Stanford Webcamp, open source and more (Not recorded)

Introductions from Irina & Zoom 

Around the Rooms (13:29) 

• Upgrading to backdrop 
• Webcamp.stanford.edu
• Web Camp (open-source event) 
  • Larger community from just Stanford IT 
• Providing web & research tools for academia 
• Explanation of Web Camp event. (On Zoom and inTressider) 
• Maintain community, create community, create community fun. 
• Continuous round the room via zoom (13:37) 

Open Discussion:

Question concerning event population: In person vs Online 

• 100-250 people in person (before pandemic.) 
• 70% Stanford / 30% Other 
• Drupal Camps vs. Web Camp 
• Moved away from Drupal to employ different technologies. 
• Benefits of larger community of support to increase knowledge base. (Especially with it being open sourced.) 
• This year event is on May 2nd & 3rd, Thursday and Friday.  
• Tracks: 
  • Explanation of large need to focus on content strategy/ general. 
  • DevOps 
  • Site Building 
  • Need for track for security. 
• Questions concerning planning community: 
  • Invitation for planning community. 
  • Channel on website. 
• Thank you, Andrea! 
• AI Tools at WebCamp 
• Student outreach! 
  • Classes: CS40, Cloud Infrastructure and Scalable Application Deployment 
  • CS142: Web Applications 
  • Potential Target Audiences 
• Objective of the Stanford WebCamp: 
  • By Community; For Community 
  • Web Development: 
    • Open Sourcing Knowledge relating to web. 
  • AWS supporting Open Source 
    • Supporting and contributing 
    • Invited Tom Callaway to be a Keynote speaker at Web Camp 2024