In this talk, Leslie Hawthorn will explore the successes and setbacks of Google Summer of Code, the first global program designed to introduce University students to Free and Open Source software development practices and methodologies. Leslie will discuss the program\'s inception, history, and impact, and the evolving requirements for managing a large scale global community. She will share lessons learned during the past three years as the program\'s Community Manager and highlight select success stories from students in Brazil.

Leslie Hawthorn is a Program Manager for Google’s Open Source Programs Office, where she’s the Community Manager for the Google Summer of Code program. She also conceived and managed the Google Highly Open Participation Contest, the world’s first global initiative to get pre-university students involved in all aspects of Open Source software development. Leslie serves on the Advisory Board of the GNOME Foundation and the Open Source Business Resource, as well as the Steering Committee for the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Project. Her personal website is http://www.hawthornlandings.org or you can find her on identi.ca (@lh) and Twitter (@lhawthorn).