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 <description>&lt;!-- News 6 -  http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-the-schedule-and-the-last-chance - start --&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest eLiberatica news on short:&lt;br&gt; 1 - The conference schedule was published;&lt;br&gt; 2 - Take the last chance to book a ticket;&lt;br&gt; 3 - People who helped eLiberatica &amp;ndash; the winners of the 2 free conference tickets;&lt;br&gt; 4 - The complete list of speeches and workshops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The eLiberatica 2008 Conference Catalogue - light version - (pdf, 1,8 MB) can be downloaded &lt;!--newsbreak--&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://eliberatica.ro/2008/keynotes/eLiberatica-2008-Conference-Catalogue.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;from here...
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&lt;p&gt;The full printed version will be provided together with the conference bag, and other promotional materials for all eLiberatica attendees.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-- Details --&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. To check the complete conference agenda, please follow the link below:&lt;br&gt;
  http://eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#Schedule&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note: We would like to provide you the best experience at this event. For this, keeping the schedule in time is a very important issue.&lt;br&gt;
  We would kindly ask all of our guests to be in time when the conference start. The registration is starting Friday, at 8am followed by the opening ceremony at 8:40. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;To encourage the attendants to be in time, each day before conference start, around 8:30, we will distribute conference &amp;quot;goodies&amp;quot; like free eLiberatica t-shirts (we have around 100 pieces, high quality t-shirts), software kits, promotional materials and so on. These are limited quantities and will be served on &amp;ldquo;first-come, first-serve&amp;quot; bases. So please be in time there and you will have one ;)&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;2. There are still a few days you can book a ticket and participate at this great event.&lt;br&gt;
  For registration and more information, please check the link below:&lt;br&gt;
  http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or directly contact Andreea Maier:&lt;br&gt;
  andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;br&gt;
  Mobile: (+ 4)-0730-119.721&lt;br&gt;
  Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br&gt;
  Fax: (+ 4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;3.  We have the pleasure to announce you the winners; we chouse the following criteria: the ones who inserted eLiberatica logo on their websites and sent us the highest traffic (soon we will publish the Google Analytics chart). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And the winners are:&lt;br&gt;
  Stefan Petre with http://eyecon.ro &lt;br&gt;
  Adrian Spinei  with  http://spinei.hotnews.ro &lt;br&gt;
  Filip Chereches-Tosa with  http://jobber.ro &lt;br&gt;
  Alex Brie with -  http://alexbrie.net &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your support!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More about it here http://eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-help-to-promote-eliberatica&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;4. And if you still have any doubt about the importance of this event, we invite you to check the eLiberatica speeches scheduled for this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keynotes Abstracts in the order of the schedule:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-- Day One --&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Open Source Adoption Status: What statistics tell us&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Felix Enescu (Romania) - VP Consulting &amp;amp; EXP for Romania, Gartner, Inc. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 09:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Open Source Software model continues to mature across markets, attracting more conservative users along the way. It is becoming not only impractical, but virtually impossible, for mainstream IT organizations to ignore the growing presence of Open Source Software within major segments of the IT industry. Failure to optimally manage the potential risks and rewards of Open Source will put IT organizations at an increasingly serious risk in the coming years.&lt;br&gt;
  --------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Understanding Free Software and Open Source Licensing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Zak Greant (Canada) - Staff, Mozilla Foundation &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 09:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This presentation will provide a simple and practical overview of the common business concerns relating Free Software and Open Source licensing such as:&lt;br&gt;
  * Can I sell Free Software?&lt;br&gt;
  * When I build software using Free Software, when must I share my source code?&lt;br&gt;
  * Is it safe to use Free Software inside my company?&lt;br&gt;
  * What are the common business models built around Free Software?&lt;br&gt;
  Major points in the presentation will be supported with examples from the business world.&lt;br&gt;
  --------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Legal Aspects Related to a FLOSS-based Business Model&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Bogdan Manolea (Romania) - Executive Director, APTI Romania (The Association for Internet and Technology) &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 10:20&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The presentation will focus first on some general aspects of a software-related business, then particular aspects of an OSS business model. Specifically: copyright principles in OSS, employee-employer relationship regarding intellectual property, confidentiality, OS licenses compatibility, twin licensing, alternative dispute resolution methods and the role of the trademark in an OSS business.&lt;br&gt;
  --------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Open Source Software in Public Administrations - A Short Report from the European Level&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Barbara Held (Belgium) - Seconded National Expert, European Commission, Brussels &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 11:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the 1990&#039;s public administrations across Europe were among the early users of OSS (Open Source Software). The European Commission took up the issue around 2000. Since then it initiates, sponsors and manages projects that further OSS, investigate OSS usage and the benefits of using OSS for the Information Society at large.&lt;br&gt;
  The presentation explains the policy background of these activities and the main players and projects at the European level. In particular, the promotion of OSS by the IDABC program.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ For the first time in Europe: Digital ID Providers and OpenID Services for Romania&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Constantin Teodorescu (Romania) - Secretary of State, Romanian Ministry of Communications &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 12:10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Are you part of the Government but your Ministry of Finance gives you very limited budgetary resources? You&#039;d like to develop your eGovernment system and introduce more electronic services for citizens? And the means of electronic identification of users at the other side of the Internet are missing or have a very high cost? And the launch of the electronic ID card is delayed?&lt;br&gt;
  What can you do?&lt;br&gt;
  Easy! Open Google and search for &amp;quot;open source digital identity&amp;quot;, click on &amp;quot;get lucky&amp;quot;. You&#039;ll find the solution - Open ID.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Integrating Open Source into Your Business&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Adam Jollans (England) - Open Source Strategy Manager IBM Software Group	Part I &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 12:40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Open Source offers customers many potential benefits such as flexibility and cost savings, but also potential challenges such as support, integration and maturity. Business and organizations are today frequently asking what their Open Source strategy should be.&lt;br&gt;
  IBM has a unique set of abilities and offerings to be able to help customers answer this question, because of its involvement with Open Source going back over 8 years, its integration of open source components into its commercial software offerings, and its experiences with Linux, Apache, Eclipse and many other open source projects.&lt;br&gt;
  This presentation will offer an understanding of the Open Source ecosystem, an insight into the benefits and challenges customers are experiencing with Open Source, an overview of IBM&amp;rsquo;s Open Source approach, and practical advice on how to integrate Open Source into customer businesses.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Open Source at Microsoft&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Zoli Herczeg (Romania) - ISV Evangelist, Developer &amp;amp; Platform Evangelism,   Microsoft Romania &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 13:10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is Microsoft perceived as a challenge by the OSS community? If you think so, come and tell us why. We do want to understand your view and share our thoughts and plans on how Microsoft is working with the OSS community.&lt;br&gt;
  We do believe that challenges can be turned into opportunities for all of us.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Write the Future: Open Standards, Open Source, OpenOffice.org&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Louis Suarez-Potts (Canada) - Community Manager, OpenOffice.org / Sun Microsystems, Inc &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 14:40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Free and Open Source Software is essential to the modern informatic society. It is economically pivotal. But not everything claiming to be open is actually open. What counts is what one can do with the code and standard.&lt;br&gt;
  Over 70 different governmental bodies and countless corporations in Europe and around the world have chosen the OpenDocument Format and OpenOffice.org for what it does. And it is for these reasons that OpenOffice.org remains the best choice for today and tomorrow.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ OpenSource and Sun: The OpenSolaris case&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Vassilis Boulogiorgos (Greece) - Software Architect, Software Practice Leader / Sun Microsystems Inc. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 15:20&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sun has deep roots in Open Source software and recently has made it the core of its software strategy. Solaris has significant momentum as the platform of choice for organizations and developers and the duo Solaris/OpenSolaris are key players in Sun&#039;s Open Source strategy.&lt;br&gt;
