Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) For Free Software Graphics Application Developers in May
The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) is an annual working conference for free software graphics application users and developers. The fifth edition takes place 27-30 May 2010 in Brussels, Belgium. Projects such as GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Krita, Scribus, Hugin, the Open Clipart Library, the Open Font Library and many others gather to improve their software and discuss new ideas for interoperability and shared standards.
The meeting space is truly unique, it is an historic piano factory called De Pianofabriek kunstenwerkplaats in Brussels Belgium, a freshly renovated into a lively exhibition and workspace. LGM 2010 gives software developers, artists, designers and other graphics professionals the opportunity to collaborate and learn from each other. LGM emphasizes the sharing of collective creativity, innovation and ideas and is free for everyone to attend.
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LGM provides the time and place for developers and users to interact. Formal tutorials, talks, workshops, informal birds-of-a-feather (BOF) sessions and meetings over lunch give all who attend an opportunity to delve deep into discussion of libre graphics. Teams set up stalls to connect with their colleagues and the public.
Important work on open color management systems and the SVG vector graphics standard for print and web will take place at LGM2010. In addition, an increasing number of artists, designers and academics showcasing novel uses of libre graphics software are getting involved this year, and specific activities will be organized for students from art and design schools.
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Attendance at LGM is free for developers and users alike, so the conference counts on the generosity of the open source graphics community to help underwrite the costs of putting on the conference and to help make it possible for individual open source developers to attend.
Support the development of a Free, Libre and Open Source application-ecosystem and make a donation!
The Libre Graphics Meeting aims to raise $10,000 to help cover travel costs for volunteer developers and presenters that would otherwise be unable to journey to Belgium.
All donations are tax deductible for US taxpayers. Donations from corporations and individuals can be done through http://pledgie.com/campaigns/8926 or contact the Libre Graphics Meeting directly at lgm@gnome.org for larger donation.
Registration for LGM 2010 is open now for developers and users. The registrations are manually checked and confirmation may take up to two days.
Proposal of talk or presentation is also welcomed. Here is a list of about 30 current conference talk proposals.
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