And the winner is…open source
Come celebrate 15 years of OSCON and open source success

Join us July 22-26 at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2013 in Portland, Oregon. We know you won't want to miss it: we're celebrating the 15th anniversary of OSCON, and it's going to be an extraordinary experience.

OSCON is the must-attend gathering of the best and brightest minds in technology, an opportunity to challenge your assumptions and spark your imagination. Join us for five immersive days of all things open source—new and innovative projects, major enterprise-wide deployments, and—from icons of the open source movement—deep perspective on where we've been and where we're headed.

Why OSCON?

Other conferences focus on one language or part of the stack—OSCON deals with the open source ecosystem in its entirety, exactly as you approach it in your work. That's just one reason why this event is the primary gathering place of the open source community. At OSCON, you will:

• Learn techniques you can use immediately to write great code
• Hear from over 300 speakers as they share latest developments, best practices, and tips and tricks to overcome some of your biggest challenges—and plan for the future
• Keep your skills up to date with sessions covering the full range of open source languages and platforms
• Go deep, in comprehensive tutorials on technical skills, new features and applications, and best practices
• Meet, share, and collaborate with 3,000+ open source developers, hackers, experts, vendors, and users of all levels
• Enjoy all sorts of evening events, gatherings, and receptions where you'll connect with fellow attendees, speakers, and sponsors

Featured Speakers

Build your open source expertise

The open source world is bigger and more diverse than it was at the first OSCON, but one thing hasn't changed in 15 years—learning in person, from the masters, is both effective and inspiring. Take a look at the OSCON program and lineup of speakers; you'll find plenty of opportunities to learn from the best.

Some OSCON topics we know will get you fired up:

• Increasing your credibility and value to any company: how building your skills beyond “competency” makes you not only a better technologist, but a better bet for employers and clients
• Building a business around open source: best practices, dealing with obstacles, what it really takes to make it work
• Incorporating innovations in user experience, including interfaces, design, and usability
• Managing cultural change brought on by ubiquitous networks and computing devices
• Optimizing cloud computing and openness in distributed services
• Living the Geek lifestyle: hacking, productivity tips, maker culture
• Working with open web, open standards, and open data
• Understanding what leadership means in the culture of open source today

This year's tracks

• Business
• Cloud
• Community
• Data
• Education
• Geek Lifestyle
• Java & JVM
• JavaScript & HTML5
• Mobile

• Open Hardware
• Operations
• Perl
• PHP
• Programming
• Python
• Software Architecture
• Tools and Techniques
• User Experience (UX)

Take time now to mark your calendar, convince your boss, or better yet, reserve your spot to join the world's open source pioneers, builders, and innovators this July 22-26 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

* A bit of software history
OSCON has supported the open source revolution all the way—from the early days when a handful of visionaries and rebels were working to make the case for free and open software (imagine wanting access to your source code!) to now, when open source software is the standard for everyday programming languages, databases, utilities, and operating systems.

And the revolution isn't over. Open source software has a rich history of stimulating creativity and the genesis of fresh ideas, and those who work with open source are dedicated to finding a better way to do things. At OSCON, you'll learn about the latest developments, add to your skills in hands-on tutorials, and discover how other people are using the tools you use. See you there.