2023 Agenda
Aspiration events are first and foremost convened to strengthen the ties and social networks of digital practitioners across a range of civil society sectors.
The #npdev session list is co-developed with participants, facilitators, and partners in the time leading up to and during the Festival. We strongly encourage you to join in the fun at this unique and interactive gathering!
The agenda is designed and facilitated using Aspiration's unique participatory model, in an environment where powerpoint slides are not seen and dialogue and collaboration drive the learning.
Our philosophy centers around getting participants into small-group discussions where they can discuss topics they are passionate about and get answers to their questions and curiosities.
Wednesday November 15
All times US Pacific
9:00 Opening Circle
9:45 Meeting One Another
10:45 Break
11:00 Storysharing From Across Our Community
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Working Sessions I
- Design accessibility
- Rising authoritianism risk modeling
- Operations technology support group
- Facilitative leadership
- Security practitioners planning jam
- Organizational lynchpin burnout
- Unifying narrative with a focus on Gaza ceasefire
- Appropriate AI for nonprofits
- DWeb use cases
- Communications Strategies
- Fundraising: How foundations think
- Building sustainable FOSS Platforms
- Solving hard infrastructure problems
16:00 Closing Circle
17:00 Adjourn
Dev Summit Happy Hour
Thursday, November 16
9:00 Opening Circle
9:15 Working Sessions II
- Redefining confidence
- Tech for Palestinian Liberation
- Transforming institutions
- CiviCRM 2023
- Mapping Jam
- Technology and chronic illness
- Internet shutdowns and circumvention technology
- Nerd-ass geek sh*t
- Platform design wisdom share
- Measuring organization change
- Closing racial and gender gaps in tech
10:45 Break
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Working Sessions III
- Dynamic Movements
- Movement tools survey
- Co-ops and distributed leadership
- Superbloom's Security accessibility framework
- Positive vision for alternative infrastructure
- Preparing for a second Trump presidency
- Visualizing governance processes
- The future of journalism
- Trauma-informed practices
- Doing non-extractive research and storytelling
- Fundraising II
- What is EFF up to and how can you help?
- The future of Drupal 7
16:00 Closing Circle
17:00 Adjourn
Self-organized dinners, drinks and other fun
Semi-Official Dev Summit dinner destination: Shan Dong 328 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607
Friday, November 17
9:00 Opening Circle
9:15 Working Sessions IV
- What can be better in Wordpress?
- Taking control of the Algorithm
- Scaling up — Business & Tax Structures
- Power Mapping with data
- Identity
- Organizer technology needs: Action and Organizing Tools
- Open Source Intelligence
- Decentralized social media
- Sustaining a multiracial Dev Summit community
- Small business models
- Effective communication and Listening
- Online Communities and tools
10:45 Break
11:00 Working Sessions V
- Generative AI
- Hobbies
- Data Feminism
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Doxxing
- Parenting and Technology
- Communities of practice
- Becoming and Being a Digital Security Worker
- Software development processes
- The 200 Year Present
- Organizational culture through onboarding