Opening Session, with welcome address by Lothar Becker
2021-09-23, 12:00–12:30 (Europe/Berlin), Room 1

Welcome address by Lothar Becker, followed by conference outline and housekeeping instructions by Florian Effenberger and Italo Vignoli

Florian has been a free and open source enthusiast for more than 17 years. He works for The Document Foundation, the nonprofit behind LibreOffice and previously volunteered in marketing and infrastructure. As a student, he designed educational computer systems for schools, including software deployment based on free software and was a frequent contributor to a variety of professional magazines worldwide on topics such as free software, open standards and legal matters. A proud uncle, he loves to spend time with the family and occasionally blogs about various topics, including community building, free and open source software and computer networks. Based around Munich, he helped to create the local open source meetings and shaped the tasty idea of open source cooking.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/floeff
Private blog: https://blog.effenberger.org

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Italo Vignoli is a founding member of The Document Foundation and the LibreOffice project, an Open Source Initiative (OSI) board member, and the Chairman Emeritus of Associazione LibreItalia. He co-leads LibreOffice marketing, PR and media relations, co-chairs the certification program, and is a spokesman for the project.

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