[Open Design + Hardware] Call for Participation: Libre Graphics Meeting 2015

Tue Jan 6 16:24:15 UTC 2015

Great stuff, thanks Ginger. Now also pushed out on the Open Design/Hardware
twitter account:

https://twitter.com/ODandH/status/552500685821202434

Looks like it'll be a lot of fun!

-Christian

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On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 3:15 PM, ginger coons <ginger at adaptstudio.ca> wrote:

> Hi there, Open Design listers,
>
> I'm a long-time lurker, first time poster. Thought this might be relevant
> to your interests!
>
> -g
>
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> *Libre Graphics Meeting 2015: Beyond The First Decade*
> http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2015/call-for-participation/
>
>
> The tenth annual international Libre Graphics Meeting 2015 will take place
> 29 April – 2 May 2015 in Toronto, Canada.
>
> This yearly event is an occasion for teams and individual
> contributors/artists involved in Libre Graphics to work together, to share
> experiences and to hear about new ideas.
>
> By Libre Graphics we mean Free, Libre and Open Source tools for design,
> illustration, photography, typography, art, graphics, page layout,
> publishing, cartography, animation, video, interactive media, generative
> graphics and visual live-coding. The Libre Graphics Meeting is not just
> about software, but extends to standards, file formats and actual use of
> these in creative work.
>
> We are looking for:
>
> * In-depth presentations of Libre Graphics code-contributions
> * Showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools
> * New and experimental projects in this area to meet the wider community
> * Reports, use-cases, best practices
> * Talks that show the accomplishments and strides that Libre Graphics has
> made in its first decade and what it can do next
>
> Available formats (times include Q&A):
>
> * Lightning talk (7 minutes, selected at the event unconference style)
> * Presentations (20 minutes)
> * Entry for State of the Libre Graphics Union (1-2 slides)
> * Workshops (1 or 2 hours)*
> * Birds Of a Feather (BOF), discussion meetings or Hackathons (2 hrs or
> more)
> *State of the Libre Graphics Union*
>
> We will kick off the event with a joint session that sums up all things
> that have happened in our wide landscape over the last year. Instead of
> slots in the schedule for general updates on each and every Libre Graphics
> project, we invite you to submit a maximum of two slides, showcasing new
> abilities and/or text enumerating the leaps forward that your project made.
> *Special focus: Beyond The First Decade*
>
> Because 2015 marks the tenth edition of LGM, the focus this year is on the
> past and future of Libre Graphics. We have a special interest this year in
> projects that show where Libre Graphics has been, what distances it has
> travelled, and where it might go in the next ten years. We welcome
> submissions representing the broad ecology of Libre Graphics, from
> full-fledged software packages, to artist-built scripts, to art and
> publications, and even the cultural touchstones and issues present in Libre
> Graphics communities. We’re looking for talks, workshops and other events
> that show the accomplishments and strides that Libre Graphics has made in
> its first decade and what it can do next.
>
> --
> ginger "all-lower-case" coons
> adaptstudio.ca
> Phone: 647.865.7757
> Skype: gingercoons
> XMPP: ginger at adaptstudio.ca
>
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