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Below you will find a list of candidates who applied for running the LibreOffice 2013 conference. A short summary statement from each candidate and a link to their full application is provided to help you learn more about them. Please refer to the discuss@documentfoundation.org list for further information, and for questions towards the candidates. The announcement blog post about the applicants is here.
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Milan is the second largest city in Italy, and the largest metropolitan area with over 5 million people. The city has several universities plus a polytechnic school, and hosts the headquarters of the largest IT companies in Italy. Milan is also rich in history and arts, with monuments dating back to the 5th century and several masterpieces like the Duomo and Leonardo's Last Supper. It is also the fashion capital of Italy, and a financial and commercial city. The LibreOffice Conference 2013 will be organized by a group of enthusiastic individuals and organizations, gathered around the IT Department of the State University, which will be the main venue for the event. The conference will be the launch event for the Italian association: LibreItalia. LibreOffice is at the heart of several of the most important migrations projects in Italy, including Provincia di Milano and Regione Umbria.. Milan is served by three airports, with direct flights to most European cities and several destinations in America, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Montreal is an internationally recognized high-tech hub and ranks second in North America for hosting international meetings. It has a strong and solid local FLOSS community, and as a French-speaking city on the North American continent, it is the natural bridge between the free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) communities on both sides of the Atlantic. Its night life is famous, with 11 university establishments, including four major universities (two French- language, two English-language), hosting a higher percentage of university students compared to the overall population than any other major city in North America. Montreal is an internationally recognized high-tech hub, information and communication technology clusters employ 100k+ people in 5,000 establishments and is among the most dynamic in the world both for its creativity and cutting edge technology.
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