From lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au Mon Dec 7 21:45:13 2015 From: lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au (linux.conf.au Announcements) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 21:45:13 +1100 Subject: [lca-announce] OpenMaterials and EverywhereTech Founder Catarina Mota to headline linux.conf.au 2016 Message-ID: OpenMaterials and EverywhereTech Founder Catarina Mota to headline linux.conf.au 2016 Open hardware luminary, TED Fellow and future materials industry leader, Catarina Mota, will be one of four outstanding keynotes for linux.conf.au in February 2016. Mota is co-founder of openMaterials.org - a project dedicated to furthering exploration of ?smart materials? - conductive ink, electronics that run off energy generated by the human body and new generations of plastics that have memory. She recently founded Everywhere Tech - an organisation facilitating open source technology transfer to foster resilient communities around the world. Her passion is to encourage the ?maker? in all of us - motivating a new generation?s interest in science, technology and collaboration. This passion extends to her current pursuits - doctoral academic research into the social impact of open and collaborative practices for the development of technologies. "I'm very much looking forward to the wonderful LCA. Long before there was open source hardware/materials, there was open source software and Linux - I can't wait for the opportunity to learn from the community who paved the way for the rest of us." Conference 2IC Kathy Reid was delighted to announce Ms Mota as Keynote Speaker. ?I first heard Catarina speak at LinuxCon Europe in Barcelona in 2012 and was simply awestruck. Her passion, her empathy, and sincere desire to make the world a better place through technology is so incredibly inspirational. Catarina?s work at the intersection of technology, collaboration and humanity is such a natural fit for linux.conf.au 2016?s theme of ?Life is better with Linux?. We?re honoured to be able to welcome her to Geelong in February.? One of the most respected technical conferences in Australia, Linux Conference Australia (linux.conf.au) will make Geelong home between 1st-5th February 2016. The conference is expected to attract over 500 national and international professional and hobbyist developers, technicians and innovative hardware specialists, and will feature nearly 100 Speakers and presentations over five days. Deakin University?s stunning Waterfront Campus will host the conference, leveraging state of the art networking and audio visual facilities. The conference delivers Delegates a range of presentations and tutorials on topics such as open source hardware, open source operating systems and open source software, storage, containers and related issues such as patents, copyright and technical community development. Linux is a computer operating system, in the same way that MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS are operating systems. It can be used on desktop computers, servers, and increasingly on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Linux embodies the ?open source? paradigm of software development, which holds that source code ? the code that is used to give computers and mobile devices functionality ? should be ?open?. That is, the source code should be viewable, modifiable and shareable by the entire community. There are a number of benefits to the open source paradigm, including facilitating innovation, sharing and re-use. The ?open? paradigm is increasingly extending to other areas such as open government, open culture, open health and open education. Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through one of the following channels; Website:http://lcabythebay.org.au Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay Google+:https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu Lanyrd:http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/ IRC: #linux.conf.au on freenode.net Email: info at lcabythebay.org.au Announce mailing list:http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical communities you may be involved in. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au Wed Dec 30 14:38:25 2015 From: lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au (linux.conf.au Announcements) Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:38:25 +1100 Subject: [lca-announce] Would anyone like to run the traditional 'Beginners' session on Sunday 31st January? Message-ID: Good afternoon awesome folk, Firstly, we trust you and your loved ones had a wonderful holiday, and we wish you all the best for the upcoming New Year. As many may know, the Founder of linux.conf.au, Rusty Russell, normally does a 'Welcome' session for first timers to linux.conf.au. This year, due to an impending new family arrival, Rusty won't be able to do the Sunday Welcome session. Do we have any takers to deliver the session instead? The session is intended for those new to linux.conf.au to get a handle on what the conference is about, and what to expect. With kind regards, Your awesome LCA2016 conference crew