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East African Conference on open Source

About The Conference

The Linux Professional Institute of East Africa in partnership with the East African open source community is delighted to invite you to the inaugural East African Conference on Open Source to be held on 26^th – 29^thAugust 2019 at the United States International University- USIU, Nairobi. EACOS-2019 aims to bring together the players in the regional technology sector, the Government and Academia (the triple helix) in one place to share knowledge, network and acquire new skills. We will explore the opportunities brought about by the open source model and open innovation in the achievement of the Big 4 agenda and its place in African development and Vision 2030.

Top Speakers

Ngigi Waithaka

CTO - Alliance Technologies Ltd

Andrew Shingler

EMEA Sr Sales Engineer at Synacor

Dr. Martin Osumba

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST RTI INTERNATIONAL

John Walubengo – MSc, BSc, CISA

LECTURER - MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY AS AN OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT CATALYST

Dr. Katherine Getao

CEO KENYA ICT AUTHORITY

Jerome Ochieng

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

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Schedule - 26th-27th: LPI Boot Camps, 28th: Keynotes and Awards, 29th: Plenary and Technical Workshops

#	Topic	Speaker	Time	Hall
1	LPIC-2, Topic 209 - File Sharing	Kenneth Mbuvi	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Training Hall 2
2	LPIC-1 Linux Administrator and LPI-C 2 Linux Engineer Bootcamps	Paul Miningwa, Kenneth Mbuvi	8:30am - 5:00pm	Training Hall 1 and Hall 2
3	LPIC-1, Topic 101 - System Architecture	Paul Miningwa	8:30am - 9:30am	Training Hall 1
4	LPIC-1, Topic 102 - Linux insatallation and package management	Paul Miningwa	9:30am - 10:30am	Training Hall 1
5	LPIC-1, Topic 103 - GNU and Unix Commands	Paul Miningwa	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Training Hall 1
6	LPIC-1, Topic 104 - Devices, Linux file systems, File hierarchy standard	Paul Miningwa	2:00pm - 3:30pm	Training Hall 1
7	LPI-C 2, Topic 200 - Capacity Planning	Kenneth Mbuvi	8:30am - 9:30am	Training Hall 2
8	LPIC-2, Topic 205 - Networking Configuration	Kenneth Mbuvi	9:30am - 10:30am	Training Hall 2
9	LPIC-2, Topic 206 - System Maintenance	Kenneth Mbuvi	11:00am - 11:30am	Training Hall 2
10	LPIC-2, Topic 210 - Network Client Management	Kenneth Mbuvi	2:00pm - 3:00pm	Training Hall 2
11	LPIC-2, Topic 212 - System Security	Kenneth Mbuvi	3:00pm - 3:30pm	Training Hall 2

#	Topic	Speaker	Time	Hall
1	LPIC-1 Linux Administrator and LPI DevOps Tools Engineer Bootcamps	Paul Miningwa, Kenneth Mbuvi	8:30am - 5:00pm	Training Hall 1 and Hall 2
2	LPIC-1, Topic 105 - Shells and Shell Scripting	Paul Miningwa	8:30am - 9:30am	Training Hall 1
3	LPIC-1, Topic 106 - User Interfaces and Desktops	Paul Miningwa	9:30am - 10:30am	Training Hall 1
4	LPIC-1, Topic 107 - Administrative Tasks	Paul Miningwa	11:00am - 12:30pm	Training Hall 1
5	LPIC-1, Topic 108 - Essential System Services	Paul Miningwa	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Training Hall 1
6	LPI DevOps, Topic 701 - Software Engineering	Kenneth Mbuvi	8:30am - 9:30am	Training Hall 2
7	LPI DevOps, Topic 702 - Container Management	Kenneth Mbuvi	9:30am - 10:30am	Training Hall 2
8	LPI DevOps, Topic 703 - Machine Deployment	Kenneth Mbuvi	11:00am - 12:00pm	Training Hall 2
9	LPI DevOps, Topic 704 - Configuration Management	Kenneth Mbuvi	12:00pm - 1:00pm	Training Hall 2
10	LPI DevOps, Topic 705 - Service Operations	Kenneth Mbuvi	2:00pm - 3:00pm	Training Hall 2

