From Campus to Network: Creating the UC System-Wide OSPO Initiative
333 | Fri 01 Aug 3:25 p.m.–3:45 p.m.
Presented by
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Laura Langdon
https://lauralangdon.io
Laura Langdon is an Open Source Community Manager for the Open Source Program Office (OSPO) network of the University of California. With a focus on the humans in tech communities, Laura is passionate about documentation, diversity and inclusion across all axes, and social responsibility. Working diligently to connect people within the UC open source community to one another and to the greater world of open source, her responsibilities include planning meetups, helping to connect aspiring contributors with projects and vice versa, and creating educational materials about OSS workflows.
Laura has previous experience as a developer advocate at Suborbital Software Systems (acquired by F5), and previously as a math lecturer at CSU East Bay. This diverse background in both academia and industry provides her with unique insights into making technical concepts accessible and fostering inclusive community growth. Her approach combines analytical thinking from her mathematics background with a deep understanding of developer experience and community dynamics.
In her free time, Laura enjoys recreational research and optimizing all the things.
Laura Langdon
https://lauralangdon.io
Abstract
Laura Langdon from the UC OSPO Network will share lessons learned from the early stages of building a network of academic OSPOs across the UC system. Representing the team that supports the six campuses in the UC OSPO Network, she will discuss both benefits and challenges encountered while developing this first-of-its-kind system-wide network. She will explore how her experiences with the network's three core working groups—sustainability of open source development, discovery of open source work in research, and education in fostering open source skills—have shaped her understanding of successful OSPO networks. Laura will focus on building community connections and establishing pathways for collaboration between institutions. Drawing from her first-hand experience, Laura will provide practical insights for others looking to establish OSPO networks in their institutions.
Laura Langdon from the UC OSPO Network will share lessons learned from the early stages of building a network of academic OSPOs across the UC system. Representing the team that supports the six campuses in the UC OSPO Network, she will discuss both benefits and challenges encountered while developing this first-of-its-kind system-wide network. She will explore how her experiences with the network's three core working groups—sustainability of open source development, discovery of open source work in research, and education in fostering open source skills—have shaped her understanding of successful OSPO networks. Laura will focus on building community connections and establishing pathways for collaboration between institutions. Drawing from her first-hand experience, Laura will provide practical insights for others looking to establish OSPO networks in their institutions.