Participants from almost all Brazilian states, and countries like Argentina, Paraguay, Italy and the UK, have already secured their registration for the ninth edition of the Latin American Conference on Free Software (Latinoware 2012), which will be held between October 17 and 19 in Foz do Iguaçu (PR).

Until next Sunday (30), registration can be done – on website: www.latinoware.org – at a cost of R$ 90. After this, the cost increases to R$ 110. The event – considered one of the largest of its kind in Latin America – should bring together at Itaipu Technological Park (PTI), about 4 thousand participants, including students, professionals and experts in various fields of technology.

Among the personalities confirmed for this edition are the legendary Jon “Maddog” Hall, president of Linux International; Frank Karlitschek, founder of OwnCloud Inc. and one of the leading experts in cloud computing and Ron Minnich, Google software engineer.

In addition to an intense program of lectures, round tables, workshops and short courses on topics related to information and communication technology, other parallel events are planned, as well as an exhibition space for the free software communities to disclose their main products and services.

Among the topics discussed will be issues such as security and infrastructure, GIS, languages and frameworks, graphics and multimedia, education, robotics, culture and society, database, business, public policy, and mobile devices.

Latinoware

Latinoware is promoted by Itaipu Binacional and Foundation Itaipu Technological Park – Brazil, with support from the State of Paraná Informatics Service (Celepar), the Federal Data Processing Agency (Serpro), of Dataprev, Google and the company Dextra.