This year, BIZcon Europe 2010, hosted by Ricston, will be held in Malta on March 4th and 5th. BIZcon is all about informing business leaders about significant trends and developments in business, and interestingly, the theme this year will be “Understanding and Leveraging Open Source”.

While many business executives are familiar with the term open source, not many have a clear understanding of how open source can be used and integrated into their organization’s environment, and more importantly, the value that can be gained compared to traditional proprietary solutions. As open source continues to gain traction, it’s important to keep business executives informed so that open source can be effectively incorporated into their strategy and leveraged to deliver bottom line results.

The agenda includes presentations from various business executives and leaders in open source, including Liferay CEO Bryan Cheung.

This year, Rivet Logic will be hosting Liferay’s first ever East Coast User Conference, taking place on 5/21, at our training facilities in Reston, VA. It would be an opportunity to meet some of the faces behind Liferay in person while discussing the product’s future as well as best practices.

The agenda includes keynote speakers and both technical and business tracks to cover a variety of topics. Technical tracks include “Liferay Solutions, SaaS Style” and “Social Networking with Liferay, ICEfaces, and Vizster”, while business tracks include “Enterprise Collaboration: Overcoming Issues with Big Implementations” and “Fostering Open Source Adoption Within Reluctant Enterprises”.

We are pleased to host this event and look forward to further involvement with future Liferay events.