EGLUG was invited to be a speaker a seminar in Khartoum, Sudan titled: Free and Open Source Software in Sudan: Freedom of Change and Strategic Vision

This seminar is made by Nile Center for Technology Research (NCTR) and National Information Center (NIC) (the sites seem to be down at the moment, but I could see them through google cache). Both are governmental Institutes.

Participants:

From Inside Sudan:

• Minister of Science & Technology , Prof. Ibrahim Ahmed , Workshop Chair
• Minister of High Education .
• Minister Of Information & Communication .
• Minister of Ministry council .
• General Manager , National Telecommunication Commission .
• Genera Manager , Africa Technology City .
• Sudanese Universities .
• R & D Centers .
• IT Managers from different government departments .

From Outside Sudan (by alphabetic order)

• Egypt Gnu/Linux Users Group (EGLUG) <-- That's Us :)
• Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) from Malysia.
• State Information Technology Agency (SITA) from South Africa. Update: SITA has apologized before the seminar starts with a day or 2

linuxawy and BooDy will represent EGLUG in this seminar, they will be in Khartoum, Sudan from Tomorrow Sunday 7th of June till Wednesday 10th.

We'll be giving a presentation on the first day of the workshop. If you're in Sudan and you feel like hanging out with a couple of Egyptian geeks feel free to drop us a line :)

Cheers :)