  At this talk, we present and discuss how Sun approaches Solaris and some of the key characteristics, innovations and eventually differentiators Solaris has brought into the market, like containers, Solaris ZFS file system and Dynamic Tracing (Dtrace). We also discuss how these features in Solaris AMP (Solaris + Apache, MySQL, PHP) application development stack take to a whole different level the daily work of a software developer.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Open Source Software Middleware for &amp;quot;The Internet of Things&amp;quot; - Project ASPIRE&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Humberto Moran (England) - CEO, Open Source Innovation Ltd. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 15:40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The EC-funded OSS ASPIRE (Advanced Sensors and lightweight Programmable middleware for Innovative RFID Enterprise Applications) aims to create an innovative, programmable, royalty-free, lightweight and privacy-friendly middleware for the Radio Frequency Identification Technology, or RFID. This new middleware paradigm will be particularly beneficial to European SME, which are nowadays experiencing significant cost-barriers to RFID deployment. It will also protect consumers by incorporating privacy-friendly algorithms. The synergies between the OS movement and the RFID revolution are paramount, and were first presented by Open Source Innovation Ltd, a British charity, during the 2006 Public RFID Consultation held by the European Commission.&lt;br&gt;
  The initiative, which crystallized in the &amp;euro;6M ASPIRE, brings together a consortium of ten renowned European partners led by Aalborg University (Denmark).&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ SocrateOpen, after two years&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Remus Cazacu (Romania) - General Manager,   BIT Software &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 16:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Having a long experience in commercial business software development and implementation, BIT Software moves in 2004 to open source technology and launches on the Romanian market SocrateOpen, an open source ERP/CRM system based on Compiere platform.&lt;br&gt;
  The presentation will include the following topics: _ Open source in the business application arena _ Why a company which developed commercial solution chooses to move to open source? _ Which is the adoption level of open source business software in Romania? _ Who is SocrateOpen/Compiere after two years from the launch? _ SocrateOpen&amp;amp;Compiere characteristics, innovations, and differentiators compared to commercial ERP systems. _ Can the open source model be a success model? _&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ An Open Source client application for the Hermix Conferencing Framework&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Eugen Rotariu (Romania) - CEO,   IntegraSoft SRL &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 16:20&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;econference.ro will launch in the near future a free conference service dedicated to private, non commercial users. The service will be integrated with the software developed for intelligent houses, and will be based on an open source client application capable to communicate with Hermix Conferencing Servers.&lt;br&gt;
  The presentation will focus on the structure of the open source application and will invite the auditorium to download the source code and implement its own conferencing client customized for any non-commercial applications.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Integrating Open Source into Your Business&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Adam Jollans (England) - Open Source Strategy Manager IBM Software Group	Part II &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 16:40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Open Source offers customers many potential benefits such as flexibility and cost savings, but also potential challenges such as support, integration and maturity. Business and organizations are today frequently asking what their Open Source strategy should be.&lt;br&gt;
  IBM has a unique set of abilities and offerings to be able to help customers answer this question, because of its involvement with Open Source going back over 8 years, its integration of open source components into its commercial software offerings, and its experiences with Linux, Apache, Eclipse and many other open source projects.&lt;br&gt;
  This presentation will offer an understanding of the Open Source ecosystem, an insight into the benefits and challenges customers are experiencing with Open Source, an overview of IBM&amp;rsquo;s Open Source approach, and practical advice on how to integrate Open Source into customer businesses.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Practical Workshop 1: Kiwi, a Linux Distribution Based on Ubuntu and Made for Romanians&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Jani Monoses (Romania) - Project Lead, Kiwi Linux &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 17:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kiwi Linux is an Ubuntu derivative specifically targeting beginners and Romanian users, with emphasis on ease of setup and use.&lt;br&gt;
  With a live install and demo running in the background, the presentation will cover the history and the goals of the project, its relation to Ubuntu, the main differences between Ubuntu and the local developer community around Kiwi, together with inside on tips and tricks in installing and using it.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Practical Workshop 2: FLOSS Software Alternatives to Everyday Applications&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Tiberiu Turbureanu (Romania) - Project Coordinator, Liberty in Schools &lt;br&gt;
  On: Friday at 18:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This live demo will show that most of the common tasks for home and office desktop use work out of the box in a fresh Kiwi install. We&#039;ll present the simplicity of installing new applications from the central Ubuntu archives for activities that are not covered in the default installation.&lt;br&gt;
  The following topics will be covered briefly by demo&#039;ing the existing applications: web browsing, mail, instant messaging, VoIP, multimedia, office suite, vector, bitmap and 3D graphics, interoperability with Windows computers and emulation of Windows applications.&lt;br&gt;
  --------------------&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;-- Day Two --&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;--------------------&lt;br&gt;
  + Introducing itTraning - Red Hat Training Center&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Radu Radulescu (Romania) - Red Hat Certified Trainer, Red Hat Certified Engineer, Romsym Data &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 09:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Training and certification from Red Hat ensures that your IT staff is ready for complete Red Hat Enterprise Linux deployments. We can help you identify who in your IT staff requires training and what level of training they need.&lt;br&gt;
  Radu will talk about the following Red Hat courses: Red Hat Linux Essentials, Red Hat Linux System Administration + RHCT, RHCT Certification Exam, Red Hat Linux Networking and Security, RHCE &amp;quot;Rapid Track&amp;quot; course, RHCE Certification Exam, Red Hat Linux Essentials for Windows Professionals.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Strategic Implementation of Free Software in Business&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Shane Martin Coughlan (Switzerland) - Freedom Task Force Coordinator, Free Software Foundation Europe &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 09:20&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Shane will discuss how Free Software has become a key paradigm in software technology and is expected to account for up to 32% of the European software industry by 2010. He proposes, therefore, that understanding the licensing and philosophy of Free Software is critical to assuring effective engagement in mainstream ICT.&lt;br&gt;
  His speech focuses on the assertion that the successful strategic implementation of Free Software includes understanding subtle differences in policy, processes and management planning when compared to proprietary software, and an awareness of emerging trends in the Free Software community.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Standing on the Shoulders of Giants&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Brian King (Slovenia) - Board of Directors, Mozdev Community Organization &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 10:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The large corporations that churn out the best selling consumer proprietary software get all the attention. Yet the real heroes are the FLOSS communities and individuals that provide the backbone for the industry, quietly enabling and securing the Internet and other areas of computing. The mantra of Open Source developers is &amp;quot;there is more than one way to do it&amp;quot;, and choosing the right tools and technologies from the FLOSS patchwork can be daunting. The best software tools don&#039;t get in the way, but rather enable.&lt;br&gt;
  This talk will focus on the benefits of using FLOSS in your business, how it can fast-track you into a good position, and most importantly how if can help you innovate and turn your ideas into a success.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Governing the Use of Open Source&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Martin Michlmayr (USA) - Open Source Community Expert, Hewlett-Packard Company &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 10:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Free and Open Source Software has become unavoidable. For very pragmatic and practical reasons, FLOSS provides incredible benefit to those who use it. However, if this software is not managed properly, it can lead to legal, technical, and/or organizational discomfort that can result in very negative impacts on the business. HP (Hewlett-Packard) recognized these realities long ago and has developed processes, tools, and expertise to both foster and govern the use of Open Source Software within the company. In January, HP launched two initiatives related to the governance of FLOSS, FOSSology and FOSSBazaar. FOSSology is an open source tool for license detection. FOSSBazaar is a workgroup of the Linux Foundation, with partners such as OpenLogic and the Olliance Group, to share and discuss best practices related to FLOSS governance.&lt;br&gt;
  This talk will describe our experiences and learning around FLOSS governance and some of the best practices and tools we&#039;ve identified along the way.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Enterprise Information Networks Using FLOSS Technologies - The Navarik Story&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Bill Dobie (Canada) - Founder and Head of Business Development, Navarik Corp. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 11:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For over seven years Navarik has SaaS based services within some of the largest corporations in the world. The Navarik Platform provides an information network for all parties engaged in the physical movement and trading of cargo by using, creating and supporting bilateral and industry standards. Navarik has unique experience in using open source application development as a way to collect data for large industrial customers who are using proprietary or commercial data systems internally.&lt;br&gt;
  Our application infrastructure is built on a range of open source tools such as the Linux operating system; Apache web server, PostgreSQL relational database, and PHP scripting language.&lt;br&gt;
  Bill will be talking about the early stage and current challenges of selling FLOSS based applications to customers with significant proprietary architectures. He will also be discussing various ways to convince customers to deploy FLOSS systems as SaaS additions to their overall architecture and ways to satisfy the ever increasing compliance and architecture review processes of large corporate customers.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Mozilla Messaging and Thunderbird: Why and How&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: David Ascher (Canada) - CEO,   Mozilla Messaging; Board of directors, Python Software Foundation &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 12:10&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this talk, David Ascher will give an introduction to Mozilla Messaging, the new Mozilla company focused on email and Internet communications, and the Thunderbird email program it produces. David will talk about the organization of the Mozilla project, why we create products like Firefox and Thunderbird, and how millions of people around the world contribute to the shared goal of an open, vibrant Internet.&lt;br&gt;
