News & Announcements
Live Streaming and Session Recording
Select sessions from Open Apereo 2015 are being streamed live and captured for later viewing. You can join live or find the archive of the sessions at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzeLY8mXiNWO6nqfuwQGBEg or http://www.ncast.com/apereo.html |
Submit Now for Lightning Talks & Networking Lunch!
Open Apereo is once again hosting 5 minute Lightning talks to share an idea or project. We invite you to submit a lightning talk topic: In addition to lightning talks, we are organizing a Networking Lunch on Monday afternoon. During this time we will have topics assigned to each table allowing our attendees the opportunity to mingle and collaborate. |
Open Apereo 2015 - Baltimore
As we continue with our planning and preparation for Open Apereo 2015, I understand that you might have some concerns about your visit to Baltimore in light of the news reports about unrest in the Baltimore area. We continue to work closely with the host hotel staff and the Baltimore Convention and Visitors Bureau to monitor the situation. We are also carefully following news and advice provided by the Mayor’s Office and City of Baltimore. Safety is a major priority for our attendees, staff and visitors. We have been assured there is currently increased security at the Convention Center and all area hotels and that at this point, there has been no damage to the city’s convention assets (Center, hotels, tourist attractions, restaurants, etc.) We have been assured that our guests should feel comfortable coming to the event and that travel should not be affected. The Open Apereo Planning and Program committees, together with our conference planners, will continue to monitor the situation closely and keep the Apereo community appropriately informed. I feel strongly that we will be able to proceed with Open Apereo 2015 as planned, and I am looking forward to seeing community members at the conference. Sincerely, Ian Dolphin, Executive Director, Apereo Foundation |
Registration is open for the Open Apereo 2015!
Open Apereo 2015 Higher Education ... Open Source in a New Age May 31 - June 4, 2015 - Baltimore, MD #apereo15 Register now! Registration is open for the Open Apereo 2015 conference. Early bird pricing (available until May 8th) will be: $550 for Apereo Foundation Members or $655 for Non-Members. The fee includes breakfast (Monday-Wednesday), lunch (Monday-Tuesday), two receptions, and 2 1/2 days of conference presentations. Select pre-conference workshops are also available at no extra charge (seating is limited); other workshops may require an additional fee. Limited space is available for groups to meet post-conference at no additional charge. Please contact conference@apereo.org for more information. The program is still being finalized but includes over 100 sessions ranging across all Apereo projects (Sakai, OAE, CAS, uPortal, uMobile, Bedework, OpenRegistry, Student Success Plan and more). Learn the latest project news and see how peers are using these tools to improve teaching, learning and research on their campus. Talks will focus on leadership, advocacy, analytics, teaching and learning, identity management and technology. On Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015, conference attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a number of fun and exciting social events. Each event offers a unique opportunity to experience some of the culture and cuisine of Baltimore, Maryland while getting to mingle with a group of fellow attendees. See the options at http://conference.apereo.org/events. Quick links:
May 31: Pre-conference workshops June 1-3: Main conference June 3-4: Post-conference project collaboration time Register today for the best rates and stay tuned for publication of the full program! Sincerely, Ian Dolphin, Executive Director, Apereo Foundation Laura McCord, Open Apereo 2015 Planning Committee Chair Reba-Anna Lee, Open Apereo 2015 Program Committee Co-chair Mac Stewart, Open Apereo 2015 Program Committee Co-chair |
Submit your proposals for the Open Apereo 2015 Conference
Time flies! The call for proposals for Open Apereo 2015
(#apereo15) is open and the deadline for early submission is only
a couple weeks away!
Deadline and Review
Early Bird Proposals entered by January 23 will be eligible for
early review decisions by February 6. The final CFP deadline is
February 9, 2015, but you want to know the decision before March
6th, don’t you?
Proposal Submission site
About the Conference
There’s nothing up our sleeve. All Apereo software is 100% open
source; produced openly by our community, openly available, with
nothing held back. The Apereo conference in Baltimore is a
global networking point for practitioners. There will be
opportunities during and around the conference for meeting,
sharing, and learning from others in our global community.
The Open Apereo Conference is designed to be an international,
inclusive
event, providing opportunities for community members to:
Schedule:
We look forward to your proposal!
Sincerely,
Ian Dolphin, Executive Director, Apereo Foundation
Laura McCord, Open Apereo 2015 Planning Committee Chair
Reba-Anna Lee, Open Apereo 2015 Program Committee Co-chair
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NOW OPEN! Call for Proposals for Open Apereo 2015 (Apereo/Sakai/Jasig)
Open Apereo 2015 - Higher Education ... Open Source in a New Age Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel - Baltimore, MD May 31-June 4, 2015 #apereo15 Open source software is emerging into a new age. It’s an age of software as a service and proprietary cloud offerings, yet with an ever advancing open agenda within higher education. Scarcely a day goes by without a sign of growing support for open content, open access publishing, open data, open science - and more. What lies behind these seemingly contradictory developments? Are they an occasion for retreat, or for re-affirmation of key values applied to a new landscape? What is the role of the open source community and non-profit foundation in this new age? Apereo, and its sister organization, ESUP, represent a global network of almost two hundred higher education institutions and commercial partners. Come and join the conversation about higher education open source in a new age.
NOW OPEN! Call for Proposals for Open Apereo 2015 Look how far we’ve come! Get ready to learn new things, make new friends, and share your stories at our Open Apereo 2015 conference in Baltimore, Maryland! This year’s conference will be held in the heart of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, with plenty of dining, shopping, and entertainment right on the picturesque waterfront - see more at: Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. We invite you to submit a proposal now! Apereo has grown. Come and learn about an expanding range of software produced by higher education, for higher education, including:
There’s nothing up our sleeve. All our software is 100% open source; produced openly by our community, openly available, with nothing held back. It’s not just the software. Come to learn about community building in practice. Join the conversations in our teaching and learning community, learner analytics initiative, and more. The Open Apereo Conference is designed to be an international, inclusive event, providing opportunities for community members to:
Schedule:
DEADLINE AND REVIEW The deadline for proposals is February 9, 2015. As proposals are received, the program committee will review and accept submissions during the open submission period. The committee expects to have all proposals reviewed and final acceptances by March 6. Please note that you may login and edit/review this proposal only through the cutoff date of February 9, 2015. The deadline for submissions is February 9, 2015.
Early Bird Proposals entered by January 23 will be eligible for early review decisions by February 6. The Apereo conference in Baltimore is a global networking point for practitioners. There will be opportunities during and around the conference for meeting, sharing, and learning from others in our global community. We look forward to your proposal! https://www.concentra-cms.com/cfp/p/OA2015 Sincerely, Ian Dolphin, Executive Director, Apereo Foundation |