COSSFEST is a two day event featuring multiple speaking tracks and workshops demonstrating the use of Open Source to lower costs, and increase the capabilities and competitiveness of your business. COSSFEST brings together leaders in the technology industry, technology professionals, business professionals, and computer enthusiasts to share the latest news and Open Source know-how.

COSSFEST 2010

Videos Thanks to the huge efforts of Gord McDowell, videos of the COSSFEST presentations are now available online.

Exit Survey If you attended COSSFEST 2010, please take a moment to fill out the exit survey to help us plan for next year.
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Big thanks to all of our Sponsors, Speakers, Volunteers, and everyone who attended. ALL of you make the event an absolute pleasure!
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  • Bruce Byfield has posted another interview he did at COSSFEST.
  • Marcel Gagne has blogged about his COSSFEST murder experience.
  • Bruce Byfield has posted the article resulting from his live interview of Aaron Seigo at COSSFEST 2010.
  • Changed front page of site to say THANK YOU! and show images we have so far.
  • Day 2 complete. Wow. Great presentations were delivered and fun was had by all. We are all a tad exhausted, so we'll update more in the next day or so.
  • Day 1 complete. Great presentations and decent turnout. The evening party was a huge success - Honeey Mustard provided an awesome soundtrack to the festivities. Day 2 has started without a hitch.
  • Workshop has been changed. Marc has been pulled away this weekend to handle work related issues and cannot do the Drupal workshop. An audio production workshop will take it's place. Create music and mix tracks at novice or professional levels with Open Source. Musical results will be made available online under a Creative Commons license.
  • "Final" schedule is posted.
  • Stefan Steiniger has pulled strings and arranged to stay in town for COSSFEST!
  • Speaker List and Schedule have been updated. Jim Elliot had to cancel due to work conflicts. Stefan Steiniger may be out of town. More speaker info has been submitted. The schedule has been shuffled some to accomodate these changes.
  • Honeey Mustard is playing at the Social Party!
  • Promotional posters have been added. See the links above.
  • MASSIVE UPDATE:
    • Price Change! After discussions with the hotel and sponsors we were able to drastically reduce the cost of admission from $75 to $15 per day!
    • The Schedule is now posted.
    • The Speakers List has been updated with all the details we have AND new speakers!. Watch this page - it will be updated as information trickles in.
    • New Contest! Core Wars has been added to the list of activities.
    • New Sponsors. We'd like to welcome and thank Userful and SANS! And Solarbotics has also made a contribution.
  • Artwork contest is finished! Results can be seen here.
  • The Electronic Recycling Association will be at COSSFEST 2010 with a recycling drop off.
  • Marcel Gagne (author, columnist, and blogger), and Jim Elliot of IBM will be speaking at COSSFEST!. Joshua Schoeder and John Mertic have also been added to the speakers list.
  • We'd like to welcome Google as a sponsor of COSSFEST!
  • The King Of The Hill contest rules have been posted.
  • The Artwork Contest is now Active!
  • The Call for Presentations / Workshops is out!
  • We need sponsors to help give COSSFEST that little extra something!