Celebrating Software Freedom Day with Linux Australia :) ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: President, Linux Australia via linux-aus <[email protected] > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 09:29 Subject: [Linux-aus] Software Freedom Day - 19th September 2020 To: <[email protected]>
Software Freedom Day - 19th of September 2020 Free Software Melbourne and Linux Users Victoria are celebrating the 17th annual Software Freedom Day celebrations in Melbourne. We will present a range of leaders in the Free-Software community that will talk about the importance of Free-Software to a free society. The SFD celebration will kickoff with what is "Free and Open Source Software" and why is it so important for a modern, digital society. We'll be hearing from leading contributors and organizers of companies building businesses around Free and Open Source projects. We're also going to talk about the ethics of software development and the advantages of building a prosthetic using open hardware. There is also the opportunity for networking opportunities in our general FLOSS chat room during the day. Time Table: 10:00am - Welcome and Introductions 10:15am - What is Free Software? 11:00am - Dr Morgan Leigh - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death 12:00pm - FLOSS Chat Room / Lunch Break 1:30pm - Lightning Talks 2:30pm - Kathy Reid - Good, better, breast: Building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware 3:30pm - Frank Karlitschek - How Nextcloud stayed productive during COVID-19 and how others did the same 4:30pm - Mike Saunders & Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice: great history, great future Participation is both free and liberating. Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event welcoming to anyone, pass on the word to help make it a great day. We have a code of conduct available on our website, but in short: Be respectful, Be inclusive and Be aware. Hope to see you all online for our most exciting Software Freedom Day yet! Details: Date: Saturday the 19th of September 2020 Time: Talks starting at 10:00am and wrapping up about 6:00pm Location: Online with Big Blue Button - Main Talk Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-hbo-gf9-43s - Community Chat Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-dxk-cs1-2ct Meeting Tips: Mute microphone when not speaking. Headsets recommended to reduce feedback if you will be speaking. If you are having difficulty hearing or being heard there is a chat stream available. If you want to ask a question during the presentation either ask it in the chat or use the “raise hand” button. Code of Conduct: http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ Links and further information: - Blog: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-19th-of-september-2020/ - Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/Free-Software-Melbourne/events/273068374/ - SFD Australia: http://www.sfd.org.au - SFD Global: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2020/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/FSM-and-LUV Thanks Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine President Linux Australia [email protected]http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to [email protected]
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