  He will touch on areas such as decentralized innovation, communities of participation, building business relationships which are aligned with the public benefit, and the structural trade-offs that result from an open organization.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ The Future of Enterprise Content Management&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Aleksander Farstad (Norway) - Co-founder and CEO, eZ Systems AS &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 12:50&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;CEO and Co founder Aleksander Farstad of eZ Systems, discusses the current trends in the ECM market and why the enterprise open source business model is already playing a key role in turning the business upside down.&lt;br&gt;
  The presentation also focuses how Open Source and open source based business models are playing a vital role in shaping the future of the software business.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ What&#039;s next?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Alexandru Balan (Romania) - Innovation Product Manager,   BitDefender &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 13:20&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The abstract was not provided yet.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Dell and Open Source&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Serban Zirnovan (Romania) - Enterprise Business Manager for Bulgaria and Romania, Dell &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 14:40&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Several years ago, when the world was ruled by paper, data was EVERYWHERE &amp;hellip; in file cabinets, in massive back offices &amp;hellip; and only certain people were allowed to access it. Then, as things progressed, mainframes were used to bring all data into one place &amp;hellip; to make it easier to manage and find. The problem was that mainframes were really expensive and inefficient.  Only the elite could afford them. Today, we might think we have the best of both worlds &amp;hellip; we&amp;rsquo;ve got all kinds of access to any type of data we want.  Plus, we can share it whenever and however we see fit. However, data is once again &amp;hellip; EVERYWHERE!  We&amp;rsquo;ve gone back to where we started. &lt;br&gt;
  This data explosion is the primary catalyst for all storage problems today. &lt;br&gt;
  We&amp;rsquo;ll also discuss how virtualization allows you to tap into unused capacity hidden within the assets they already own. Virtualization also offers a way for you to reclaim IT resources that are currently being used to maintain inflexible and resource consuming infrastructures.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;+ Active State and Komodo - Why we chose to make our product open source&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Shane Caraveo (Canada) - Head of Komodo development, ActiveState Software Inc. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 15:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ActiveState has a long history of being involved with and contributing to Open Source projects, especially around Dynamic Languages. We build value added commercial software and services on top of Open Source languages and components. Our most recent contribution, however, is a first of its kind for ActiveState. We took a proprietary product we developed over many years, Komodo Edit, and released it as Open Source software.&lt;br&gt;
  In the process we&#039;ve learned a few things, had some successes, and some failures. In this talk I&#039;ll cover some of our strategies around commercial Open Source software and why we choose to open source Komodo. I&#039;ll also discuss the area&#039;s where we&#039;ve had wonderful successes and what kind of problems we&#039;ve encountered.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ RedHat and the Open Source Business Model&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Dragos Manac (Romania) - Lead Operations, System &amp;amp; Network Solutions &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 15:30&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RedHat is the world largest Linux and Open Source provider for the Enterprise. In the last 15 years Red Hat was the pioneer in blending free software with successful commercial models.&lt;br&gt;
  Linux based services at the high standards of enterprise customers created a solid company, a way of earning from Linux/OSS and the financial resources that were invested in the sustained development of the biggest OSS projects.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ Google and the Open Web: Using Google APIs to Improve Your Website&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Matthew &amp;quot;Chewy&amp;quot; Trewhella (USA) - Developer Advocate,   Google Inc. &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 16:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Internet has undergone a shift in the last few years: the rapid growth of web applications has opened up a new and exciting space for developers. At Google, we&#039;re really excited about the growth of web apps because we think it provides an open, fast and easy way for developers to have greater reach, for webmasters to get great content, and for users to access powerful, useful tools.&lt;br&gt;
  This talk will explore some of Google&#039;s efforts in this space, including how developers can use tools like OpenSocial and the Google Maps API to build better websites and to take advantage of the Programmable Web.&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;+ A Panel Discussion about Open Business Models versus Closed Business Models&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;By: Multiple panelists &lt;br&gt;
  On: Saturday at 17:00&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Moderator &amp;ndash; Zak Greant (eLiberatica Conference Co-chair)&lt;br&gt;
  Participants: Brian King (Mozdev Community Organization), David Ascher (Mozilla Messaging; Python Software Foundation), Shane Caraveo (ActiveState Software Inc.), Shane Martin Coughlan (Free Software Foundation Europe), Louis Suarez-Potts (OpenOffice.org), Zoli Herczeg (Microsoft) and Alexandru Muscalu (Microsoft). &lt;br&gt;
  --------------------&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This being said, we wish you all our best and we hope to meet in a few days!&lt;br&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
  The eLiberatica team.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;................................................................&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;For information regarding registration or your organization&#039;s promotion during the conference you can contact us at:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;International organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Lucian Savluc, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | eLiberatica Chair:&lt;br&gt;
  lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Romanian organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Andreea Maier, PR Manager, Agora Media&lt;br&gt;
  andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;br&gt;
  Mobile: (+ 4)-0730-119.721&lt;br&gt;
  Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br&gt;
  Fax: (+ 4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Mihai Bucuroiu, Sales Manager, Agora Media&lt;br&gt;
  mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&lt;br&gt;
  Mobile: (+ 4)-0723-408.990&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Daniel Dan, Sales Representative, Agora Media&lt;br&gt;
  daniel.dan@agora.ro&lt;br&gt;
  Mobile: (+ 4)-0722-589.735 &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;................................................................&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;General information:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;- Echoes from the last edition: http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&lt;br&gt;
  - eLiberatica 2008 website: http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&lt;br&gt;
  - Public Relations: pr@eliberatica.ro&lt;br&gt;
  - Conference Coordinator: lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;br&gt;
  - Agora Media Conference Representative Coordinator: andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;................................................................&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sponsors and Media Partners&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PLATINUM &lt;br&gt;
  + IBM Romania + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;GOLD &lt;br&gt;
  + Microsoft Romania + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SILVER&lt;br&gt;
  + Red Hat / SNS + BitDefender + Romsym Data + Sun Microsystems + Conference.Ro / IntegraSoft + Dell +&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;BRONZE&lt;br&gt;
  + Mozilla + BIT Software + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FREEDOM PARTY COMMUNITY SPONSORS &lt;br&gt;
  + eZ Systems +  Halewood Vineyards (Cramele Halewood) + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;THREE STARS COMMUNITY SPONSORS &lt;br&gt;
  +  O&#039;Reilly Media +  Navarik Corp. + HP +  IntelliNet Solutions + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;TWO STARS COMMUNITY SPONSORS &lt;br&gt;
  + Crescendo - the IT&amp;amp;C Solution House + &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;ONE STAR COMMUNITY SPONSORS &lt;br&gt;
  + OpenOffice.org + Free Software Foundation Europe + Open Source Innovation + MB Dragan Agency +&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MEDIA PARTNERS&lt;br&gt;
  + ActiveState + Romanian Open Source Development Conference + NetMeans.net + Raincity Studios + PHPRomania + Linux Users Group Iasi + GhidulPresei.ro + Acasa.ro + PR Wave Directory + Severpress + Joobs.ro + PRwave International + Bloombiz.ro + news2.0 + ComunicateDePresa.ro + my-news.ro + Connect Magazine + Market Watch + Photo Magazine + Agora News + Channel Partner Magazine + eWeek Magazine + PC Magazine + SPIN Media + Business-Edu.ro + The Money Channel + ArenaIT.net + Internet MTO Day + intelliBiz Solutions + Magnetique Marketing Agency + Notoriu.ro + iDieta.ro + MENreport.ro + MyClar.ro +&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;eLiberatica Conference is raised to its high standards with the support of these generous sponsors. The conference organizers would like to thank all of its sponsors for their support in organizing and promoting this unique IT event in Romania.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More details in the &amp;quot;Partners and Sponsors&amp;quot; section: &lt;br&gt;
  http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-partners-and-sponsors&lt;br&gt;
