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Chris DiBona

Chris DiBona

Open Source Programs Manager: Google, Inc.

Chris DiBona is the Open Source Programs Manager for Mountain View, Ca based Google, Inc. His job includes managing open source related compliance and outreach programs for the company. More information about Google’s open source program can be found at http://code.google.com/opensource

Before joining Google, Mr. DiBona was an editor/author for the hugely popular online website slashdot.org and he is an internationally known advocate of open source software and related methodologies. He co-edited the award winning essay compilations “Open Sources” and “Open Sources 2.0” for O’Reilly and writes for a great number of publications. He was briefly the Linux guy on TechTV, starred in Floss Weekly and speaks on a variety of open source issues internationally.

Sessions

1:55pm Thursday, 09/10/2009
Transparency, Technology and You
Sponsored
 Location: Independence Ballroom A
Chris DiBona (Google, Inc.)
In this short talk, Google's Public Sector and Open Source Programs Manager, Chris DiBona, will talk about how transparency is a social problem first and a technology problem second. He will draw on his experience with open source projects to show how, with a bit of tenacity, we can all make government more transparent and participatory. Read more.
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