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There are 12 tracks about AI, Cloud, Blockchain Science Tech, Web and more. The schedule has 200+ sessions from speakers around the world.
Topics and Tracks
Personal Voice Assistants and Artificial Intelligence
Learn about natural language processing, how to build skills and actions for voice assistants or how to create your own Open Source chatbots in the Artificial Intelligence deep technology track. Join sessions covering Bot Framework, Tensorflow, Dataprep and more.
Cloud, Container, DevOps
Get better insights in how to deploy apps on the cloud more efficiently and save your company money. Sessions in the Cloud, Container, DevOps track cover Kubernetes, Serverless Architecture, Microservices, Docker Kompose, Omnibus, OpenStack, Virtual Kubelet, and Continuous Integration.
Blockchain
Meet developers and startups working on the blockchain to create solutions for distributed computing, cloud services and Fintech in the Blockchain track.
Cybersecurity
Find out how to keep your services secure in the Cybersecurity track. The track has sessions about Encryption with PGP, SELinux, Secrets Management, Backups, QubesOS, Securing Web and Javascript apps.
Web & Mobile
What technologies will we need for the Conversational Web? How will existing technologies change and what else is happening in tech for web and mobile platforms? A wide variety of topics are covered in the Web and Mobile track with talks and workshops about JS frameworks, PWA, Android, Web VR and AR.
Hardware, Science, Design and Local Production
The FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit covers topics from software to hardware and knowledge. These are the ingredients for local production. We have a dedicated track on Open Design, IoT, Hardware, Imaging.
Open Data, Internet Society, Community
More and more governments, companies and citizens share data for the benefit of the society. What are the use cases for Open data? What possibilities do we have for a truly free society in the times of tracking devices and supervision technologies, how to keep communities engaged in Free and Open Source development? These are some of the questions in the Open Data, Internet Society, and Community track.
Database
Meet developers of PostgreSQL, MySQL, Apache Spark, MariaDB and NoSQL projects and learn how to save your company money with Open Source database solutions in the Database track. Specific topics include Scaling TB of data, Real-time data masking, Replication Features, Performance Schema, BigQuery, and Immutable Key-Value Stores.
Kernel & Platform
The Kernel & Platform track covers topics from the Linux Kernel to BSD and desktop systems such as Meilix or applications like VLC. Learn about BSD network servers, Hacking with x86 Windows Tablets, Asynchronous integration of GPU computing with HPX many task processing, Unikernelized Linux, Open Build Service in Debian, and Learn C from the trenches.
Science Tech and Education
Science needs to be open and verifiable. As more and more tools are available to a larger part of the population the chance to become a scientist or simply to participate in citizen science increases. What tools exist? What hardware is available? How to do science hands-on with Open Source software and hardware? The Science Tech and Education track covers it.
Open Event Solutions
Open Event Conf covers topics to run your event entirely with Free/Open Source. FOSSASIA develops its own solutions hosted at Eventyay.com . What is the status and what are the next steps to make it end consumer ready? How can contributors join the development and what are the opportunities?
UNESCO Open Science and Open Data Hackathon
In the UNESCO Hackathon developers, designers, tech contributors, bloggers, and journalists join in to develop Open Data apps and games for sustainable development.
Featured Speakers
Kaz Sato
Developer Advocate at GoogleKaz is Staff Developer Advocate at Google Cloud focusing on Machine Learning and Data Analytics products, such as TensorFlow, Cloud ML and BigQuery. He is supporting developer communities for Google Cloud for over 8 years and is also interested in hardware and IoT.
Chris Aniszczyk
Cloud Native Computing FoundationChris is currently a VP at the Linux Foundation focused on developer relations and running the Open Container Initiative (OCI) / Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). Furthermore, he's a partner at Capital Factory where he focuses on mentoring, advising and investing in open source and infrastructure focused startups.
Michael Christen
SUSI.AIMichael is the founder of SUSI AI, loklak and, the creator of the Peer-to-Peer Search engine YaCy. He is a Big Data Engineer consulting for some of the largest corporate players in Germany on search engine technology and digital transformation strategies. He is also the architect of the German Digital Library search portal.
