FOSSY 2024 Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024

Conference times are in PDT (UTC-0700). Current talks will be highlighted.

Room 327 328 329 333 338
Track

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge

XMPP

Supporting User Groups

Open

Open

10:15AM

Registration Open

01:45PM

Opening Remarks

02:00PM

Empowering FOSS projects on ARM64 at the OSUOSL
Lance Albertson

Setting Up A Simple XMPP Server
Root

30 Years and Counting: Secrets to enduring user groups
Michael Dexter

02:45PM

Break

03:00PM

How a hardware company supports arm64 open source software development
Edward Vielmetti

Mitigating MITMs in XMPP
Amolith

Survival is an Achievement: Tactical ways to keep user groups alive under strain
Emily Soward

03:45PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break

04:30PM

Unlocking containers on ARM64: A story of runtime and image support
Phil Estes

Anatomy of a Cross-platform Chat SDK
Stephen Paul Weber

Embracing your weird: Community Building through Fun & Play
Tom "spot" Callaway

05:15PM

Break

05:30PM

GitHub Actions & Arm64: Enabling the world’s software to build on ARM
Larissa Fortuna

07:00PM

Official Thursday Night Event at Punch Bowl Social 340 SW Morrison St Suite 4305, Portland, OR 97204 Just quick ~15 minute Max ride from PSU. All attendees are invited!

10:00PM

Day End

10:15AM–01:15PM

Registration Open


ends 1:15 p.m.

01:45PM–02:00PM

Opening Remarks


ends 2 p.m.

02:00PM–02:45PM

Empowering FOSS projects on ARM64 at the OSUOSL
Lance Albertson

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 2:45 p.m.

Setting Up A Simple XMPP Server
Root

XMPP — 328
ends 2:45 p.m.

30 Years and Counting: Secrets to enduring user groups
Michael Dexter

Supporting User Groups — 329
ends 2:45 p.m.

Open — 333
ends 2:45 p.m.

Open — 338
ends 2:45 p.m.

02:45PM–03:00PM

Break


ends 3 p.m.

03:00PM–03:45PM

How a hardware company supports arm64 open source software development
Edward Vielmetti

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 3:45 p.m.

Mitigating MITMs in XMPP
Amolith

XMPP — 328
ends 3:45 p.m.

Survival is an Achievement: Tactical ways to keep user groups alive under strain
Emily Soward

Supporting User Groups — 329
ends 3:45 p.m.

Open — 333
ends 3:45 p.m.

Open — 338
ends 3:45 p.m.

03:45PM–04:30PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break


ends 4:30 p.m.

04:30PM–05:15PM

Unlocking containers on ARM64: A story of runtime and image support
Phil Estes

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 5:15 p.m.

Anatomy of a Cross-platform Chat SDK
Stephen Paul Weber

XMPP — 328
ends 5:15 p.m.

Embracing your weird: Community Building through Fun & Play
Tom "spot" Callaway

Supporting User Groups — 329
ends 5:15 p.m.

Open — 333
ends 5:15 p.m.

Open — 338
ends 5:15 p.m.

05:15PM–05:30PM

Break


ends 5:30 p.m.

05:30PM–06:15PM

GitHub Actions & Arm64: Enabling the world’s software to build on ARM
Larissa Fortuna

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 6:15 p.m.

XMPP — 328
ends 6:15 p.m.

Supporting User Groups — 329
ends 6:15 p.m.

Open — 333
ends 6:15 p.m.

Open — 338
ends 6:15 p.m.

07:00PM–10:00PM

Official Thursday Night Event at Punch Bowl Social 340 SW Morrison St Suite 4305, Portland, OR 97204 Just quick ~15 minute Max ride from PSU. All attendees are invited!


ends 10 p.m.

10:00PM

Day End

FOSSY 2024 Friday, Aug. 2, 2024

Conference times are in PDT (UTC-0700). Current talks will be highlighted.

