The annual eZ Conference and Awards is the largest Open Source Content Management event in Europe. This year marks the 6th annual eZ Conference and it will be run together with the Open Nordic Conference and the Open Nordic Mobile event. This is without doubt the biggest event ever held in Europe that has a primary focus on Open Source Software. All three conferences are running at the same place at the same time, but with three different areas of focus. The Open Nordic conference will mainly focus on doing business with Open Source Software. eZ Systems’ annual eZ Conference will, as usual, focus on the Enterprise Content Management business and the eZ Ecosystem, this year with a much wider spectrum of products (including the new eZ Flow and eZ Find products). Open Nordic Mobile will be the third part of the conference and will focus on Open Source mobile solutions.

The program for Thu Jun 19, 2008 – Fri June 20, 2008 is as follows:

1.	Open Nordic Conference – Keynote sessions, session tracks and exhibitors focusing on Open Source Software and the use of open standards.
2.	eZ Conference & Awards – Keynote sessions, session tracks and exhibitors focusing on the eZ Ecosystem and Enterprise Content Management in general (also including the eZ Awards night).
3.	Open Nordic Mobile – Keynote sessions and session tracks focusing on mobile technologies, open standards and developing Open Source business with mobile solutions.

Why Attend?

Whether you are a member of the eZ Ecosystem, do business with free and/or open software, are involved in the telecom market or just want to meet some of the world’s leading companies dealing with Open Source Software – the Open Nordic Conference has the best speakers, the most informed attendees and a wealth of useful information in these areas.

Keynotes at the Open Nordic Conference will be presented by top-notch innovators, trend-setters, leaders and technology experts. As an example of the quality of speakers, in the past, we welcomed Rasmus Lerdorf (“father” of PHP), David Axmark (Co-Founder, MySQL), Martin White (Information Management Expert), Aleksander Farstad (Chief Executive Officer, eZ Systems), and Heidi Grande Røys, the Norwegian IT minister who spoke of the benefits of Open Source Software).

Attendees can talk to any member of the eZ Systems team to discuss technical or business issues concerning eZ products. Big names within the Open Source Software community will also be available, both for answering questions and to take part in discussions. If your main reason for attending the Open Nordic Conference is the Open Nordic Mobile event, you will be introduced to state-of-the-art mobile solutions and also be able to meet with the biggest names within Open Source Software development for mobile devices.

The eZ Awards 2008 categories & winners can be found HERE

Below is a video summary of the 2007 event.