Open Expo: 4th Conference on FLOSS and Open World Economy

On June 1, Madrid will host the fourth edition of Conference on FLOSS (software and free code) and Open Economy. The aim of the Open Expo is bringing together leading companies and institutions, developers, hackers, experts, suppliers and users to learn about technology solutions and trends on open source, open source, open data and innovation.

Since 2012, each of the events has sought to promote the use and development of free and open software to boost the collaborative philosophy and democratize the access to information technologies. For that purpose, there have been several events dedicated to specific topics such as e-commerce, business intelligence, content managers or elearning, among others.

On this occasion, the Open Expo is focused on addressing the latest challenges related to open source and digital transformation. An opportunity to discover how this technology can modernize businesses and help companies on their way to innovation and the digital transformation of their corporate operations.

In this regard, the organisers of the event has launched a call to find speakers who participate in the congress sharing their success stories and experiences in the field of open technologies, showing how open source and free software have helped improve their business activities or presenting their open source projects.

To participate, it is necessary to apply before March 2 through the official page of the event; a jury will analyze the proposals and select the most relevant ideas in the field to be discussed.

In addition, among the activities organized this year, apart from the showroom where the main companies of the industry show their services and products, there will be an investment forum, Open StartUp Connector, where a twelve start-ups will present to potential investors their ICT projects based onpen code/data, or developed through free tools or software.

At the same time, networking activities with experts are also planned to discuss on cybersecurity, big data and IoT solutions and, moreover, the Open Awards Spain 2017 will take place, which awardsthe best solutions developed with open source technology at the national level.