Room 327 328 329 333 338
Track

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge

Science of Community

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS

Licensing and Legal Issues

FOSS For Education

09:15AM

Breakfast and coffee break

09:45AM

20+ years of the OSU Open Source Lab
Lance Albertson, Pono Takamori

10:45AM

FreeBSD on ARM64
Michael Dexter

From Data to Action: Using Metrics to Improve FOSS Communities
Dawn Foster

Why FOSS Must Be Discrimination Free
Josh Berkus, McCoy Smith

Open source training for reproducibility, collaboration, and community in academic research
Alex Marden

11:30AM

Break

11:45AM

Java Performance on ARM64 and Ampere
Mikael Vidstedt

How do FOSS projects actually use new README documents?
Matt Gaughan

How to Chart your own Career Path in Open Source - A Panel Discussion
Ray Paik, Allison Randal, Dawn Foster, Ildiko Vancsa

The Scripts Used to Control Installation of the Executable
Bradley M. Kuhn, McCoy Smith

12:30PM

Lunch break (on your own)

02:00PM

Video Encoding on Arm64
John J. O'Neill, Ph.D.

Private Equity companies only want one thing and it's.......
Ben Ford

"The Power of Belonging: go beyond DEI "
Aarti Ramkrishna

Update on Recent Copyleft Litigation and the State of Copyleft
Bradley M. Kuhn, Denver Gingerich, Karen Sandler

The University of California OSPO Network: Building a Multi-Campus Efforts to Promote Open Source th
Stephanie Lieggi, Amber E Budden, Jarrod Millman

02:45PM

Break

03:00PM

Using Open Source Software to power the Sustainable Cloud
Dan Kalowsky

The Art of Asking
Paige Cruz

My Neighbour in Open Source
Harmony Elendu

How do you really do GPL enforcement? (aka Bringing software right-to-repair to the masses)
Denver Gingerich

Developing Accessible, Multimodal Interactive STEM Simulations with SceneryStack
Brett Fiedler

03:45PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break

04:30PM

Research Says.....Insights on Building, Leading, and Sustaining Open Source
Kaylea Champion

Discussion: Scalability Through Open Source Hygiene
Ria Farrell Schalnat, Lynn Westfall

Open source mentorship programs: what’s in it for you as a mentor, maintainer, or mentee? (panel)
Emily Lovell, Jonathan Starr, Kevin Wang, Tyler Menezes

05:15PM

Break

05:30PM

Community governance models on small-to-mid-size Mastodon servers
Darius Kazemi

Protecting users against confusing licensing
Craig Topham

Leveraging open source softwares to incorporate open assignments in courses.
Rie Namba

06:15PM

Day End

09:15AM–09:45AM

Breakfast and coffee break


ends 9:45 a.m.

09:45AM–10:30AM

20+ years of the OSU Open Source Lab
Lance Albertson, Pono Takamori


ends 10:30 a.m.

10:45AM–11:30AM

FreeBSD on ARM64
Michael Dexter

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 11:30 a.m.

From Data to Action: Using Metrics to Improve FOSS Communities
Dawn Foster

Science of Community — 328
ends 11:30 a.m.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 11:30 a.m.

Why FOSS Must Be Discrimination Free
Josh Berkus, McCoy Smith

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 11:30 a.m.

11:30AM–11:45AM

Break


ends 11:45 a.m.

11:45AM–12:30PM

Java Performance on ARM64 and Ampere
Mikael Vidstedt

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 12:30 p.m.

How do FOSS projects actually use new README documents?
Matt Gaughan

Science of Community — 328
ends 12:30 p.m.

How to Chart your own Career Path in Open Source - A Panel Discussion
Ray Paik, Allison Randal, Dawn Foster, Ildiko Vancsa

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 12:30 p.m.

The Scripts Used to Control Installation of the Executable
Bradley M. Kuhn, McCoy Smith

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 12:30 p.m.

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 12:30 p.m.

12:30PM–02:00PM

Lunch break (on your own)


ends 2 p.m.

02:00PM–02:45PM

Video Encoding on Arm64
John J. O'Neill, Ph.D.

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 2:45 p.m.

Private Equity companies only want one thing and it's.......
Ben Ford

Science of Community — 328
ends 2:45 p.m.

"The Power of Belonging: go beyond DEI "
Aarti Ramkrishna

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 2:45 p.m.

Update on Recent Copyleft Litigation and the State of Copyleft
Bradley M. Kuhn, Denver Gingerich, Karen Sandler

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 2:45 p.m.

The University of California OSPO Network: Building a Multi-Campus Efforts to Promote Open Source th
Stephanie Lieggi, Amber E Budden, Jarrod Millman

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 2:45 p.m.

02:45PM–03:00PM

Break


ends 3 p.m.

03:00PM–03:45PM

Using Open Source Software to power the Sustainable Cloud
Dan Kalowsky

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 3:45 p.m.

The Art of Asking
Paige Cruz

Science of Community — 328
ends 3:45 p.m.

