Welcome
“Once again, we feel privileged and hosting the Latin American Open Source Software Conference – Latinoware; an initiative that has shown its increasing importance in the search of discussion around good ideas and introduction of rules that make our day-to-day use.
In addition to increasing their knowledge about free development tools, between October 17 and 19, the audience will be able to exchange experiences and impressions on innovative open-source projects.
With an increasingly more encompassing proposal, Latinoware stands out for bringing together a wide range of information contents, ideal for students, professors, researchers and specialists to share their knowledge in the same environment. On behalf of Itaipu Binacional, the Itaipu Technological Park, the State of Paraná Informatics Service (CELEPAR) And the Federal Data Processing Service (SERPRO), I hope you all enjoy and take the maximum advantage of Latinoware, one of the most important events in this sector in Latin America.”
Eliezer Fryszeman
IT and Telecom Superintendent
Itaipu Binacional – Brazil
“Itaipu Technological Park (PTI) is extremely pleased to once again host Latinoware, an event that far exceeds merely introducing sector novelties. The Conference also promotes cultural, economic and technological integration of Latin America, targeting increasing the debate around access to the different open source code tools.
Reference in the debates around open source software in the region, the PTI’s mission is to articulate and promote actions targeted at economic, scientific and technological development. And we, as users and e multipliers, support the development of tools that facilitate corporative and individual activities and the initiatives for dissemination of open source software.
In this way, we believe we are contributing to sustainable development for Latin American countries, in addition to the generation of employment, business opportunities and facilitating digital inclusion for multiplication of knowledge”.
Juan Carlos Sotuyo
Director-Superintendent
Foundation Parque Tecnológico Itaipu – Brasil
“With the advent of the Internet and networking societies, human relations underwent intense transformation in recent years. This context brought a number of challenges to Public Administration. Some are apparently contradictory. On the other hand, there are demands in relation to the growing level of demand for quality by citizens and companies. Then, there are also the demands in connection with control of public expenses: more efficiency and transparency in expenses.
For the Federal Government to achieve these objectives in a quick and sound way, the Federal Data Processing Service – SERPRO believes in adopting free and interoperative standards that enable shared and transparent development of Brazilian structuring systems. Thus, if events that bring together the Open Source Software community, like the Latinoware, are very important in encouraging the exchange of knowledge and discussion of the use of open platforms as agents for Brazilian democracy.
I wish everyone a good event!”
Marcos Mazoni
Director-president
Federal Data Processing Service – Serpro
“We live in a society in permanent transformation. Man, author of this feat, has in information and communication technology a major ally in the generation of solutions that, in their majority, converge to a single end: improving the quality of life for people.
In practice, this means citizenship. Based on this concept of administration driven to citizens, the state of Paraná Informatics Service (CELEPAR) has been working with the intent of making tools available to the entire state administration structure for the purpose of delivering public services that fully address all the expectations and demands of the growing population
Pioneer among the ICT companies and very close to reaching 47 years from its establishment, CELEPAR sees in the Latinoware a favorable space for the exchange of knowledge and information with specialists from Brazil and other countries about open source programs. It is worth highlighting that, in addition to maintaining and involving the current platform, the company has adopted a new framework in open source software for the quick development of systems.
As institution inducer of process intelligence in public administration, CELEPAR expects and intends to contribute for the results of this Conference to be geared to citizens. The same citizen that has the expectation that well applied technology will generate a better and more dignified society in which to live and be happy.”
