Big Spring High School just distributed 1100+ laptops to all their students and staff. Superintendent Michael Downes will lead off the conference with his experience funding such a large undertaking. Linux expert Mike Friesenegger will follow with an industry view on the growth of open source and how you can leverage your existing technology with a strategic use of free and open source offerings.

The morning will conclude with Big Spring Director of Technology Corey Wood discussing the problems and solutions for integrating a Windows network with Apple equipment and software, which is built on and includes open source.

Break-out sessions will be offered in the afternoon on a number of related topics and the day will conclude with a meeting of the Strategic Open Source Special Interest Group (SOS-SIG) of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) that all are welcome to attend.