Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-3749
katherine.trinidad@nasa.gov
Jessica Culler
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-4789
jessica.culler@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-067
NASA INVITES MEDIA TO OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to attend NASA's first open
source software development summit March 29-30 at the agency's Ames
Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event runs from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. PDT on both days.
The event will bring together engineers, policy makers and members of
the open source community. They will discuss challenges within the
existing open source policy framework and propose modifications to
enhance NASA's development, release and use of software.
Tsengdar Lee, the agency's acting chief technology officer for
information technology, Nicholas Skytland, director of NASA's Open
Government Initiative, and other participants, will be available for
interviews from noon to 1 p.m. on both days.
To register for the event, reporters should contact Cristina LeClerc
at 650-604-2303 or cristina.k.leclerc@nasa.gov by 4 p.m. on Monday,
March 28. All other inquiries and interview requests should be
directed to Jessica Culler at 650-604-4789 or
jessica.culler@nasa.gov.
For information about the summit, including speaker biographies and
the agenda, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/open/source
For more information about Ames, visit:
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