Delivered my first conference talk for 2023 at #FOSSASIA Summit yesterday.

It's been 3 years since I previously spoke in person at a conference, and >1 year since speaker burnout from online conferences.

Turnout was relatively low at <20pax but engagement level was not too bad - which is what I like about in-person formats. Next step: post-conference follow-ups!

Slides for those who are interested: https://bit.ly/fossasia-change-aware-data

So glad I went for this year's #fossasia. The diversity is always inspiring and the brilliance of the people humbling.

#fossasia2023

.@pmembrey had the pleasure of speaking about our open-source VPN protocol, Lightway at #FOSSASIA Summit 2023. Big thank you to everyone who came and @fossasiasg for making all this possible! https://t.co/yWPAYFRk1O

Welcome to the second day of #FOSSASIA Summit 2023 in Singapore!

You still have a chance to visit the #ONLYOFFICE booth and have a word with our team.

#FOSSAsia I'm sure the @fossasia crew are doing their best, but there's lots of UX improvements to be made to remote participation. The combination of the times in the schedule being an hour ahead, sessions starting late, and streams not matching the links I'm clicking on, is making it very difficult for me.

The 2020 ActivityPub conf was online using meet.coop, and the entirety of LibrePlanet 2023 was livestreamed, both using only Free Software. Can I suggest FOSSAsia folks ask what was used?

Loving the Hybrid conference model! Still working on my slides for tomorrow (bad silona) but able to take a break and watch an InnerSource session via EventYay or youtube! https://lnkd.in/gY-3WFRY @fossasia taking it to the next level on @eventyay #innersource #opensource #fossasia

I enjoyed the first 4 hours of the @fossasia livestream yesterday. But after the talk by Takasu Masakazu, the livestream from the Lecture Theatre stopped, and was replaced by a video of the first 4 hours of talks. The other 4 rooms just showed static images, like the Lecture Theatre did before the first session started. The video is still showing in the Lecture Theatre, and the other 4 rooms are saying "this room is unavailable", except for Training Room 2-2.

#FOSSAsia

Day 1 of #FossAsia Summit 2023 - so good to be back at the Lifelong Learning Institute SG with so many friends
@fossasia

Day 1 of #FossAsia Summit 2023 - so good to be back at the Lifelong Learning Institute SG with so many friends
@fossasia

The #FOSSASIA Summit 2023 has started today!

The event covers such topics as cloud technologies and DevOps, Artificial Intelligence, blockchain, web and mobile software, robotics, open source standards and databases.

You are welcome to visit the #ONLYOFFICE booth and have a word with our team today or tomorrow. We will be happy to see you there!

Location: Lifelong Learning Institute, Singapore

More information: https://eventyay.com/e/7cfe0771

#TIL, courtesy of a #FOSSAsia session on OpenEuler, that the Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences runs a summer of code style project that...

"... aims to encourage college students to actively participate in the maintenance and development of open source software, promote the vigorous development of open source software communities, and build the open source software supply chain together."

https://summer-ospp.ac.cn/

#ISCAS #OpenEuler #SummerOfCode

#TIL courtesy of #FOSSAsia:

"The SkyWater Open Source PDK on Github is listed as a collaboration between Google and SkyWater Technology Foundry to provide a fully open source PDK and related sources. This so that one can create manufacturable designs at the SkyWater foundry, that target the 130 nm node. Open tools here should mean a far lower cost of entry than is usually the case."

#MayaPosch, 2020

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/25/creating-a-custom-asic-with-the-first-open-source-pdk/

#OpenHardware #OpenSilicon #PDK #SkyWater

Just watched Annie Mathew's session on increasing diversity in tech at #FOSSAsia . Getting participation from folks from outside the anglophone world (+Europe) might be even more important than getting diverse participation from inside it. That way, we're more likely to re-learn how to include people with a mix of base values, as well as people from a range of identity categories.

Are you at #FOSSASIA this week? Stop by the exhibition hall to say hi and grab your stickers!

#TIL about ROS, the Free Code system for operating robots. You can see a bunch of the robots running ROS here:

https://robots.ros.org/

Thanks to Marco A. Gutierez for the #FOSSAsia talk that introduced me to this.

#robots #robotics #ROS

Letting Goggle and hOracle sponsoring Open Source events is like letting fossil fuel corporations sponsor renewable energy events.

#fossasia #OpenWashing

::: FOSSAsia (Free Software / Linux) :linux: :fsf: :thinkergunsunglasses:

The biggest Free Software event of Asia kicks off!

Interested in Linux? In free as in freedom computing, also? Please, come around 🙏

Location: SINGAPORE - 12 Eu Tong Sen Street #08-169, 059819 (@ Lifelong Learning Institute) *** 13th of April until the 15th ***

Conference, career fair, booths, workshops... Wonderful projects & fantastic people ❤️

=> https://fossasia.org

#FreeSoftware #FSF #Linux #Asia #Singapore #software #freedom #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #FOSSAsia #IT

Off to #FOSSASIA for the week. Hold yourselves together till I get back!

ORD ✈️ SFO ✈️ SIN

For 2023, registration is free for online participation in FOSS Asia, a tech conference held every year in Singapore since 2009:

https://fossasia.org/

It's billed as a way to;

"connect with businesses, developers, and tech communities from around the world and learn about the latest developments in open source"

... particularly those working or with some connection to the Asia-Pacific region.

#conferences #FOSSAsia #OpenSource #Asia #Singapore

We are excited to share a recent presentation from Hong Phuc Dang on the educational opportunities with open source.

We'd like to thank Hong for taking the time to share a bit about her work with FOSSASIA and UNESCO.

#OpenSource #EdTech #Education #HigherEd #HigherEducation #Students #EdTechChat #FOSSASIA

https://youtu.be/bXtrewr-p6A