Posted on September 30th, 2009 in TUCS | Comments Off
TUCS will be running a lightning talks session on Friday October 16 at 2PM. This is an opportunity for members of the society (and the general public) to give a 3-minute talk on any topic they like, with or without the aid of slides, and it’s entirely possible that there will be prizes awarded for good talks!
What are Lightning Talks?
Lightning talks are a common feature of computing/IT-related conferences: attendees volunteer to give a short talk, at short notice. These talks are given in lightning talk sessions, which can be topic restricted (e.g. a “Python” lightning talks session), or can be general. At linux.conf.au, the general lightning talks session concludes the conference, held in the keynote venue, presented in front of all (~800) delegates.
TUCS is ran its first Lightning Talks session in 2008, as a way of concluding our first series of Tech Talks, you can watch our talks from Semester 1 at http://www.tucs.org.au/lightning-talks-semester-1-2009/
Registration
Registrations for talks open today, so if you’re interested in finding out more information, or would like to sign up for a talk, find Chris Neugebauer in the Mac Lab (room 376, Centenary Building), or send an e-mail to tucs-exec@tucs.org.au.
Current lineup
Here’s a list of people who’ve signed up for talks so far (note please that this isn’t the final order for presentations on the day — see rule 7 for details.):
- Christopher Neugebauer
- Tim Nugent
- Michael Cordover
- Alex Berry
- Nic Wittison
- John Dalton
- Baris Puttfield-Addison
- Josh Deprez
- Peter Billam
- Thomas Karpiniec
Rules of the event
In these rules, “The Talks Organiser” is Chris Neugebauer.
- Talks will last three minutes at maximum. This will be strictly enforced (possibly via manual intervention!)
- Talks must be registered (with a topic) with the Talks organiser, before the talks session begins — preferably before 1:30PM, October 16, if you want to use slides.
- There will be time for at least 15 talks; if we run out of time to present all registered talks, the ones that registered earlier will be the ones presented.
- Slides may be used: They must be in PDF format (no exceptions!) with no scripts or embedded active components (e.g. motion video or audio), and e-mailed to (and viewable by) the organiser by 1:30PM, Friday October 16.
- There is no rule 5.
- Talk topics and content should be suitable for a general audience: in particular, content of violent or pornographic nature will not be tolerated. If you’re not sure, ask.
- The order of talks will not be those listed above: a random order of talks will be selected on the day.
- Only one talk on any given topic will be accepted.
- Only one talk by any given person will be accepted.
- Slides are the only form of presentation aid permissible; in particular, live demonstrations of software cannot be allowed (due to videoconference requirements)
Posted on August 19th, 2009 in TUCS | Comments Off
TUCS will be holding a fantastic Quiz Night on Friday August 28, hosted by our inimitable quizmaster, Tony Gray.
- Where: CIS215 (School of Computing and Information Systems Building, between LAW and the Gyms)
- When: 6:00 PM
- How Much: $20 per table of 6 (or $5 per head if less)
Light refreshments will be included in the cost of the evening.
To register, send an e-mail to the TUCS executive including your team name. You can make payment on the night.
Tables
- Fork Provisioners #875C.ii — Team Leader: Peter Lyle
- The Lumberjacks — Team Leader: Matt D’Orazio
- The Truth Table — Team Leader: Andrew Johnson
- The Anime Society — Team Leader: Tristan Briers
- The Scraps Table — Team Leader: Carl Haynes
- The Wormies pt.2 — Team Leader: ??? (booked by Tristan Briers)
- Those Guys on Table 0xDEADBEEF — Team Leader: Marcus Johnson
- Team MiniMaclab — Team Leader: Mini McJones
- Team Dave — Team Leader: David Herbert
- The Parentals — Team Leader: Mrs McJones
