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Luxembourg’s Digital Learning Hub supports the LibreOffice Conference 2024

Luxembourg Digital Learning Hub

The LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 starts in just a few days in Luxembourg, and it’s supported by the country’s Digital Learning Hub, which offers short and hands-on training courses in the fields of computer science. Director Serge Linckels says:

We are delighted to announce our partnership with the LibreOffice Conference 2024, taking place in Luxembourg. This collaboration underscores our commitment to fostering innovation and supporting the open-source community.

As the Digital Learning Hub, we are dedicated to advancing digital education and empowering individuals with the skills needed for the future. Our involvement in the LibreOffice Conference 2024 reflects our mission to promote digital literacy and open-source solutions. We believe that by supporting events like this, we can help build a more inclusive and technologically adept society.

We look forward to engaging with the vibrant community at the conference, sharing insights, and exploring new opportunities.

Thank you to The Document Foundation for organizing this pivotal event. We are very excited to be part of this journey.

Click here to learn more about the conference – and join us there!

Passbolt supporting the LibreOffice Conference 2024

LibreOffice Conference 2024 logo

Our LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 is taking place next week in Luxembourg, and one of the sponsors is Passbolt S.A., which makes an open source password manager. Kevin Muller, the company’s CEO, says:

We are excited to participate in the LibreOffice and Open Source Conference, where I will be speaking about the pivotal role open source has played in Passbolt’s commercial success.

Passbolt has been 100% open source from day one—and it always will be. This approach has given us a significant competitive edge, driving market adoption and commercialization from the outset. Compared to many competitors Passbolt’s open source philosophy offers unmatched transparency and control.

In today’s world, where nations are increasingly focused on reclaiming their digital sovereignty, the transparency and trust fostered by open source software are more critical than ever.

Kevin is giving a talk on the opening day, so check it out!

The Document Foundation announces the LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024

Berlin, 25 September 2024 – The LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 will take place in Luxembourg from the 10 to the 12 October 2024. It will be hosted by the Digital Learning Hub and the local campus of 42 Luxembourg at the Terres Rouges buildings in Belval, Esch-sur-Alzette.

This is a key event that brings together the LibreOffice community – supporting the leading FOSS office suite – with a large number of stakeholders: large open source projects, international organizations and representatives from EU institutions and European government departments.

Organized in partnership with the Luxembourg Media & Digital Design Centre (LMDDC), which will host the EdTech track, the event is sponsored by allotropia and Collabora, the two companies contributing more actively to the development of LibreOffice; Passbolt, the Luxembourg made open source password manager for teams; and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) of the University of Luxembourg.

In addition, local partners such as Luxembourg Convention Bureau, LIST, LU-CIX and Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity are supporting the organization of various aspects of the conference.

After the opening session in the morning of the 10 October, which includes institutional presentations from the Minister for Digitalisation, the Ministry of the Economy and the European Commission’s OSPO, there will be tracks about LibreOffice covering development, quality, security, documentation, localization, marketing and enterprise deployments, and tracks about open source covering technologies in education, OSS applications and cybersecurity. Another session will focus on OSPOs (Open Source Programme Officers).

The LibreOffice and Open Source Conference Luxembourg 2024 provides a platform to discuss the latest technical developments, community contributions, and the challenges facing open source software and communities of which TDF, LibreOffice and its community are important components. Professionals, developers, volunteers and users from various fields will share their experiences and collaborate on the future direction of the leading office suite.

Policy and decision makers will find counterparts from all over Europe with which they will be able to exchange ideas and experiences that will help them to promote and implement open source software in public, education and private sector organizations.

On 11 and 12 October, there will also be workshops focusing on different aspects of LibreOffice development, targeted to undergraduate Computer Science students or anyone who knows programming, and wants to become familiar with a large scale real world open source software project. To be able to better support the participants we limited the number of seats to 20 so register for the workshops as soon as possible to reserve your place.

Everyone is encouraged to register and participate in the conference to engage with the open source community, learn from different experts and contribute to meaningful discussions. Please note that, to avoid waste, we will plan for food, drinks and other free items for registered attendees so help us to cater for your needs by registering in time.

Luxembourg Ministry for Digitalisation contributing to the LibreOffice Conference 2024

LibreOffice Conference 2024 logo

Our LibreOffice and Open Source Conference 2024 is taking place in a few weeks in Luxembourg, and the country’s Ministry for Digitalisation wrote to tell us:

We are pleased to contribute to the LibreOffice and Open Source Conference with a speech by Luxembourg’s Minister for Digitalisation and Minister for Research and Higher Education, Stéphanie Obertin and a presentation of Luxchat4Gov by project manager, Patrick Weber.

