Planning FOSDEM 2020

This will be my second FOSDEM. But unlike last year, now I am better prepared (and a bit more hyped). So far my schedule looks like below, but of course it is due to change thanks to interesting conversations and chance hallway meetings. If there is anything you would like to chat about, feel free to ping me on Mastodon or Twitter.

Saturday

10.00 – 10.50 How FOSS could revolutionize municipal government
11.00 – 11.50 DEBATE: Should FOSS licenses be enforced at all?
12.00 – 12.25 A dozen more things you didn’t know Nextcloud could do
13.30 – 13.45 On the road to sustainable research software
Watch later: 13.30 – 13.55 COLLAB: The optics of the policy
Watch later: 15.00 – 15.50 DEBATE: Should licenses be designed to advance general social goals?
15.00 – 16.00 A best practices guide for FLOSS community managers
16.00 – 16.50 DEBATE: Does FOSS need sustainability?
Watch later: 18.00 – 18.30 The Journal of Open Source Software
17.30 – 19.00 Creating Sustainable Public Sector Open Source Communities

Sunday

Watch later: 9.00 – 9.15 Jitsi: video conferencing for the privacy minded
9.05 – 9.30 Applying Open Culture Practices across Distributed Teams
9.35 – 10.00 Organizing Open Source for Cities
10.05 – 10.30 The next generation of contributors is not on IRC
11.55 – 12.20 Cognitive biases, blindspots and inclusion
13.20 – 13.45 Be The Leader You Need in Open Source
13.50 – 14.10 Building Community for your Company’s OSS Projects
Watch later: 13.55 – 14.15 Nextcloud Talk
Watch later: 14.00 – 14.50 United Nations Technology and Innovation Labs
14.15 – 14.40 Lessons Learned from Cultivating Open Source Projects and Communities
14.45 – 15.10 Free software in education
16.40 – 17.00 Building a thriving community in company-led open source projects