Event Agenda
From Wiki
The agenda for Good to Great FOSS will be developed collaboratively by all participants in the weeks leading up to the event.
The agenda for the Good to Great FOSS will be highly interactive and driven by participant interests and ideas. The following is a preliminary schedule for the 3 days, The agenda will evolve substantially over the coming days. This wiki will be used to track the evolution of the discussions.
Sessions will be designed in consultation with participants before and during the event. Session topics will be poured into the schedule once participants have had a chance to weigh in.
Wednesday 24 October
9:00 Opening Circle
We'll start with introductions, agenda overview, participant guidelines and reflections on the days ahead.
10:00 Spectrograms
This highly interactive session will encourage everyone to get their voice in the mix. Participants will be invited to react to “controversial” statements by positioning themselves along a line on the floor that spans the room and ranges from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”, and to state how they feel on a range of issues relevant to open source software development in the African context.
The following spectrograms were explored, and participants were invited to interpret them any way they wanted to:
- Open source is *the* way to go in Africa
- Doing open source in Africa will always be too hard
- Open data standards and open programming interfaces are more important than open source
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Agenda Discussion Breakouts
Participants will break into small groups to discuss their goals for the gathering, and how they'd like the sessions to focus on their interests, questions, and needs.
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Afternoon Sessions 1
15:15 Coffee break
15:30 Afternoon Sessions 2
16:45 Closing Circle
Thursday 25 October
9:00 Opening Circle
9:30 Morning Sessions 1
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Morning Sessions 2
12:30 Lunch
14:00 SpeedGeeking
15:15 Coffee break
15:30 Afternoon Sessions 1
4:45 Closing Circle
Friday 26 October
9:00 Opening Circle
9:30 Morning Sessions 1
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Morning Sessions 2
11:00 Mobile Phones
Open Backbone •Data
- People, names, phone number and where they lkive (backbone could provide a registry of people in rural areas (rural information service)
- Open standards (data standards and also messaging for interoperability and software standards), eg kanel (canel?)
- How to join forces to
- How to join forces to approach mobile operators to provide business models and short codes to
- Join forces to maximize relationships in the community (Grimean Village phone)
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Afternoon Sessions 1
15:15 Coffee break
15:30 Closing Sessions
We'll use our last slot on Friday to reflect on what's been accomplished and discuss where things go for each project as they leave the event.
16:45 Closing Circle
