[lca2018-chat] Registrations are now open for the Open Hardware Miniconf - and more!

[Bruce Crawley]

Open Hardware Miniconf

The Open Hardware Miniconf is a 1-day event at LCA that provides a fun 
introduction to electronics and hardware hacking. It starts with an 
assembly session, where you will have the opportunity to learn how to 
solder while building your own little robot.

Places for the assembly session are strictly limited, so registration is 
required. Even if you have your ticket for the conference already you 
still need to register for the miniconf separately if you wish to 
participate in the assembly session. Anyone else with a valid conference 
ticket who doesn't want to participate in the assembly session is more 
than welcome to come along for the talks though.

The cost of the assembly session is $65, which includes all the parts 
required for you to build your own robot with Bluetooth and WiFi, 
running MicroPython on an ESP32 microcontroller. Some subsidised places 
are also available for those who can't afford to attend.

See http://www.openhardwareconf.org/wiki/OHMC2018 for more information 
and to register for the assembly session.

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Practical hands-on accessibility testing

For anyone wanting to attende Nicolas Steenhout's accessiblity hands 
accessibilty tutorial 
(https://rego.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/50/) - to get the most 
out of it there is a little bit of of preparation work required.

Details can be found here: 
http://incl.ca/speaker/practical-hands-accessibility-testing-preparation/

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Hotel Deals

Our deals with participating hotels are now expired - anyone still 
looking to book rooms should contact the hotels directly to see what can 
be done for you or use one of the many online hotel booking search 
engines.


We look forward to seeing you in just a couple of weeks!

Bruce Crawley and the LCA2018 team