The dates and location have been set for the first Opencast Matterhorn Unconference!
January 31-February 1, 2012 Oxford University Oxford, UK [full article available at http://opencast.org/article/opencast-matterhorn-2012-unconference] [conference site: http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Opencast+Matterhorn+2012+Unconference] *What's an unconference?* "An unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers, in advance." -Wikipedia As an unconference, the sessions and focus will be driven by the needs, interest and skills of those who attend. There will be both planned and spontaneous opportunities to collaborate and learn from each other. What will the focus be? We've come up with 5 general categories to help focus the topics, and expect each of these to be fairly well represented: - Implementing: installation, configuration, integration, extending, users helping users, solving problems - Contributing: adopters interested in contributing to Matterhorn, development processes, tools, etc - Project Planning: Quality assurance and release processes, roadmap, new features - Community Organizing: governance, funding, community building, communications, public relations - Applying: Application of Matterhorn for teaching & learning, research Within these categories, we expect to have lightning talks, roundtable discussions, hands on workshops, and presentations. A list of suggested topics is available here: http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Suggested+Topics. Please feel free to add your own suggestions if there's something you want to learn or discuss with others! *Who should attend?* We're expecting all board members to attend and most of the active committers on the project (see http://opencast.org/leadership for a list). We're hoping that many others will join us, including those who are working toward implementing Matterhorn on their campus, commercial vendors, those who want to take a more active role in the project development and community planning, and those who have great ideas for where Matterhorn could go next. There will be a small registration fee to cover the costs of the facilities (around $40 USD). *How do I register?* At this time we are requesting all interested participants to pre-register in the wiki at http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Participant+Pre-Registration by December 23rd so that we can make adequate plans. A more formal registration process will be provided in January where you can submit your registration fee. *Where is it and how do I get there?* The meeting will be held at Oxford University in Oxford UK. More details can be found here: http://opencast.jira.com/wiki/display/MH/Venue%2C+Hotel+and+Travel. *How can my company support the unconference?* We are looking for commercial sponsors to cover the cost of lunches and refreshments during the 2 day meeting. If you are interested in sponsoring part of the conference, please contact Ruben Perez at [email protected] or Michelle Ziegmann at [email protected]. -- Michelle Ziegmann University of California Berkeley Educational Technology Services _______________________________________________ Matterhorn-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.opencastproject.org/mailman/listinfo/matterhorn-users
