Duffy: Run an open source-powered virtual conference!

On her blog, Mairin Duffy writesabout using open-source software to run a virtual conference. The Fedora design teamrecently ran the first CreativeFreedom Summit as a virtual conference for FOSS creative tools. The teamcould have used the same non-open-source platform that is used by the Flock Fedora conference, but took adifferent path:

Using Matrix's Element client, we embedded the live stream video and anEtherpad into a public Matrix room for the conference. We used attendancein the channel to monitor overall conference attendance. We had live chatgoing throughout the conference and took questions from audience membersboth from the chat and the embedded Q&A Etherpad.

Back in 2020, the Linux Plumbers Conference also put together a virtual conference using freesoftware, as did LibrePlanet and likely others.