[PLUG] Fosscon 2013 Official Announcement: Saturday August 10th

[Jonathan Simpson <jonathan@jdsnetwork.com>]

Howdy PLUG,
Below is the announcement for Fosscon 2013, coming this 
summer.  As always
we'll be looking to PLUG members to give talks, so feel free 
to submit one!

Fosscon 2013 will be held Saturday, August 10th, at the  
Friends Center facility
in Central Philadelphia. This new  location provides easy 
access from Market
East station and  Suburban station, and is located in the 
heart of Philadelphia
with plenty to see and do nearby.

This years keynote will be provided by Philadelphia's own 
Jordan Miller, who
leads a research team at UPENN. Jordan makes heavy use of 
open source software
and is doing amazing work with 3D printing as it pertains to 
transplantable
organs.
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-researchers-improve-living-tissues-3d-
printed-vascular-networks-made-sugar

Fosscon 2013 is a free and open source software conference,  
and will include
talks on workships on topics including  development, 
community building,
hackerspace activities, and  more. Learn about 3D printing, 
security, and
protecting your  privacy. Network with the local tech 
community and discover
new technologies.

The Ubuntu PA group will be offering  support for 
installation or
troubleshooting of your linux  system regardless of what 
distribution you use,
and Hive76  members along with members of other nearby 
hackerspaces will  be
showing off 3D printing, electronics, and will even have  a 
combat robot arena
that you can try yourself.

Fosscon is also searching for speakers, sponsors, and  
exhibitors for this
year's event.

For information on speaking, visit http://fosscon.org/speakers.

For information on sponsoring, visit  
http://fosscon.org/sponsors.

For information on exhibiting, visit  
http://fosscon.org/exhibits.

To register for Fosscon, visit 
https://www.wepay.com/events/fosscon-2013. Basic
admission  is free, but paid adminssion of $25 helps make 
Fosscon possible for
all of us. We appreciate your support!

Thanks for reading. We hope to see you there! The fosscon  
2013 team.

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