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diff --git a/2020.md b/2020.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..786ceef1 --- /dev/null +++ b/2020.md @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2020 Amin Bandali"]] + +EmacsConf 2020 | Online Conference | **November 28 and 29, 2020** +[[!img /i/emacsconf-logo1-256.png + alt="EmacsConf logo" class="center"]] +[[**Talks**|talks]] | [[**Poster**|poster]] | [[Planning]] | +[[Guidelines for Conduct|conduct]] + +EmacsConf is the conference about the joy of Emacs, Emacs Lisp, and +memorizing key sequences. + +EmacsConf 2020 was on November 28 (Sat) and November 29 (Sun), +2020 from 9am-5pm Toronto/EST time; equivalently, 6am-2pm PST, +2pm-10pm UTC, 3pm-11pm Zurich/CET. + +It made sense to hold EmacsConf 2020 as a virtual (online) conference +again this year, especially now, given the current state of the world +with the ongoing global pandemic. We remain fully committed to +freedom, and we will continue using our infrastructure and streaming +setup consisting entirely of [free software][freesw], much like the +last EmacsConf. + +## Watching + +You can now watch the videos of talks and Q&A sessions from the +individual pages linked to in the [[list of talks|talks]]. There's also a +[[playlist|emacsconf-2020.m3u]]. Low-resolution (480p) versions will +be uploaded over the next few weeks. Please let us know of any issues! + +## Participating + +For audience questions specifically, we experimented with using a +[collaboratively-editable +Etherpad](https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/emacsconf-2020) as the +primary means of collecting audience questions. We also took +questions from our IRC channel (`#emacsconf` on `chat.freenode.net`), +with volunteers adding questions from that channel to the pad on +behalf of folks who were not able to or prefer not to use the +web-based questions pad. [[Here's the archived pad.|pad]] + +To follow up after the conference, please check the [[list of talks|talks]] for +the link to the individual talk page. We've added the questions and +notes from the pad to each talk's page, and we'll ask the speakers to +review the pages and add more information. + +Come hang out with us in `#emacsconf` on `chat.freenode.net`. You can +join the chat using [your favourite IRC client][ircs], or by visiting +[chat.emacsconf.org][chat] in your web browser, a self-hosted instance +of [The Lounge][thelounge] free software web IRC client for EmacsConf. + +## Continuing the conversation + +Here are a few posts and discussions about EmacsConf: + +- [Reddit: What are your favourite EmacsConf 2020 talks?](https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/k77k6a/what_are_your_favourite_emacsconf_2020_talks/) +- [Reddit: EmacsConf 2020: Videos are out!](https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/k7i20b/emacsconf_2020_videos_are_out/) +- [Hacker News: EmacsConf 2020 Talks](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25324311) +- add your link here + +## Next steps + +You can: + +- Check out the [[videos and resources for each talk|talks]] and the +[[archived pad|pad]] +- Keep the conversation going by joining or organizing +[an Emacs user group](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Usergroups) +- Subscribe to our mailing list [emacsconf-discuss][emacsconf-discuss] +for discussion and announcements (including next year's conference) + +See you soon! + +## Behind the scenes + +This year, we were again able to make EmacsConf happen entirely with +Free Software. For the live talks and/or Q&A sessions with speakers, +we used the BigBlueButton instance graciously shared with us by the +Free Software Foundation (FSF). The whole conference was captured and +streamed to the EmacsConf stream server running Icecast, using a +GStreamer pipeline based on a script written by Ruben Rodriguez for +streaming FSF events such as the LibrePlanet conference and FSF35. For +the collaborative pad for gathering questions and show notes, we used +an Etherpad on the Wikimedia Foundation instance hosted at +https://etherpad.wikimedia.org. For the EmacsConf website, we used +ikiwiki. During the conference, we used Emacs Lisp to plan the +schedule, update the topics across our IRC channels, and send +automated messages about upcoming talks to speakers and organizers, +all inside Emacs. As we write more about our streaming setup, +infrastructure, processes, and code, we'll update +https://emacsconf.org/2020 and post links to +[emacsconf-discuss](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss). + +[freesw]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html +[ircs]: ircs://chat.freenode.net:6697/emacsconf +[chat]: //chat.emacsconf.org +[thelounge]: //thelounge.chat +[emacsconf-discuss]: //lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacsconf-discuss + +## Thanks + +- Thanks to the Free Software Foundation, especially the tech team, for support and for sharing their BigBlueButton host +- Volunteers: + - bandali: Amin Bandali - main organization, communication, streaming, tech, hosting + - bhavin192: Bhavin Gandhi - tech checks, subtitles + - bremner: David Bremner - feedback + - dto: David O'Toole - #emacsconf-accessible, tech checks + - jcorneli: Joe Corneli - #emacsconf-accessible + - mplsCorwin: Corwin Brust - feedback + - publicvoit: Karl Voit - collaborative pad, tech checks + - sachac: Sacha Chua - scheduling, automation, processes, subtitles/transcripts, documentation + - seabass - #emacsconf-accessible + - zaeph: Leo Vivier - tech checks, coordination, timekeeping +- Thanks to ArneBab and sirvolta for FFmpeg tips +- And thanks to everyone! |