March 25, 2011

Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 katherine trinidad@nasa gov

Jessica Culler Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif 650-604-4789 jessica culler@nasa gov

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@nasa gov 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@nasa gov

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

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