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Thursday 19 and Friday 20 September 2013Prato, Tuscany, Italy
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Innovate through open source
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Press Information Kit
www.oss4b.it [email protected]
“Open Source Software for Business” (OSS4B) is an international conference that promotes the usage and
the adoption of open source software in both business and mission critical environments.
The event features two days of talks and workshops by international speakers focused on open source
technologies and everything that ensures their successful adoption: hardware solutions, project management
and organisation methodologies and techniques, best practices, business models, research and development,
training, marketing, social media, licensing, etc.
OSS4B targets chief officers in areas such as finance, technology, information, data, marketing, risk/security, law,
network, web, mobile, etc. as well as developers, system, database and network administrators, project
managers.
OSS4B provides a platform for the supply of and demand for innovative ICT services of the highest quality based
on open source software.
The first edition of the “Open Source Software for Business” Conference, OSS4B 2013, will be held in Italy
(Prato, Tuscany) on 19-20 September 2013.
The 2013 edition will be focused on DevOps and Kanban. Confirmed keynote speakers are:
● Gene Kim, author of the best-seller “The Phoenix Project” and expert in IT operations, security and
compliance;
● Dragos Dumitriu, General Manager of David J. Anderson and Associates Inc, a global management
consulting firm providing Lean and Kanban solutions that improve performance, communication, and
collaboration for knowledge workers.
Guest Speakers
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DRAGOS DUMITRIU
David J Anderson & Associates
General Manager of David J. Anderson and Associates, Inc, a global
management consulting firm providing Lean and Kanban solutions that
improve performance, communication, and collaboration for knowledge
workers.
Recipient of several awards for innovation, delivery, and leadership, Dragos
built a reputation for designing solutions that streamline IT operations,
enhance performance, and transform underachieving teams into top talent.
In 2004, while at Microsoft, he was recognized as the first IT manager who
successfully applied Kanban and the Theory of Constraints (TOC) to
software engineering creating immediate gains in profitability, performance,
and stakeholder value.
Dragos holds several training and consulting certifications including Lean-
Kanban University Accredited Kanban Trainer (AKT) and Kanban Coaching
Professional (KCP). He leads consulting engagements and conducts training
workshops on Kanban for IT/Operations and DevOps.
www.linkedin.com/in/dragosd
www.agilemanagement.net
@netheart
GENE KIM
Tripwire
Among other things, he's the author of “The Phoenix Project: A
Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win and The
Visible Ops Handbook”, a researcher, and founder and former CTO
of Tripwire. Gene is passionate about IT operations, security and
compliance, and how IT organizations successfully transform from
“good to great”.www.realgenekim.me
www.linkedin.com/in/realgenekim
@realgenekim
Guest Speakers
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STEFANO ZACCHIROLI
Debian Developer, former 3 times Debian Project Leader
Debian Project Leader, between April 2010 and April 2013. Zacchiroli
became a Debian Developer in 2001. After attending LinuxTag in 2004, he
became more involved in the Debian community and the project itself.
Zacchiroli earned a PhD in computer science in 2007 at University of
Bologna and moved to Paris Diderot University for his Postdoctoral research.
He is involved in the MANCOOSI project working on the application of formal
methods to the solution of complexity issues in the management of
GNU/Linux distributions.
From the technical point of view, Zacchiroli has been involved in Debian
mainly in the OCaml packaging and in the quality assurance team.
In April 2011 he was re-elected as project leader unopposed. In April 2012
he was re-elected again, becoming the first-ever DPL to be elected three
times.
www.linkedin.com/in/zacchiro
http://upsilon.cc/~zack/
@zacchiro
Location
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The first edition of OSS4B will be held at the Monash University Prato Centre, in the heritage listed Palazzo
Vaj, located in the heart of Prato’s centro storico (historical centre).
Monash University is the largest Australian University.
For further information on the venue, please refer to the www.monash.it website.
MONASH UNIVERSITY PRATO CENTREPALAZZO VAJ
VIA PUGLIESI, 26
59100 PRATO PO
ITALY
Sponsorship options
OSS4B is organised by the same team behind the
very first PostgreSQL community events ever held in
Europe (now www.pgconf.eu and www.pgday.it).
Over 200 attendees from all over the world came to
Prato for the first edition of the PostgreSQL Day in
Europe, which took place in July 2007.
OSS4B brings this kind of conference to a higher
level, by embracing all open source technologies and
services (not just Postgres) at the core ICT
enterprises.
There are five standard sponsorship packages on
offer. In addition, Sponsors are also encouraged to
provide flyers and gifts for the conference attendee
packs provided to attendees.
Competitions and outside the box ideas are welcome
to be discussed. Advertising and announcement
requests outside what has been defined in the
sponsorship packages below will need to be
requested and discussed with conference organisers
prior to the event.
If sponsors would like to run any competitions or
offer any prizes during the conference this can be
arranged through the conference organisers.
If sponsors have any related competitions or
announcements they would like made during the
conference this will need to be requested and
organised prior to the event.
