On 15th and 16th of November, Bozen (South Tyrol – Italy) hosted the 19th edition of the Free Software Conference. It is an annual conference aimed at the general public, but in particular at decision-makers in the public administration and business worlds. The Free Software Conference (SFScon) promotes the use of Free Software in IT infrastructures as a tool to achieve greater innovation and competitiveness in the region.

The OW2 Consortium sponsored the event and managed a track of speeches in the Seminar 4 on Friday afternoon. In the first speech of OW2 track, Cedric Thomas, OW2 CEO, presented FOSS Models and Upcoming Challenges. Then, Grazia Cazzin, Knowage Director, took the stage and presented how KNOWAGE is the effective open source answer to the new needs in data analysis and exploration. The track ended with the speech of Paolo Boldi, full professor and co-ordinator of the PhD Program in Computer Science (Department of Computer Science, University of Milan) about FASTEN project.

More info about OW2: https://www.ow2.org/

The previous news about Knowage participation to the SFScon: https://www.knowage-suite.com/site/free-software-conference-in-bozen/