#	Topic	Speaker	Time	Hall
1	Arrival & Registration		7:30am - 8:30am	LT2
2	Welcome Remarks by the MC		8:30am - 8:45am	LT2
3	Presentation by Convenor -LPI East Africa	Evanson Ikua	9:00am - 9:20am	LT2
4	Welcome Remarks by the host	Dr. Patrick Wamuyu	8:45am - 9:00am	LT2
5	Are open source solutions (OSS) a better alternative to traditional proprietary solutions?	Kenneth Mbuvi	9:20am - 9:40am	LT2
6	Free and Open Source Software and Hardware (FOSSH): Freedom for your Business, Country and Self	Jon “maddog” Hall	9:40am - 10:10am	LT2
7	Challenges and opportunities of open Source applications in the public Sector	Dr. Katherine Getao	10:10am - 10:40am	LT2
8	Remarks by Principal Secretary - MoICT	Jerome Ochieng	10:40am - 10:50am	LT2
9	Keynote address by Chief Guest - CS MoICT	Joe Mucheru, EGH, MBS	10:50am - 11:00am	LT2
10	Health Break & Networking		11:00am - 11:30am	Main Restaurant
11	Zimbra Enterprise Collaboration	Andrew Shingler	11:30am - 12:00pm	LT2
12	Adopting Continuous Innovation	Dennis Gichangi	12:00pm - 12:30pm	LT2
13	Presentation by Dr Joe Sevilla - To be advised	Dr. Joseph Sevilla	12:30pm - 1:00pm	LT2
14	Lunch Break		1:00pm - 2:00pm	Main Restaurant
15	MySQL: from community to the heart of the business	Vittorio Cioe	2:00pm - 2:30pm	LT2
16	Blockchain - Definition & Development Opportunities	John Walubengo – MSc, BSc, CISA	2:30pm - 3:00pm	LT2
17	From a $10 start-up capital to Inspiring Change in over 30 companies - Inspired by Open Source Entrepreneurship.renuership and Open Source	Benson Mugambi	3:00pm - 3:30pm	LT2
18	Fireside chat – Entrepreneurship, Youth employment and open innovation opportunities	Evanson Ikua	3:30pm - 4:15pm	LT2
19	Plenary and Questions and Answers	Dr. Patrick Wamuyu	4:00pm - 4:30pm	LT2
20	Exhibition, Networking and Open Source Awards Cocktail		5:00pm - 8:00pm	Exhibition Hall

#	Topic	Speaker	Time	Hall
1	Arrival & Registration		8:00am - 8:30am	LT2
2	Welcome Remarks and Recap by the MC		8:30am - 8:45am	LT2
3	Remarks by Event Sponsor - LPI East Africa	Evanson Ikua	8:45am - 9:00am	LT2
4	Enhancing Education in Africa using Open Source Technologies: Raspberry Pi	Joost Dam	9:00am - 9:30am	LT2
5	Evidence, Practice and Trends in Digital Health	Steven Wanyee	9:30am - 10:00am	LT2
6	The role of open source digital health solutions in achievement of UHC; the landscape in Kenya (and globally...)	Dr. Martin Osumba	10:00am - 10:30am	LT2
7	Crowd-sourcing security intelligence based on trust computing and open data method	Benson Mugambi	11:00am - 11:30am	LT2
8	Health Break & Networking		10:30am - 11:00am
9	Ushahidi’s 10 year journey in open source	Angela Oduor Lungati	11:30am - 12:00pm	LT2
10	Lunch		1:00pm - 2:00pm	LT2
11	South Sudan: migration to open-source desktop	Justin Luth	12:00pm - 12:30pm	LT2
12	Open source in the public sector – KRA Case Study	Paul Miningwa	12:30pm - 1:00pm	LT2
13	Joomla 4: The Holy Grail – Web Content Management System	Shadrack Serem	2:00pm - 2:30pm	LT2
14	Using Opensource Tools to Monitor for Intrusions in small and big companies	Kennedy Okello	8:45am - 9:30am	Training Hall 1
15	From the frontlines - War stories on cyber defense	John Gichuki	9:30am - 10:30am	Training Hall 1
16	Zimbra Collaboration Demo	Andrew Shingler	11:00am - 11:45am	Training Hall 1
17	Fifty Years of *X: Why Unix (and GNU/Linux) live on	Jon “maddog” Hall	11:45am - 12:30pm	Training Hall 1
18	MySQL Enterprise Demo	Vittorio Cioe	2:00pm - 2:45pm	Training Hall 1
19	Artificial Intelligence and Cloud	Ngigi Waithaka	2:45pm - 3:30pm	Training Hall 1
20	Matching text using regular Expressions in Linux	Eric Njogu	3:30pm - 4:15pm	Training Hall 1
21	RedHat Linux Demo	Kenneth Mbuvi	4:15pm - 5:00pm	Training Hall 1