OggCamp is an unconference celebrating Free Culture, Free and Open Source Software, hardware hacking, digital rights, and all manner of collaborative cultural activities and is committed to creating a conference that is as inclusive as possible. If you’ve got a story to tell, no matter your background or current status, whether it’s your first talk or you’ve loads of experience, as long as the talk is connected (somehow) to our theme then we want to know about it.
10:00 |
Registration
Talk by OggCamp Crew (30 minutes) The doors are open! Let OggCamp 24 begin! |
10:30 |
Welcome Talk
(25 minutes)
The doors are open! Let OggCamp 24 begin! |
11:00 |
Computer science is in the way of climate science
Talk by Michael Winston Dales in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) We are in the midst of a worsening climate crisis, and open source and open data are important parts of the solution. A look at how OSS/open data are being used by ecologists with real examples, where there are significant problems in their usage, and a rallying call that we can/must do better! |
Defend Your Websites with a WAF! Open-Source Web Application Firewall Projects from OWASP
Talk by Andrew Howe in Scheduled Track - Cotton Theatre (55 minutes) Any website or web application facing the public internet makes an enticing target for would-be attackers! A web application firewall (WAF) is a vital layer of defence which inspects and filters web traffic. How does a WAF work and what free and open-source solutions are there? OWASP is here to help. |
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11:30 |
The mazy web she whirls: starting Open Web Advocacy
Talk by Stuart Langridge in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) There is an organisation called OWA. There is a muse called the Lady of Shalott. They both believe in opening the web. And both need your help. If you've ever wondered why you are half-sick of drop-shadow, or why the web is cracked from side to side? Your loyal knight and true is here. |
12:00 |
Lunch
(30 minutes)
Lunch |
12:30 |
Lightning talks
in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite)
(25 minutes)
5 minute talks on a variety of topics! |
13:00 |
[CANCELLED] The AI Will Continue Until Morale Improves - Reinventing Search For The LLM Era
Talk by Martin Hamilton in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) LLMs in search engines told us to put glue on our pizza and eat a small rock every day. This is not ideal. Maybe it's time for a new sort of search? In this talk I'll sketch out some possible futures and look at how we can put search back in the hands of the searcher. There will be memes. |
Automating the home and annoying loved ones
Talk by Charlie O'Hara in Scheduled Track - Cotton Theatre (55 minutes) Do people keep leaving the lights on at home? Do you worry about how much electricity your homelab is using? Do you like doing things in an unnecessarily complicated way? If so, home automation using open source tools is for you! |
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13:30 |
The 3D printer that took a decade to tune
Talk by Nathan Dumont in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) Over a decade ago (2011) I did a terrible job of building my 3D printer. It's still my only printer. My talk will be a tale of a decade of tweaks, bodges and upgrades. I'll dive into the history of RepRap and discuss the impact of this open hardware project and how it's still relevant. |
14:00 |
Audio Podcasting 101
Talk by Joe Ressington in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (55 minutes) How to make and publish the best audio podcast you can. What gear you'll need, how to make the best of your recording space, how to sync up remote recordings, basic post processing of audio and editing, where to put your audio files once you're finished making them, how to make an RSS feed, and what to do with that. |
UTAW Workshop - How you can organise your workplace union
Workshop by TBC in Scheduled Track - Cotton Theatre (55 minutes) UTAW Workshop - How you can organise your workplace union |
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15:00 |
Build a social media platform in 20 minutes using ActivityPub
Talk by Terence Eden in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) Mastodon! PixelFed! Lemmy! PeerTube! They all use ActivityPub to communicate with the Fediverse. But the Fediverse is complicated. Really complicated. To get started, you need massive servers, complex databases, terabytes of bandwidth, and loads of programming knowledge. Or you need a Raspberry Pi running a single PHP file. WHAT?!?! This talk will teach you how to build an entire social media platform in 20 minutes. Guaranteed. |
Into the multiverse: a parallel universe where neurotypicals are the weird ones
Talk by Parul Singh in Scheduled Track - Cotton Theatre (25 minutes) Talk description: * Disclaimer - okay the title is clickbait, but now that I have your attention...* In a parallel universe, many lightyears away, Norman is a Neurotypical person living in a world where Neurodivergent people form the majority and are considered the "norm". Join Norman on his journey through a society that views his Neurotypical brain as "disordered", giving a different but empathetic perspective on the challenges that neurodivergent people face in our universe today. Through pretty weird and light-hearted humour, this talk will challenge perceptions and highlight how empathy can reduce shame and help us close the divide. Bio: Parul began her career in tech recruitment, and it was during this time she got her ADHD diagnosis; her Autism diagnosis followed a few years later. Parul started neurodiversity advocacy work in her last tech corporate job before quitting in January to devote 100% of her time to achieving her mission to build a brighter future for Neurodivergent people in tech. Parul loves connecting people and building inclusive and meaningful communities. She has been heavily involved in the Manchester tech community since early in her career; co-organising Manc Web Meetup, organising TechRiseMCR and sitting on the board of Manchester Tech Festival. Outside of work you'll either find her playing on her Nintendo Switch, playing piano, eating or at the gym. |
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15:30 |
Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination Certificate on Hacker Public Radio
Talk by Ken Fallon in Scheduled Track - Cotton Theatre (25 minutes) HPR is dedicated to Sharing Knowledge, and we release podcasts every weekday Monday through Friday on any topic that is of Interest to Hackers. We intend to cover every item in the HAREC syllabus, thus removing “The EXAM” from getting in the way of people to get into the HAM Radio hobby. |
16:00 |
OggCamp Panel - How has free culture changed since the last OggCamp? What can we do to make the next 5 years better?
