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Announcing an exciting, new conference on unions, working people and technology. Labourtech 2008 will gather trade unionists, academics, and people using the internet and other technologies for social change for three days in Toronto.
When: November 7-9th, 2008
Where: Ryerson University, Toronto ON
Who:
- union communicators
- people who run union websites
- community action and social justice groups
- workers rights advocates
- students and academics
The agenda includes hands-on workshops on cutting edge internet technology, demonstrations and workshops on technology in the workplace.
The conference will take place at a modern, dynamic facility, with witty, enthralling instructors and fabulous food.
We are looking into accomodations at nearby hotels.
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Labourtech Conference Schedule
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | |||||
| 9:00am – 12:30pm | Open source CMS: Drupal Uber Alles? (Eric Squair, Oliver Zelkie, Sara Maclean) Chris | Search engine marketing: Chris | User-authored content: (Audra Williams), (Todd from UNITE/HERE in Halifax) Pat | Information architecture 101: Dawn Buie, thetyee.ca | |||
| Net neutrality and copyright: (Russell McOrmond?, CanCopy?, Michael Geist) Chris | Second life and unions:Angelo DiCaro | Workers in high tech: why aren't they organized? Maria Pozo | Solidarity's Global Reach:(Jean Wolff) Pat | ||||
| Defending worker rights in a high-tech workplace: (Risa Panser, Derek Blackadder) Pat | Writing for the web:(Crawford Killian) (Jude Macdonald) Chris Lawson | Public access internet: (Andrew Clement, Shelley Gordon) Shelly | Pod/Vidcasting repeat | ||||
| Pod/Vidcasting Wayne McPhail? Pat | What's a CRM and how it can help you change the world: Mike Gifford, Open Concept Consulting | Web Design: designing to be used and understood | available | ||||
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch | Lunch | |||||
| 1:30-5pm | Blogs and politics:(Greg Elmer, Ryerson) Michelle | Website Usability: do it yourself usability testing Chris | Ending plenary: unions and the internet. Where are we now? Where do we need to go? | ||||
| Open source software:kicking the corporate software habit: Andrew Southworth, CLC | Online campaigning:(Derek Blackadder), (Jim Thomson) Derek Blackadder | ||||||
| 4-7pm | Registration | ||||||
| Privacy and surveillance in the workplace: (Richard Balnis, Linda Craig) Shelley | Technology and health and safety: (Workers Health and Safety Centre people) Pat | ||||||
| Available | Available | ||||||
| 5:30-7:00pm | Dinner | Dinner | |||||
| 7-9pm | Welcoming plenary:Judy Rebick | ||||||
| Free night/Social event? | |||||||