[Ukfs-event] Topics for the conference

[Iain Roberts]

Bump.
Any thoughts?
Mark and I had a brief phone conversation and he had some good ideas -
can you post them please Mark.
Cheers,
Iain.
Iain Roberts wrote:
> What theme are we choosing for this conference?  What topics do we want
> to discuss?
> 
> Once we've got an idea of those, we can start contacting potential
> speakers and we can put together some initial information for delegates.
> 
> For example :
> 
> Theme : The benefits of FLOSS for non-techies
> 
> Topics :
> - FLOSS & Education
> - FLOSS & the public sector
> - How FLOSS is helping the environment (e.g. extending the life of PCs)
> - How FLOSS is empowering people (e.g. social training, one laptop per
> child, assistive technologies)
> - Getting FLOSS onto the political agenda
> - Building a home-grown IT sector with FLOSS
> 
> Presentation methods :
>  - Round table/panel discussions
>  - Debate
>  - Presentation
>  - Workshop
> 
> Other ideas :
>  - Use the conference to capture ideas and make sure they go straight
> onto a wiki (have someone in every session typing up minutes).
>  - Look for delegates living close together and suggest car sharing.
>  - Can we theme each day, so people who are only interested in some
> topics have more chance of finding them all on one day rather than
> spread out across the two?
> 
> Iain.
> 

-- 
Iain Roberts
Chief Executive
Open Source Consortium