In the closing session Jeroen Baten announced that he is going to resign as chairman of the T-DOSE Foundation. Jeroen and Jean-Paul started the T-DOSE Foundation in 2006 and together with a group of volunteers they organized the yearly T-DOSE event. In January 2011 Rene Elders joined the board.

The 6th edition of T-DOSE (Technical Dutch Open Source Event) was a success. The keynote by Simon Phipps drew an analogy between business practices and social interaction throughout the ages. A number of tracks (including the keynote) have been recorded by CityTV and can be viewed here.

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The T-DOSE Foundation is happy to announce that this years keynote will be given by Simon Phipps. Traditionally the keynote is the first talk on Saturday at 10:00 hrs. I hope to see you there!

The deadline for CFP has passed and the schedule has been made up. If you are curious about who is going to talk on T-DOSE, then take a look at the speakers page. Do you want even more details, then visit the schedule.

I hope you like what T--DOSE has to offer you this year and do not be afraid to bring your friends.

See you on T-DOSE!

At Saturday 5th November during the fist day of T-DOSE the Fontys University of Applied science has his Open Day. These days are focused at potential students.

Potential students walk through all buildings and visit all departments. Various setups are on display for all parts of an education track, think of languages (English, German, French, Dutch), mathematics, science (physics, computers, chemistry), geography, biology or finance.

The CFP deadline has passed on 31st August 2011 and numerous high quality talks have been submitted and selected. I would like to thank all submitters for their contribution. The organisation started constructing the schedule and sees room for more talks. So open source projects and developers it is not to late to send in abstracts.

My summer holidays are over and I am sure that is not true for you at large. Anyway let me remind you of the upcoming deadline for talks at T-DOSE 2011. It is not too late to submit an interesting subject.

The deadline for abstracts ends on 31st of August 2011.

Although it was not explicitly mentioned Open Source Projects can still apply for a booth.

T­-DOSE is a free and yearly event held in The Netherlands to promote use and development of Open
Source Software. During this event Open Source projects, developers and visitors can exchange ideas
and knowledge. It is held at the Fontys University of Applied Science on 5 and 6 November 2011.

Speakers can send ideas and abstracts to the organisation (see attached PDF for the e-mail address). The e­mail should contain a short biography of the speaker and description of the talk. All talks will be held in English and least ~50 minutes.

Happy New Year to all.

In 2011 the sixth T-DOSE conference will be held. Just like last years the location is Fontys University of Applied Science in Eindhoven the Netherlands. T-DOSE is a yearly held conference that promotes open source and has a mix of technical and less technical talks.

Do not forget to put the dates in your agenda for the sixth T-DOSE:

The sixth-DOSE will be held on 5 and 6 November 2011.