Building Open Source Communities - Programme

by Randolph Metcalfe on 1 June 2005

Introduction

Building Open Source Communities is a one-day conference exploring the challenges and opportunities surrounding open source software development.

Programme:

09:30-10:00 Registration 10:00-10:10 Welcome Bill Olivier, Development Director (Systems and Technology), JISC 10:10-10:30 What is an open source software community? Sebastian Rahtz, OSS Watch10:30-11:15 Licences, Features, and Community: The Path to Sustainability Jim Farmer, Sakai and uPortal11:15-11:30 _Coffee/Tea_11:30-12:15 Co-located agile development Helen Sharp and Hugh Robinson, The Open University12:15-13:00 Serving Maths: Experiences from a JISC Distributed e-Learning Project Gustav Delius, The University of York13:00-14:00 _Lunch_14:00-14:45 Life and times in the Apache community Andrew Savory, Luminas14:45-15:30 MoodleMoot: Meeting Real People from a Virtual Community Sean Keogh, Oxford Institute of Legal Practice and UK Moodle Partner15:30-15:45 _Coffee/Tea_15:45-16:30 Panel Discussion

The conference takes place on Monday, 4 July, in the Faculty Room North in the David Hume Tower of the George Square Complex, University of Edinburgh. Location map (pdf).

Building Open Source Communities is free for delegates from UK higher and further education, however, you must register in order to attend. If you are not from a UK institution of further or higher education but would like to attend this event, please contact OSS Watch prior to registering, info@oss-watch.ac.uk. Availability is limited for this event. Registrations beyond our capacity audience will be placed on a waiting list, and registrants will be notified as soon as a place becomes available. OSS Watch reserves the right to limit the number of delegates attending from a single institution.

Building Open Source Communities is organised by OSS Watch, http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/, the open source software advisory service for UK HE and FE. For further information contact info@oss-watch.ac.uk.