Updates to the timetables: ## Time Table: 10:00am - Welcome and Introductions 10:15am - What is Free Software? - 11:00am - John Gieryn - Software for decision making and how to make a living from FOSS
*+ 11:00am - Dr Morgan Leigh - Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death* 12:00pm - FLOSS Chat Room - 1:30pm - Dr Morgan Leigh - Ethics in Software Development *+ 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 and the future + Alexar On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 6:04 PM Alexar Pendashteh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi there, > > All LUV members are invited to Software Freedom Day. A whole day > celebration of software freedom. > > The following is the official invitation by Free Software Melbourne, who > has done a great job of putting this event together. > > LUV is pleased to be the community partner in this event. > > A final request, since this is a free and online event, please feel free > to extend this invitation to anyone who needs to know about it! They can be > anywhere in the world! > > Thanks! > > + Alexar, on behalf of LUV committee > > --- > > # *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 kick off with what is "Free and Open Source > Software" and why it is 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* - John Gieryn - Software for decision making and how to make a > living from FOSS > *12:00pm* - FLOSS Chat Room > *1:30pm* - Dr Morgan Leigh - Ethics in Software Development > *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 and the 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: > - Blog: > https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-19th-of-september-2020/ > - SFD Australia: http://www.sfd.org.au > > > -- > > [image: image.jpg] > *Alexar Pendashteh* > technologist / social entrepreneur > > https://github.com/pendashteh > -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh
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