GOSCON '06 is made possible through the efforts and contributions of a host of organizations. If you'd like to participate as a sponsor at GOSCON 06, please email the conference director at or call her at 541.737.6614 .

Your Conference Hosts: Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab

The Open Source Lab (OSL) is located at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Its purpose is to help accelerate the adoption of open source software across the globe and aid the community that develops and uses it. The OSL's talented team of students and full-time staff do this by focusing on software development as well as hosting the world's largest non-for-profit open source projects. Production of GOSCON '05 is an extension of the OSL mission to educate, support and create community around Open Source. Oregon State University is a comprehensive, public, research university and a member of the Oregon University System. It is the state's land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant institution, and has programs and faculty located in every county of the state. OSU programs in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Pharmacy, and a variety of other areas are nationally recognized for high quality. With graduate degree programs in more than 80 areas, OSU offers exceptional opportunities for study and research.

Industry Sponsors: The following premier sponsors have made general financial contributions to GOSCON 2006. The expansion of this year's conference would not have been possible without their support.

Platinum Sponsor:

Silver Sponsor: Red Hat

Bronze Sponsors:

Industry Partners: The following organizations have provided support to GOSCON through material and resource contributions as well as assisting in promoting the conference. These contributions have helped offset conference costs, registration fees for attendees and contributed to the quality of the conversation at the conference.

Open Technology Business Center (OTBC)

Open Source Software Institute

Community Partners:

Portland Open Source Software Entrepreneurs (POSSE) is a local organization of entrepreneurs who rely on and develop OSS to help businesses succeed. POSSE's membership has volunteered time to support GOSCON.