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[PROGSOC-ANNOUNCE] Announcement: 43rd Annual ProgSoc Debate





WHAT:		The Great Debate:  Open Source versus *

WHEN:		Next Monday night, 5:45pm for 6:00pm

HOWMUCH:	FREE

FOODBEER:	Yes, also free

WHERE:		280 Pitt St, Level 1 Auditorium (Mitchell Theatre)

HUH:		Basically alongside Town Hall station, but on Pitt St
		http://progsoc.org/~whophd/280pittst.jpg

HOSTED BY:	Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts

SPEAKERS:	Two CEOs of Australian IT companies
		OS:	John-Paul Syriatowicz, MD/Co-Founder of Squiz.net
		MS:	Richard White, CEO/Founder of CargoWise edi Pty Ltd


UTS Faculty of IT wishes to kick-start their alumni programme, and invites all former students to come! UTS ProgSoc members are also highly encouraged to attend, whether studying or not.


If you only come to one event this year, come to this one -- it will be the biggest event of the year that ProgSoc is a part of.


SIGNUP TODAY:

	https://www.acs.org.au/acs_events/index.cfm?action=bookevent&eveID=2061


We are trying to gauge demand today. Please sign up this morning or afternoon -- thankyou!



Christian Kent, Ros Hodgekiss Former / Alumni Representative UTS Programmers' Society


---------- Forwarded message ---------- Subject: Great Debate

The UTS Faculty of Information Technology Alumni in conjunction with the
Australian Computer Society are proud to present

"The Great Debate - Microsoft and Commercial Software vs Linux and the
Open Source World"

The Debaters will be:

Richard White, CEO and founder of CargoWise edi Pty Ltd. Richard's
skills combine a unique 17-year understanding of the international trade
and logistics industry combined with over 25 years in both software
development and business management. Cargowise edi are a Microsoft Gold
Partner.

John-Paul Syriatowicz, Managing Director, co-founder and co-owner of
Squiz.net, Australia's largest content management system vendor. Squiz
are recognised as industry leaders in relation to open source software.
They are regularly invited to participate in industry forums and to
consult with parties considering the use of open source software.

The Debate will be Moderated by:

Associate Professor David Wilson, Associate Dean (Education) within
the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Technology,
Sydney. David is President of the Australian Association of Information
Systems (AAIS) and secretary to the Australian Council of Professors and
Heads of Information Systems (ACPHIS). He was previously Editor of the
Australian Computer Journal for five years and Chairman of the Software
Quality Association (NSW)


Monday 28th May, 5.45 for 6.00pm start

Mitchell Theatre, Level 1, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Building 280
Pitt Street, near the corner of Bathurst Street, Sydney


Seats are limited, please register by no later than Monday 21st May at www.acs.org.au/nsw