June 26–29, 2012 | Portland, Oregon
We are very pleased to announce the following sessions for this year’s Open Source Bridge conference. We’re still waiting to hear back from a few speakers, so stay tuned in the next few days as we fill in a few gaps – but the bulk of our speakers have responded to acceptances, and we’re happy [...]
Our keynote speakers this year will be: Danny O’Brien, journalist and activist with the Committee to Protect Journalists, Leigh Honeywell, software security consultant and co-founder/director of HackLab, and Portland Mayor Sam Adams. Danny O’Brien will explore how open source can help those at the cutting edge of free expression, and will detail tools that writers [...]
So, CiviCode Day was scheduled for May 1st but has been postponed. The City of Portland is seeking to better schedule it to coincide with a number of other open source events, including Open Source Bridge and OSCON. Our organizing committee is working closely with the City on a plan, and we’ll update you as [...]
Last week our very own Christie Koehler spoke with The Changelog about all things Open Source Bridge. Check it out here: http://thechangelog.com/post/536155612/episode-0-2-1-tweets-from-chirp One of the really cool things about the conference is that we have an on-site 24-hour Hacker Lounge. So, after the sessions are done you can hang out, get stuff done, get code committed [...]
On March 17, the City of Portland announced a CivicApps contest. And now, they’re hosting a day-long hackathon to get creative juices flowing. Register today! Here’s the announcement the Mayor’s office just put out: CivicApps CiviCode Day Event, Saturday, May 1st CiviCode Day will be a free, all-day un-conference styled event, featuring an “Ideas Summit” [...]
