FOSSCOMM (Free and Open Source Software Communities Meeting) is a Greek

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aiming at

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and

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enthusiasts, developers, and communities. It has been hosted in various cities around

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

and its goal is to promote the use of FOSS in Greece and to bring FOSS enthusiasts together.

Structure

The event runs during a weekend, and includes presentations from distinguished members of Greek

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communities (such as Fedora Project Greece, Ubuntu-gr, Chania LUG, etc.), as well as workshops on various free and open-source projects.

Financing

FOSSCOMM attendance is free, and all expenses are covered by sponsors and donations. The conference is organized and run solely by volunteers, in accordance with the non-commercial, community-centred nature of the event.

Events

The first FOSSCOMM conference took place on May 21–22, 2008 in the

National Technical University of Athens The National (Metsovian) Technical University of Athens (NTUA; , ''National Metsovian Polytechnic''), sometimes known as Athens Polytechnic, a university in Athens, Greece. It is named in honor of its benefactors Nikolaos Stournaris, Eleni Tosi ...

, with 26 presentations and 30 speakers. Larisa fosscomm

The second FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological and Educational Institute of

Larissa Larissa (; , , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 148,562 in the city proper, according to the 2021 census. It is also the capital of the Larissa ...

, on May 9–10, 2009. It hosted 13 presentations and 4 workshops, the total duration was 14 hours, with more than 250 attendants. The third FOSSCOMM took place on April 24–25, 2010 in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

. The event was held at the

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki ( AUTh; ), often called the University of Thessaloniki, is the second oldest tertiary education institution in Greece. Named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira, about east of Thessa ...

, and consisted of 41 presentations, and 12 workshops. The fourth FOSSCOMM took place at the University of

Patras Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...

on May 7–8, 2011 and was co-organized by the department's Laboratory for Computing and the Patras Linux Users Group. It consisted of 74 presentations and 453 participants. The fifth FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological Educational Institute of

Serres Serres ( ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The c ...

on May 12–13, 2012. The sixth FOSSCOMM took place at

Harokopio University Harokopio University of Athens, HUA () is a public research university based in Kallithea, Athens, Greece. Founded in 1990, the 18th state University established in Greece, as the successor of the Harokopios Higher School of Home Economics () th ...

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

on April 20–21, 2013. The seventh FOSSCOMM took place at the Technological and Educational Institute of Central Greece in

Lamia Lamia (; ), in ancient Greek mythology, was a child-eating monster and, in later tradition, was regarded as a type of night-haunting spirit or "daimon". In the earliest myths, Lamia was a beautiful queen of ancient Libya who had an affair with ...

, on May 2–4, 2014. The eighth FOSSCOMM took place at the

Technological Educational Institute of Athens The Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens (TEI ATH; Greek: Ανώτατο Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας) was a state higher-educational institute in Athens,"''The EEC has reached the concl ...

in Athens, on November 6–8, 2015. The ninth FOSSCOMM took place at the

University of Piraeus University of Piraeus (UniPi; , ΠΑΠΕΙ) is a Greek public university located in Piraeus, Athens, Greece with a total of ten academic departments focused mainly on Business Management, Computer science, Economics, Finance and Maritime Studies. ...

Piraeus Piraeus ( ; ; , Ancient: , Katharevousa: ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens city centre along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf in the Ath ...

, on April 16–17, 2016. The tenth FOSSCOMM took place in

in Athens, on November 4–5, 2017. The eleventh FOSSCOMM took place in

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion. There are 16 main undergraduate ...

near

Heraklion Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...

, on October 13–14, 2018. The twelfth FOSSCOMM took place in

University of Thessaly The University of Thessaly (UTh; Greek: ) is a public university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The university includes the main campus in the city of Volos and regional campuses located in Karditsa, Larissa, Trikala, and the city of Lamia ...

near

, on October 11–13, 2019. The thirteenth FOSSCOMM took place online and hosted by

University of Western Macedonia The University of Western Macedonia (UoWM; ) is a multi-campus university in Western Macedonia region of Greece. It was founded in Kozani in 2003 (Presidential Decree 92/11-4-2003). The University of Western Macedonia (UoWM) operates with 7 Sc ...

on November 20-22, 2020. The fourteenth FOSSCOMM took place online and hosted by University of Macedonia on November 13-14, 2021. The fifteenth FOSSCOMM took place in

near

, on November 18-20, 2022 The sixteenth FOSSCOMM took place in

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, on October 21–22, 2023 The seventeenth FOSSCOMM took place online and hosted by University of Macedonia on November 9-10, 2024. ''https://opensource.ellak.gr/2021/10/21/h-fosscomm-2021-diadiktiaka-stis-13-14-noemvriou-2021-kalesma-gia-protasis-omilion-ergastirion/ Fosscomm 2024''

References

External links

FOSSCOMM 2008 at Athens

FOSSCOMM 2009 at Larissa

FOSSCOMM 2010 at Thessaloniki

FOSSCOMM 2011 at Patra, University of Patras

FOSSCOMM 2012 at Serres

FOSSCOMM 2013 at Athens (Harokopio University)

FOSSCOMM 2014 at Lamia (Technological Educational Institute of Lamia)

FOSSCOMM 2015 at Athens (Technological Educational Institute of Athens)

FOSSCOMM 2016 at Piraeus (University of Piraeus)

FOSSCOMM 2017 at Athens (Harokopio University)

FOSSCOMM 2018 at Heraklion, Crete (University of Crete)

FOSSCOMM 2019 at Lamia (University of Thessaly)
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FOSSCOMM 2020 at University of Western Macedonia
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FOSSCOMM 2021 at University of Macedonia
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FOSSCOMM 2022 at University of Thessaly (Lamia)FOSSCOMM 2023 at University of Crete (Heraclion)
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