The first ever conference of the Open Sustainability Network!
This is a BarCamp style conference about free content and knowledge sharing in sustainability, international development, appropriate technology and solutions to poverty. It is open to all those interested in these issues.
Where, when?
San Francisco, Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 2008.
- facilities at San Francisco State University, with a main conference room seating 375 and several break out rooms.
Daytime schedule: 9am to 4pm at the SFSU facility. Various group meetings around San Francisco after hours.
Who should come?
Everyone interested in exploring free content and knowledge sharing in sustainability, international development, appropriate technology and solutions to poverty. Appropedia's angle is somewhat the directions of sustainable international development and poverty reduction. However, OSN's is inclusive of all communities working online to improve the world, so our scope is broader.
Folks who are planning on coming
Please see our registration page if you plan to attend
Folks to invite
Please see the Invite page for both the draft invitation wording, and (growing) list of invitees with their status.
Format
- Can you please consider actually using Open Space Technology with a real facilitator for the event - I find BarCamp style events all over the map interms of quality of space holding and I think this event deserves better then the low bar that BarCamp sets. REAL unconferences NEVER plan the schedule in advance and I see that you are already looking for presenters and plan to schedule them ahead of time. That makes it not an unconference - it is a regular conference with no jury deciding who can talk. A real unconference/barcamp the schedule is created by all participants gathering together the day of the event. Yes anyone can run a session AND the session schedule is created the day of the event. you can have a wiki page that captures peoples ideas for sessions but the actual schedule the times and space allocation is not made until the day of. Please read on the format before you think you are doing it - http://www.unconference.net is a good resource. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.105.113.140 (talk • contribs) 23:16, 14 September 2008
- Thank you for the advice. Joy Keller-Weidman of Holon Consulting has offered some help around running this with Open Space Technology. Please let me know if we are interested in her assistance. Thanks, --Lonny 17:52, 14 September 2008 (PDT)
- Mainly or entirely "unconference" or "BarCamp" in style , i.e. ad hoc, anyone can run a session.
- Many sessions will be announced beforehand.
- Informal activities are planned for evenings.
Presentations
If you want to present, or see who is presenting, go to Open Sustainability Network Conference 2008/presentations. You don't have to tell us before the day - or even before the hour, if there's a free slot - but we like it if you did.
Registration
Please register, to guarantee your place.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship is very welcome! We are particularly looking for someone willing to cover the cost of lunch. Please contact one of the organizers, e.g. Curt, via his talk page.
Organizing
Want to help? Great! Please see Open Sustainability Network Conference 2008/planning. Or Volunteer.