Ideas for presentations
Central topic areas. (This doesn't mean this is given a priority or can't be changed, or even that they're more important than others, just that they are are central to Open Sustainability.)
- Open Sustainability Network - what, who, why. Ryan? Panel?
- Free content and saving the world - Chriswaterguy
- Engineer's Without Border's presentation
- Doctors Without Borders presentation
- BRIDGE Nicaragua's report on Morrito Nicaragua David.reber
- Why sustainability matters for reducing poverty. Why reducing poverty matters for sustainability. - Joshua? Lonny? Joint presentation? (I'd be up for a joint presentation or panel - Chriswaterguy 02:13, 4 August 2008 (PDT))
- Open Access - why it matters, how it differs from free content. - IJSLE people? (note Workshop #3: Online Publications)
- OLPC content jam - work on developing content bundles (and we can talk about activity bundles - separate workshop if there's a critical mass of people.) Appropedia's OLPC bundle is one example, and that's one place for developing appropriate content intended for the OLPC.
- Intellectual property and openness - profit and sharing knowledge. - Joel?
- Open hardware - Mel? Panel/joint presentation with Joel? And/or video presentation from Vinay?
Note: it would be good to talk about degrees of openness - from closed, through open access to free content. But we don't want to have too many talks on related areas, so it should perhaps be integrated somehow, or made into part 2 of a talk.
Other talks:
- Card sorting workshop - getting people from the target audience to arrange a set of cards (yes, the physical objects) with topics etc, how they think the material fits together logically. See
Appropedia:Information architecture #Other ideas. (I'm happy to help run this --Chriswaterguy 02:13, 4 August 2008 (PDT))
- Bottom of the Pyramid - Ryan?
- Public Domain Search --Chriswaterguy 02:13, 4 August 2008 (PDT)
- ICT4D - presenter: Mel?
- Appropriate technology - what makes it "appropriate"? - Lonny?
Length of presentations
At BarCampSydney2008, it was felt that the scheme of 20 min per talk on Saturday, and 30 min per talk on Sunday, worked well.
Double blocks are possible, but these should be used sparingly. If it's possible to do it in a shorter slot that's better, and a breakout can follow if people want to continue. (Or schedule it before lunch or dinner).