freenode #live is a community-focused live event designed to build and strengthen relationships between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers and users. freenode live seeks to raise awareness of and promote FOSS alternatives to proprietary software. Facilitating face-to-face interaction, creative workshops, talks and think tanks, freenode #live will bring developers and users together in a nurturing and dynamic environment stimulating the free exchange of ideas and information while fostering cross-project collaboration and dialogue for innovation.

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Saturday, 28th October 2017

James Watson room Maurice Wilkins room Francis Crick room
09:00

Registration

09:00
09:45

Welcome and Opening Remarks

09:45
10:00

Opening Keynote - Deb Nicholson

Deb Nicholson

10:00
10:40

Break

10:40
11:00

Think you aren't a target? A tale of three developers…

Chris Lamb

Fixing Community Chat Fragmentation

James Wheare

Hands on IoT development

Michael Schloh von Bennewitz

11:00
11:45

GNOME to 2020 and beyond

Neil McGovern

Everything's Already Taken

Mooneer Salem

11:45
12:30

Lunch

12:30
13:30

TBA - Robert McQueen

Robert McQueen

A historical inventory of threats to the Internet Relay Chat ecosystem

Maxigas

13:30
14:15

TBA - John Sullivan

John Sullivan

TBA - Christopher Jeffrey

Christopher Jeffrey

14:15
15:00

The Porn Identity

Myles Jackman

Behind the Scenes at freenode

Nathan Handler

TBA - Shane Allen

Shane Allen

15:00
15:45

Bringing great software to Linux doesn't have to be hard

Jamie Bennett

ES6: Actually Not That Bad

Matt S Trout

Lightning Talks

15:45
19:00

Drinks Reception with entertainment by Stand-Up Mathematician Matt Parker

19:00

Sunday, 29th October 2017

James Watson room Maurice Wilkins room Francis Crick room
09:00

Registration

09:00
09:30

Keynote - Matthew Garrett

Matthew Garrett

09:30
10:10

Break

10:10
10:30

TBA - Rick Falkvinge

Rick Falkvinge

NoSQL Means No Security?

Philipp Krenn

10:30
11:15

The Social Structure of a Community with the Family Perl

Mark Keating

Openstack Manila: Deep Dive with Hands On

Nilesh Chandekar

IRC isn’t just old school - enriching community through text-based chat

Errietta Kostala

11:15
12:00

TBA - Kavita Kapoor

Kavita Kapoor

TBA - Richard Morrell

Richard Morrell

Privacy Workshop

Rick Falkvinge, Christel Dahlskjaer

12:00
12:45

Lunch

12:45
13:45

TBA - FreakyClown

FreakyClown

Crafting a Talk

Stuart Herbert

A look inside Arch Linux

Jelle van der Waa

13:45
14:30

GNU Guix, package manager, system distribution and more - Managing software is hard, but GNU Guix is a tool that could make that problem a little easier to manage!

Christopher Baines

TBA - Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller

Lightning Talks

14:30
15:10

Break

15:10
15:30

Closing Keynote - Karen Sandler

Karen Sandler

15:30