Douglas Gray
Senior Vice President, Engineering at IndeedDoug defines the organizational and development processes for the engineering team as a member of Indeed’s senior leadership team. His areas of expertise include product revitalization, process change and team development. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Liang Moung
Head of Digital Technology at Singapore Press HoldingsLiang leads a high performing engineering team to develop and support the various websites and mobile applications for SPH’s flagship news brands, including The Straits Times, and Lianhe Zaobao. She holds a degree in Computer Science from Stanford.
Dr Graham Williams
Data Science Director at MicrosoftGraham is as a practitioner and researcher in areas of health, banking, insurance, finance, taxation, immigration, and many more. He has lead projects in data mining since the 1980’s. He was previously a Lead Data Scientist with the Australian Government.
Bunnie Huang
Chibitronics PTE LTDBunnie is best known for his work hacking the Microsoft Xbox, as well as for his efforts in designing and manufacturing open source hardware, including the chumby (app-playing alarm clock), chibitronics (teaching electronics through arts and crafts), and Novena (DIY laptop).
Jonas von Malottki
Senior Manager Finance at DaimlerJonas is shaping the Blockchain and DLT activities from the technology perspective within Daimler. He holds a Diploma in Computer Science and Japanese Studies from University of Bonn. Main focus topics were Metadata and Data Quality as well as Neural Networks. He is a member of the Governing Board of Hyperledger.
Exhibition Program
March 22 - 24, 2018
Lifelong Learning Institute, Exhibition Halls, Floor 1
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Thursday, March 22, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Career Fair, VIP Tour
12:00 PM Exhibition & Career Fair Doors Open
12:15 PM Welcome Snacks
3:30 PM VIP Tour at Exhibition
3:30 PM Career Booth Crawl
6:00 PM Exhibition Doors Close -
Friday, March 23, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Business Lunch and Afternoon Booth Tour
9:30 AM Exhibitors Breakfast Snacks
10:00 AM Exhibition Doors Open
6:00 Exhibition Doors Close -
Saturday, March 24, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Young Developers Booth Tour
9:30 AM Exhibitors Breakfast Snacks
10:00 AM Exhibition Doors Open
10:30 AM Young Developers Booth Tour
6:00 PM Exhibition Ends -
Sunday, March 25, 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM After-Exhibition with Community Showcases
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Foyer Showcases of Open Source Projects
Conference Program
March 22 - 25 (+26), 2018
Lifelong Learning Institute, Event Halls Floor 1, 2, 4
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Thursday, March 22, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Conference Opening with VIP guests
1:00 PM Conference Opening
3:15 PM CodeHeat Award Ceremony
3:40 PM Coffee Break Followed by Exhibition Visit -
Friday, March 23, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Keynotes, Business and Technology Tracks, CodeHeat Award
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cloud Training Day Workshop (with Certificate)
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Keynote Sessions, Business and Technology Tracks
6:00 PM Sessions End -
Saturday, March 24, 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Keynotes, Business and Technology Tracks, Young Developers Day, Group Photo, UNESCO Hackathon
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Keynotes, Business and Technology Tracks, Young Developers Day
12:00 PM Conference Group Photo
2:00 PM UNESCO Hackathon Starts
7:00 PM Sessions End
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Sunday, March 25, 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM Business and Technology Tracks, Workshops, UNESCO Hackathon
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Business and Technology Tracks, Workshops
3:00 PM Presentation of UNESCO Hackathon Outcome
4:30 PM Hackathon Award Ceremony
5:00 PM Summit Closing Session
5:30 PM Event Ends -
Monday, March 26, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM After-Event Workshops: SUSI.AI, Open Event, Pocket Science Lab
9:30 Welcome Breakfast and Intro
10:00 AM Workshops start in dedicated rooms
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Workshops Continue
5:00 PM Workshops Close
Social Events Program
March 21 - 25, 2018
Singapore City
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Wednesday, March 21, 3:00 PM-10:00 PM FOSSASIA Meet & Greet
Join the FOSSASIA Speakers and Attendees Meet & Greet, meet the local tech scene, explore Singapore in a Culture and Exploration Afternoon, and enjoy the taste of Asia at a local dinner at Lau Pa Sat.
