Today we are proud to announce the schedule for the next [Ubuntu Open Week](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek), which takes place from the **2nd – 6th November 2009**.
Ubuntu Open Week is a week of free live online tuition and Q+A sessions that are provided on a range of topics by many of the movers and shakers in out community. If you are interested in getting involved in the Ubuntu community, this is an incredible opportunity to learn many of the skills involved, meet many of our contributors and just have a great time!
The way the sessions work is pretty simple, and everything is explained [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek/JoiningIn). You simply join two discussion channels, one in which you watch the session leader deliver a session and the other to ask questions in. This year we even have a [web based interface](https://webchat.freenode.net/?nick=openweek.&channels=ubuntu-classroom%2Cubuntu-classroom-chat) to the sessions, so it is easier than ever to get involved!
The schedule for Ubuntu Open Week is looking incredible:
|
Time |
Mon 2 Nov |
Tue 3 Nov |
Wed 4 Nov |
Thu 5 Nov |
Fri 6 Nov |
|
15.00 UTC |
Introduction – Jono Bacon |
Ubuntu Moblin Remix – Bill Filler and Crew |
Ask Mark – sabdfl |
Getting Started in Ubuntu Development – James Westby and Daniel Holbach |
Spare Slot |
|
16.00 UTC |
Be your neighbor’s Ubuntu Guru – FabianRodriguez |
Writing a book – emmajane |
Jono Bacon – Leadership Workshop |
How to fix bugs in Ubuntu – James Westby and Daniel Holbach |
How to run Ubuntu+1 – Jorge Castro |
|
17.00 UTC |
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter: Or How To Achieve Organization Out Of Chaos – tyche |
Getting People Involved in your LoCo/Team – Jono Bacon |
Making Screencast – DKcross |
Basics of and Behavior in Ubuntu IRC channels – jussi01 and mneptok |
AppArmor – John Johansen |
|
18.00 UTC |
Scratch your own itch, learn how to write your own app – Rick Spencer |
Byobu – Dustin Kirkland |
First steps in translating Ubuntu – David Planella |
KVM and Virt-Manager – Dustin Kirkland |
Kernel QA – Leann Ogasawara |
|
19.00 UTC |
Ubuntu One – Joshua Hoover |
ISO Testing Tracker – Ara Pulido |
Kubuntu Netbook – Scott Kitterman Edition |
Welcome to the new Edubuntu – Stéphane Graber |
Resolving Bug One – Beth Lynn Eicher |
|
20.00 UTC |
What to do when things go wrong – Alan Pope |
Learning Project – Elizabeth Krumbach |
Intro to GIMP – akk |
WIOS – Issues – Elizabeth Krumbach |
Introduction to the Ubuntu Documentation Project – TBA |
|
21.00 UTC |
Reporting Bugs – Brian Murray |
Writing Secure Code – Kees Cook |
Giving Useful Feedback – Murat Güne? |
WIOS – Encouragement – Mackenzie Morgan |
Introducing the Telepathy Stack – Ken Vandine |
|
22.00 UTC |
Running a FOSS Event – Laura Czajkowski |
Getting KDE 4 ready for LTS – Jonathan Riddell |
Ubuntu Membership – Nathan Handler |
How to win with compatibility (and why Wine is made of win) – Scott Ritchie |
Feedback and Ideas for next time – Jorge Castro |
*This schedule may change since I have published this blog entry. You can find the latest schedule [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek)*.
The schedule is also available in iCalendar (ics) format, subscribe to the calendar using Google Calendar or Evolution.
If you use identi.ca, you can also subscribe to @udscommunity to be informed whenever a new Open Week is about to begin.
Note: For help on time equivalents around the world, visit Time and Date World Clock, and specifically for the equivalent of 15:00 UTC see 15:00 UTC around the world.
This is an fantastic opportunity to welcome new members to our incredible community, and I would like to encourage everyone to spread the word about Ubuntu Open Week so that the opportunity is open to as many people as possible: do go and blog, tweet, dent and otherwise spread the word!
Finally, thanks to Jorge Castro and Amber Graner for helping to put together the event and to all of our session leaders who have committed to running sessions. Rock and roll, my friends, rock and roll. 🙂
