RightsCon Toronto 2018
g0v + civic tech + Toronto = <3
Hello! If you're reading this, then you're welcome to contribute and make changes!
Details
- RightsCon schedule
- Chat
- g0v-tw#rightscon-2018
- civictechto#rightscon-2018
Getting Around
- Bikeshare Toronto
- $7/day (24h) or $15/3-day (72h) via non-prepaid credit card
- Install Transit app and it routes walks through nearest bike stations.
- System Map
- TTC public transit
- $43.75/week (Mon-Sun)
- $12.50/day
Patrick ConnollyMaybe convention passes.
Weather
Updated 2018-04-22 from Accuweather . Below historic average :/
Murica.
People
From away or otherwise -- make yourself known!
- au - tw
- avross - tw
- canadian_aaron - toronto (past: tw)
- dzn - nyc
- fang - tw
- iq - toronto
- itsmisscs - nyc
- lizbarry - nyc
- patcon - toronto, but airbnb
- pellaeon - tw - ocf
- Lilin - tw - ocf
- ttcat - tw - ocf
- sylin - tw
- thebestsophist - nyc
Tickets
- patcon
- lizbarry
- itsmisscs
Flights
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Accommodations
Airbnb?
Suggested Group-Rent Dates:SundayMay 13- Fri May 18 (5nights)
Thoughts? Arrive one day earlier? Stay one more night?
Team OCF interested in being either housemates or neighbours.
- Tentative plan: housemates Sun May 13 - Sun May 20 (7 nights)
- Cost Calculator spreadsheet
- Equalize costs so that per-person rate per night is:
- same price between every person
- small, clear discount for shared room? common room?
- same per-night rate across whole trip (even if there are less people staying one night)
- OCF needs
- 2 private rooms - Persons A & C
- 2 beds (shared if helpful) - Persons B & D
Happy to see the above, but someone else might have to take reign on that math in the spreadsheet. I added little notations to the spreadsheet based on my understanding of needs, and someone could set up the system of equations for that :)
Options
- C$347/night Downtown, One of a Kind, Stand-Alone Apt. w Patio (Checkout Fri AM)
- flat rate: <= 12 ppl, 7 beds, 3 rm, 1 bath
- 82 Bathurst St, Toronto
- 20 min walk to venue
- great for hosting
- DATES NO LONGER AVAILABLE
C$329/nightBeautiful 5-bedroom downtown home 10ppl, 5bed, 5 rms, 2.5 baths (C$92/night/bed when max capacity)25 minute talk to venuenear Ontario Place- C$206/night - Fun and Bright House Queen West (only available Tuesday - Fri)
- C$67/night/bed at max capacity
- 8ppl, 4 bdrm, 4 beds, 2 bath
- C$172/night at max - ADORABLE 2 BEDROOM! 2 Queens + Pullout - Sleeps 6!
- 6ppl (2 per bed!), 2 bdrm, 3 beds, 1 bath
- C$ - Feel at Home in a Gorgeous Trinity Bellwoods House
- C$132/night/bed
- 4ppl, 2 bdrm, 2 beds, 2 baths
Who's in(terested)?
- patcon
- lizbarry
dzn
- itsmisscs
Staying until Fri or Sat.
- thebestsophist
- ttcat
- Pellaeon
- Lilin
- OCF mystery guest :)
Itinerary
- Sun, May 13
- 2/4 of Team OCF.tw (Persons A/B) arrives in Toronto
- Check into Airbnb?
- Mon, May 14
- 1/4 of Team OCF.tw (Person C) arrives in Toronto
- 3-5pm Internet Society roundtable: Youth expert panel on IoT security (108 Chestnut St.)
- 5-7pm Internet Society of Canada networking reception (108 Chestnut St.)
- 6:30-8:30pm Civic Tech Toronto organizers meeting (open invite)
- 7:20-8:20pm No Lights No Lycra
- Tue, May 15: RightsCon - Day 0 (Satellite and Pre-Programming)
- 1/4 of Team OCF.tw (Person D) arrives in Toronto
- 7-9:30pm Civic Tech Toronto Hacknight #142
- work time only night (no speaker)
- 6:30-8pm Toronto Mesh: Building the Peer-to-Peer internet (workshop 6/6)
- 190 Fort York Boulevard, Toronto, ON M5V 0E7
- https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Nr=p_cat_branch_name:Fort%20York
- run by
dcwalk,benhylau (udit! LoRaWAN week :)) - 9:30pm+ Post-hacknight drinks (Toronto Mesh + Civic Tech Toronto)
- Wed, May 16: RightsCon - Day 1
- 9am Opening Ceremony
- 10:30am First session starts
- 1:30pm Optional: Transit to ICT4S
- 2-4pm Optional: ICT for Sustainability (ICT4S) Tech Showcase - EDGI/Toronto Mesh/CivicTechTO (g0v?)
- Evening: Group dinner at Airbnb
- 4-5pm: Using crowd-sourced fact-checking chatbot to fight misinformation across closed messenger chatrooms
- Johnson Liang (g0v)
- 6:15pm Last session ends
- 6:15pm RightsCon After Dark
- Thu, May 17: RightsCon - Day 2
- 9am First Session starts
- 6:15pm Last session ends
- 6:15pm RightsCon After Dark
- 6:30-9:30 Toronto Mesh Planning Session (dcwalk can't be there :()
- Fri, May 18: RightsCon - Day 3
- 9am First Session starts
- 9-10:15am Trainers Unite: Experience Exchange and Skill Building of Digital Security Trainers
- Pellaeon, Ndingambaye Donatien (OCF.tw)
- 12:30-4:15pm Sidewalk Toronto "walkshop" (hosted by dcwalk)
- 2:30-3:45pm Empathic, citizen-led consensus-building at scale
- itsmisscs, lizbarry, patcon, ttcat
- 4-5pm: Another Brick in the Firewall
- ttcat, dee lee (OCF.tw)
- 5:15-6:15pm Exploring the future of civic tech as part of government and global civil society
- canadian_aaron, iq
- 6:15pm Last session ends
- 6:30pm-7:30 Closing
- 1/4 of Team OCF.tw (Person D) departs Toronto
- Sat, May 19
- morning: check out of Airbnb?
- cs departs
- Sun, May 20
- morning: check out of Airbnb?
- noonish: lizbarry flies out for Houston
- Mon, May 21
- 7:20-8:20pm No Lights No Lycra
- Tue, May 22
- 6:30pm-9pm Civic Tech Toronto Hacknight #143
- ttcat speaking
- 9pm+ Post-hacknight drinks
- Wed, May 23
- 3/4 of Team OCF.tw (Persons A/B/C) departs Toronto
- Thu, May 24
- Team OCF.tw leaves Toronto
this is perhaps a bad idea to try to cram in, but received an invite (context), so passing along
may leave Friday. Wrapping up plans this week
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