SFD 2013 HK planning

Summary

• Date: September 21, 2013
• Time: 1:30pm to 6pm
• Venue: Lim Por Yen Lecture Theatre, PolyU (N002, N114, N115)
• Objectives: To build awareness of Free and Open Source Software especially to colleges and universities.
• Target audiences: students and educators of colleges / universities.
• Target number of audiences: ~200

Actions

• [Mathieu] Ask Koala for Ubuntu booth/track
  • He's not available
• [Mathieu] Ask Howard for Ubuntu booth/track
• [Mathieu] Get back in touch with Amanda (mer/sailfish?)
• [Mathieu] Ask Mathieu's manager (security? business with FOSS? technical track?)
• [Pockey] Design and produce promotional items (posters, banners, tshirts, stickers, etc)
  • Done
• [fred] call for speakers
  • contacted Google, OLPC.
• [pockey] call for volunteers
  • Found student union contact and hkgolden
• [fred] call for sponsors
  • working in progress
• [pockey] call for audiences
  • Found student union contact and hkgolden

Themes

• how free software improved your life?
• getting things done with free software

contents

• welcoming speech x 1
• 5 x talks
• exhibitions x 4
• workshops

Talks

each talk: 30 mins + 10 mins Q&A (total 40 mins)

• welcoming speech: introduction of DFF (by Fred)
• Google (by Google)
• OLPC (by Anthony Wong)
• Break: 30 mins
• GNU/Linux business (by Mathieu's boss)
• personal / individuals (demo of GNU/Linux e.g. Fedora)
• Blender or Libre Office - tbc

Exhibitors

• DFF plus registration
• PolyU LUG
• OLPC
• GNU Linux (demo fedora and ubuntu)
• Blender movies

Workshops

• Fedora / Input method by Mathieu
• OLPC by OLPC volunteers
• DFF / Greenboard

lucky draw

• try to keep audiences to stay until the end
• OLPC laptops

volunteers

• promotion (from different universities, approach NGOs e.g. Anthony, approach teachers in colleges / U)
• welcoming / registration and tidy up (students)
• MC (2 ppl, one English and one Cantonese)
• photographers (students)
• 1 or 2 Microphones to audiences

targets

• students (colleges and universities)
• educators (colleges and universities)
• around 100 to 200 people