UPDATE: Video from the 2006 event now available

Sydney

Location: University of New South Wales - the Main hall in the new law building G04 near the roundhouse. Ground Floor left at the entrance

Date: September 16th 2006

Local parent organisation: The Sydney Linux Users Group - (http://slug.org.au) with support from UNSW (http://unsw.edu.au) and CompSoc (http://www.compsoc.cse.unsw.edu.au/)

Contact information: activities AT slug.org.au (join at http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/activities)

Goal: To introduce more people to why Software Freedom matters, and in particular how it is important to maintaining digital environments we can trust to work and play in. Some good examples where Software Freedom matters is in e-voting software, and Open Standards for long term access to your documents. After all, the basic freedoms we expect are only as free as the technology they are based on. The day will be of interest to any person interested in how technology is changing their lives and freedoms. It will also be fun for anyone interested in technology generally and we will have some great workshop sessions.

Contact details: Email Pia (mail pia AT linux.org.au) if you're interested in helping out on the day or information for the day.

Sponsors: Venue kindly sponsored by the Unlocking IP Project at UNSW Law Faculty. Event run by the Sydney Linux User Group, Linux Australia and also many thanks to all the speakers who are donating their time and knowledge about Software Freedom. Also many thanks to GP2X for provided a great gaming device as a prize for the day! There is a review of the device available at http://www.localfoss.org/node/245

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Current Team: Pia, Jeff, James Purser, Billy, Raphael, Junaid Jaffar

Video Helpers: John Ferlito, Silvia Pfeiffer, Chris Deigan, Shane Stephens, Conrad Parker, Sridhar Dhanapalan, Andreas Fischer, Andrew Sinclair, Peter Baker, Bruce Badger

Last years helpers: Chris, Lindsay, Sara, Mohammad, Colin, Bruce, Michael, Grant, Nicholas, James P, David K, Mark G, Che, Trent, Billy

Software Freedom Day Agenda 2006

Talks will be happening all day about Software Freedom from political, media, arts and of course technology viewpoints. There will also be technology demos including great stuff from NICTA and local projects. The schedule for talks is below and the breakout room will be used to continue discussions, get technical help with using Free Software such as Linux or Open Office. Talks will be 20-25 mins with 5 mins for questions and speaker change.

If anyone has a short talk they want to give, please let me know and I'll schedule you for the lightening talks session.

We will also be recording the day and hopefully streaming it live so that people all around the world can enjoy our efforts.

Talks

• 10:00 - Opening for Software Freedom Day by Professor Graham Greenleaf and Pia Waugh
• 10:30 - Your freedom - a dream within an email - Jeff Waugh
• 11:00 - Nick Seow - Hiding the Rosetta stone: will you be able to access your information tommorrow
• 11:30 - Dr Chris Chesher - the power of social networks
• 12:00 - Freedom of Automation - Conrad Parker
• 12:30 - Lunch and lightening talks
• 13:30 - Unlocking IP - getting access to the commons - Ben Bildstein, Catherine Bond and Abi Paramaguru
• 14:00 - The Free Trade Agreement and what it means to you? - Kim Weatherall
• 14:30 - Getting freedom in the media - using the media to help you - Rodney Gedda (IDG)

• 15:00 - A Political perspective on Open source - Special guest Senator Kate Lundy

• 15:30 - Software Freedom - Essential for Business and Innovation - Professor Gernot Heiser from NICTA
• 16:00 - International development and aid with software freedom - Travis Harvey (Australian Development Gateway)

• 16:30 - Prizes draw, Software Freedom Day close and final comments - Pia Waugh

We want the day to be fun, to be interesting, and to be interesting for geeks and non-geeks. Come along, bring your family and friends and enjoy a free day of talks and activities. Below is a picture from last year to start getting you enthused

Workshops

This has been left clear for community members to propose sessions. Workshops should be no longer than an hour, and can be of any topic, any community so long as it is related to Software Freedom. Submit one today before the spaces fill up Place your name and workshop topic with a brief outline next to one of the time slots below:

• 10:00 - Talk over at lecture theatre by Pia Waugh and Jeff Waugh for everyone
• 11:30 - Open Source tools for Video and Video at LCA - Silvia Pfeiffer
• 12:30 - Lunch

• 13:00 - Build your own ISP - John Ferlito Slides

• 14:00 - Linux and Open Source for students fun workshop - Stuart Rusthon
• 15:00 - Senator Kate Lundy Speaking in Main Hall
• 15:30 - Unlocking IP workshop - the Cyberlaw Centre
• 16:30 - Software Freedom Day close and final comments at main lecture theatre- Pia Waugh