  ................................................................&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;!-- News 5 -  http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-last-steps-in-the-preparation-of-one-of-the-biggest-IT-events-in-Romania - start --&gt;&lt;p&gt;The latest eLiberatica news on short:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The complete eLiberatica sponsors and partners list was published;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;New high profiles speakers confirmed their participation;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;eLiberatica is coming, there are left only 3 weeks you can book tickets;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;We are estimating that, next week we will finish and publish the conference schedule.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;&lt;br&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. The complete eLiberatica sponsors and partners list is completed; you can find all organizations below:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;PLATINUM&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ibm.com/ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IBM Romania&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;GOLD&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/romania/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Microsoft Romania&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;SILVER&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.redhat.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Red Hat&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://redhat.sns.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SNS&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitdefender.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BitDefender&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://romsym.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Romsym Data&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sun Microsystems&lt;/a&gt; • Conference.Ro / &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.integrasoft.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IntegraSof&lt;/a&gt;t • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dell.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dell&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;BRONZE&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mozilla&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitsoftware.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BIT Software&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;FREEDOM PARTY COMMUNITY SPONSORS&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://ez.no/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;eZ Systems&lt;/a&gt; •  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.halewood.com.ro/engleza/index.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Halewood Vineyards (Cramele Halewood)&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;THREE STARS COMMUNITY SPONSORS&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		•  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oreilly.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;O&#039;Reilly Media&lt;/a&gt; •  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.navarik.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Navarik Corp.&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hp.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;HP&lt;/a&gt; •  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intellinet-solutions.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IntelliNet Solutions&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;TWO STARS COMMUNITY SPONSORS&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crescendo.ro/en/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Crescendo - the IT&amp;amp;C Solution House&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;ONE STAR COMMUNITY SPONSORS &lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsfeurope.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Free Software Foundation Europe&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opensourceinnovation.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Open Source Innovation&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mbdragan.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MB Dragan Agency&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

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	&lt;p&gt;
		&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;MEDIA PARTNERS&lt;/strong&gt;
		&lt;br&gt;
		• &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.activestate.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ActiveState&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://rosdev.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Romanian Open Source Development Conference&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://netmeans.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;NetMeans.net&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raincitystudios.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Raincity Studios&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phpromania.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;PHPRomania&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://lug.info.uaic.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Linux Users Group Iasi&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghidulpresei.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;GhidulPresei.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acasa.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Acasa.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prwavedirectory.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;PR Wave Directory&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.severpress.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Severpress&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joobs.ro/it/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Joobs.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prwave.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;PRwave International&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloombiz.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bloombiz.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://news20.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;news2.0&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://comunicatedepresa.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ComunicateDePresa.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.my-news.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;my-news.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.connect.com.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Connect Magazine&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marketwatch.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Market Watch&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.photomagazine.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Photo Magazine&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Agora News&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/index.php?qs_sect_id=3129&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Channel Partner Magazine&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eweek.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;eWeek Magazine&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcmagazine.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;PC Magazine&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spinmedia.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SPIN Media&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://business-edu.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Business-Edu.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tmctv.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The Money Channel&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arenait.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ArenaIT.net&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imto.asii.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Internet MTO Day&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intellibiz-solutions.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;intelliBiz Solutions&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.magnetique.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Magnetique Marketing Agency&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.notoriu.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Notoriu.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idieta.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;iDieta.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.menreport.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MENreport.ro&lt;/a&gt; • &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myclar.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MyClar.ro&lt;/a&gt; •	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;eLiberatica Conference is raised to its high standards with the support of these generous sponsors. The conference organizers would like to thank all of its sponsors for their support in organizing and promoting this unique IT event in Romania.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;More details in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-partners-and-sponsors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Partners and Sponsors&lt;/a&gt; section&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;





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	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. New high profiles speakers confirmed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hp.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hewlett-Packard&lt;/a&gt;: Martin Michlmayr&lt;/strong&gt; (SUA)&lt;br&gt;
		/ Open Source Community Expert		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://kiwilinux.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kiwi Linux&lt;/a&gt;: Jani Monoses&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Project Lead		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/p/freeatlantis/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Liberty in Schools&lt;/a&gt;&quot; Group: Tiberiu Turbureanu&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)&lt;br&gt;
		/ Project Coordinator		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sns.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;System &amp; Network Solutions&lt;/a&gt;: Dragos Manac&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Lead Operations		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sun&lt;/a&gt;: Vassilis Boulogiorgos &lt;/strong&gt;(Greece)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Software Architect, Software Practice Leader Greece, Balkans &amp; Adriatic Sea		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitsoftware.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BIT Software&lt;/a&gt;: Remus Cazacu&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Genaral manager		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.integrasoft.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;IntegraSoft&lt;/a&gt;: Eugen Rotariu&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ CEO		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitdefender.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BitDefender&lt;/a&gt;: Alexandru Balan&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Innovation Product Manager		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dell.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Dell&lt;/a&gt;: Serban Zirnovan&lt;/strong&gt; (Bulgaria)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Enterprise Business Manager for Bulgaria and Romania		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://romsym.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Romsym Data&lt;/a&gt;: Radu Radulescu&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)
		&lt;br&gt;
		/ Red Hat Certified Trainer, Red Hat Certified Engineer &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.microsoft.com/romania/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Microsoft Romania&lt;/a&gt;: Zoli Herczeg&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)&lt;br&gt;  
	/ ISV Evangelist, Developer &amp;amp; Platform Evangelism&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;To find more about them, read their bios published under the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#KeynoteSpeakers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Speakers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;


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	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;There are only 3 weeks you still can book conference tickets.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We are not going to insist here about the importance and the profile of the event - the speakers and sponsors list together with the preparations and venue are speaking for itself.
		&lt;br&gt;
		&lt;strong&gt;The conference is going to be heavily promoted on all channels, including TV, radio, Internet and print media&lt;/strong&gt;. If you have any connection with Information Technology (who is not having these days?), now you have the chance to be part of an event which we strongly believe will influence the future of IT in Romania and the whole region.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The registration process will be closed at 20th Mai 2008, 12:00 (EET).
