Open Source Developers Conference 2013 in Auckland

The Australasian Open Source Developers Conference is one of the top 
conferences for developers in Asia Pacific. It's primarily focused on 
development with open source tools and development of open source 
software, and is now in its 10th year. For the first time, the 
conference is crossing the ocean and is landing in Auckland, New 
Zealand, 21st - 23rd October 2013, at the lavish Langham Hotel. Covering 
everything from revision control to the latest software development 
methodologies and tools, this conference will appeal to anyone who uses 
open source development tools or writes open source software. Our focus 
this year is security, identity and privacy.

So far we have a great schedule of presentations for the conference, we 
are now working on getting the word out as far and wide as we can to 
boost ticket sales. Our aim is to appeal to Architects, Developers, Network
Admins - the whole IT Crowd - and show them that this is an event that they
can't afford to miss.

We have arranged plenty of social and networking opportunities for our 
delegates as a part of the conference. There is a formal dinner on the 
Monday night, Birds Of Feather sessions on the Tuesday night, and an 
Open Evening on the Wednesday night where there will be the opportunity 
to showcase all that is happening now in Open Hardware, and the best in 
Kiwi ingenuity. We are also working with the Cystic Fibrosis Association 
to fundraise during the conference.

This is a labour of love for the head organisers. I co-presented at this 
conference in 2007 with my husband, Steve. Our presentation then was 
what we had learned as the developers of an Open Source product, about 
the expectations of customers and how they can be so different from what 
the developer thinks they will be. It went down well and we were hooked, 
with Steve presenting and both of us attending many other conferences since.

We were specifically asked to bring the conference to Auckland by the 
Open Source Developers Club in Australia. It's a voluntary job - we 
don't get paid for this at all. I built a team, focusing on past skills. 
My knowledge of conferences from most viewpoints available, Steve as a 
recurring presenter and uber geek, we have Amanda Jackson who had been 
running the Girl Geek Dinners for many years, and various other people 
who have passed through our committee in different roles.

What I love about theses conferences is the excitement generated about 
the newest bleeding edge technology. The delegates really want to 
attend, and the speakers as well; many submitting multiple papers to 
ensure that they were chosen. I really love seeing the exchange that 
happens between the older Gurus and the young bucks. They just can't get 
that anywhere else!

Best regards

-- 
Cherie Ellis
The OSDC 2013 team
http://osdc.org.nz / @osdconf / https://www.facebook.com/OSDConf