WordCamp NOLA 2009, which was previously announced back in October 2008, has been rescheduled from mid-March to mid-April and will be held at the Royal St. Charles Hotel in downtown New Orleans. Further information on these updates is available at the WordCamp NOLA web site. Thanks to the organizers for leaving a comment to let us know!
Brian Jones has created a Google Calendar with corresponding XML and iCal feeds that includes conferences and similar events dealing with open source technology around the United States. If you're looking to attend a conference, this is a great resource to find out what's out there.
Just a quick post to mention that WordCamp New Orleans 2009 has been announced. WordCamp is a class of conferences aimed at developers, users, and enthusiasts of the open source publishing platform WordPress. No date has been set yet for WordCamp New Orleans, but more details will be syndicated on this blog and its iCal feed as they are announced.
This year's ApacheCon will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans. This is a unique opportunity for Louisiana residents to attend a large well-known open source event right in their own backyard. A schedule and registration prices have been posted with more information about the venue and hotel registration coming soon. Local open source enthusiasts are encouraged to be present and encourage future open source events to choose our state as their venue!
Members of the Acadiana Open Source Group and all Acadiana area residents with an interest in open source technologies are invited to attend and optionally be prepared to give technical presentations at The Lafayette CampFiber, a barcamp-style event to be hosted on October 4th at the Travis Technology Center in Lafayette. More information is available on Lafayette CampFiber BarCamp.org page. Registration is free, but limited due to seating limitations, so sign up early!
From BarCamp.org: "Inspired by the community, ad hoc, unconference model of BarCamp, and driven by the desire to spark the imagination of developers to create the next generation of big bandwidth applications, the Lafayette CampFiber will bring together local developers in the Lafayette area to discuss the opportunities being created by the deployment of LUSFiber, soon to be one of the fastest residential networks in the country."