		&lt;br&gt;
		Late registrants are welcome at the Registration and Information Desk (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-hotel-and-travel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;World Trade Plaza hall&lt;/a&gt;) on Friday, May 30th, 08:00 am, 2008 (a 10% extra tax will be added to the ticket).		&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;For registration and more information, please check the link:
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We wish you all our best and hope to meet in a few weeks!&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;br /&gt;
		The eLiberatica team.&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #FF3300&quot;&gt;Conference Organizers: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ROSI &amp;ndash; Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative &lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://rosi.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agora Media&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
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		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For information regarding registraton or your organization&#039;s   promotion during the conference you can contact us at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;International organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lucian Savluc&lt;/strong&gt;, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | ROSI   Group Coordinator:&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@rosi.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;Romanian organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andreea Maier&lt;/strong&gt;, PR Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0730-119.721&lt;br /&gt;
			Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br /&gt;
			Fax: (+   4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mihai Bucuroiu&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0723-408.990&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel Dan&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Representative, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:daniel.dan@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;daniel.dan@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0722-589.735&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;div&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;ul&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Echoes from the last edition: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;eLiberatica 2008 website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Public Relations: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;pr@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Conference Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Agora Media Conference Representative Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;02 May 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;!-- News 4 -  http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-last-chance-to-book-conference-tickets-20-percent-off - start --&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition with the ones presented in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://localhost:91/news/eLiberatica-2008-high-profile-it-floss-keynote-speakers-presenting-in-bucharest-this-spring&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;February newsletter&lt;/a&gt;, we are glad to announce: Google, IBM, Red Hat, OpenOffice.org and Gartner, some of the heavy weight world-wide IT organizations, are sending speakers to the eLiberatica Conference this spring.&lt;br /&gt;The organizer committee is currently arranging for speakers from other important IT organizations and companies, as well.&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt; As soon as we have confirmation, their names and descriptions will be published on the eLiberatica website in &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Speakers &amp;amp; Schedule&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-partners-and-sponsors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Partners &amp;amp; Sponsors&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; sections.&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. New confirmed speakers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Google Inc&lt;/a&gt; - Matthew &amp;quot;Chewy&amp;quot; Trewhella &lt;/strong&gt; (SUA)&lt;br /&gt;
		/ Developer Advocate &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gartner.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Gartner Inc&lt;/a&gt; - Felix Enescu &lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)&lt;br /&gt;
		/ VP Consulting &amp;amp; EXP for Romania &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OpenOffice&lt;/a&gt; - Louis Suarez-Potts &lt;/strong&gt;(Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
		/ Community Manager, OpenOffice.org / Sun Microsystems Inc.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opensourceinnovation.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Open Source Innovation Ltd&lt;/a&gt; - Humberto Moran &lt;/strong&gt; (England)&lt;br /&gt;
		/ CEO&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;To find more about them, read their bios published under the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#KeynoteSpeakers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Speakers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. You still have one week to take advantage of our discounted ticket promotion when you register by 31 March:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;20% off for: Basic Conference Ticket (BCT) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration#bct&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BOOK IT NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;20% off for students, teachers and non profit representatives: Discounted Conference Ticket (DCT) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration#dct&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BOOK IT NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;20%+10% of for FLOSS Associations: Basic Conference Ticket - FLOSS Associations (BCT-FA) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration#bctfa&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BOOK IT NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;FREE - special offer for accredited mass media representatives: Media Conference Ticket (MCT) - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration#mct&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;BOOK IT NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;We released our updated Partners and Sponsors list under &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-partners-and-sponsors&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Partners &amp;amp; Sponsors&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We expect in the next newsletter to have at least 5 more prominent organizations confirmed as participants at eLiberatica. Keep an eye on that section for updates.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;4.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Special for you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;This conference was designed for you: business people, decisions makers, developers, students and the non-specialist computer users. The event represents a unique opportunity in Romania, not only to keep up with the latest news and trends in the field, but also to enlarge your horizon about new technologies and practices, to establish contacts, to socialize and network and have a great time in a fun and entertaining atmosphere. &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;As one of the IT pioneers &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_Dijkstra&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Edsger Dijkstra&lt;/a&gt; said so well: &lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Participate at eLiberatica and you&#039;ll will find why!&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remember to note on your calendar - the discount promotion for eLiberatica tickets ends on 31st of March. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
		For registration please use this link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;5.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;We found a great link to an article on the Open Source and Free Software phenomenon.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The article was published by Mircea Sarbu, one of the Romanian IT veterans. We are convinced it will heat up your curiosity to learn more:&lt;br /&gt;
		&amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.intraweb.ro/txt/Articole/Domenii/FLOSS/show&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Open Source like a business&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; (the article is in Romanian).&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;!--break--&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We wish you all our best and hope to meet in the spring!&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;br /&gt;
		The eLiberatica team.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Conference Organizers: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ROSI &amp;ndash; Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative &lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://rosi.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agora Media&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Gold Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IBM Romania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ibm.com/ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ibm.com/ro/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Silver Sponsors: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red Hat&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.redhat.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.redhat.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BitDefender&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitdefender.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.bitdefender.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Bronze Sponsors: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mozilla Foundation&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.mozilla.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIT Software&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bitsoftware.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.bitsoftware.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Freedom Party Community Sponsor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;eZ Systems&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://ez.no&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://ez.no&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Community Sponsors: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O&#039;Reilly Media Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oreilly.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.oreilly.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Navarik Corp.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.navarik.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.navarik.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OpenOffice.org&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.openoffice.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free Software Foundation Europe&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsfeurope.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.fsfeurope.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Open Source Innovation Ltd.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opensourceinnovation.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.opensourceinnovation.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style=&quot;COLOR: #0099ff&quot;&gt;Media Partners:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ActiveState Software Inc&lt;/strong&gt;. - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.activestate.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.activestate.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NetMeans.net&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://netmeans.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://netmeans.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raincity Studios&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raincitystudios.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.raincitystudios.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHPRomania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phpromania.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phpromania.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux Users Group Iasi&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://lug.info.uaic.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://lug.info.uaic.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GhidulPresei.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghidulpresei.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.ghidulpresei.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acasa.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.acasa.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.acasa.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PR Wave Directory&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prwavedirectory.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.prwavedirectory.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Severpress&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.severpress.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.severpress.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joobs.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joobs.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.joobs.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRwave International&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prwave.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.prwave.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bloombiz.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloombiz.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://bloombiz.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News2.0&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://news20.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://news20.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ComunicateDePresa.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://comunicatedepresa.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://comunicatedepresa.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My-News.ro&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.my-news.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.my-news.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Connect Magazine&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.connect.com.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.connect.com.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Market Watch&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marketwatch.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.marketwatch.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photo Magazine Romania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.photomagazine.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.photomagazine.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Agora News&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Channel Partner Magazine, Romania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/index.php?qs_sect_id=3129&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro/index.php?qs_sect_id=3129&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;eWeek, Romania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eweek.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eweek.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PC Magazine, Romania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcmagazine.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.pcmagazine.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SPIN Media&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.spinmedia.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.spinmedia.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
