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Emma Jane Hogbin

HICK Tech

Emma Jane Hogbin is a Canadian Internet consultant, F/LOSS advocate and the conference chair of HICK Tech: The Rural and Modern Technology Conference. After spending ten years in Canada’s largest city working as a college professor and open source Web developer, Emma brought her urban Web 2.0 experiences back to the country. She has been learning about the real impact of community on technology ever since. Emma is a member of Ubuntu Women and contributes to the Ubuntu documentation project.

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5:20pm Thursday, 07/24/2008

Form an Orderly Queue, Ladies

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Location: D139/140

Emma Jane Hogbin (HICK Tech) Moderated by: Emma Jane Hogbin

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A slightly raucous but very fun look at female participation in open source computing. This presentation includes a subversive tour of the well-known articles and statistics about women in open source and finishes with tangible solutions that really do get more women engaged in technology. Read more.