FOSSASIA
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| Abbreviation | FOSSASIA |
|---|---|
| Motto | Open Technologies for Social Change |
| Formation | July 8, 2009 |
| Purpose | Open Technology and Education |
| Headquarters | Singapore |
Region served | Worldwide |
Key people | Hong Phuc Dang, Mario Behling |
| Website | www |
FOSSASIA is a non-profit organization supporting the developers, start-ups, contributors, and makers of open technologies in Asia established in 2009. The purpose of FOSSASIA is to develop and apply open source technologies to adapt to social changes and focus on Asian users. FOSSASIA is linked with various projects that range from free and open source software, to design, graphics and hardware[1][2][3][4].
Founders of FOSSASIA[edit]
FOSSASIA was founded in 2009 by Hong Phuc Dang and Mario Behling[5][6][7][8].
Hong Phuc Dang[edit]
Hong Phuc Dang studied at the University of Wales, Singapore Campus, majoring in marketing and advertising. She has worked at GNOME.Asia, Chau Hopital and GIZ. Currently working at Hotel Xoai, HP Dang Consulting and FOSSASIA. She is also the director of activities of FOSSASIA[9].
Mario Behling[edit]
Mario Behling is from Berlin, Germany, and has majored in information services at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). He has worked for GNOME.Asia, Paiwastoon Networking Services Ltd. and FOSS Bridge. Currently working at MeshCon, FOSSASIA, and MBM International. He is also the organizer of MeshCon[10].
FOSSASIA Summit[edit]
FOSSASIA Summit is organized by FOSSASIA, a nonprofit organization that focuses on Asia and brings people together around open technology both in-person and online[11]. Till date, the summit has been organized in various countries: Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore[12][13][14][15][16][17].
FOSSASIA Programming Activity[edit]
FOSSASIA organized some programming activities and participated in Google Summer of Code(starting in 2011) and Google Code-In(beginning in 2014)[18][19].
References[edit]
- ↑ "UNESCO Hackathon at FOSSASIA Summit - Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore on Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25, 2018".
- ↑ "FOSSASIA 2018".
- ↑ "Women in Tech in Asia". 2017-01-17.
- ↑ "Open Source Initiative Turns 20". John K. Waters. 2018-01-30.
- ↑ "Hong Phuc Dang".
- ↑ "Hong Phuc Dang - linkedin".
- ↑ "Mario Behling - linkedin".
- ↑ "Mario Behling".
- ↑ "FOSSASIA".
- ↑ "FOSSASIA".
- ↑ "Google Open Source Blog, Googlers on the road: FOSSASIA Summit 2018". 2018-03-16.
- ↑ "Cambodia To Host Open Source Tech Conference". 2014-02-25.
- ↑ "Tech meet-up draws hundreds". Bennett Murray. 2014-03-03.
- ↑ "FOSSAsia Opens Doors For Many Open Source Projects". Brian Proffitt. 2015-03-23.
- ↑ "The power of the community". 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Throwback to FOSS Asia 2017". Philip Haas. 2017-03-28.
- ↑ "Government, citizen and hacker unite, Singapore's open source conference "FOSS ASIA" report / Hacker Space Singapore". Masakazu Takasu. 2015-04-14.
- ↑ "Google Summer of Code, Organizations".
- ↑ "Google Code-in, Organizations".
External links[edit]
- FOSSASIA on Github
- FOSSASIA official event website
- FOSSASIA Blog
- FOSSASIA Community Network
- GNOME.Asia 2009
- FOSSASIA Summit 2010, Ho Chi Minh City
- FOSSASIA Summit 2011, Ho Chi Minh City
- FOSSASIA Open Design Weeks 2012, Mekong Delta
- FOSSASIA Summit 2014, Phnom Penh
- FOSSASIA Summit 2015, Singapore
- FOSSASIA Summit 2016, Singapore
- FOSSASIA Summit 2017, Singapore
- FOSSASIA Summit 2018, Singapore
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