Introducing Poster Sessions at OLF Conference
Posters are popular in academic conferences to discuss technical ideas with colleagues and garner support for future projects.
OLF Conference is opening up poster opportunities to anyone from the community that has a project of interested to users, contributors, and enthusiasts of the Open Libre Free community.
Dr. Cosmin Roman, our poster chair, has presented posters in the past and is leading OLF Conference into being a conference that has posters.
Why should you present a poster?
In 2024, Cosmin Roman attended OLF Conference with a dream of having an Ohio Linux license plate. Armed with a poster and clipboard for signatures, he gathered enough interest from Ohio residents to make it happen. Without the poster, it would have been difficult to capture the interest and carry out the vision to fruition.
Poster Possibilities:
- Local technology organizations seeking members and volunteers.
- Free Software projects raising awareness and recruiting contributors
- Story boards of how you used your favorite Free Software Project.
- Other projects that need community support to get off the ground.
- Yes – even the traditional academic poster on computer science topics.
2025 Posters so Far
| Name | Title | Poster Image/Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cosim Roman | Update: Ohio Linux License Plate |  |
| Thomas Hancock | Hardware Goodie Basket returns!
Adopt one of Tom’s hardware projects |
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| Charlie Powell | Long Range Mesh Communication on the Cheap | Long range, (sometimes upwards of 50km), low bandwidth communication using cheap, widely available hardware that provides full end-to-end encryption, (and NO licenses or monthly service plans required). |
| Don Vosburg | Linux on Don’s Chromebooks | 3 decommissioned Chromebooks with 3 different Linux distros on them. All will be given away on the evening of December 6! |
| NetKnights | privacyIDEA.org | privacyIDEA is an open source solution for multi-factor authentication. You can run it on premises, you keep the control.
Central management of all second factors/tokens |
| Alex Ziaee | What’s New in FreeBSD 15.0 | FreeBSD 15.0 has arrived! Released on December 2nd, this 15th major update builds on FreeBSD’s long history with meaningful improvements in performance, security, and hardware support. Whether you already use FreeBSD or are just curious about operating systems, 15.0 offers plenty worth exploring. Help us celebrate the release and take a look at what’s new. |
| TBD1 |
Present your own Poster