The second annual LinuxChix women’s mini-conf will be held at the University of Melbourne, in Melbourne Australia, as part of the annual linux.conf.au Free and Open Source Software conference running from 28th of January to the 2nd of February, 2008.

The miniconf will be one day long, and will be held on Tuesday 29th January. It will feature women speaking about technical and social aspects of their involvement in Free Software.

The event will be held from 9am to 5:30pm in Lecture Theatre C, Old Arts Building, University of Melbourne (Parkville campus).

All attendees of linux.conf.au are welcome to attend the women’s mini-conf, which will highlight and celebrate the achievements of women in Free and Open Source Software. There is no need to be an active member of LinuxChix, as attendees and speakers from other women’s advocacy and development groups including Systers, project-specific women’s groups and others, are encouraged to participate.

Note that we do not have separate registration, you must register for linux.conf.au to attend the LinuxChix miniconf.