OSCON panel, talk and exhibition
Derek Keats has made an interesting blog post
752 days ago
In case anyone will be at OSCON in Portland this year, I will be participating in a panel and giving a talk in the Emerging Topics session. The panel is organized by Danese Cooper:
Changing Education... Open Content, Open Hardware, Open Curricula
with Cliff Schmidt (Literacy Bridge), Danese Cooper (Open Source Initiative and Intel Corporation), Mark R. Shuttleworth (Canonical Ltd.), Derek Keats (The University of the Western Cape), Bobbi Kurshan (Curriki), David Wiley (Brigham Young University / Open High School of Utah)
Time: 10:45am - 11:30am Wednesday, 07/23/2008
Session: Emerging Topics
Location: Portland 252
In the wake of the "Cape Town Declaration," more and more open source people are thinking about applying open source principles to Education. This panel discussion will introduce exciting concepts and some of the thought leaders in the Open Educational Content movement. There will be opportunities to learn about getting involved. Come get inspired!! Read more.
In addition, I will be giving a talk in the Emerging Topics session as follows:
Creating & Supporting Free Software in Africa: the African Virtual Open Initiatives & Resources (AVOIR) experience
Session: Emerging Topics
Location: D137
Free and Open Source software is often seen as a largely Western and predominantly male phenomenon. This talk explores experiences of FOSS development in an Africa-led project to build capacity, and extends our understanding of FOSS to other cultures and societies, and shows how collaboration around FOSS can foster innovation and contribute to development in Africa. Read more.
In addition, we have an exhibition stand for Chisimba and AVOIR. The exhibition is:
- Wednesday, July 23 10:00am - 4:30pm
6:00pm - 7:30pm (Expo Hall Reception) - Thursday, July 24 10:00am - 5:00pm
and I believe we will be somewhere near the cafeteria entrance, which is probably not a bad place to be. People can catch us when they are coming by to get food.
OSCON
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