[Linux-aus] OpenMaterials and EverywhereTech Founder Catarina Mota to headline linux.conf.au 2016
Kathy Reid - Team linux.conf.au 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay
info at lcabythebay.org.au
Mon Dec 7 21:45:13 AEDT 2015
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 <http://linux.org.au>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
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