biographical information, a photo suitable for the web, a title, and a description of your presentation. The reviewing team will evaluate the entries based on the submitted abstracts and available time by following the schedule.

Submission deadline: 2018-05-20

Confirmation of paper acceptance: 2018-06-01 until 2018-06-05

All interested contributors are highly encouraged to send in talks.

The GNOME.Asia 2018 Team

*More information about GNOME Asia Summit 2018 is available at: https://2018.gnome.asia/

Call for GNOME.Asia Summit 2018 Host Proposals

The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting interested parties to submit proposals for hosting GNOME.Asia Summit during the second half of 2018.

GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME Conference in Asia. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also covers applications and the development platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss the present technology and future developments.

GNOME.Asia Summits have been held in Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei, Bangalore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Depok, New Delhi, Chongqing respectively over the last ten years.

The Committee’s preference is to find a new location each year in order to spread GNOME throughout Asia and we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the process, but there is a definitive need for individuals to be actively involved and committed to the planning and execution of the event.

You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at: http://www.gnome.asia

Interested parties are hereby invited to submit a formal proposal to the GNOME.Asia Committee. The deadline for the proposals is March 20, 2018,. Please email your proposal to gnome-asia-committee-list<at>gnome<dot> org. We might invite you to present your proposal in more details over our regular IRC meetings or send you additional questions and requests. Results will be announced by the first week of April 2018.

The conference might require availability of facilities for 3-5 days, including a weekend, during the second half of 2018. Final event dates should avoid other key free software conferences or other events that may have conflict and will be confirmed together with other GNOME teams which might get involved. Key points which each proposals should consider and which will be taken into account when deciding among candidates, are:

Local community support for hosting the conference.
Venue details. Information about infrastructure and facilities to hold the conference should be provided.
Preliminary schedule with main program & different activities.
Information about how Internet connectivity will be managed.
Lodging choices ranging from affordable housing to nicer hotels, and information about distances between the venue and lodging options.
The availability of restaurants or the organization of catering on-site, cost of food/soft drinks/beer.
The availability and cost of travel from major Asian and European cities.
Local industries, universities and government support.
Please provide a reasonably detailed budget (sponsorships, expenses, etc).
Provide plans for local sponsorship

Please refer to the GNOME.Asia [1] website. Please also check the GNOME.Asia Summit check list [2], howtos [3] and the winning proposal for 2012 [4] when putting together a proposal.

You are welcome to contact gnome-asia-committee-list AT gnome org if you have any questions.

Please help to spread the word and we are looking forward to hearing from you soon!

GNOME.Asia Committee

[1] http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia

[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/SummitCheckList

[3] https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/HowToOrganizeGNOME.Asia%20Summit

[4] http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2012Summit/Bids?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Proposal_of_HongKong_GNOME_Asia_Hackfest_2012_20120124.pdf