Conferences 2012

This page documents upcoming conferences and our goals + commitments for them.

May

 * May 12, WebMaking Instructor Community Conference, Cambridge, MA
 * Style: Unconference?
 * Theme: Webmaking and bottom-up teaching
 * Our goal: Explain the Boston Python Workshop strategy and learn what others are up to in this space
 * Status: Wondering if we can attend


 * May 7-12: Ubuntu Developer Summit, Oakland, CA

June

 * Saturday June 2, WebMaking Instructor Community Conference, San Francisco, CA
 * See above Boston edition (:


 * June 26-29, Open Source Bridge, Portland, Oregon
 * Status: Karen will be attending

July

 * Sun 7/8 - Sat 7/14: Debconf12, Managua, Nicaragua
 * Style: Week-long Debian fest
 * Theme: Debian
 * Our goal: Represent OpenHatch and discuss community organizing among Debian participants
 * Status: Planning (but not committed) to attend and speak (Asheesh)


 * Sat 7/14 - Sun 7/15: Community Leadership Summit, Portland, OR
 * Style: Weekend unconference
 * Theme: Community organizing, mostly in open source but also largely in commercial web forums around a brand (e.g. Zappos)
 * Goal: Represent the OpenHatch Way in FLOSS organizing and diversity outreach; and hear from other active FLOSS communities
 * Status: Interested in attending (Asheesh)


 * Wikimania 2012: Tue 7/10 and Wed 7/11 Hackathon


 * Wikimania 2012: Main conference


 * Mon 7/16 - Fri 7/20: OSCON, Portland, OR
 * Style: Week-long corporate megaconf
 * Theme: Open source in absolutely any fashion
 * Goal: Represent OpenHatch to, and hang out with, the wide variety of exciting speakers at OSCON (and attendees too)
 * Status: Karen and Asheesh's "Open source project growth as a user experience problem" talk accepted!

October

 * October 3-6: Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing 2012, Baltimore, MD
 * Theme: Women in tech, with a sizable open source track
 * Karen is part of a proposed panel on women in FOSS w. Pam Selle; iirc Deb had a proposal as well?
 * I honestly can't tell from GHC's website whether or not male-identified people are allowed to attend...