The secure and interoperable instant messaging dedicated to the public sector, Luxchat4Gov was developed by the Ministry for Digitalisation in collaboration with LU-CIX and leverages the Matrix protocol to ensure seamless interoperability between systems, while maintaining stringent data security. In parallel, LU-CIX and its partners build LuxChat, the public version of LuxChat4Gov to offer the same level of security and digital autonomy.

By adopting this platform, Luxembourg sets a precedent for achieving digital autonomy while fostering an interconnected and secure communication environment across government entities, and the national Luxchat ecosystem. This is just the first effort to assert Luxembourg’s Digital Sovereignty, through using open-source software which has been tailored to fit the country’s specific needs and that is now operating under Luxembourgish jurisdiction. It’s only by having full control on the open-source software and by hosting it in national data centers that a high level of security and confidentiality of the data can ensured.

We’re very happy to have their participation!

Click here to register for the conference

Join the LibreOffice Development Workshop at our upcoming conference!

LibreOffice Conference 2024 logo

Hossein Nourikhah, our Developer Community Architect, writes:

Learn LibreOffice development and boost your software skills including bug management, coding, version management using Git, code review using Gerrit and much more! Our workshop titled “Introduction to LibreOffice development” at the LibreOffice Conference 2024 is a great opportunity for all those who love getting involved with a world wide open source community.

Please register soon!

This year, the LibreOffice Conference 2024 will be held in Luxembourg. Alongside the main conference tracks, a development workshop will be held to give the people hands-on experience to LibreOffice development.

The workshop will be held on 11 and 12 October 2024, at the same place as the LibreOffice Conference in Luxembourg. If you like to be with us, please register here:

Learn From Experienced LibreOffice Contributors

Many people from The Document Foundation (TDF), the charity behind LibreOffice will present different topics in the workshop. Also, other contributors and also experienced developers from the ecosystem companies will participate.

We are excited to be able to see you in person in Luxembourg to share practical knowledge about LibreOffice and open source development model with you.

Workshop Topics

These are the topics of the workshop. For more information, please refer to the workshop page at the conference website:

Day One: 11 October 2024

Morning:

1. Bug reporting and triaging (1 hour)
Presenter: Xisco Faulí

2. Git Basics (1 hour)
Presenter: Michael Weghorn

3. Gerrit for code reviews (1 hour)
Presenter: Xisco Faulí

4. Introduction to problem solving techniques (30 minutes)
Presenter: Michael Meeks, Collabora Productivity

Afternoon:

5. Building LibreOffice from source code (3 hours)
Presenter: Christian Lohmaier

6. Introduction to LibreOffice Writer Development (1 hour)
Presenter: Miklos Vajna, Collabora Productivity

Day Two: 12 October 2024

Morning:

7. LibreOffice Documentation (1 hour)
Presenter: Olivier Hallot

8. LibreOffice automation via scripting (BASIC, Python) (3 hours)
Presenter: Rafael Lima / Alain Romedenne / Jean-Pierre Ledure

Requirements

The workshop is based on “bring your own device”. For the scripting, you will need a working LibreOffice installation. You will need to install some development tools and libraries to be able to compile LibreOffice from source code.

But, we will be there in-person at the workshop to help you install the requirements step by step!

What Can You Expect?

After successful participation in the workshop, you can gain better understanding the open source development model, bug reporting and triaging, get started with Git and Gerrit, and also build and run your modified LibreOffice from source code. You will also understand the basic structure of the LibreOffice source code, which will help you to start LibreOffice development.

Click here to register

V Latin American LibreOffice Congress – A meeting point for the entire Latin American community

V Congreso Latinoamericano de LibreOffice

Our community in the region writes:

After successful previous events in Paraguay, Brazil and Mexico, the largest event of the LibreOffice project in Latin America arrives in Uruguay.

With the aim of bringing together users and collaborators to promote the dissemination of knowledge and experiences related to LibreOffice, the 2024 edition of the Latin American Congress will be held on December 5 and 6, at Espacio Colabora, in Montevideo.

For the realization of the event, the LibreOffice Project has the support of several local Free Software collectives: Resistencia Programada, Impulso Libre, GNLUG and Undernet.

Guest speakers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and France will present tutorials on the use of the applications and ways to collaborate with the project. The schedule and registration link will be released shortly on the event’s official website.

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