Creative Freedom Summit 2023 Schedule

Dates

January 17th, 18th, & 19th, 2023

Website Link

Creative Freedom Summit Site

Schedule

Tuesday January 17th

Draft schedule
This is a draft schedule. Times and sessions are still subject to change.

Time (EST)	Time (UTC)	Session Title	Name of speaker(s)	Description
8:15AM-8:30AM	1:15PM-1:30PM	[Talk-15 min] Opening Session	Marie Nordin & Organizers
8:30AM-9AM	1:30PM-2PM	[Talk-25 min] Automation in Inkscape	Máirín Duffy	You've got to generate 100 graphics following the same template with different information and you're dreading it. Not to fear: you can automate it using Inkscape! Learn how in this session.
9AM-9:30AM	2PM-2:30PM	[Talk-50 min] Visual Programming with Geometry Nodes in Blender	Jakub Steiner	Geometry nodes in Blender allow for the creation of complex and customizable patterns, making them useful for creating wallpapers. Learn how to create generative art and manipulate shapes, allowing for the creation of intricate and repeating patterns and designs.
9:30AM-10AM	2:30PM-3PM	""	""
10AM-10:30AM	3PM-3:30PM	[Social-50 min] Gartic Phone Social	Madeline Peck	Join this game that's a cross between telephone and Pictionary!
10:30AM-11AM	3:30PM-4PM	""	""
11AM-11:30AM	4PM-4:30PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
11:30AM-12PM	4:30PM-5PM	[Talk-25 min] Inkscape's Multipage Feature	Martin Owens	An exploration of hosting multiple pages within a single inkscape document, some of the functionality this enables and some of the uses that it has.
12PM-12:30PM	5PM-5:30PM	[Talk-25 min] Creating Fedora Wallpapers with Krita	Madeline Peck	This presentation will show the process the Fedora Design Team embarks on from start to finish when creating a wallpaper in the open-source program Krita. Come and join us to see how you can contribute to Fedora’s wallpapers process in the future!
12:30PM-1PM	5:30PM-6PM	[Talk-50 min] Edit Video with Kdenlive	Seth Kenlon	Learn to edit video with Kdenlive. and more importantly how to make your footage look great with timing and colour correction, and how to export it for the perfect blend of quality and file size.
1PM-1:30PM	6PM-6:30PM	""	""
1:30PM-2PM	6:30PM-7PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
2PM-2:30PM	7PM-7:30PM	[Talk-25 min] Penpot, the Public Roadmap and Our Secret Agenda	Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz	What does the origin of Penpot tell us about the real motivation behind the tool? At a time when the Penpot team is about to announce we're finally out of Beta, we will bluntly share the key principles behind our efforts as well as an early sneak peek on BIG features coming next.

Wednesday January 18th

Draft schedule
This is a draft schedule. Times and sessions are still subject to change.

Time (EST)	Time (UTC)	Session Title	Name of speaker(s)	Description
8:30AM-9AM	1:30PM-2PM	[Talk-50 min] Blender: Grease Pencil Speedpaint	Paul Caggegi	Grease Pencil artist, Paul Caggegi takes you through his process of illustrating and adding stunning effects to a comic-style illustration
9AM-9:30AM	2PM-2:30PM	""	""
9:30AM-10AM	2:30PM-3PM	[Talk-25 min] Maker Processes Using Inkscape	Tuomas Kuosmanen
10AM-10:30AM	3PM-3:30PM	[Social-50 min] Hack and Craft Social	Morgan Lemmer-Webber
10:30AM-11AM	3:30PM-4PM	""	""
11AM-11:30AM	4PM-4:30PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
11:30AM-12PM	4:30PM-5PM	[Talk-25 min] Free Soft Wear	Morgan Lemmer-Webber
12PM-12:30PM	5PM-5:30PM	[Talk-50 min] Freelancing with Free Software	Ryan Gorley	Learn how free and open-source software can power your freelance career and why you should choose it over proprietary commercial software. Get an in-depth look at animated, graphic, and web design work completed by the creative agency Freehive using only these tools.
12:30PM-1PM	5:30PM-6PM	""	""
1PM-1:30PM	6PM-6:30PM	[Talk-25 min] Basics of Video & Audio Editing	Eduard Lucena
1:30PM-2PM	6:30PM-7PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
2PM-2:30PM	7PM-7:30PM	[Talk-50 min] Mockups and Motions: How Fedora Designers Create with Penpot	Ashlyn Knox & Emma Kidney	This presentation will feature mockups and prototypes made by members of the Fedora Design Team, our workflow for creating them, and how we are using Penpot to improve Fedora's UX on the web. Attend this session for a walkthrough of what Penpot has made possible for our website revamp.
2:30PM-3:00PM	7:30PM-8PM	""	""

Thursday January 19th

Draft schedule
This is a draft schedule. Times and sessions are still subject to change.

Time (EST)	Time (UTC)	Session Title	Name of speaker(s)	Description
8:30AM-9AM	1:30PM-2PM	[Talk-50 min] A quick painting demo using Krita	David Revoy	A digital painting demonstration fully commented and starting from scratch using the software Krita.
9AM-9:30AM	2PM-2:30PM	""	""
9:30AM-10AM	2:30PM-3PM	[Talk-25 min] Creating Accessible and Privacy Centric Products	Saptak S	In recent trends, websites and softwares often focus on visual beauty and fancy UX rather than the basic human rights requirements such as accessibility and security. This talk will cover how developers and designers can use progressive enhancement and other measures to ensure their products are accessible and privacy centric. It will also cover means for designers and developers to have better communication so that the designs don't get lost in translation by developers.
10AM-10:30AM	3PM-3:30PM	[Social-50 min] Pictionary Social	Marie Nordin
10:30AM-11AM	3:30PM-4PM	""	""
11AM-11:30AM	4PM-4:30PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
11:30AM-12PM	4:30PM-5PM	[Talk-50 min] Using Blender for any Design Process	Jason van Gumster
12PM-12:30PM	5PM-5:30PM	""	""
12:30PM-1PM	5:30PM-6PM	[Talk-50 min] Brand & Badges: How Fedora Designers Create with Inkscape	Jess Chitas & Marie Nordin
1PM-1:30PM	6PM-6:30PM	""	""
1:30PM-2PM	6:30PM-7PM	BREAK	BREAK	BREAK
2PM-2:30PM	7PM-7:30PM	[Talk-25 min] Processing Photographs with GIMP	Pat David	Come join Pat David to look at photography processing using the venerable GNU Image Manipulation Program, GIMP! A high-level overview of tools and approaches for wrangling the most out of your photographs.
2:30PM-2:45PM	7:30PM-7:45PM	[Talk-15 min] Closing Session	Marie Nordin & Organizers