Open-Source at Oxford, a project in the Uni versity of Oxford's Digital Scholarship initiative, would like to invite you to this free two-day Scholarthon:
The aim of the eve nt is to link open-source software from the University of Oxford ( https:/ /opensource.digitalscholarship.ox.ac.uk/ ) with research questions tha t can be addressed using that software.
A hackathon without coding!< /p>
If you’re interested, please register quickly before we run out of p laces.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20@ox.ogeer.org SUMMARY:The Next FLOSS Frontier - Gareth Smith DTSTAMP:20260602T164140Z DTSTART:20260604T180000Z DTEND:20260604T190000Z DESCRIPTION:Click to Join the Talk (19:00\, 4 June 2026) [https://ogeer.org /ox/meet/tnff/]\n\nLLMs are revolutionising coding:\n\n * Empowering non-p rogrammers to solve previously intractable problems.\n\n * Shovelling toxi c agentic asbestos into our digital infrastructure\n\n * Making existing p rofessional programmers hundreds of times more productive\n\n * Destroying the jobs market and causing layoffs\n\n * Finding CVEs and making us more secure\n\n * Wasting ecosystem-changing quantities of electricity and wat er\n\nAs a professional programmer and lover of Free and Open Software\, s hould I be\nembracing GenAI or boycotting it?\n\nMember Gareth Smith [http s://www.kindness.city/blog/] is here to give their\nthoughts\, in a talk a nd Q&A.\n\n\nATTENDING\n\nOpen to anyone in the city\, whether a free soft ware expert or newbie.\nJust turn up or join online [https://ogeer.org/ox/ meet/tnff/]\; no registration\nrequired! If you can't make it\, we should also record the talk.\n\nAs always\, our code of conduct [https://ox.ogeer .org/p/code-of-conduct] applies\nto all attendees\, organisers\, and speak ers\, in-person and online.\n\n\nVENUE\n\n\n\nDIRECTIONS\n\nMake your way to Magdalen College Porters' Lodge on the High Street and follow\nthis map \n[https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Magdalen-Main-Site -July-2021.pdf]\n(the event is immediately under the room labelled R). In brief\, once you have\nentered the College from the Lodge\, take a sharp r ight and head under the\narchway into Chaplain's Quad. The Terry Newport R oom is in the building facing\nthe archway\, on the ground floor (directly under the Sophia Sheppard Room we\nhave used in the past). There will be someone at the door to let you in at the\nstart of the event\; external at tendees will also be provided a code by the\nporters for access to both th e building and the room.\n\n\nACCESSIBILITY\n\nThere is step-free and whee lchair access into the building and to the room\, but\nnot to the Lodge it self --- if you require assistance\, please ring the bell\noutside the Lod ge and the porters will be happy to assist! There is an\naccessible toilet on the ground floor\, close to the lift and near the room.\n\nThe room is fitted with an induction loop.\n\nMore information on accessibility is av ailable on the University Access Guide\n[https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/ magdalen-college#tab-3036696]\, and on Magdalen\nCollege's website\n[https ://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/visiting-magdalen-college/accessibility-information/] \n(which unfortunately does not mark headings correctly\, assistive techno logy\nusers). Please note that the information about toilets in the "Acces s Guide"\nmust be out of date and the information above takes priority.\n\ n\nSTICKER EXCHANGE\n\nAfter the talk\, we will be (somewhat unrelatedly) exchanging stickers\; I\n(Oliver) have a lot with the Software Freedom Con servancy\n[https://sfconservancy.org/]'s logo.\n\n\nATTRIBUTION\n\nCover i mage\n[https://betterimagesofai.org/images?artist=WesCockx&title=AIlargela nguagemodels]\nCC-BY-4.0 [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/lega lcode] Wes Cockx\n[https://cream3d.com/] for Google DeepMind. URL:https://ox.ogeer.org/event/the-next-floss-frontier LOCATION:Terry Newport Room\, Magdalen College - Magdalen College Porters' Lodge\, High Street\, OX1 4AU\; then use the instructions in the event des cription. STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:open-level,talk X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Click to Join the Talk (19:00, 4 June 2026)
LLMs
are revolutionising coding:
Empowering non-programmers to s olve previously intractable problems.
Shovelling toxic agen tic asbestos into our digital infrastructure
Making existin g professional programmers hundreds of times more productive
Finding CV Es and making us more secure
Wasting ecosystem-changing qua ntities of electricity and water
As a professional program mer and lover of Free and Open Software, should I be embracing GenAI or bo ycotting it?
Member Gareth Smith is here to give their thoughts, in a talk and Q &A.
Open to anyone in the city, whether a free
software expert or newbie.
Just turn up or join online; no regist
ration required! If you can't make it, we should also record the talk.
As always, our code of conduct applies to all attendees, organisers, and speakers, in-person and online.
There is step-free and wheelchair access into the building and t o the room, but not to the Lodge itself --- if you require assistance, ple ase ring the bell outside the Lodge and the porters will be happy to assis t! There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor, close to the lift an d near the room.
The room is fitted with an induction loop.
Mo re information on accessibility is available on the Universi ty Access Guide, and on Magdalen Colleg e's website (which unfortunately does not mark headings correctly, ass istive technology users). Please note that the information about t oilets in the "Access Guide" must be out of date and the information above takes priority.
After the talk, w e will be (somewhat unrelatedly) exchanging stickers; I (Oliver) have a&nb sp;lot with the Software Freedom Conservancy's logo.
This is in-person only.
The tech-focu sed part of a Repair Café. It's signed up to the End of 10 initiative, helping pe ople keep using their just-discontinued Windows 10 devices by switching to a Linux operating system (but they equally mention the p roprietary Google Chrome OS).
Note: we are unaffiliated with thi s event, but just thought people might be interested in it. The official w ebpage is here. If you are one of the o fficial organisers and would like this page to be taken down, please just email o@ogeer.org.
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