My Neighbour in Open Source
Harmony Elendu

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 3:45 p.m.

How do you really do GPL enforcement? (aka Bringing software right-to-repair to the masses)
Denver Gingerich

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 3:45 p.m.

Developing Accessible, Multimodal Interactive STEM Simulations with SceneryStack
Brett Fiedler

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 3:45 p.m.

03:45PM–04:30PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break


ends 4:30 p.m.

04:30PM–05:15PM

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 5:15 p.m.

Research Says.....Insights on Building, Leading, and Sustaining Open Source
Kaylea Champion

Science of Community — 328
ends 5:15 p.m.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 5:15 p.m.

Discussion: Scalability Through Open Source Hygiene
Ria Farrell Schalnat, Lynn Westfall

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 5:15 p.m.

Open source mentorship programs: what’s in it for you as a mentor, maintainer, or mentee? (panel)
Emily Lovell, Jonathan Starr, Kevin Wang, Tyler Menezes

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 5:15 p.m.

05:15PM–05:30PM

Break


ends 5:30 p.m.

05:30PM–06:15PM

FOSS and ARM64; from the Cloud to the Edge — 327
ends 6:15 p.m.

Community governance models on small-to-mid-size Mastodon servers
Darius Kazemi

Science of Community — 328
ends 6:15 p.m.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion and FOSS — 329
ends 6:15 p.m.

Protecting users against confusing licensing
Craig Topham

Licensing and Legal Issues — 333
ends 6:15 p.m.

Leveraging open source softwares to incorporate open assignments in courses.
Rie Namba

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 6:15 p.m.

06:15PM

Day End

FOSSY 2024 Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024

Conference times are in PDT (UTC-0700). Current talks will be highlighted.

Room 327 328 329 333 338
Track

Wild Card

Science of Community

FOSS in Daily Life

BoFs and Discussions

FOSS For Education

09:15AM

Breakfast and coffee break

09:45AM

Open Source and AI
Denver Gingerich, Allison Randal, Joey Hess, julia ferraioli, Kat Walsh

10:45AM

Thinking Beyond 0's and 1's
Nisha Kumar

Steadfast Self-Hosting Workshop
Adam Monsen

Mapping the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and their Relationships with FOSS
Jonathan Starr

An ideal education with Open Source, a Recent Grad's Perspective.
Onexi

11:30AM

Break

11:45AM

Workshop: Developing Your First Nextcloud App
Edward Ly

Maps as Art using FOSS
Tracy Homer

BoF: Web tools and link sharing

Development of a Nation-wide Research Data Management Platform Leveraged by Open Science Framework
Shoji Kajita

12:30PM

Lunch break (on your own)

02:00PM

You've been laid off. Now what?
Mike Jang

Your FOSS Productive Life! - The Vibrant Ecosystem around Applications
Sriram Ramkrishna

FOSS-related legislation
Eric Gallager

Mentoring youth: The FOSS strategy we've been looking for
Devin Ulibarri

02:25PM

Down But Not Out: How I'm Continuing to Serve as a Tech Lead 3 Years Unemployed
Jordan Hewitt

02:45PM

Break

03:00PM

Q&A: Unemployed or Underemployed? How to get through.
Mike Jang, Jordan Hewitt

A review of valuation models and their application to open source models
Sophia Vargas

Why rewrite OpenBSD's fw_update(8)?
Andrew Hewus Fresh

BoF: Amateur radio and Open Source

Teaching Young Children About Software Freedom
Aaron Wolf, Rowan Wolf

03:45PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break

04:30PM

How to make local == CI for fun and more community contributions!
Jeremy Adams

Navigating Dependency Abandonment
Bogdan Vasilescu, Courtney Miller

BoF: Crafts, Mending, and Repair (bring a project!)

You say you want a (web) revolution?
Bryan T Ollendyke

05:15PM

Break

05:30PM

BoF

Voluntarily Excellent When It Comes To Accessibility: A New Reviewer-Friendly VPAT
Chris Knapp

06:15PM

Day End

09:15AM–09:45AM

Breakfast and coffee break


ends 9:45 a.m.

09:45AM–10:30AM

Open Source and AI
Denver Gingerich, Allison Randal, Joey Hess, julia ferraioli, Kat Walsh


ends 10:30 a.m.

10:45AM–11:30AM

Thinking Beyond 0's and 1's
Nisha Kumar

Wild Card — 327
ends 11:30 a.m.

Science of Community — 328
ends 11:30 a.m.

