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LibreOffice Conference Announcements

During the LibreOffice Conference, The Document Foundation has announced:

  • LibreOffice Online Prototype: you can watch a demo video at the following address:
    http://people.gnome.org/~michael/data/2011-10-10-lool-demo.webm. LibreOffice Online is based on GTK+ framework and HTML5’s canvas, and has been developed by SUSE’s Michael Meeks, built on GTK+ broadway from RedHat’s Alex Laarson.

  • LibreOffice port project to Android and iOS, based on the voluntary work of Tor Lillqvist, a SUSE finnish developer know for having ported GIMP to Windows. The LibreOffice Android and iOS port has the objective of bringing the office suite to iPads and Android tablets, and eventually smaller devices. The user interface work has yet to start in earnest but the bulk of the code is compiling.

Please note that these are not products available to end users, but advanced development projects which will become products sometimes in late 2012 or early 2013.

  • 500.000 desktops, mostly Windows, at several French Government entities switching from OpenOffice to LibreOffice (this increases the Windows installed base of LibreOffice by 5% in a single move)

  • 800.000 USB keys with LibreOffice and other free software distributed to students of the Paris Region (Île-de-France)

  • Region Île-de-France becoming a member of TDF Advisory Board

Conference ad-hoc information

To all participants of the LibreOffice Conference:

Updates, important announcements and changes in the schedule of the LibreOffice Conference will be announced via Identi.ca and Twitter. Simply follow @docufoundation or open one of these URLs in your browser:

While we try to also feed the blog, the mailing lists and other social networks with updates, the above channels are to be considered official and will be updated in time.

Looking forward to meeting you in Paris!

LibreOffice Conference Program

Paris, October 13 to October 15, 2011

Over 200 people – members of The Document Foundation and free software advocates – will gather in Paris to celebrate the first anniversary of the project and discuss ideas and new plans for the future

The Document Foundation announces the program of the first LibreOffice Conference, which will gather over 200 people – members of the project and free software advocates – in Paris from October 13 to October 15, 2011. The conference – which will be held in two locations: La Cantine de Silicon Sentier and the IRILL (Institut de Recherche du Logiciel Libre, or free software research institute) – is sponsored by: Cap Digital, IRILL and Région Île-de-France (Premium Sponsors); Canonical, Google, La Mouette, Novell/SUSE and RedHat (Gold Sponsors); AF83, Ars Aperta and Lanedo (Silver Sponsors). Logos and links to sponsors are available here.

On October 12, La Cantine will be open in the afternoon for registration and for a meeting of TDF Steering Committee, followed by a public Q&A session open to members of The Document Foundation and conference attendees. In the evening at 7 pm, Cap Digital will organize a welcome cocktail at their headquarters near the Bastille.

On October 13, the conference will start with a welcome address from the region authorities and the organizing committee, followed by TDF keynote speech summarizing the project achievements during the first year: development, infrastructure, community and marketing. The following presentations will be split into four different tracks, focused – again – on development, community, marketing and ODF, plus a technical “bird-of-feather” session. The program is available here.

The conference will continue in the evenings with get-together events, where the international community will have the opportunity to meet and mingle: on October 13 at 7 pm, there will be the Île-de-France Region special evening, with several keynotes and announcements; while on October 14 at 7 pm, there will be the AF83 Beer & Music evening.

Participation in the LibreOffice Conference is free of charge; all you need to do is to register here before the end of September.

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