Talk by Joe Ressington (55 minutes) It's been 5 years since the last OggCamp and a lot has changed in the free culture world since then! Our panel will discuss where things have gone right and wrong, and then look ahead to the next 5 years. What's likely to happen in free culture and beyond; and more importantly, what can we all do to change things for the better? |
17:00 |
[ROOM PLACEHOLDER] Barcamp Room 1 - Saturday
in Barcamp 1 - Graphene 1
(25 minutes)
Room 1 for Barcamp Talks |
[ROOM PLACEHOLDER] Barcamp Room 2 - Saturday
in Barcamp 2 - Graphene 2
(25 minutes)
Room 2 for Barcamp Talks |
10:00 |
Welcome Back
Talk by OggCamp Crew (30 minutes) The doors are open! Let OggCamp 24 continue! |
10:30 |
Wrestling a Giant C++ desktop app into your browser
Talk by Michael Meeks - Collabora Online in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (55 minutes) Come hear the story of the journey from OpenOffice, through LibreOffice to Collabora Online. Hear about the code we repaired, re-factored, re-wrote and discarded, see some of the things we emptied from the dust-bin of bad design ideas, and language choices over many decades. Hear about the excitement of bringing it to the wonderful, new, clean, web world - only to discover that the zoo of poor design decisions made it into browsers well in advance of us. Despite all of this, see how we’re optimizing, and delivering a beautiful, open-source, in-browser, scalable, cloud-native, collaborative document editing experience built on LibreOffice. |
11:30 |
People First, Pixels Second - Rethinking Digital Inclusivity
Talk by Andy Powell in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) Disruptive notion: digital inclusivity is less about giving people access to technology or digital skills and more about connecting on what it means to be human. By putting people before pixels, we stand a far better chance to narrow the digital divide by getting at its true source. |
12:00 |
Lunch
(30 minutes)
Lunch |
12:30 |
Lightning talks
in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite)
(25 minutes)
5 minute talks on a variety of topics! |
13:00 |
Open source embroidery
Talk by Margaret Low in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) Open-source software now makes it possible to create embroidery designs and stitch them onto clothing, bags, and patches. Learn how to create beautiful designs that can be stitched onto fabric using an embroidery machine. Showcase your creativity by wearing your own unique embroidered designs. |
13:30 |
Lit Up - Electric Elephants
Talk by Chris Ellis in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) Electric Elephants are the join between my involvement with the PostgreSQL community and my passion for electronics. Sprinkled with a little creative and the lack of ‘this is a silly idea’. Find out where these LED Art badges started, how they work, how they’re made and many other side quests. |
14:00 |
Fighting Ens**ttification with ActivityPub
Talk by James Smith in Scheduled Track - Main Stage (Pendulum Suite) (25 minutes) The social web shouldn’t be centralised; we can do better with things like ActivityPub, which links up a huge array of interoperable social sites run by normal people, not massive companies. This talk will explain how it operates, why it’s great, and how you can get started with it in your own work. |
15:00 |
UTAW Panel
Talk by TBC (55 minutes) UTAW Panel |
16:00 |
Lightning talks
Talk by OggCamp Crew (25 minutes) 5 minute talks on a variety of topics! |
16:30 |
Closing Talk/OggCamp Raffle
Talk by OggCamp Crew (45 minutes) It's all over for another year - let's wrap up. Thank you, and good night! |
17:00 |
[ROOM PLACEHOLDER] Barcamp Room 1 - Sunday
in Barcamp 1 - Graphene 1
(25 minutes)
Room 1 for Barcamp Talks |
[ROOM PLACEHOLDER] Barcamp Room 2 - Sunday
in Barcamp 2 - Graphene 2
(25 minutes)
Room 2 for Barcamp talks |