Steadfast Self-Hosting Workshop
Adam Monsen

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 11:30 a.m.

Mapping the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and their Relationships with FOSS
Jonathan Starr

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 11:30 a.m.

An ideal education with Open Source, a Recent Grad's Perspective.
Onexi

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 11:30 a.m.

11:30AM–11:45AM

Break


ends 11:45 a.m.

11:45AM–12:30PM

Workshop: Developing Your First Nextcloud App
Edward Ly

Wild Card — 327
ends 12:30 p.m.

Science of Community — 328
ends 12:30 p.m.

Maps as Art using FOSS
Tracy Homer

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 12:30 p.m.

BoF: Web tools and link sharing

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 12:30 p.m.

12:30PM–02:00PM

Lunch break (on your own)


ends 2 p.m.

02:00PM–02:25PM

You've been laid off. Now what?
Mike Jang

Wild Card — 327
ends 2:25 p.m.

Science of Community — 328
ends 2:45 p.m.

Your FOSS Productive Life! - The Vibrant Ecosystem around Applications
Sriram Ramkrishna

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 2:45 p.m.

FOSS-related legislation
Eric Gallager

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 2:45 p.m.

Mentoring youth: The FOSS strategy we've been looking for
Devin Ulibarri

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 2:45 p.m.

02:25PM–02:45PM

Down But Not Out: How I'm Continuing to Serve as a Tech Lead 3 Years Unemployed
Jordan Hewitt

Wild Card — 327
ends 2:45 p.m.

02:45PM–03:00PM

Break


ends 3 p.m.

03:00PM–03:45PM

Q&A: Unemployed or Underemployed? How to get through.
Mike Jang, Jordan Hewitt

Wild Card — 327
ends 3:45 p.m.

A review of valuation models and their application to open source models
Sophia Vargas

Science of Community — 328
ends 3:45 p.m.

Why rewrite OpenBSD's fw_update(8)?
Andrew Hewus Fresh

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 3:45 p.m.

BoF: Amateur radio and Open Source

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 3:45 p.m.

Teaching Young Children About Software Freedom
Aaron Wolf, Rowan Wolf

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 3:45 p.m.

03:45PM–04:30PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break


ends 4:30 p.m.

04:30PM–05:15PM

How to make local == CI for fun and more community contributions!
Jeremy Adams

Wild Card — 327
ends 5:15 p.m.

Navigating Dependency Abandonment
Bogdan Vasilescu, Courtney Miller

Science of Community — 328
ends 5:15 p.m.

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 5:15 p.m.

BoF: Crafts, Mending, and Repair (bring a project!)

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 5:15 p.m.

You say you want a (web) revolution?
Bryan T Ollendyke

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 5:15 p.m.

05:15PM–05:30PM

Break


ends 5:30 p.m.

05:30PM–06:15PM

Wild Card — 327
ends 6:15 p.m.

Science of Community — 328
ends 6:15 p.m.

FOSS in Daily Life — 329
ends 6:15 p.m.

BoF

BoFs and Discussions — 333
ends 6:15 p.m.

Voluntarily Excellent When It Comes To Accessibility: A New Reviewer-Friendly VPAT
Chris Knapp

FOSS For Education — 338
ends 6:15 p.m.

06:15PM

Day End

FOSSY 2024 Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024

Conference times are in PDT (UTC-0700). Current talks will be highlighted.

Room 327 328 329 333 338
Track

Wild Card

FOSS Funding and Economics

Open

Open

AI and Machine Learning

09:15AM

Breakfast and coffee break

09:45AM

FOSS outside of corporations
Karen Sandler, John Sullivan, Kate Chapman, Rosy Schechter, Sriram Ramkrishna

10:45AM

News Flash! You Are Enough. Let's Talk About Amplifying Your Value & Authenticiy
Shannon Rasimas

Co-Designing Sustainable Prosocial Digital Infrastructure
LX Cast

BoF for actors/creative types - writing and producing sketches

Balancing Innovation and Safety: Navigating the Dilemma of Open-Sourcing AI Models
Abhishek Gupta

11:30AM

Break

11:45AM

Making new tools for open source graphics software
Tom Lechner

The State of FOSS Funding
Kara Sowles

Music Blocks Workshop

Getting ML Right in a Complex Data World
Oz Katz

12:30PM

Lunch break (on your own)

02:00PM

GNU/Linux Loves All: Free Software in Music
Timmy James Barnett

Toward an Economy of Open Abundance: Why FLO funding needs donor coordination and how to do it
Aaron Wolf, Michael Siepmann

BoF: Making an open source Linkedin

Report from the AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft Committee
Stefano Zacchiroli, Denver Gingerich, John Sullivan, Karen Sandler

02:45PM

Break

03:00PM

FLO funding: A panel discussion of challenges, incentives, and possibilities
Wm Salt Hale, Eric Holscher, LX Cast, Michael Siepmann

Fun Activity (Improv-related, slide deck karaoke?)