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		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For information regarding registraton or your organization&#039;s   promotion during the conference you can contact us at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;International organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lucian Savluc&lt;/strong&gt;, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | ROSI   Group Coordinator:&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@rosi.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;Romanian organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andreea Maier&lt;/strong&gt;, PR Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0730-119.721&lt;br /&gt;
			Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br /&gt;
			Fax: (+   4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mihai Bucuroiu&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0723-408.990&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel Dan&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Representative, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:daniel.dan@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;daniel.dan@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
			Mobile:   (+ 4)-0722-589.735&lt;/p&gt;
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		&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
		&lt;ul&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Echoes from the last edition: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;eLiberatica 2008 website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Public Relations: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;pr@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Conference Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
			&lt;li&gt;Agora Media Conference Representative Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;/ul&gt;
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 <description>						&lt;!-- News 3 - High profile IT / FLOSS keynote speakers presenting in Bucharest this spring | 2008 - http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-high-profile-it-floss-keynote-speakers-presenting-in-bucharest-this-spring - start --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&#039;re proud to announce that we&#039;ve put together a great team of IT and FLOSS   personalities plus high profile IT business people, promising you one of the   most exciting IT conferences of the year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Here is our current list of guests&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt; in order of paper submissions (watch for   additional speaker updates):&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Ascher&lt;/strong&gt; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   CEO, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/press/mozilla-2007-09-17.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MailCo&lt;/a&gt; (the latest Mozilla Foundation   subsidiary)&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Board of Directors, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.python.org/psf/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Python   Software Foundation&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Michael &amp;quot;Monty&amp;quot; Widenius&lt;/strong&gt; (Finland)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   CTO and Co-founder, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mysql.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;MySQL AB&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Louis Suarez-Potts&lt;/strong&gt; (Canada) - still   waiting for his confirmation&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Community Manager, &lt;a href=&quot;http://OpenOffice.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sun.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sun   Microsystems Inc.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
									/ Chair of the Community Council for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.openoffice.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OpenOffice.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Barbara Held&lt;/strong&gt; (Belgium)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Seconded National Expert, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;European   Commission&lt;/a&gt;, Brussels &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aleksander Farstad&lt;/strong&gt; (Norway)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Co-founder and CEO, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ez.no/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;eZ Systems AS &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ivan Krstic&lt;/strong&gt; (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Director of Security Architecture, One Laptop per   Child (&lt;a href=&quot;http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;OLPC&lt;/a&gt;) Project &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Constantin Teodorescu&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Secretary of State, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mcti.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Romanian Ministry of   Communications and Information Technology &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bill Dobie&lt;/strong&gt; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Founder and Head of Business Development, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.navarik.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Navarik   Corp.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shane Caraveo&lt;/strong&gt; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Head of Komodo development, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.activestate.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ActiveState Software   Inc. &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shane Martin Coughlan&lt;/strong&gt; (Switzerland)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Freedom Task Force Coordinator, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsfeurope.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Free   Software Foundation Europe &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bogdan Manolea&lt;/strong&gt; (Romania)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Executive Director, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apti.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;APTI   Romania&lt;/a&gt; (The Association for Internet and Technology)&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Founder   and Manager, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.legi-internet.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.legi-internet.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Zak Greant&lt;/strong&gt; (Canada)&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Staff, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mozilla Foundation&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;/a&gt; /   President, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ez.no/company/ez_crew/north_america&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;eZ Systems AS, North   America Subsidiary&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;/a&gt; / Board Observer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opensource.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Open Source Initiative&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;/a&gt; /   License Compliance Lab Volunteer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsf.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Free Software   Foundation &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brian King&lt;/strong&gt; (Slovenia)&lt;br /&gt;
									/   Board of Directors, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozdev.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mozdev Community   Organization&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;/a&gt; / Founder and Manager, &lt;a href=&quot;http://briks.si/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Briks &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p style=&quot;display:none&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;David Sugar&lt;/strong&gt; (USA)&lt;br /&gt;
									/ Maintainer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnutelephony.org/index.php/GNU_Telephony&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bayonn and Common C++   GNU&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;To find more about them, read their bios published under the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#KeynoteSpeakers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Speakers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;   section.&lt;/p&gt;
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								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;We&#039;ve released the   registration section&lt;/strong&gt; and, as before, we&#039;re providing  our attendees great   registration promotions and the convenience of online payment.&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;There is an early bird discount, a very low rate for students, teachers, and   non-profits, another discount for members of FLOSS groups and free tickets for   media representatives!&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
									Register now if you want to benefit from our special offers. They are   valid only until the end of March. Starting in April, the prices will increase   20%.&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;For details and more information please see our &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-registration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Registration&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;
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								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt;
									&lt;strong&gt;The main schedule is out now&lt;/strong&gt;. A few   highlights:&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;ul&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;The conference will be held on a single track with sesions from 10 and 60   minutes each. &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;At the end of each conference day, there are workshops and/or discussion   panels with our guests. &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;At eLiberatica 2008, everyone can participate in the &amp;quot;Welcome Dinner&amp;quot;    (Thursday evening) and &amp;quot;Social Dinner&amp;quot; (Friday evening)!  It&#039;s an exciting   opportunity to meet directly with our international and local guests and   personalities, network, and build personal and business relationships. And   having fun. &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;Take the same opportunity at the &amp;quot;Freedom Party&amp;quot; with its special program of   good food, fine drinks and music in the spirit of openess and freedom like last   year.&lt;/li&gt;
								&lt;/ul&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;Find more details in the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-speakers-and-schedule#Schedule&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Schedule&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section.&lt;br /&gt;
								&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;Watch the schedule for updates on additional speakers.  Check our eLiberatica   website regulary, so you don&#039;t miss the latest.&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
									We wish you the best and we are looking forward to meet together in   Bucharest this spring!&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p class=&quot;news_signature&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica organization team&lt;/p&gt;
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								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;Sponsor: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mozilla Foundation&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.mozilla.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
								&lt;/ul&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;Community Sponsors:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O&#039;Reilly Media Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oreilly.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.oreilly.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Free Software Foundation Europe&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsfeurope.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.fsfeurope.org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;eZ Systems AS&lt;/strong&gt; -  &lt;a href=&quot;http://ez.no&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://ez.no&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Navarik Corp.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.navarik.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.navarik.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
