March 25, 2011 Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine.trinidad@xxxxxxxx Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 650-604-4789 jessica.culler@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-067 NASA INVITES MEDIA TO OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT MARCH 29-30 IN CALIFORNIA WASHINGTON -- Journalists are invited to attend NASA's first open source software development summit March 29-30 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT on both days. The event will bring together engineers, policy makers and members of the open source community. They will discuss challenges within the existing open source policy framework and propose modifications to enhance NASA's development, release and use of software. Tsengdar Lee, the agency's acting chief technology officer for information technology, Nicholas Skytland, director of NASA's Open Government Initiative, and other participants, will be available for interviews from noon to 1 p.m. on both days. To register for the event, reporters should contact Cristina LeClerc at 650-604-2303 or cristina.k.leclerc@xxxxxxxx by 4 p.m. on Monday, March 28. All other inquiries and interview requests should be directed to Jessica Culler at 650-604-4789 or jessica.culler@xxxxxxxxx For information about the summit, including speaker biographies and the agenda, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/open/source For more information about Ames, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ames -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
