AstriCon conference date is set for October

Asterisk has announced that the eighth annual AstriCon, event will be held from October 26th to 28th.

The Asterisk User Conference and Expo is major event for technicians working with the widely-used open source communications platform.

Digium, the company which specialises in IP PBX phone systems, VoIP phone systems, and produces the Asterisk telephony software said that this year's conference will be held in Denver, Colorado.

Registration for the event has opened from today (May 10th) and Digium is also welcoming applications for those wishing to speak at the event.

Those applying are allowed to submit their own discussion topics, but past subjects have included talks on asterisk tutorials, IP telephony solutions security, as well as call centre and enterprise case studies.

Announcing the event, Bryan M. Johns, community director at Digium, said: "Attendees will learn about our progress and benefit from the in-depth technical sessions, networking and detailed case studies that they’ve come to expect from this conference."