Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters (COSCUP)
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Published: 2023-05-09 00:02:29

**[Conference for Open Source Coders, Users, and Promoters (COSCUP)](https://coscup.org/2023/en/)** is an annual conference held by Taiwanese Open source community participants since 2006. It’s a major force of Free software movement advocacy in Taiwan. The event is often held with talks, sponsor and community booths, and Birds of a Feather. In addition to international speakers, many Taiwanese local Open Source contributors often give their talks here. The chief organizer, staffs, and speakers are all volunteers. It's a free and open event, with no tickets required for entry.

### Dates
This conference is **no registration required, ticket-free event.** It is an **in-person** conference that will be held on **July 29th and 30th 2023** at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taipei, **Taiwan**. Check out the Conference agenda [here](https://coscup.org/2023/en/session)
 

### 7/29 Tracks
* [Main Track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/4bdbd/%E4%B8%BB%E8%AD%B0%E7%A8%8B%E8%BB%8C) RB105
* [JVM United](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/241e5/JVM+%E8%81%AF%E5%90%88%E5%9C%8B) AU
* [PyCon TW](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/e28f8/PyCon+TW) TR209
* [Open Source People Network (OSPN) Japan Special track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/2ae73/Open+Source+People+Network+%28OSPN%29+Japan+Special+track) TR210
* [Kubernetes Community Day Taiwan](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/a477c/Kubernetes+Community+Day+Taiwan) TR211
* [Blockchain and Distributed Ledger](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/5a203/Blockchain+and+Distributed+Ledger) TR212
* [Let's Read the Source Code](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/286e3/%E5%B8%B6%E6%82%A8%E8%AE%80%E6%BA%90%E7%A2%BC) TR213
* [Student's Adventure Time](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/67b43/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E7%A4%BE%E7%BE%A4%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%82%E9%AC%A5) TR214
* [HKOSCon Track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/5ecb5/%E8%B7%A8%E5%A2%83%E5%90%88%E4%BD%9C+HKOSCon+%E8%BB%8C) TR310-1
* [Diversity and Inclusivity in Tech - Healing Lectures](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/5133e/%E7%A7%91%E6%8A%80%E9%A0%98%E5%9F%9F%E7%9A%84%E5%A4%9A%E5%85%83%E5%85%B1%E8%9E%8D+-+%E7%99%82%E7%99%92%E8%AC%9B%E5%BA%A7) TR311
* [Party for Google Developers](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/ef371/Google+%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BC%E8%80%85%E6%B4%BE%E5%B0%8D) TR312
* [Open Education](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/fecd1/%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E6%95%99%E8%82%B2) TR313
* [MySQL Sharing Studio](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/318b3/MySQL+%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%AB%E5%B9%B3%E5%8F%B0) TR410
* COSCUP Communities BoF [About BoF](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/coscup-2023-bof-hacking-room.html) TR411
* [System Software](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/b0fb0/System+Software) TR412-1
* [Open Source Firmware Track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/8f762/Open+Source+Firmware+Track) TR412-2
* [O-RAN in B5G/6G](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/43d00/O-RAN+in+B5G-6G) TR413-1
* [Julia Language](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/99595/Julia+Language) TR413-1
* [Open Knowledge and Diversity Value](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/94258/%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E7%9F%A5%E8%AD%98%E8%88%87%E5%A4%9A%E5%85%83%E5%83%B9%E5%80%BC) TR509
* [Miscellaneous Open Source Topics](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/e8749/%E5%90%84%E7%A8%AE%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E8%AD%B0%E9%A1%8C) TR510 & TR511
* [Interdisciplinary Practice of Art, Culture, Local Context, and Open Data](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/a3683/%E8%97%9D%E8%A1%93%E3%80%81%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E3%80%81%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E8%84%88%E7%B5%A1%E8%88%87%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E7%9A%84%E8%B7%A8%E5%9F%9F%E7%B7%B4%E7%BF%92) TR512
* The Design We Open- Internet Shutdowns Hackathon  TR513 [Sign up  here](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/05/the-design-we-open.html)
* OCF Board Game Group- Hacking Room TR609 [Sign up here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS9xX5yArIZ5DjEh0J0K_qdYOMKT8wxUbkQZzDzgzpNdik6w/viewform)
* [Open Edge AI & TinyML](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/11f05/Open+Edge+AI+%26+TinyML)  TR615
* [Open Standards and Open Source Solutions for Healthcare Information](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/d1aab/%E9%86%AB%E7%99%82%E8%B3%87%E8%A8%8A%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E6%A8%99%E6%BA%96%E8%88%87%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E8%A7%A3%E6%B1%BA%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88) TR616