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Thursday, March 22, 7:30 PM Welcome Get Together
7:30 PM Tech Gathering with Speakers and Exhibitors
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Friday, March 23, 7:30 PM Chinatown Snacks and Clarke Quay Pub Crawl
7:30 PM Let's meet up in Chinatown for Snacks and have a Clarke Quay Pub Crawl
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Saturday, March 24, 7:30 PM Social Evening Event with Live Music and Cultural Program
7:30 PM Please join us for a Social Event with Live Music and Cultural Highlights (Business Partners, Speakers Reception, Social Event Ticket Passes)
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Sunday, March 25, 7:30 PM Dim Sums and Midnight Hacks
7:30 PM After-Event Dim Sum and Midnight City Hack Lounge
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Ultimate Cloud Training Day for Professionals
You want to deploy your solutions in the cloud? You want to make use of your data's company more efficiently? Then our tailored cloud codelab for professionals on Friday, March 23 is right for you. Topics are BigQuery, Image Classification, Dataprep, and Tensorflow. We start at 9.00am with a breakfast. The workshop sessions take place from 9.00am - 4.15pm. Please sign up!
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50+ Tech Companies and Projects at the FOSSASIA Exhibition
Meet tech companies like Google, Daimler/Mercedes, and Microsoft at the exhibition, discuss career strategies with Indeed or learn about the latest tech ideas from core developers of projects like VLC, Debian, CentOS, FreeBSD and many more at the exhibition.
Opening on Thursday, March 22 at 12pm with a reception, running daily from 10am - 6pm until Saturday evening (March 24). Limited Free Hall passes available.
Free Hall Pass Exhibition Overview
UNESCO Hackathon on Saturday March 24/Sunday March 25
Developers, designers, tech contributors, bloggers, and journalists participate in the UNESCO Hackathon! Awesome prizes are waiting for you! Tickets are free. Number of registrants is limited.
Hackathon Website Tickets
Want to talk to participants of the UNESCO Hackathon? Get in touch on the chat channel (Github login required).
Young Developers Day
The Young Developers Day will take place on Saturday, March 24. Here students will learn about coding, visit booths and connect with companies and Open Source projects. In the exhibition area you can join hands-on workshops. Get your Saturday student ticket now for only 12 SGD! (Up to 18 Years Old accompanied by one guardian.)
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A little more about the FOSSASIA Summit
The FOSSASIA Summit is the premier Free and Open Source technology event in Asia for developers, start-ups, and contributors. Projects at FOSSASIA range from open hardware, to design, graphics and software. FOSSASIA was established in 2009. Previous events took place in Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Open TechCommunity in Asia
FOSSASIA develops Open Source software and hardware for conversational AI, science and event management with a global developer community from its base in Asia. The organization organizes Open Technology events, and runs coding programs. The annual FOSSASIA Summit is a premier Open Technology event in Asia. FOSSASIA was founded in 2009.
Science Centre Singapore
Home to the Wonders of Science
Science Centre Singapore brings out the wonders of science, technology, engineering and mathematics through its unique blend of exhibitions, educational programs or events. In nearly four decades, over 17 million visitors have entered our doors, arriving with curiosity and leaving inspired.
FOSSASIA OpenTechNights
In the FOSSASIA OpenTechNights program we are inviting Free and Open Source (FOSS) contributors to apply for a free stay in a Singapore hostel and a free ticket to the event. All you have to do is convince us, that you are an awesome contributor in the community!
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Codeheat Award
In the Heat of the Code is a coding contest for FOSSASIA projects. The contest runs annually for 6 months from September to February. Grand prize winners are invited to present their work at the FOSSASIA OpenTechSummit in Singapore and get travel funding to attend.
The jury chooses the three winners from the top 10 contributors according to code quality and relevance of commits for the project. The jury also takes other contributions like submitted scrum reports and technical blog posts into account, but of course awesome code is the most important item on the list. Other participants have the chance to win Tshirts, Swag and vouchers to attend Open Tech events in the region and get certificates of participation.
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Lifelong Learning Institute Singapore is the event location for the FOSSASIA Summit. Address:
11 Eunos Road 8, Singapore 408601 (Paya Lebar MRT)