The 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems: Long-term Sustainability

The 8th International Conference on Open Source Systems
10-13 September 2012, Hammamet, Tunisia
IFIP Working Group on Open Source Software — IFIP WG 2.13

OSS 2012: Long-term Sustainability

The goal of 8th. International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2012, the first to be held in Africa, is to provide an international forum where a diverse community of professionals from academia, industry and public sector, and diverse OSS initiatives can come together to share research findings and practical experiences. The conference is also meant to provide information and education to practitioners, identify directions for further research, and to be an ongoing platform for technology transfer, no matter which form of OSS is being pursued.

OSS 2012 accepts submissions in the following categories: research papers, industry papers, formal tool demonstrations, lightning talks and posters. OSS 2012 also invites proposals for tutorials and workshops, submissions to the doctoral symposium, and submissions of panels. The major conference theme is long-term sustainability with OSS.

Papers are due 9 March 2012. For more details, please see http://oss2012.org/