GitHub / Universe 2016 - Featured Presentations

Senior Technology Advisor Alvand Salehi, from the White House Office of the Federal CIO, discusses efforts of the US Federal Government to embrace open source and work with the community to improve the function of government through code.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

Join Benjamin, AI screenwriter of Sunspring, along with his human chaperones Oscar Sharp & Ross Goodwin, as they explore the potential of writing machines and augmented creativity.

Watch Sunspring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7x2Ihqjmc

Find out more about Benjamin: https://benjamin.wtf

More info on the filmmakers' other projects:
Oscar Sharp - http://www.thereforefilms.com/
Ross Goodwin - http://rossgoodwin.com/

Actors:
Safiya Fredericks - http://safiyafredericks.com
Rinabeth Apostol - http://rinabeth.com

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. With over 120 million downloads, 99% Invisible is one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes.

Join host Roman Mars as he presents stories from 99pi on the Universe stage.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

When working on open source projects, your contributions and opinions on the project and its motives are usually very personal. Jess Frazelle's talk will cover intricacies of "choosing your battles" and how personal passion for a project might conflict with corporate motives.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

Join host Alex Handy, Senior Editor at BZ Media, in a fireside chat with Bret Taylor. Bret is currently the CEO and cofounder of Quip, a productivity platform for teams which was acquired by Salesforce in August 2016. Prior to founding Quip, Bret served as the first CTO of Facebook and saw the company through its successful IPO in 2012. Credited with the invention of the original "Like" button, Bret joined Facebook in 2009 after it acquired his social networking company, FriendFeed, for $50 million. Bret's product acumen extends to his time at Google, where he co-created Google Maps, Google Local, Google Maps API and Google’s first developer conference, Google I/O.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

Five years ago a small team in the UK government began quietly pushing code to some open GitHub repositories. A few months later that code was revealed to be GOV.UK, the UK government's simpler, clearer, faster way to provide information and open up services and the start of a major effort to transform government to be digital by default. James Stewart's session will talk about the history of that project, the real and lasting impact it's had both in the UK and internationally, and what was learned about software development along the way.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com

In May 2015, President Obama announced the launch of the White House Police Data Initiative, working with 24 police departments to leverage data on police-citizen interactions (e.g., officer-involved shootings, use of force, body cam video, and stops) to increase transparency and accountability, build community trust, and enable innovation.

During this session, Clarence Wardell, co-lead of the Police Data Initiative, will discuss the growth of the initiative to date, some of the early successes and challenges, and how civic technologists and agencies can work together to achieve common goals.

About GitHub Universe:
GitHub Universe is a two-day conference dedicated to the creativity and curiosity of the largest software community in the world. Sessions cover topics from team culture to open source software across industries and technologies.

For more information on GitHub Universe, check the website:
https://githubuniverse.com