With the recent acquisition of Sokol and Associates, the firm that originally produced the AstriCon open source conference, we can only expect great things in the upcoming Astricon 2007 conference.

From the Official Asterisk Announcements:

“AstriCon’s mission is to expand awareness and knowledge of Asterisk. The four day conference includes getting-started seminars for both users and developers; a series of tutorials presented by experts from around the globe; keynotes and industry perspectives covering the technical, business and even social aspects of Asterisk; and panel discussions surrounding the ongoing growth of open source telephony.”

The 2007 Conference will be held in Phoenix, Arizona from the 24th to the 28th of September this year.

For the newcomers to the AstriCon Conference, this is a quick primer on what to expect during the conference:

There are three main things to look forward to every AstriCon Conference:

The Conference
The conference includes getting started seminars both for users and developers; a tutorial series brought by Asterisk experts from all around the globe; keynote presentations that covers the Asterisk market; and panel discussions surrounding the ongoing growth of open source telephony

The Exhibition
The Asterisk open source platform has created a rich ecosystem of products that both leverages and enhances the power of the platform.The AstriCon Exhibition aims to showcase the leading products that ranges from endpoints, gateway hardware, software add-ons, embedded solutions, and Internet telephony services

The Meeting Place
The conference is an excellent opportunity for you to meet experts, venture capitalists and code gurus in the Asterisk community. There are group meetings as well as an all-night coding sessions in the Code Zone.

This year’s AstriCon also brings additional things to the conference:

The Asterisk Job Fair.
This is an excellent event both for people who want to work on asterisk-related technologies and for those who want to build a team of engineers to work on Asterisk-related products.

Open Source Telephone Executive Roundtable
This is the opportunity for technology and community leaders in the open source communications space to interact with each other and hear from members of the press and analysts. They will also discuss key topics about the industy.

The Commercial Track
The commercial track provides an excellent venue both for companies of commercial products related to asterisk to showcase their products and services as well as to those attendees who want to know more about these commercial offerings.

With Asterisk taking on a very important role in the Open Source communications space, the AstriCon is the place to be for engineers, venture capitalist, company leaders, and the rest who are interested in this space.

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