Philippine Open Source Conference

The Countrys Definitive Open Source Event Returns

Event Merged with the First Voice and Telephony Conference

MAKATI, August 29, 2006—The Philippine Open Source Conference, country’s definitive event for the open source industry is back, this time merged with the first Philippine Voice and Telephony Technology Conference, to be held this September 26 to 28, 2006 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel.

This year’s theme is “Ready for Change in Tune with Enterprise Needs.” The event combines an industry conference and an exhibit of the latest products and solutions. The event is targeted at companies and enterprises currently using or are considering using open source voice and telephony technologies. This is an excellent venue for discovering, experiencing, and learning about open source technology, systems, and services, especially as they relate to VoIP and telephony.

The conference will focus on open source operating systems and applications for the business and enterprise user. This will be presented to participants in various ways such as exhibits, tutorials, live laboratories, and proof-of-concept presentations. There will also be special interest group sessions throughout the conference. Tracks include topics on Business Applications, Programming and Systems Development, and a specialized track on Voice and Telephony.

Some of the invited speakers are Emmanuel Amador, Senior Technical Writer for InfoWeapons Corporation; Jade Deinla, President and CEO of Xinapse Inc.; Bobby Gantuangco, Vice President for Technology for INQ7; Norwen Goño, Senior Systems Developer of Asia United Bank; Jerome Gotangco, External Vice President of PLUG; Dr. Pablo Manalastas, Associate Professor - Department of Mathematics of the Ateneo de Manila University; Marco Angelo Mejia, Manager - Research and Engineering for Imperium Technology, Inc.; Reuben Ravago, founder of OLM Tech; Adrian San Juan, Manila chapter lead for Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP); Rafael Sevilla, Chief Technology Officer of Imperium Technology, Inc.; Ryan Talabis, founder and lead analyst of the Philippine Honeynet Project; Nelson Tandug, VP for IT of Prudentialife Group of Companies; Sebastian Sicam, GSEC, RHCE – Senior Science Research Specialist, Advanced Science and Technology Institute, among others.

The Philippine Open Source Conference + Philippine Voice and Telephony Technology Conference is sponsored by GlobeQuest, SuperMicro, Emerson, INQ7, POSITIVE, Plantronics, Continuum, Avaya, American Technologies Inc., and QLinux Solutions; supported by the Contact Center Association of the Philippines, Open Minds, Business Processing Association of the Philippines, and Philippine Software Industry Association; and co-organized by Imperium Technology Inc. and DL Media Focus International, Inc.