Jon Connors, founder of restore-a-thon, brings together developers and AI enthusiasts to create solutions for real world social challenges. Through these high-energy hackathons, he helps technologists leverage artificial intelligence for action and policy innovation. Connors also co-founded Tax Free Gains, a startup tax advisory and serves as an AI advisor to early-stage startups, combining his passion for technology with sustainable business growth.

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Open Sourcing Hollywood -- Can open source principles be used to harness the power of community and take over the movie business

Legion M is a fan-owned movie studio owned by a community of over 54,000 investors that has produced movies with the likes of Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Sean Astin and Ali Larter. Co-founder Jeff Annison is at SCALE and would love to talk with members of the FLOSS community with ideas ando/or interest in applying open-source principles and best practices to the art of creating and releasing movies & TV.

 

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pAI Hackathon for Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

Jon will highlight the work of the Personal AI Hackathon focused on emergency response and fire resilience, where pAI can assist in real-time decision-making, disaster communication, and situational awareness. Leveraging offline-capable, distributed AI, first responders and affected communities can access critical information and coordination tools without being overly reliant on fragile infrastructure services.

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