2) Do you know of open source software that might be a candidate
for using/modifying for this project? If so, I would be pleased to
hear your suggestions or ideas.
I think the suggestion of contacting existing FOSS conferences and
asking what they use is a great first step for students (user research!)
A few initiatives I do know about:
PyCon - http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pycon-tech (may be old,
last time I was active on that list was something like 2 years ago)
Drupal - http://groups.drupal.org/event-management-systems, and at least
one other person is trying to work on a related problem
(http://mavergames.org/content/drupal-event-management-system) -- the
interesting thing with both Python and Drupal is that they are
communities likely to dogfood -- that is to say, "Drupal is a likely
choice for a platform to build a conference system with... what does the
Drupal community use for their own conferences and gatherings?"
Lather, rinse, repeat for other languages/platforms you might be
interested in investigating (Django, etc.)
--Mel
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