QuMat: Apache Mahout's Quantum Computing Interface
Andrew Musselman

03:45PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break

04:30PM

Case Studies of Exploitation in Open Source
Watson, Brandon Smith

Neurodiversity Networking/Discussion

05:15PM

Break

05:30PM

Closing Remarks

06:30PM

Day End

09:15AM–09:45AM

Breakfast and coffee break


ends 9:45 a.m.

09:45AM–10:30AM

FOSS outside of corporations
Karen Sandler, John Sullivan, Kate Chapman, Rosy Schechter, Sriram Ramkrishna


ends 10:30 a.m.

10:45AM–11:30AM

News Flash! You Are Enough. Let's Talk About Amplifying Your Value & Authenticiy
Shannon Rasimas

Wild Card — 327
ends 11:30 a.m.

Co-Designing Sustainable Prosocial Digital Infrastructure
LX Cast

FOSS Funding and Economics — 328
ends 11:30 a.m.

Open — 329
ends 11:30 a.m.

BoF for actors/creative types - writing and producing sketches

Open — 333
ends 11:30 a.m.

Balancing Innovation and Safety: Navigating the Dilemma of Open-Sourcing AI Models
Abhishek Gupta

AI and Machine Learning — 338
ends 11:30 a.m.

11:30AM–11:45AM

Break


ends 11:45 a.m.

11:45AM–12:15PM

Making new tools for open source graphics software
Tom Lechner

Wild Card — 327
ends 12:15 p.m.

The State of FOSS Funding
Kara Sowles

FOSS Funding and Economics — 328
ends 12:30 p.m.

Open — 329
ends 12:30 p.m.

Music Blocks Workshop

Open — 333
ends 12:30 p.m.

Getting ML Right in a Complex Data World
Oz Katz

AI and Machine Learning — 338
ends 12:30 p.m.

12:30PM–02:00PM

Lunch break (on your own)


ends 2 p.m.

02:00PM–02:45PM

GNU/Linux Loves All: Free Software in Music
Timmy James Barnett

Wild Card — 327
ends 2:45 p.m.

Toward an Economy of Open Abundance: Why FLO funding needs donor coordination and how to do it
Aaron Wolf, Michael Siepmann

FOSS Funding and Economics — 328
ends 2:45 p.m.

Open — 329
ends 2:45 p.m.

BoF: Making an open source Linkedin

Open — 333
ends 2:45 p.m.

Report from the AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft Committee
Stefano Zacchiroli, Denver Gingerich, John Sullivan, Karen Sandler

AI and Machine Learning — 338
ends 2:45 p.m.

02:45PM–03:00PM

Break


ends 3 p.m.

03:00PM–03:45PM

Wild Card — 327
ends 3:45 p.m.

FLO funding: A panel discussion of challenges, incentives, and possibilities
Wm Salt Hale, Eric Holscher, LX Cast, Michael Siepmann

FOSS Funding and Economics — 328
ends 3:45 p.m.

Open — 329
ends 3:45 p.m.

Fun Activity (Improv-related, slide deck karaoke?)

Open — 333
ends 3:45 p.m.

QuMat: Apache Mahout's Quantum Computing Interface
Andrew Musselman

AI and Machine Learning — 338
ends 3:45 p.m.

03:45PM–04:30PM

Coffee, tea, and snack break


ends 4:30 p.m.

04:30PM–05:15PM

Wild Card — 327
ends 5:15 p.m.

Case Studies of Exploitation in Open Source
Watson, Brandon Smith

FOSS Funding and Economics — 328
ends 5:15 p.m.

Open — 329
ends 5:15 p.m.

Neurodiversity Networking/Discussion

Open — 333
ends 5:15 p.m.

AI and Machine Learning — 338
ends 5:15 p.m.

05:15PM–05:30PM

Break


ends 5:30 p.m.

05:30PM–06:30PM

Closing Remarks


ends 6:30 p.m.

06:30PM

Day End