[wos] "TPFOSST 05" 1st National Conference on Trends and Pract

[Volker Grassmuck]

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From:           	"Fouad Riaz Bajwa" <bajwa at fossfp.org>
Date sent:      	Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:23:46 +0500
Organization:   	Free & Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan


                                  
                                  
"TPFOSST 05" 1st National Conference on Trends and Practices of Free 
and Open Source Software Technologies, August 18, 2005

Event Venue & Schedule:
Venue: 

Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT)
University of the Punjab
Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus
Lahore-Pakistan

Date: 
18th August 2005 (9:00am “ 6:00pm)

Important Downloads:
To download Call for Papers 
http://www.fossfp.org/documents/conference/tpfosst_05_conference_call.
pdf
To download Conference Paper Author Guidelines in .pdf or .doc:
http://www.fossfp.org/documents/conference/author_guidelines_pdf.pdf
http://www.fossfp.org/documents/conference/author_guidelines_doc.doc

Important Dates 
Submission of Paper Abstract: July 18, 2005 
Acceptance Notification: July 25, 2005 
Full Paper Submission: August 01, 2005 
Paper Presentation: August 18, 2005 

About the Conference:
The 1st National Conference on Trends and Practices of Free and Open 
Source Software Technologies (TPFOSST™05) provides the central 
gathering place to exchange ideas, share techniques, push the 
technical boundaries, and maximize the benefits of free and open 
source software. It brings together the IT professional community, 
research scholars, enterprise leaders and government officials of 
Pakistan to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, research 
results and research-in-progress about all aspects (theory, practice, 
applications and tools) of the Trends and Practices of Free and Open 
Source Software Technologies. The conference will include Keynote 
speeches, tutorials and technical paper presentations. The accepted 
papers will be published in the TPSOSST™05 conference proceedings to 
be distributed during the conference. 

For further information and updates, please visit the
website: http://www.fossfp.org/tpfosst05
or e-mail: tpfosst05 at fossfp.org.

Conference Topics:
1. Foundations and the Rationale of F/OSS 
2. Global and Regional F/OSS Initiatives 
3. F/OSS and Proprietary Software Usage Ethical Issues 
4. F/OSS Licensing and Legal Issues 
5. Tools and Infrastructures for F/OSS Development 
6. F/OSS in e-Government and Public Administration 
7. Role of F/OSS in Sustainable Economic Development 
8. F/OSS in Academic Research 
9. F/OSS in the Enterprise 
10. F/OSS in SMEs 
11. F/OSS Education and Training 
12. F/OSS and Open Knowledge 
13. Content and Knowledge management in F/OSS 
14. F/OSS Models for Business 
15. Impact of F/OSS on Social Networks 
16. Cost and Economic Models of F/OSS 
17. F/OSS Benefits to People with Special Needs 
18. F/OSS Case Studies and Experiments F/OSS Distributed Project 
Management 
19. Distributed Collaboration and Coordination of F/OSS Development 
Teams 
20. Distributed Group Development for F/OSS 
21. F/OSS Teams as Communities of Practice 
22. Leadership in F/OSS Groups 
23. F/OSS Software Development Processes 
24. F/OSS Computing Practices and Applications 
25. F/OSS Effect on Cyber Psychology and Ethics 
26. F/OSS Operating Systems 
27. F/OSS Projects 
28. Technical Aspects of Unix, Linux and BSD variants 
29. Business Experiences and Case Studies F/OSS 
30. F/OSS Computing 
31. F/OSS Development Environments 
32. F/OSS Development for Electronic Commerce 
33. Systems and Applications 
34. F/OSS Engineering Tools and Techniques F/OSS Maintenance & 
Software Metrics 
35. F/OSS Quality Assurance and Standards 
36. F/OSS Testing Methodologies 
37. F/OSS Language Localization 
38. Significance of F/OSS for Developing Economies 
39. F/OSS Trends in Developing Economies 
40. The future of F/OSS 
41. F/OSS Hybridization and Co-Existence 
42. F/OSS Risk Management 
43. F/OSS Scalability Issues 
44. F/OSS Maturity Models 
45. Empirical Analysis of F/OSS 
46. Adoption of F/OSS in Computing Curriculum 

Submission of Papers:
We solicit research and experience papers as well as research-in-
progress and practitioners reports in all areas of Trends and 
Practices of Free and Open Source Software Technologies. Submissions, 
refereeing, and all correspondence will be conducted by e-mail. 
Please include a cover page (1st page) containing paper title, 
authors (indicate primary contact person), address, affiliation, e-
mail address, phone number, fax number, topic area of your paper. The 
2nd page starts off with paper title, abstract, keywords (5-7), and 
text (format available). The program committee will review each 
submission and judge it with respect to its originality, 
significance, and relevance. Send your full paper (not to exceed 8 
pages) via e-mail as an attachment document (not as in-text part of 
your e-mail) either in Word or pdf format to the appropriate 
conference coordinator on or before July 18th, 2005.

Event Organizers:
-FOSSFP: Free and Open Source Software Foundation of Pakistan®
-Punjab University College of Information Technology (PUCIT), 
University of the Punjab
-KMT Innovators®, Lahore 
-Pakistan, Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB), Government of 
the Punjab 
-Open Source Resource Centre (PSEB-OSRC), Pakistan Software Export 
Board (PSEB), Government of Pakistan 

Event Sponsors/Supporters:
-Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) Government of the Punjab
-Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom Government of Pakistan 
-Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

TPFOSST™05 Conference Chair Contact:
Dr. Anwar-ur-Rehman Pasha
FOSSAC ' 2005 Secretariat
Punjab University College of Information Technology
University of The Punjab, Allama Iqbal (Old) Campus
The Mall, Lahore-54000, Pakistan
Phone #: 92 (042) 111-923-923 Ext: 27
e-mail: tpfosst05 at fossfp.org

Note:
The TPFOSST'05 event is part of "FOSSAC ' 2005: Free and Open Source 
Software Awareness Campaign" being carried out from 16th - 18th 
August, 1005 http://www.fossfp.org/fossac

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