openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 Announcement

Chongqing, China, Selected for openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023

Chongqing has been accepted to host the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 and the openSUSE.Asia Summit will return to China for the second time, Chongqing is one of the four directly-administered municipalities of the PRC, located in southwest China, bordered by Sichuan, Yunnan and other areas, is one of the second batch of national historical and cultural city announced by the State Council of China.The world map hanging in the halls of the United Nations, marked only the names of four cities in China, one of which is Chongqing.PRC

The openSUSE.Asia Summit is a highly anticipated event for supporters of openSUSE in China and Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) in general. This activity will bring together experts, contributors, end-users and technology enthusiasts.will gather to share experiences about the development of openSUSE and other things related to FLOSS and have a lot of fun.The venue for the openSUSE.Asia Summit was chosen by vote of openSUSE.Asia committee . Finally, the Asian committee decided Chongqing as the host of openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 from October 21, 2023 to October 23, 2023, at Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Some of the goals to be achieved at the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 in Chongqing will be to

• Promotion of openSUSE in China.
• Attraction of new openSUSE contributors from China and other Asian countries.
• To provide an alternative for the wider community to see that FLOSS can be a powerful tool for them to use in their day-to-day work.
• Provide a platform for the exchange of experiences between users and developers, where such discussions would normally only take place online.

Finally, we are proud to present Chongqing as one of the best locations for openSUSE.Asia.

Pre-announcement

openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 will open a call for papers for potential speakers. and the openSUSE.Asia Summit 2023 logo competition will also be opened. The logo competition would be an opportunity for designers in Asia to compete with each other to showcase their skills and be a part of this activity. More details about the above information will be announced in the near future via news.opensuse.org.

See you in Chongqing!