Asia Source – building the technical skills in South and South East Asia
Conferencethe region, together with a handful of field leaders from Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America. Asia Source was a free and open source software (FOSS) event. It’s primary goal was to act as a focal point in increasing the practical uptake of FOSS desktop and tools amongst the voluntary sector in South and South East Asia.This community building event was the first of its kind in the region. Previous large scale FOSS events have been policy oriented events, industry trade shows or Linux User Group Events. Asia Source was the first regional event bringing people together to focus on the practical elements of FOSS deployment specifically within a social context.