The GNOME Asia Summit 2009 in Vietnam is following the successful event of the first summit in 2008 in Beijing. We have formed an fantastic local team in Ho-Chi-Minh-City preparing the summit which is supported by a vibrant growing community. We are looking forward to welcoming you in young and exciting city - Ho-Chi-Minh-City - of Vietnam.

What will the GNOME.Asia summit offer for you:

* For Developers/Contributors: GNOME.Asia Summit is a fun opportunity to meet with people from the GNOME community (including GNOME module owners, contributors, evangelists, etc.) from across the world. This Summit gives developers an opportunity to network with the community, to drive future discussion and cooperation, to see the latest cutting edge GNOME technologies, and provides a platform to influence development and present new ideas to a broader audience.   

* For Users: GNOME.Asia summit provides an opportunity to share their experiences about how to configure GNOME to be a cool daily desktop, to experience the latest GNOME desktop, to learn how GNOME applications can improve their desktop, and how to contribute and provide feedback to the GNOME community.

* For Students: GNOME.Asia Summit brings you an opportunity to learn skills ranging from marketing, documentation, inter-cultural communication, technical skills, to meet the GNOME community directly and interact with experienced developers. Students should use this opportunity to develop into future super starts of the GNOME Asia Community.   

* For Companies: GNOME.Asia Summit provides a wonderful platform to present their GNOME/Open Source contributions to a broader audience, and offers opportunities to communicate and cooperate with other companies. You can get more recognition and reputation not only in the GNOME community, but also in the free and open source community in Asia.