“For the eighth consecutive time, Foz do Iguaçu, is pleased to host Latinoware, a unique conference, dedicated to discussing good ideas and tools targeted at making our daily lives easier. Between October 19 and 21, the public will have the opportunity to enhance its knowledge is so far as concerns tools for development and dissemination of open source software.
     
Targeting the exchange of experiences and impressions on innovative projects in this area, Latinoware 2011 comes to multiply good ideas and integrating policies on the deployment and creation of open source programs. The Comference content is ideal for students, professors, researchers and specialists to learn about the novelties of the sector.
     
On behalf of Itaipu Bi-national, of the Itaipu Technological Park, of the State of Paraná Data Processing Company (Celepar) and the Federal Data Processing Service (SERPRO), I hope every participant enjoys to the most Latinoware, which has already become one of the most important events in the sector in Latin America”.
       
Marli Portella
Superintendente of IT
Itaipu Bi-national

“Itaipu Technological Park (PTI) is extremely pleased to once again host Latinoware, an event that far exceeds merely introducing sector novelties. The Conference also promotes cultural, economic and technological integration of Latin America, targeting increasing the debate around access to the different open source code tools.
        
Reference in the debates around open source software in the region, the PTI’s mission is to articulate and promote actions targeted at economic, scientific and technological development. And we, as users and e multipliers, support the development of tools that facilitate corporative and individual activities and the initiatives for dissemination of open source software.
       
In this way, we believe we are contributing to sustainable development for Latin American countries, in addition to the generation of employment, business opportunities and facilitating digital inclusion for multiplication of knowledge”.
     
      
Juan Carlos Sotuyo
Director-Superintendent
Foundation Parque Tecnológico Itaipu - Brasil