Social Technology Conference/Unconference http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org Presented by Free Geek Toronto Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:15:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Final Stretch! http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=106 http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=106#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:15:23 +0000 STCU_admin http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=106 Continue reading →]]> We are in the final days leading up to our first Social Technology Conference/Unconference (#STCU) and are quickly finalizing all the last minute details required to make this a great success!

Be sure to see our updated and complete (minus 1) Agenda and expect our silent auction items to be posted in the next day or two.

We ask anyone who is planning to attend our event to register beforehand, and anyone who has already registered to spread the word! :)

See you there!

]]> http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?feed=rss2&p=106 0 Announcing Speakers for Social Technology Conference http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=50 http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=50#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:59:05 +0000 Ushnish http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=50 Continue reading →]]> We have a dynamic selection of speakers who will be presenting in the morning for the conference portion.  Speakers and topics to date include:

Heather Leson and Brian Chick will be speaking about Crisis Commons http://wiki.crisiscommons.org/wiki/Toronto

Glenn McKnight will be speaking about the potential of netbooks in the third world and the success and failure of OLPC (OLPC). http://laptop.org/en/

Iain Calder will be speaking about Toronto FreeNet Toronto’s oldest and free Internet Service Provider. http://www.torfree.net/

Ushnish Sengupta will be presenting Free Geek Toronto.  Toronto’s newest startup in the social technology space. http://www.freegeektoronto.org/

Additional topics on deck: Careers in Free and Open Source Software.

We always have the time and the room for any presentation on any social technology topic during our unconference in the afternoon.

Please register early to avoid disappointment!

]]> http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?feed=rss2&p=50 0 “He who fails to plan, plans to fail” http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=32 http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=32#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:01:46 +0000 STCU_admin http://stcu.freegeektoronto.org/?p=32 Continue reading →]]> And that is exactly where we are. In the planning stages.

Free Geek Toronto is working as a collective to put all the bits and bytes together for our first Social Technology Conference/Unconference. The date is set, the venue is booked, the website is up! Now we move onto putting the beef tofu together for the event and we need your help!

If you or anyone you know is passionate, and we mean Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch passionate, about a topic which touches on technology/free and open source software (FOSS)/the environment/education/helping others, get in touch with us!

Email us : STCU@FreeGeekToronto.org

If you would like to make a donation to Free Geek Toronto please visit our website!

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