Each year in Chicago, we have a three-day conference where open source telephony professionals and enthusiasts gather to discuss many topics. The conference is held in the first week of August and is a great way to interact with a wide range of personalities in the telephony world. Visit http://www.cluecon.com to see details about the upcoming conference and to get links to presentations and videos from previous conferences.
Although ClueCon is "by developers, for developers", it has been growing each year and many non-developers have been attending. Most presentations are still relatively technical in nature; however, there are many talks that focus on non-technical aspects of telephony, such as demonstrations of new products. The conference is designed for users, developers, and vendors to connect with one another. Users appreciate being able meet developers and vendors in person, and vendors appreciate the focus being on interacting with developers and vendors rather than on spending many hours in a sales booth.
ClueCon invites people from all open source telephony projects to come and give presentations. Over the years there have been presentations on Asterisk, FreeSWITCH, and OpenSIPS, as well as from vendors such as Sangoma and Dialogic, who have been supportive of open source telephony projects.
We encourage all FreeSWITCH users to become acquainted with one another by means of these resources.
