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Welcome to EmacsConf 2023, where we get to find out

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just how much we can do with a text editor.

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Just like last year, we have two tracks.

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There's a General track and a Development track,

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but really, you'll probably find

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interesting things on both tracks

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no matter what your level of experience is,

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so don't feel limited to one or the other.

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For Saturday, it's mostly Org Mode talks on the General track.

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The doc talk on the development track

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is about literate documentation with Emacs and Org Mode,

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and it's a general-audience talk

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even though it's in the Development track.

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I just ran out of space in the schedule.

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The best parts of EmacsConf are the conversations.

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The wiki has a page on how to watch and participate,

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and I'll give you a quick overview as well.

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You can watch both streams at live.emacsconf.org

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using free and open source software.

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Using a streaming media player like mpv

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seems to be the best way to watch in terms of performance

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but there are also web-based players

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just in case that's all you've got.

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The schedule shows the General track on top

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and the Development track on the bottom,

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so you can see what else is going on.

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As you're watching the talks,

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you can refer to the schedule in another window.

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Hover over the boxes to see the times and titles,

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and click on the boxes in the schedule

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to jump to the talk's page for more details.

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You can also get the schedule as an iCalendar file

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or as an Org file in different time zones.

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Many talks will be followed by

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live Q&A web conferences with the speaker,

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which will be done in BigBlueButton or BBB.

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These are indicated with a solid border on the schedule

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and by Q&A: BBB on the schedule page.

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You can join the web conference room

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by clicking on the BBB link

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on the schedule page or the talk's webpage.

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Then you can ask your questions yourself when the Q&A starts.

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To improve performance, please keep your webcam off

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and stay muted until it's your turn to talk.

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This year we're experimenting with automatically switching

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between talks and Q&A sessions,

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so the transitions on the stream might be a little sudden,

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but people in the BigBlueButton room

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can continue the conversation

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even after the talk moves off-stream.

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Other talks will have Q&A via Etherpad or IRC,

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depending on what the speakers prefer.

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This is indicated in the schedule with a dashed border

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and on the schedule page as well.

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Please ask your questions in the recommended places

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so that the speakers can easily see them.

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Some talks will have the Q&A after the event,

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so you can add your questions to their Etherpad.

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We'll e-mail the speakers afterwards

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and update the talk pages when they answer.

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The schedule pages and track pages have quick shortcuts

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so that you can find out more about talks, open the Etherpads,

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and join the Q&A sessions. The watch page has more tips

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on how to make the most of Q&A.

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If you can, please add notes and ask questions

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in the Etherpad for the talk. That makes it easier

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for everyone to share their notes,

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and speakers and hosts can read the questions from there.

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We'll copy the notes to the talk pages afterwards.

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We have one pad for each talk,

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so you can follow the links to get to the next one

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or go back to the schedule and get the link from there.

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If you have general feedback about

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the conference itself, please put it in

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pad.emacsconf.org/2023 , which is linked on each pad.

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You can also use this as a general community message board

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for things like Help Wanted.

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Internet Relay Chat or IRC can be another great way

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to be part of lots of conversations.

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You can use chat.emacsconf.org to join the IRC channels

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through your web browser. The tabs on the left can help you

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switch between the different channels.

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There's #emacsconf-gen for the General track

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and #emacsconf-dev for the Development track.

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If you need to reach us, you can join #emacsconf-org

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or e-mail emacsconf-org-private@gnu.org.

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You can use #emacsconf for hallway conversations.

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Of course, you can join any of these channels

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with your favourite IRC client.

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We're on the libera.chat network.

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Once again, we're going to be streaming with open captions

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for most of the talks this year, thanks to our speakers and

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captioning volunteers. The captioned talks are indicated

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on the schedule, and with any luck, we'll be posting

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transcripts on talk pages shortly after the talks start.

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If you need additional accommodations,

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please let us know in #emacsconf-org

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and we'll see if we can make things happen.

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If something goes down, we'll update status.emacsconf.org.

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If it doesn't look like we've noticed yet,

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please let us know in the #emacsconf-org IRC channel,

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where we will be quietly panicking.

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In all of these conversations, please keep in mind

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our guidelines for conduct. You can find them on the wiki,

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They basically boil down to: please be nice.

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If all goes well, the prerecorded talks and transcripts

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should be available from the talk pages

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shortly after they start playing,

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and we'll post the recordings of live talks

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and Q&A sessions within the next month or so.

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If you'd like to get an update, you can subscribe to

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the emacsconf-discuss mailing list.

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All right, let's get going.

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Leo Vivier is hosting the general track,

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and Amin Bandali hosting the development track.

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The other volunteers and I will run around mostly backstage,

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and you'll probably meet us in the closing remarks.

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That's also where we get to thank

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all the people and organizations

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who make EmacsConf even possible.

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Thanks for coming to EmacsConf 2023.