We have a panel: The Business of Open Source
Michael Terner
OK, the invites went out today, and I got a fabulous and unanimous positive response. A couple of the panelists suggested 2 other names and one of them, Sophia Parafina, was available and psyched to participate (the other - Kevin Pomfret - was not coming to MSP and had a conflict). I'm really pumped and hopefully this crew will be a draw to keep people around until the 4pm closing on Thursday (i.e., I'm assuming, as relayed earlier, that we'll be in the 4pm plenary session). So here's the lineup of speakers who have all accepted their invitations:
· Michael Terner, AppGeo, Moderator
· Eddie Pickle, OpenGeo
· Robert Cheatham, Azavea
· Sophia Parafina, Code for America
· Andrew Turner, Esri
· Eric Gunderson, MapBox
Here's the blurb I gave them on "what we'd be doing" in the invite:
My general plan is as follows:
· Each member gives a 3-5 minute "intro" and answers the question: "how does open source help my company make money?"
· Some follow-up questions from moderator/inter-panel Q&A
· Audience Q&A
Show time!
Please confirm with me how much time we will have. The Google doc said 45-60 minutes and the duration will make a difference in how I plan this out. Also, let me know what you want for an "abstract" of this session. How many words/sentences? I'm very encouraged by the positive response.
MT
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David Fawcett
We currently have the fourth plenary scheduled from 4pm - 5:30pm on Thursday. We have a keynote during that time and the will have the panel. I am expecting that the keynote will take 45 min and then we have 45 min on the schedule for the panel. I also think that we could extend the plenary another 15 minutes. We will want to give people at least 15 minutes to get to the Gala, probably more like 20-30 min.
David Bitner, can you confirm the start and end times for the Gala? I currently have it down for 6-9pm.
For an abstract, I am picturing a short paragraph (3-5 sentences) stating the discussion topic and context. And then, a list of the panel members and moderator.
In hindsight, we could have dropped the last session on Thursday and expanded the keynote, but I cringe to even bring it up.
David.
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