SFD 2013 HK planning
Summary
- Date: September 21, 2013
- Time: 2pm to 6pm
- Venue: Lim Por Yen Lecture Theatre, PolyU
- Objectives: To build awareness of Free and Open Source Software especially to colleges and universities as well as non-profit sectors.
- Target audiences: students and educators of colleges / universities, NGOs
- Target number of audiences: ~200
- Budget: TBC
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?)
- Design and produce promotional items (posters, banners, tshirts, stickers, etc)
- call for speakers
- call for volunteers
- call for sponsors
- call for audiences
Themes
- how free software improved your life?
- getting things done with free software
topics
- keynote: FOSS itself
- education (pockey)
- business? (Mathieu's boss)
- personal / individuals
- as job opportunities / career?
contents
- welcoming speech x 1
- keynote x 1
- speakers x ~4
- panel discussion x 1? if we can find educators to discuss about adding gnu/linux/foss in the curriculum that would be interesting?
- exhibitions x 4
- workshops
short talks with long Q&A
- opening to workshops/activities
- 5 minutes breaks between each (during breaks, let's play blender movies in the venue, to attract ppl to stay as much as possible)
- 1 big (30 min) breaks during the afternoon (provide coffee or snacks?)
- 5 to 6 speakers
Exhibitors
- demonstrate projects e.g. PolyU LUG
- Ubuntu? GNOME? Blender? Libre office? Rur-ple?
lucky draw
- try to keep audiences to stay until the end
- can be computers, phones or pads
- can we try to have prizes that actually relate to Free Software? (e.g computer with Linux pre-installed, **no** iPad, Firefox OS phones,...)
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
- NPOs (all kinds of ngos in hk)
- students (colleges and universities)
- educators (colleges and universities)
- around 100 to 200 people