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<h1><abbr title="Free and Open Source Software Yearly">FOSSY</abbr></h1>
<h2>The first Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference</h2>
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<h4>Welcome to the landing page for our first conference!</h4>
<p>FOSS is back in Portland, OR - July 13-16th 2023 at the Oregon Convention
Center!</p>

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  <p>CC-BY 2.0 Oregon Convention Center</p>
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<p>Software Freedom Conservancy is so proud to announce that we are hosting a community oriented conference this coming summer. We want to provide a space that is focused on the creation and impact of free and open source software, uplifting contributors of all experience and being mindful of having a safe environment for all. In this new time of conferences, we will be focused on COVID safety and making sure all attendees feel safe participating as much as they feel comfortable.</p>

<p>As this is the first year we are running a conference of this scale, we plan to have 8 tracks for talks over 4 days. With tracks for community building, development and legal and licensing issues, our conference will provide ample learning and networking opportunities for contributors of all levels of experience. We also plan to involve significant community participation in the content of our tracks.</p>

<p>As we look out into the future of conferences, we are excited to focus on using free software to run a conference. We look to our collective expertise in running, maintaining and operating to grow the tooling so we can further reduce the amount of proprietary software that is treated as default.</p>



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<h4>Sponsorship</h4>

<p>If you are interested in sponsoring our conference, please check out our
<a href="FIXME">sponsorship prospectus</a>.  We are looking for sponsors at a variety of levels, including a sponsor to help us create a fully free WiFi stack for all our attendees. Particularly if you are interested in helping us create a fully free WiFi stack for all our attendees.

<p>Stay tuned for more information in the coming months!</p>

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