Social events
There will be three social events on schedule:
● Aperitivo (drinks) on Thursday 19 evening
● Aperitivo (drinks) on Friday 20 evening
● Farewell dinner (with live music) on Friday 20
Social events will be renamed after your company
and you will be directly involved in the organisation.
Contact the organisers to find out more about these
outstanding opportunities.
Diamond – 5,000 € contribution (+21% VAT)
● 2 complementary tickets
● 20% discount on further 5 tickets
● Logo on OSS4B website
● Logo on conference rollups
● Logo on conference program
● Company flyer in attendee pack
● Company rollup in one room
● Stand (table 2m x 1m )
Platinum – 2,500 € contribution (+21% VAT)
● 1 complementary ticket
● 15% discount on further 5 tickets
● Logo on OSS4B website
● Logo on conference rollups
● Logo on conference program
● Company flyer in attendee pack
● Company rollup in one room
● Stand (table 2m x 1m )
Gold – 1,000 € contribution (+21% VAT)
● 15% discount on 3 tickets
● Logo on OSS4B website
● Logo on conference rollups
● Logo on conference program
● Company flyer in attendee pack
Silver – 500 € contribution (+21% VAT)
● 10% discount on 3 tickets
● Logo on OSS4B website
● Logo on conference rollups
● Company flyer in attendee pack
Bronze – 300 € contribution (+21% VAT)
● 10% discount on 2 tickets
● Logo on OSS4B website
Media - Free (conditions apply)
● 1 complementary ticket
● If interested please contact OSS4B organisers
Call for papers
www.oss4b.it [email protected]
OSS4B 2013, the first “Open Source Software for
Business” international conference is to be held in
Italy (Prato, Tuscany) on 19-20 September 2013.
The call for papers is now open.
Presenting in Italy for the first time, confirmed
keynote speakers are internationally renowned Gene
Kim (author of the best-seller “The Phoenix Project”)
and Dragos Dumitriu (pioneer in Lean and Kanban
solutions).
Speakers are being sought to share their knowledge
and experience on open source technologies and
everything that ensures their successful adoption.
The conference will not be limited to technical
aspects, rather abstracts which include broader
themes such as business, organisation,
management and education will be considered.
Here follows a non exhaustive list of suggested
topics:
● World class open source software technologies
such as operating systems, data management
systems, programming languages and
embedded systems;
● Open source tools for revision control,
continuous integration, ticketing and bug
tracking, testing and QA, build, automated
deployment, provisioning, configuration
management, monitoring, benchmarking;
● Open source frameworks for web and mobile
applications;
● Agile and Lean methodologies;
● Cooperation between development and
operations (DevOps);
● Continuous delivery and deployment processes;
● Open source entrepreneurship, lean startup and
continuous innovation;
● Adopting the open source business model;
● Open source recruiting requirements;
● Open source education, training and coaching;
● Successful marketing strategies for open source
services and products;
● Legal aspects in developing, distributing and using
open source software;
● Hardware solutions for open source systems;
● Liason between businesses, communities and
educational organisations;
● Delivering professional 24/7 support services on
open source software;
● Managing global development of open source
projects;
● Integration of open source software with legacy
systems;
● Open source software in government and the
public sector;
● Case studies/caveats/success stories on adoption
of open source software;
● Success stories on reduction of Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO).
If you have an interesting and relevant topic or
experience regarding open source software that has
not been mentioned above, but you believe it deserves
our attention, feel free to contact us or directly submit
a proposal.
Each session will be in English and last 1 hour,
including question time (prepare for a 45/50 minute
talk).
How to submit a paper
Submissions must be sent via e-mail to [email protected] and should specify:
● Full name
● E-mail address
● Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook URLs/accounts
● Title and abstract of the talk (~400/700 characters)
● Topic(s) covered
● Target audience, such as developers, system administrators, database administrators, network
administrators, project managers, chief officers in finance (CFO), technology (CTO), information (CIO),
data (CDO), marketing (CMO), risk/security (CRO), legal (CLO), network (CNO), web/mobile (CWO), ...
● Previous experience presenting at international conferences (preferably with links to slides and/or videos)
The submission deadline has been extended to August 5th (initially it was July 22nd) . Selected
speakers will be notified before August 12th, 2013.
Submissions in Italian will also be considered for a parallel track.
Selected speakers will be given full access to the conference. Travel and accommodation expenses will be
partially covered (alternatively, speakers will be offered sponsorship exchange opportunities). Speakers
requiring special assistance with funding must provide detailed information when submitting their requests.
This call for papers is also available on the web at http://www.oss4b.it/call-for-papers/.
REFERENCES
Website http://www.oss4b.it/
Call for papers http://www.oss4b.it/call-for-papers/
Sponsorship options http://www.oss4b.it/become-a-sponsor/
Event tickets http://www.oss4b.it/book-your-ticket/
Twitter @OSS4B (#oss4b2013)
Public email [email protected]
General enquiries [email protected]
Sponsorship enquiries [email protected]
OSS4B is organised by Devise.IT srl – Prato. Pictures by Pratosfera.com
