The conference was a meeting of open source developers working on projects sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. People from all over the world came. There were developers from Australia, Spain, Portugal, and there was even supposed to be one from South Africa but that was cancelled when he was unable to get his visa.
Still, there were many good friends to converse with.
The highlight of the opening day was when Elder Bednar came to speak with us. Elder Bednar is a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the second highest presiding body in the LDS church. He talked on the importance of General Conference (a conference for all LDS church members also occurring this weekend), and talked about how technology is being used to reach people who otherwise couldn't be reached. He then opened the floor for questions on any subject, and we were delighted to hear him answer open questions for over an hour. It seemed like only a few minutes.
The day concluded with a high-level overview of some of the technologies being exposed for use by the community developers, and an overview of some of the sessions to be attended the next day.
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