### 7/30 Tracks

* [Main Track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/4bdbd/%E4%B8%BB%E8%AD%B0%E7%A8%8B%E8%BB%8C) AU
* [OpenStreetMap x Wikidata Open Content](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/44109/OpenStreetMap+x+Wikidata+%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E5%85%A7%E5%AE%B9%E8%AD%B0%E7%A8%8B%E8%BB%8C) RB105
* [Upgrade the Brain and Double, Triple the Development Energy of Laravel and Vue Communities](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/f194d/%E5%A4%A7%E8%85%A6%E5%8D%87%E7%B4%9A%EF%BC%8C%E8%AE%93Laravel%E5%92%8CVue%E7%9A%84%E7%A4%BE%E7%BE%A4%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BC%E8%83%BD%E9%87%8F%E7%BF%BB%E5%80%8D%E5%86%8D%E7%BF%BB%E5%80%8D) TR209
* [Rust](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/fda3f/Rust) TR210
* [Blockchain and Distributed Ledger](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/5a203/Blockchain+and+Distributed+Ledger) TR211
* [Golang Taiwan @COSCUP 2023](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/ffa04/Golang+Taiwan+%40COSCUP+2023) TR212
* [Student's Adventure Time](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/67b43/%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E7%A4%BE%E7%BE%A4%E5%A4%A7%E4%BA%82%E9%AC%A5)  TR214
* [Open Source Chatbot](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/74574/Open+Source+Chatbot) TR310-1
* [Open Licensing](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/ea457/%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E6%8E%88%E6%AC%8A%E7%9A%84%E5%85%8B%E8%90%8A%E5%85%9C%E5%8F%B2%E5%A4%A0%E6%99%AE) TR310-1
* [Kubernetes Community Day Taiwan](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/a477c/Kubernetes+Community+Day+Taiwan)  TR311
* [Party for Google Developers](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/ef371/Google+%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BC%E8%80%85%E6%B4%BE%E5%B0%8D) TR312
* [Open Source Newbies](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/c834e/%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E6%96%B0%E6%89%8B%E6%9D%91) TR313
* [PostgreSQL.TW](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/11f15/PostgreSQL.TW) TR410
* COSCUP Communities BoF [About BoF](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/coscup-2023-bof-hacking-room.html) TR411
* [Open Source Inspired Hardware](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/38ecd/Open+Source+Inpired+Hardware) TR412-1
* [Open Source Firmware Track](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/8f762/Open+Source+Firmware+Track) TR412-2
* [Ruby](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/f951f/Ruby) TR413-1
* [What else can be open besides data in agriculture?](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/c596f/Open%E5%95%A5%E6%AC%BE%EF%BC%81%E8%BE%B2%E6%A5%AD%E9%99%A4%E4%BA%86%E8%B3%87%E6%96%99%E9%82%84%E8%83%BD%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE%E4%BB%80%E9%BA%BC%EF%BC%9F)TR509
* [Miscellaneous Open Source Topics](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/e8749/%E5%90%84%E7%A8%AE%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E8%AD%B0%E9%A1%8C) TR510 & TR511
* [Open World Tour](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/499ab/Open+World+Tour+-+%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E5%B0%8E%E9%81%8A) TR512
* [Open Design](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/7932e/Open+Design) TR513
* OCF Board Game Group- Hacking Room TR609 [Sign up here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS9xX5yArIZ5DjEh0J0K_qdYOMKT8wxUbkQZzDzgzpNdik6w/viewform)
* [Open Source & AI](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/eebb8/%E9%96%8B%E6%94%BE+AI)  TR615
* [Open Source and Career Growth](https://volunteer.coscup.org/schedule/2023/talks/2e81b/%E9%96%8B%E6%BA%90%E8%88%87%E8%81%B7%E6%B6%AF)  TR616


Other than talks, We have many community booths：
Community of Open Data for Agriculture (COODFA)、Open Source RPA Community、Google Developers、Golang Taiwan、Rust Taiwan、Laravel Taiwan & Vue Taiwan、Ruby、WasmEdge Taiwan 、SLAT FOSS Fundation、LearnWeb Taiwan Communities 、Kuberentes Community Day Taiwan 、JVM Taiwan、Taipei Ethereum Meetup 、Open Culture Fundation(OCF)、WordPress Taiwan Community、PyCon TW、HKOSCON、COSCUP Volunteer 、Open Source Chatbot、Open Knowledge and Diversity Value 、 MozTW, Mozilla Taiwan、 g0v jothon X Sch001、VideoLAN 、Korean Open source communities、Hacking Thursday x TOSSUG / Hacking Thursday x TOSSUG、 Ubuntu Taiwan x UbuCon Asia、HKCOTA

Plus [Healing Market](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/introducing-healing-market-with-yoga.html), [Parent-Child Workshops](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/parent-child-workshops.html), [Lightening Talk](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/coscup-lightning-talk-20.html) and the [Welcome Party](https://blog.coscup.org/2023/07/welcome-party-20230728-1815-2130-utc8.html) on 7/28 Night. Welcome to join us for this celebration. No matter if you are an Open Source coder, a devoted promoter, an enthusiastic user, or just a newcomer - We welcome you to be part of COSCUP!

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