Apereo Micro Conferences

2023 Inaugural Speakers Open Source Leaders and Influencers

Apereo Foundation invites you to join us for our monthly micro conferences!

Apereo Foundation’s MicroConferences bring together leaders from across open source education technology to discuss the latest topics and trends impacting higher education.

Each month, leaders and influences in the open source world will speak about topics ranging from research and community building to policy shifts impacting the world of open source and education.

This free service provided by the Apereo Foundation and our partners requires registration to attend the live event. Contact registrar@apereo.org to join the invitation list. All are welcome!

Upcoming Micro-Conferences and Workshops

Cyril W Oberlander

April 2025: Open Innovation Lab @ the Library with Cyril Oberlander

Launching students and advancing Open Source with curricular & co-curricular project based learning.

April 9, 2025, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Cyril W Oberlander is the University Library Dean at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt

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Previous Micro-Conferences and Workshops

Sam Boysel

The State of Open Source Software Funding: Survey Insights and Recommendations for Practitioners

March 12, 2025, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Sam Boysel, postdoctoral scholar at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

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Josh Baron

February 2025

Evaluating Granting Opportunities - Apereo's Tools and Process

February 12, 2025, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Josh Baron, Apereo Foundation, Baron's EdTech Consulting

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Michael Feldstein

January 2025

How open standards like HTTP and LTI empower educational technology

January 15, 2025, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Michael Feldstein, current Chief Strategy Officer, 1EdTech Consortium 

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Dr. Manuel Hoffmann

December 2024

The Value of Open Source Software

December 11, 2024, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Dr. Manuel Hoffmann, postdoctoral scholar at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

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Karen Sandler

November 2024

Building a Thriving Community: The Software Freedom Conservancy’s Approach to Sustaining an Engaged Community

November 13, 2024, 11:00 AM America/New_York

Speaker: Karen M. Sandler, Executive Director of Software Freedom Conservancy and Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School

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