Igalia collaborates in the organization of the Caixanova Master on Libre Software.

Caixanova in collaboration with the public University Rey Juan Carlos and Igalia organizes the first edition of the Master on Free Software. This master is oriented to just finished graduates or professionals that want to improve their knowledge to manage, analyze and collaborate in international Free Software projects.

Master lessons will be given at the Social Building of Caixanova in Vigo on Friday afternoons, Saturday morning and some Thursday afternoons during next academic course from October to next year September. The Practicum and the master Thesis will be oriented to acquire experience on projects and work in Free Software working for international enterprises involved in Free Software.

The program will be reviewed by a committee of assessors with widely recognized importance in the Free Software community.

Regular inscription is open until July 4th 2008, and extraordinary until 26th September 2008

More information in: Caixanova Master Web site.

Committee of Assessors

• Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation and founder of the GNU Project.
• Miguel de Icaza, founder of the GNOME project and Vice President of Developer Platforms for Novell.
• Bdale Garbee, Chief Technologist for HP's Open Source & Linux Organization.
• Carlos Guerreiro, OSSO Desktop team leader at Nokia Multimedia.
• Alberto Abella, Director of corporate development of CENATIC foundation.
• Marcelo D'Elia Branco, coodinator of the International Network of public administration on Free Software.