Libre Graphics Meeting: Cutting Edge Creative Tools Meet Free Culture
The Libre Graphic Meeting will be held at the École Polytechnique Engineering School on May 10-13, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM) brings together users and developers of free and open source creative software.
LGM seeks to give software developers, artists, musicians, designers as well as other creative professionals the opportunity to collaborate, sharetheir work and learn from each other.
LGM is asking for talk submissions on the following areas of interest: development of the applications, colorstandards and colormanagement, designer and developer collaboration, web services,workflow, exchange between floss and artists, power-user techniques,and graphics business best practices. Interested individuals may submit ideas until April 1, 2011.
In addition to talk submissions LGM organizers are asking for donations to help keep this event free to attend.
Video from the 2010 LGM is still available and more information about the 2011 LGM can be found on the Libre Graphics Meeting Website.
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