Get free tickets to The Future Is Open 2019 - Sat, 26 Oct @ 10am-5pm

Hi folks!

Join the RIT community on Saturday, Oct. 26th at MAGIC Spell Studios to discover free and open source software and culture in Rochester.

Register now for your free lunch ticket and a seat at this year’s conference:

RIT students, alums, and faculty are active in a wide range of fields via Open Source and Free Culture. Our first “Your Future is Open” conference will feature the following:

Alumni Panel: How FOSS courses kick-started our careers

  • Jenn Kotler, Interface Designer for NASA Telescopes Lab, Medial Illustration ‘15
  • Brendan Whitfield, Auto Navigation Develop, Tesla, New Media Development ‘15
  • Mike Nolan (@Nolski), Open Source and Ethical AI mentor, UNICEF, New Media Development ‘15

Conference sessions

  • Stephen Yi, IGM Faculty, “Creating Music on the Open with C-Sound”
  • Mohammed Wiem Mkaouer, Software Engineering Faculty, “Automating Software Bug Detection and Remediation”
  • Yasmin El-Glaly, Software Engineering Faculty, “Accessibility in the Open”

And many more!

Linux Install Fest

Interested in running Linux on your system? We’ll set you up. Open12pm-5pm.

Closing Keynote: Remy DeCausemaker

  • A Life in Open Source, Open Source Office Director, Twitter, SOIS ‘15

I’m willing to pitch in to help the install fest! I’m no expert but I can certainly pull my weight. Anyways, RSVP’d

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Heyo! I’m the one spearheading that! If you want to help out, feel free to reach out to me on the RITLug slack!

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Check out the official event website, thanks to the handiwork of @ctmartin: