Open Source Bridge final schedule: Let the “how am I going to go to all of these cool talks?” begin

Rick Turoczy — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:34:09 +0000

We, here at Open Source Bridge, have been humbled and awed by the amount of involvement from open source citizens around the world. First, we had a ton of proposal pour into our proposal system. Then we got a ton of comments about which speakers should be selected. Finally, we’ve had continued feedback on the strength of the selected talks.

We couldn’t be happier. But there was only one problem: we didn’t know who was going to talk when.

But now, we do. Introducing the Open Source Bridge schedule.

The schedule will provide—at a glance—the time, title, track (including a color key for all the respective tracks), and room of each scheduled talk. Need more details? No problem. Simply roll over a particular talk and you’ll get the additional details you need, including an excerpt and scheduled speakers—as well as the ability to drill deeper into information on the talk, the speaker, the track, and the room.

So have it! Tell your friends! But most importantly start filling your calendar with Open Source Bridge goodness!

(Image courtesy Aaron Hockley. Used under Creative Commons.)

Announcing the Open Source Bridge conference speakers

Rick Turoczy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:59:49 +0000

After much deliberation, reviewing more than 260 submissions, and taking into account more than 400 comments, it is our honor and pleasure to announce the confirmed Open Source Bridge speakers for 2009.

Please bear in mind that there are still some outstanding “accepted but not yet confirmed” speakers, so this list will likely change. For the latest and greatest list of confirmed talks, see the Open Source Bridge sessions.

Business

Chemistry

Cooking

Culture

Hacks

If you were among those accepted, congratulations! Please share your achievement far and wide. If your talk didn’t happen to make the cut, don’t fret. You could still propose your talk for the unconference sessions on Friday or gather some folks in the 24-hour hacker lounge for a chat.

We can’t wait to see these sessions in June. If you feel the same way, please register today.