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Learn about the tracks and sessions about Cloud, DevOps, AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Open Hardware, Science, Web, Mobile and much more.
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, Containers, 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 Technologies and Mobile Technologies track with talks and workshops about JS frameworks, PWA, Android, Web VR and AR.
Hardware, Design and Production
The FOSSASIA Open Tech Summit covers topics from software to hardware and knowledge. These are the ingredients for production. We have a dedicated track on Hardware & Design. Apart from technical topics speakers will share their experience from making prototype to going to large scale production and working with mass manufacturers.
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, 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 Science and Open Data Hackathon with UNESCO
In the FOSSASIA Hackathon developers, designers, tech contributors, bloggers, and journalists join in to develop Open Data apps and games for sustainable development and indigenous languages using FOSSASIA technologies.
Featured Speakers
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).
Shanker V Selvadurai
Vice President of IBM Asia PacificHe leads the technical organization that helps clients across Asia Pacific to explore and co-create cloud based solutions that leverage data, analytics and AI capabilities. Prior to joining IBM, he held key positions in areas of research, development,sales and marketing.
Rahul Akolkar
Worldwide Technical Sales Leader, Data Science and AI at IBMRahul's work has been featured in a US Super Bowl advertisement and has helped Olympic athletes. Rahul has contributed to numerous open source projects and standards. He is an elected Member of the Apache Software Foundation.
Jonas von Malottki
DiamlerJonas 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.
Masafumi Ohta
Raspberry Pi FoundationMasafumi is leading Raspberry Pi community in Japan and volunteering Raspberry Pi Foundation from farthest east country, Japan. He has helping their business and encourage Raspberry Pi related projects with Raspberry Pi Foundation. Masafumi has elected ARM INNOVATOR by ARM+Hackster.io in Japan.
Michael Downey
United Nations FoundationHe is the Director of Community for the Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL) Open Source Center, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation. The Center is a collaborative community promoting knowledge sharing, collaboration, and co-investment in technology around the world.
Sanjeev K Biswas
Singapore Press HoldingsSanjeev has over 19 years of experience in the software industry. He did his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has been at Adobe Systems for 13 years and has worked as a Lead Architect for many initiatives. He has 23 issued USA Patents.
Felipe Hoffa
Software Engineer at GoogleIn 2011, he moved from Chile to San Francisco to join Google as a Software Engineer. Since 2013 he's been a Developer Advocate on big data - to inspire developers around the world to leverage the Google Cloud Platform tools. You can find him in several YouTube videos and blog posts.
Andrea Frittoli
Developer Advocate at IBMHe has contributed to OpenStack for several years, with focus in Quality Engineering and CI/CD, with the role of Project Technical Lead of the QA Program for one year. He's a strong advocate for transparency in open source. He likes working on IaaS projects as well as machine learning.
Martin Michlmayr
Debian developerHe is currently president of Software in the Public Interest.He completed a doctorate at the University of Cambridge. The focus of this research was on quality improvement in free software and open source projects, and particularly on release management processes.
Aurélien Géron
Founder of KiwisoftHe is the author of the best-selling book "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow" (O'Reilly, 2017). A former Googler, he led YouTube's video classification team from 2013 to 2016. He also founded Wifirst, a leading Wireless ISP in France. He recently founded kiwisoft.io, a ML consulting & training firm.
Andrew Lee
Software Developer at CollaboraAndrew Lee (Hualian, Taiwan) – an active Open Source Liaison focusing on the Debian and LXDE Projects. He created various localization related packages in Red Hat, Mandrake, and Debian distros.He works as a software developer in the Build and Infrastructure team at Collabora.
Roland Turner
TrustSphereHe is Chief Privacy Officer for TrustSphere where he is responsible for the company's information policy and practices. He is a HackerspaceSG founding member and FOSSASIA organiser, holds a Computer Science degree from UTS.
Remi DenisCourmont
VideoLANHe is a long-time open-source developer, and largest contributor to the VLC media player project
Paul Hamilton
South West MakersHe is a co-founder of the South West Makers. Paul has given talks on using Open Source software in Local Government and various Raspberry Pi hardware projects including some that have been presented at the Shenzhen Makers Faire.
Philip Paeps
FreeBSD FoundationPhilip Paeps (“Trouble”) is an independent consultant and contractor based in Belgium. He provides research and development on low-level software and operating systems, particularly in an embedded or real-time context.
