- <h4>When open is not enough: educators and academia grapple with the need for libre</h4>
- <span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#quilter">Laura Quilter</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#allen">Nicole Allen</a></span>
- <p>New research techniques like data mining have highlighted the shortcomings in "free" (as in beer) licensing of academic research, and the benefits of "libre" licensing that permits true scholarly engagement with data and scholarship. These challenges apply equally in the education sphere, where teachers often need to manipulate resources and not simply distribute them. We will survey what is sometimes called the "open movement" in academia, which incorporates open access, open education, and open data. How are researchers and educators grappling with these challenges, and what can they learn from the free software movement?</p>
+ <h3>Rock your Emacs</h3>
+ <span class="label label-default">Room 32-141</span> <span class="session-speaker"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#sturmfels">Ben Sturmfels</a></span>
+ <p>Do you love Emacs, but have never understood the strange code with lots of brackets? You're missing out on one of the great joys of Emacs — customising it to work exactly the way you want. It turns out that Emacs is little more than an interpreter for Lisp code interpreter, and once you know a little Emacs Lisp, almost anything is possible.</p>
+
+ <p>After attending this tutorial, you will know how to:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>make persistent customisations to your Emacs</li>
+ <li>read basic Emacs Lisp code</li>
+ <li>modify Emacs Lisp code as well as writing your own</li>
+ <li>customise behaviour for distinct modes</li>
+ <li>bind your favourite commands to keys</li>
+ <li>answer your own questions with the amazing documentation system</li>
+ <li>use built-in Emacs Lisp development tools like the debugger</li>
+ <li>write your own reusable modules for Emacs customisations</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>This workshop will be enjoyed most if you already have a little programming experience.</p>