								&lt;/ul&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;yellow&quot;&gt;Media Partners:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ActiveState Software Inc.&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.activestate.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.activestate.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NetMeans.net&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://netmeans.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://netmeans.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Raincity Studios&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.raincitystudios.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.raincitystudios.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Severpress&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.severpress.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.severpress.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHPRomania&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phpromania.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.phpromania.net&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux Users Group Iasi&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://lug.info.uaic.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://lug.info.uaic.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
								&lt;/ul&gt;
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								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For information regarding registraton or your organization&#039;s promotion during   the conference you can contact us at:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;International organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lucian Savluc&lt;/strong&gt;, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | ROSI   Group Coordinator:&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@rosi.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;Romanian organizations, companies or individuals:&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andreea Maier&lt;/strong&gt;, PR Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
									Mobile: (+   4)-0730-119.721&lt;br /&gt;
									Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br /&gt;
									Fax: (+   4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mihai Bucuroiu&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Manager, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
									Mobile:   (+ 4)-0723-408.990&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel Dan&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Representative, Agora Media&lt;br /&gt;
									&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:daniel.dan@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;daniel.dan@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
									Mobile: (+   4)-0722-589.735&lt;/p&gt;
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								&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
								&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;Echoes from the last edition: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/main-index.php&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;eLiberatica 2008 website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;Public Relations: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;pr@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;Conference Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
									&lt;li&gt;Agora Media Conference Representative Coordinator: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro?cc=pr@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;12 February 2008&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:42:26 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>A world class event - 30th-31st of May 2008 - World Trade Plaza, Bucharest</title>
 <link>http://eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-a-world-class-event-30th-31st-of-May-2008-world-trade-plaza-bucharest</link>
 <description>&lt;!-- News 2 - eLiberatica 2008 – A world class event - 30th-31st of May 2008 - World Trade Plaza, Bucharest | 2008 - http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/news/eLiberatica-2008-a-world-class-event-30th-31st-of-May-2008-world-trade-plaza-bucharest - start --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear partners and friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The date and location for eLiberatica 2008 was settled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second edition of one of the biggest IT events in Romania will take place at the 
		World Trade Plaza (Free Press Market, Bucharest city) during the &lt;strong&gt;30th and 31st of May 2008&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
		We estimate that, more than 350 participants, 10 international speakers and many representatives 
		of large companies and organizations from Romania will be our guests.&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		Besides presentation sessions, the event will host also an IT exhibition, 
		where local and international companies will promote their Open Source / 
		Free Software products and solutions.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;
			More information regarding the location is available under:
			&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-hotel-and-travel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-hotel-and-travel&lt;/a&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		Sponsorship and partnership offers have also been prepared, considering the fact that, 
		their help is vital for organizing a successful conference. We would like to take this 
		opportunity and invite all of you who wish to offer support, either by being a media 
		partner or an event sponsor. &lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;strong&gt;You will be able to increase your visibility among the 
		participants and local and international media,&lt;/strong&gt; by proving your involvement in spreading 
		progress-minded and innovative ideas in the Romanian IT industry, and in general, in Ester Europe.&lt;/p&gt;
	
	&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;
			More information regarding partnerships packages you can find under:&lt;br /&gt;
			&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-become-our-partner&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-become-our-partner&lt;/a&gt;
		&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
	For information regarding your company&#039;s promotion during the conference
	and/or a personalized sponsorship offer you can contact us at:
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;International organizations/companies contact:&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;strong&gt;Lucian Savluc&lt;/strong&gt;, eLiberatica Conference Coordinator | ROSI Group Coordinator&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:lucian.savluc@rosi.ro&quot;&gt;lucian.savluc@rosi.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Romanian organizations/companies contact:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andreea Maier&lt;/strong&gt;, PR Manager, Agora Media
	&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andreea.maier@agora.ro&quot;&gt;andreea.maier@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Mobile: (+ 4)-0730-119.721
	&lt;br /&gt;
	Telephone: (+ 4)-021-330.92.82
	&lt;br /&gt;
	Fax: (+ 4)-021-330.92.85&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Mihai Bucuroiu&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Manager, Agora Media
	&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&quot;&gt;mihai.bucuroiu@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Mobile: (+ 4)-0723-408.990&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Daniel Dan&lt;/strong&gt;, Sales Representative, Agora Media
	&lt;br /&gt;
	&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:daniel.dan@agora.ro&quot;&gt;daniel.dan@agora.ro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	Mobile: (+ 4)-0722-589.735&lt;/p&gt;	
	
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		Last but not least, we would like to inform you that in the second half of 
		January we will start the registration process.
		&lt;br /&gt;
		As we did last time, we will offer you the possibility to purchase your tickets online, 
		with &lt;strong&gt;20% discount price&lt;/strong&gt; until the 31st of March 2008. Keeping the same spirit, 
		the event organizers will provide a generous offer for students, pupils, 
		teachers and representatives of non-profit organizations:&lt;strong&gt; 100 seats at a 
		very reduced price&lt;/strong&gt;, the so-called Discounted Conference Ticket.
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In pure holiday spirit, we would like to wish you all the best, both 
on a personal and professional level, &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;news_signature&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica organization team&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;19 December 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <description>&lt;!-- News 1 - eLiberatica 2008 – opportunities and business by using Open and Free Technologies content | 2008 - http://localhost:91/news/eLiberatica-2008-opportunities-and-business-by-using-open-and-free-technologies - start --&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear partners and friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; We are pleased to announce you that we have started to organize the &lt;strong&gt;eLiberatica 2008&lt;/strong&gt; conference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;The first edition&lt;/a&gt; of one 
		of the most important IT events in Romania gathered this year, in May, more than 200 
		participants in Brasov. Some of the most important representatives of the international 
		Free/Libre/Open Source Software (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLOSS&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;FLOSS&lt;/a&gt;) 
		movement and of local and international IT companies were reunited by the initiative of 
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://rosi.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ROSI&lt;/a&gt; (Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative) 
		and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Agora Media&lt;/a&gt;.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		The event had a great success among IT specialists but also among business people that 
		learned about a profitable alternative to develop their companies.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		During the two days of presentations were covered most of the issues that 
		the international FLOSS movement has to deal with, trying to create a 
		stronger visibility on the community, the business environment and the local projects. 
		With its special spirit eLiberatica offered the proper meeting space for area specialists, 
		business people, professionals and computer fans in general, where guest could not only socialize, 
		but also start fruitful partnerships.
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		The second edition of eLiberatica will be organized in 
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucharest&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bucharest&lt;/a&gt;, 
		the most business achieve and economical developed city in Romania. The event 
		will take place in &lt;strong&gt;May 2008&lt;/strong&gt; (the exact date will be soon announced).
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		The proposed location is  
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-hotel-and-travel&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;World Trade Center Bucharest&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, 
		the perfect place for presentations and networking for business people, 
		specialists, professors, students and computer fans in general.
	&lt;/p&gt;
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	&lt;p&gt;
		Keeping the tradition, next year’s event will gather important personalities from the 
		Open Source and Free Software area, from national and multinational companies that use 
		these kinds of systems to grow their profitability. We will give our best to have 
		representatives from the Romanian Government as guests, next to IT representatives of foreign governments.
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div class=&quot;textblock&quot;&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		eLiberatica promises to be one of the biggest IT and business events in Romania for 2008.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		Some of the discussion &lt;strong&gt;topics for eLiberatica 2008&lt;/strong&gt; are:
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;ul class=&quot;orange&quot;&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Free and open technologies in business: Open Source versus closed source &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_open-source&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;POSS&lt;/a&gt; (Professional Open Source) model concept, business model types that use Open Source and Free Software;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Career development and professional growth by being a member of the international Open Source and Free Software community;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Legal aspects;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;The importance of Open Source/Free Software in government, administration and public education;&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Definition of the Open Source and Free Software trend: history, economical impact, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		We estimate that the registration section will be opened for the public in &lt;strong&gt;January 2008&lt;/strong&gt;.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		As the organization of the event goes on, new and useful information will be posted on 
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://eliberatica.ro/2008&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.eliberatica.ro/2008&lt;/a&gt;.	
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		Therefore we invite you to visit us, to ask questions or to give suggestions, so that we can prepare together 
		an event that will at least raise up to the standards of eLiberatica 2007.
	&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;
		We will be here and we’re glad to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2008/eliberatica-contact-us&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;communicate&lt;/a&gt; with you!