Exhibition Program
March 14 - 17 (+13), 2019
Lifelong Learning Institute, Exhibition Halls, Floor 1+2
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Wednesday, March 13, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Exhibition Setup
4:00 PM Exhibition Setup
7:00 PM Exhibition Area Closes -
Thursday, March 14, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Fair, VIP Tour
8:00 AM Exhibitors Setup
12:30 PM Exhibition Doors Open
1:00 PM Welcome Snacks
2:00 PM VIP Tour at Exhibition
6:00 PM Exhibition Doors Close -
Friday, March 15, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Codeheat Ceremony, Hackathon
9:30 AM Exhibitors Breakfast Snacks
10:00 AM Exhibition Doors Open
6:00 Exhibition Doors Close
12:00 PM Exhibitors on Stage
2:00 PM CodeHeat Award Ceremony (Floor 2)
3:00 PM Hackathon Opening (Floor 2)
4:00 PM Happy Hour Booth-Hop
6:00 PM Exhibition Doors Close
10:00 PM Hackathon Day Ends -
Saturday, March 16, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Exhibition, Exhibitors Stage, Group Photo, Hackathon
8:00 AM Hackathon Continues
9:30 AM Exhibitors Breakfast Snacks
10:00 AM Exhibition Doors Open
12:00 PM Event Group Photo
12:30 PM Exhibitors on Stage
6:00 PM Exhibition Doors Close
10:00 PM Hackathon Day Ends -
Sunday, March 17, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Exhibition, Exhibitors Stage, Hackathon End
8:00 AM Hackathon Continues
9:30 AM Exhibitors Breakfast Snacks
10:00 AM Exhibition Doors Open
12:00 PM Exhibitors on Stage
4:00 PM Exhibition Ends
Until 7:00 PM - Teardown
Conference Program
March 14 - 17 (+18), 2019
Lifelong Learning Institute, Event Halls Floor 2+3
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Thursday, March 14, 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM Conference Opening with VIP guests
8:30 AM Registration
9:30 AM Conference Opening
10:45 AM Coffee Break
11:20 AM Keynotes
12:45 PM Lunch Break
2:00 PM Conference Program
5:30 PM Sessions End -
Friday, March 15, 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM Keynotes, Business and Technology Tracks
10:00 AM Keynote Sessions and Technology Tracks
12:00 PM Business Lunch (Invitation)
6:30 PM Sessions End -
Saturday, March 16, 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM Keynotes, Technology Tracks, Group Photo and Hackathon with UNESCO
10:00 AM Keynotes and Technology Tracks
12:00 PM Event Group Photo
6:30 PM Sessions End -
Sunday, March 17, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Technology Tracks, Workshops, Hackathon Prizes, Closing Ceremony
10:00 AM Technology Tracks
2:30 PM Hackathon Pitches
3:30 PM Hackathon Awards
4:00 PM Closing Session
5:00 PM Event Ends -
Monday, March 18, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM FOSSASIA After-Summit Workshops
9:30 Welcome Breakfast and Intro
10:00 AM Workshops for SUSI.AI and PSLab start
12:30 PM Community Lunch
1:30 PM Workshops Continue
5:00 PM Workshops End
Social Events Program
March 13 - 18, 2019
Singapore City
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Wednesday, March 13, 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 14, 7:00 PM Welcome Get Together
7:30 PM Tech Gathering with Speakers and Exhibitors
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Friday, March 15, 7:00 AM Cultural Morning Tour to Merlion Statue and View of Marina Bay
7:30 AM Let's meet up in the morning and visit the famous Singapore Merlion Status and Marina Bay
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Friday, March 15, 7:30 PM Chinatown Snacks and Clarke
Quay Pub Crawl7:30 PM Let's meet up in Chinatown for Snacks and have a Clarke Quay Pub Crawl
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Saturday, March 16 7:00 PM 10 Years FOSSASIA Party with Buffet, Live Music, Indian Dance & Cultural Program
7:30 PM Join us for a Social Event with Live Music and Cultural Highlights! Indian dance, magic, music, Karaoke and much more! (Business Partners, Speakers Reception, Social Event Ticket Passes)
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Sunday, March 17, 8:30 PM Dim Sums and Midnight Hacks
8:30 PM After-Event Dim Sum and Midnight City Hack Lounge
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Monday, March 18, 12:30 PM Community Lunch
12:30 PM Community Lunch with Yummy Local Singapore Food
Schedule Roster
| Thursday, March 14 | Friday, March 15 | Saturday, March 16 | Sunday, March 17 | |||||||||
| Morning | Afternoon | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Morning | Afternoon | Evening | Morning | Afternoon | |||
| Event hall 1-1 (GF) | Exhibition + Lounge + Coffee | Exhibition + Lounge + Coffee | ||||||||||
