[Wikimediaau-l] Upcoming events: OLPC talk, Australasian Commons, OSDConf

[Brianna Laugher]

Some events of interest in Sydney and Brisbane listed below.

cheers,
Brianna

==16/5: SYDNEY==

One Laptop per Child - Empowering children and communities

Barry Vercoe from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project will be giving a
talk about the project on Friday the 16th May. Barry will talk about
projects he has been involved in, successes around the world and some of the
plans for the region. There will be OLPC laptops on display for
demonstration and some information on how you can get involved in the
project locally. Barry is also a board member of the newly formed OLPC
Australia which will be focusing on the needs of children in Australia and
the region, including the Pacific Islands.

Date:  Friday the 16th May
Place: Mitchell Theatre, Sydney Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street,
      Sydney
Time:  6.00pm - 7.00pm
Cost:  Free

Please RSVP to pia.waugh at olpc.org.au for catering purposes. Some
refreshments will be available.

==24/6: BRISBANE==

Building an Australasian Commons
http://creativecommons.org.au/australasiancommons

"It provides an opportunity for those interested in the free internet
to come together to exchange ideas, information and inspiration. It
brings together experts from Australasia to discuss the latest
developments and implementations of Creative Commons in the region. It
aims to be an open forum where anyone can voice their thoughts on
issues relating to furthering the commons worldwide.   "

When:  Tuesday 24th June 2008, 8.30am – 5pm
Where: State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane,
Cost: Free, but registration required, by 10 June. See website for rego form.

There is an afternoon workshop (2pm) on "Social Softwares: Blogs,
Wikis + Web 2.0". Yours truly is attending. :)


==1-5/12: SYDNEY==
Open Source Developers Conference
http://www.osdc.com.au/2008/index.html
"The Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 is a conference run by
open source developers, for developers and business people. It covers
numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems,
and related topics such as business processes, licensing, and
strategy. Talks vary from introductory pieces through to the deeply
technical. "

Cost: likely ~$300

Call for Papers is open now, closes end of June.

Language Streams
    * Perl
    * PHP
    * Python
    * Ruby
    * C, C++
    * Java
    * C#, Mono, OSS.Net

Concept Streams
    * Databases
    * Education
    * Security
    * Applications
    * Web & Online Technologies
    * Emerging Technologies & Innovation
    * Development Tools
    * Development Process & Project Management
    * Licensing, Strategy, Business Models, Case Studies



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