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Google and Open Source, with Highlights from GSoC and GHOP

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Submitted by lh on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 19:36.

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Placement
Session time: 
08/28/2008 - 15:00 - 08/28/2008 - 15:45
Conference booklet summary and bio
Article for conference booklet: 
Leslie Hawthorn from Google's Open Source Programs Office will provide an overview of Open Source at Google, as well as highlights from the Google Summer of Code program and the Google Highly Open Participation Contest.
Bios for conference booklet: 
Leslie Hawthorn held various roles at Google before joining the Open Source Programs Office in March 2006. She manages the Google Summer of Code program and the Google Highly Open Participation Contest. Leslie also facilitates open source community conferences and hackathons globally, mainly at Google’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California, USA. She holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature from U.C. Berkeley.

Overview

Leslie Hawthorn from Google will be coming to Drupalcon to talk to us about various open source stuff.

Agenda
In this talk, Leslie will explore the past, present and future of the Google Summer of Code program, with an emphasis on Drupal projects. She will also cover the genesis and results of the Google Highly Open Participation Contest and future plans for this initiative. She will also briefly cover Google's use of Open Source software, the role of Google's Open Source Programs Office and how & why Google supports Open Source.

Leslie does not speak Magyar, but will definitely make up for her lack of domain expertise there with amusing anecdotes and, possibly, shadow puppets.