| Event Hall 1-2 (GF) | Community Stage: Exhibitors Showcases | Community Stage: Open Data / Internet / Community | Community Stage: Exhibitors Showcases | |||||||||
| Training room 1-1/1-2 (GF) | Exhibition / Hands-on | Exhibition / Hands-on | Exhibition / Hands-on | |||||||||
| Event hall 2-1 (Fl 2) | Cloud & AI Workshops | ML & Artificial Intelligence | Python ML Workshop | ML & Artificial Intelligence | ML Workshop | Linux Exam Prep | ||||||
| Event hall 2-2 (Fl 2) | Hackathon Stage | |||||||||||
| Training room 2-1 (Fl 2) | Web Technologies | VueJS Workshop | Database / MySQL | Database / MongoDB | Database / PostgreSQL + Others | |||||||
| Training room 2-2 (Fl 2) | Web and Mobile | SUSI.AI Workshop | Hardware and Design | Database / SQLite | Cloud, Container, DevOps | |||||||
| Lecture Theatre (Fl 2/3) | Opening / Feature Track | Cloud, Container, DevOps | Cloud, Container, DevOps | Open Data / Internet / Community | Hackathon Awards / Closing | |||||||
| Theatre Lounge (Fl 3) | Kernel and Platform | Python Workshop | Python ML Workshop | Cloud, Container, DevOps | Python Workshop | Blockchain | ||||||
| Training room 9-1 (Fl 9) | Database / MongoDB | Science Education | Social Event | |||||||||
| Training room 9-2/9-3 (Fl 9) | Database / SQLite | Cybersecurity | ||||||||||
| Event Entrance Hall | 12:00 Group Photo | |||||||||||
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Ultimate Cloud Training
You want to deploy your solutions in the cloud? You want to make more use of your data's company. You want to provide trusted AI solutions? Then our tailored cloud codelabs on Friday, March 15 and Saturday March 16 are right for you.
Topics are Cloud, Container, Kubernetes, Security and Artificial Intelligence. We start at 8.30am with a breakfast on Friday and workshops about 'Bringing trust and transparency in AI’ and development 'Using Kubernetes and Knative to deploy & secure containerized applications' supported by IBM and continue in the cloud track on the next day with talks in the morning and a workshop on 'Cloud Deployments with Azure Kubernetes Service' on Saturday afternoon. Catering is provided. Please sign up and secure your spot!
Kubernetes/AI (Fri) AKN (Sat)
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FOSSASIA Exhibition
Tech Companies & Projects from Thu March 14 - Sun March 17Meet tech companies like JP Morgan, Daimler/Mercedes, and Microsoft at the exhibition. Discuss career opportunities and learn about the latest tech ideas from core developers of projects like VLC, Debian, CentOS, FreeBSD and many more.
Exhibition Schedule: Opening on Thursday, March 14 at 12.30pm with lunch snacks, starting at 10am (Fri/Sat/Sun) and closing on Thursday/Friday/Saturday at 6pm, and on Sunday until 4pm. Hall passes available.
Hall Pass Book Booth
OpenTech Hackathon with UNESCO
Fri March 15 - Sun March 17
Developers, designers, tech contributors, bloggers, and journalists celebrate 10 years FOSSASIA in the OpenTech Hackathon! Awesome prizes are waiting for you! Tickets are free. Number of registrants is limited.
Sign up Here
FOSSASIA Academy with BuildingBloCS Code Labs Workshops and International Speakers
BuildingBloCS and FOSSASIA are excited to announce free technology workshops for the community taking place at the FOSSASIA Summit 2019 evenings on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 as well as Saturday morning. Workshops include Introduction to Python, VueJS, Databases, Machine Learning with Python and Creating Skills with SUSI.AI.
Please sign up through the form to reserve your slot in the workshops itself.
Sign up here Workshops Schedule
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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 Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, China and India.
Volunteer at FOSSASIA Summit!
Volunteering is a great learning opportunity for community members who enjoy exploring how things work behind the scene, make new friends and get better connections with open source project teams. FOSSASIA conducts skill and knowledge trainings prior the event to help volunteers familiarize with various roles including video recording, moderating, ticketing, writing etc. Join the FOSSASIA Volunteer Team for a fun and memorable experience.
Volunteer RegistrationFOSSASIA OpenTechNights
In the FOSSASIA OpenTechNights program we are inviting Free and Open Source (FOSS) contributors to FOSSASIA projects 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 FOSSASIA 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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