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 
  • Maybe  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

• Copy-paste any flight itinerary screenshots here.

Accommodations

• Airbnb?

• Suggested Group-Rent Dates: Sunday May 13 - Fri May 18 (5 nights)

• 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?
        • 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 :)
      • 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

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/night Beautiful 5-bedroom downtown home
  • 10ppl, 5bed, 5 rms, 2.5 baths (C$92/night/bed when max capacity)
  • 25 minute talk to venue
  • near 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
• Has friends in Toronto who she might stay with. No longer able to make it to Toronto :(
• 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
  • this is perhaps a bad idea to try to cram in, but received an invite (context), so passing along
  • 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
  • may leave Friday. Wrapping up plans this week

• 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

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