	&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;news_signature&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica organization team&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;12 October 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <description>&lt;!-- body-copy start - 11 news/ --&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We only have few days left until the first word will be spoke at eLiberatica.&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;We have managed to finalize the schedule. &lt;br /&gt;You can see the complete one, on our website, at &lt;a href=&quot;http://eLiberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-schedule&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://eLiberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-schedule&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please note, the guest registrations will begin at 8.00 on Friday 18th May at  Aro Palace Hotel, Brasov. Please try to register on time, it is important to stick to the schedule.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;You will be a part of, we hope, the best event in IT in Romania this year. For those who didn&#039;t yet bought a ticket, the registration can be made at Brasov, from 8.00-8:30 on Friday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For us, this is it. We will publish opinions, photos and stories from there to our website after the conference.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are waiting for you at Brasov and hoping you&#039;ll have the best time there.&lt;!--break--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  &lt;br /&gt;
  ................................&lt;br /&gt;
  Friday May   18
  &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Registration: 8:00-8:30&lt;br /&gt;
  Opening Ceremony &lt;br /&gt;
  ROSI and eLiberatica Story: Past, Present and Future&lt;br /&gt;
  Free Software, Open   Source and the Evolution of Communication&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Source and the Choice to   Cooperate&lt;br /&gt;
  Coffee Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Standards and Free   Competition&lt;br /&gt;
  Understanding Open Source and Ubuntu &amp;ndash; Part 1 of 2&lt;br /&gt;
  Rasmus   Video Question &amp;amp; Answer Session&lt;br /&gt;
  Lunch &lt;br /&gt;
  Building Businesses with Free   Software and Open Source&lt;br /&gt;
  Wisdom of the Crowds or (Not) Being Passionate About   Open Source and Collective Innovation&lt;br /&gt;
  Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Source in the   ERP/CRM solutions arena. Case study: SocrateOpen powered by Compiere&lt;br /&gt;
  Open   Source Software in the Scientific World. Case Study: Triana Software&lt;br /&gt;
  Room   Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Building OS based on OS: Zidox&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Source for Public   Libraries. Case Study: IBLA Soft Library Automation Software&lt;br /&gt;
  Room Change   Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Nuxeo 5 - a Complete OpenSource ECM Solution&lt;br /&gt;
  About Firebird&lt;br /&gt;
  Room   Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Source and The Technology Learning Curve&lt;br /&gt;
  Open Source   Resources Used in Computer Forensics&lt;br /&gt;
  Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Romanian Legal   Issues Regarding Free Software and Open Source Licensing&lt;br /&gt;
  The New Wave of   Linux: NimbleX &lt;br /&gt;
  Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Are You Afraid of the Semantic   Web?&lt;br /&gt;
  Building Careers with Free Software and Open Source&lt;br /&gt;
  Room Change   Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Panel: The Future of Intellectual Property in a Digital   World&lt;br /&gt;
  Break&lt;br /&gt;
  Freedom &amp;amp; Networking Party&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; ................................&lt;br /&gt;
  Saturday May 19 &lt;/p&gt;
Day Two Conference Opening: 9:00-9:10&lt;br /&gt;
Open   Source Software in Government&lt;br /&gt;
Understanding Open Source and Ubuntu (Part 2 of   2)&lt;br /&gt;
Coffee Break &lt;br /&gt;
The Evolution of an Enterprise Open Source Business   Model&lt;br /&gt;
The Past, Present and Future of the Mozilla Foundation&lt;br /&gt;
Swimming with   Dolphins: The History and Future of MySQL &lt;br /&gt;
Lunch &lt;br /&gt;
Service Oriented   Architecture (Part One)&lt;br /&gt;
Aplix Presentation&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
Service   Oriented Architecture (Part Two)&lt;br /&gt;
Open Source VoIP&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change   Break&lt;br /&gt;
Open Source ERP: Projects and Opportunities for the Romanian   Market&lt;br /&gt;
Advanced MySQL 5 Tuning&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
Viruses, Exploits,   Rootkits. The Dilemma of a Linux Product Manager&lt;br /&gt;
OER (Open Educational   Resources) and FLOSS&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
Open Source &amp;amp; Sun&lt;br /&gt;
OSCAR -   Open Source Coders chAllenge for Romanians&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
Case Study:   Real-time Ethernet Cryptor Based on Linux&lt;br /&gt;
Programming Manual for Smart   Houses&lt;br /&gt;
Room Change Break&lt;br /&gt;
Panel: Using Free Software, Open Source and   Creative Commons in Business&lt;br /&gt;
Closing Plenary &amp;amp; Handover to eLiberatica   Committee &lt;br /&gt;
Break&lt;br /&gt;
Closing Dinner &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;color:#666666; font-size:80%&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;15 April 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <description>&lt;!-- body-copy start - 11 news/ --&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dear friends,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As you might have noticed, under the &lt;a href=&quot;http://eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-sessions-and-workshops&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Sessions and Workshops&lt;/a&gt; section &lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;,we have listed the subjects that our keynote speakers will cover in their presentations at eLiberatica. You will notice that we decided that a part of the keynote speakers to give two speeches each. &lt;br /&gt;
  We hope you will be as much enchanted as we are of their availability of discussing with the audience, so that every question you might have to find answers.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We also remind you that until the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; of May you can register for199 euro, afterwards the price being 249 euros for the BCT (Basic Conference Ticket). &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We are waiting for your questions regarding the conference. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We hope everyone of you will be present at Brasov in the 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; and 19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of May, there will surely be moments we will all remember. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;color:#666666; font-size:80%&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;22 April 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <description>	&lt;!-- body-copy start - 10 news/news-40-percent-discount-28th-February-the-last-chance --&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; February 2007&lt;/strong&gt; is the last day when you still can buy the special discounted ticket at eLiberatica – &lt;strong&gt;40% off for Basic Conference Ticket&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--newsbreak--&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can find more details under eLiberatica Registration section:&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-registration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-registration&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;The registration is opened under Agora website:&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/ &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We remember you that eLiberatica will be held in the spring of 2007, on 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;-19&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; May at Braşov, Romania and some of the most prominent IT international personalities will present there.&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;More details about the speakers and reasons to attend this event can be found under eLiberatica Why Attend section:&lt;br /&gt;
		&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-why-attend&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-why-attend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;We are looking forward to see you at Brasov. We are sure you are not going to forget this event!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--break--&gt;
	&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;color:#666666; font-size:80%&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica Team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;27 Feb 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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 <description>&lt;!-- body-copy start - 9 /news/news-eliberatica-bilingual-and-epayment-facilities --&gt;&lt;p&gt;Starting this month, you can pay for your participation at the eLiberatica conference by debit or credit card, thanks to &lt;!--newsbreak--&gt; the electronic payment system setup by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.epayment.ro&quot; title=&quot;http://www.epayment.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ePayment&lt;/a&gt; company.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;In addition, you can benefit from &lt;strong&gt;major discounts&lt;/strong&gt; on your conference ticket(s) by registering and paying for your options before the end of February. Up until February 28th, you are able to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&quot;&gt;take advantage&lt;/a&gt; of a 100 Euro discount for Basic Conference Tickets, paying only 149 instead of the standard 249 Euro price. At the same time students and teachers in the pre-university and university system can benefit from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/dct.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/dct.htm&quot;&gt;Discounted Conference Tickets&lt;/a&gt; ( 25 Euro ) by sending their application and proving appropriate documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;!--break--&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Soon, we are going to release our offer for mass-media partners. We are hoping to have complete information coverage for the public and this is a crucial step in that direction. With everybody’s help, we expect eLiberatica will be one of the most important events for the IT industry in Romania this year.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For details, please consult our events web page: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-registration&quot; title=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-registration&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/eliberatica-registration&lt;/a&gt;  or you can directly subscribe using the Agora Media official registration page &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&quot; title=&quot;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://www.agora.ro/eliberatica/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Please contact the Agora  Media Public Relations department if you need assistance through your  registration process:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Telephone: (+4)-021-330.92.82&lt;br /&gt;
	Fax: (+4)-021-330.92.8&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2 style=&quot;padding-top:10px&quot;&gt;Other News&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beside ePayment, another big accomplishment is the release of the English website version.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the top right corner, you will find a small flag and a link, which provide you access to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/acasa&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/acasa&quot;&gt;Romanian&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro/2007/index&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;English&lt;/a&gt; versions, as needed.
A big effort was spent to implement bilingual services for the website, but the reward will be a powerful presence on the web promoting eLiberatica inside and outside Romania.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We, the eLiberatica organizers, are waiting your opinions and subscriptions to the conference, at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro&quot; title=&quot;http://www.eliberatica.ro&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.eliberatica.ro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;color:#666666; font-size:80%&quot;&gt;The eLiberatica Team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;submitted&quot;&gt;07 Feb 2007&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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