The launch party attracted many in the open source industry and representatives from government departments, including Austrade.

ASK-OSS team leader Ray Warouw said because of Pia's involvement, the project has grown "beyond expectations".

"Her knowledge of the open source marketplace is vast and she is very well connected," Warouw said.

Next year Waugh Partners will conduct an Australian open source industry and community "census" which Jeff described as "a major research effort to look at the scale and impact of open source".

Waugh partners has also been working with Hannover Fairs to produce the new OpenCeBIT exhibition at next year's CeBIT in Sydney.