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104 <p><a href="#saturday">Saturday sessions</a></p>
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107 <p><a href="#social">Social events</a></p>
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110 <p>All times are in Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), which is UTC - 4 hours. In room numbers, "32-" refers to MIT Building 32 (the Stata Center), where all conference rooms are located.</p>
111
112 <h1 id="saturday">Saturday, 3/22</h1>
113
114 <h3>09:00 - 09:45: Registration and breakfast</h3>
115
116 <h2>09:45 - 10:45 Opening Keynote</h2>
117
118 <h3>Welcome</h3>
119
120 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#sullivan">John Sullivan</a>, executive director, Free Software Foundation</em> <br />
121 <strong>Room 32-123</strong> </p>
122
123 <h3>Keynote</h3>
124
125 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gardner">Sue Gardner</a>, outgoing executive director, Wikimedia Foundation</em> <br />
126 <strong>Room 32-123</strong> </p>
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128 <h3>10:45 - 10:55 | Break</h3>
129
130 <h2>10:55 - 11:40 | Session block 1</h2>
131
132 <h3>Fighting surveillance with free software</h3>
133
134 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#wilson">Holmes Wilson</a></em> <br />
135 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></strong> <br />
136 Millions of people have demanded an end to the NSA's mass spying programs. But we can't rely on governments to end government surveillance. Free software and end-to-end crypto is key. To protect the world from bulk spying, we need to make software that's secure <em>and</em> easy to use.</p>
137
138 <h3>Opus, Daala, and free codec updates</h3>
139
140 <p><em>Gregory Maxwell, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#montgomery">Monty Montgomery</a></em> <br />
141 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
142 An update on the the Xiph.Org Foundation's free codec projects, focusing on the next generation Opus and Daala codecs, and where we plan to go with development and advocacy in the near future.</p>
143
144 <h3>Respects Your Freedom hardware certification</h3>
145
146 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gay">Joshua Gay</a></em> <br />
147 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
148 The "Respects Your Freedom" device certification
149 program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as
150 much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will
151 ensure that you have control over the devices you own. Learn about the
152 certification process, certified products, the companies behind them, and our vision and hopes for the future.</p>
153
154 <h3>Lightning talks</h3>
155
156 <p><em>Facilitator: Donald Robertson</em> <br />
157 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
158 Lightning talks are short presentations given by conference attendees on free software topics they're passionate about. Come to any or all of the three sessions to talk or just listen. <a href="https://libreplanet.org/2014/lightning">Register to give a talk</a>. If you have slides, bring them on a flash drive before you plan to talk.</p>
159
160 <h3>11:40 - 11:50 | Break</h3>
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162 <h2>11:50 - 12:35 | Session block 2</h2>
163
164 <h3>An overview of OpenPGP</h3>
165
166 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#tagliamonte">Paul Tagliamonte</a></em> <br />
167 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></strong> <br />
168 OpenPGP is the standard upon which modern cryptography systems are built upon. The Free Software OpenPGP implementation, GnuPG, is used ubiquitously throughout the free software world, and many people depend on safe and secure communications while using it. This talk will cover the basics of OpenPGP's format, and a very brief overview of how crypto systems, such as GnuPG, encode and send your data. This talk may assume technical knowledge for some parts.</p>
169
170 <h3>Get started contributing to MediaWiki</h3>
171
172 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#holmquist">Mark Holmquist</a></em> <br />
173 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
174 In this session, we'll lay the groundwork for working with the MediaWiki software, a PHP and JavaScript Web application that, through extensions, can be used for a great many purposes. You may be familiar with MediaWiki from Wikipedia, the Free Software Directory, or one of the thousands of other independent wikis that run the software.</p>
175
176 <h3>Considering the future of copyleft: how will the next generation perceive GPL?</h3>
177
178 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#kuhn">Bradley Kuhn</a></em> <br />
179 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
180 Copyleft licenses, particularly the GPL and LGPL, are widely used throughout the free software community. Over the last few years, recent debates have led many to various conclusions about the popularity of copyleft. This talk will discuss where copyleft stands today, how it interacts with the modern free software world, and how copyleft advocates may need to adapt to th future of Free Software licensing.</p>
181
182 <h3>Lightning talks continued</h3>
183
184 <p><em>Facilitator: Donald Robertson</em> <br />
185 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
186 Lightning talks are short presentations given by conference attendees on free software topics they're passionate about. Come to any or all of the three sessions to talk or just listen. <a href="https://libreplanet.org/2014/lightning">Register to give a talk</a>. If you have slides, bring them on a flash drive before you plan to talk.</p>
187
188 <h2>12:35 - 13:50 | Lunch</h2>
189
190 <h3>Digital Media Conference Open Planning Meeting</h3>
191
192 <p><em>Facilitators: Suren Moodliar, Jason Pramas</em> <br />
193 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
194 Interested in helping to organize a Cambridge confab on the social and political dimensions of digital technology? Then join this lunchtime discussion to start planning the fourth iteration of the annual Digital Media Conference -- coming up in October at Lesley University. Check <a href="http://digitalmediaconference.org">digitalmediaconference.org</a> for more background.</p>
195
196 <h2>13:50 - 14:35 | Session block 3</h2>
197
198 <h3>Your Web apps should talk not just in English, but in español, Kiswahili, 廣州話, and অসমীয়া too</h3>
199
200 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#ghosal">Sucheta Ghoshal</a></em> <br />
201 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
202 This talk aims to help web developers understand what localization is and why it is important. In this talk I will explain, how MediaWiki/Wikipedia - arguably the biggest and most localized projects on the Internet - handle internationalization, how you can do it for your own apps, via jQuery.i18n (or other frameworks), and I will also talk about TranslateWiki.net, a place for free software projects to get their strings translated.</p>
203
204 <h3>Celebrating one decade of Trisquel GNU/Linux</h3>
205
206 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#perez">Ruben Rodriguez Perez</a></em> <br />
207 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
208 This year is the 10th anniversary of the fully free GNU/Linux distribution Trisquel. We will take a sneak peek of the upcoming 7.0 version "Belenos" and unveil plans for the very near future. These plans will include a renewed effort in creating educational software and improved online tools for the community, both for users and developers.</p>
209
210 <h3>Geek knowing: from FAQ to feminism 101</h3>
211
212 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#reagle">Joseph Reagle</a></em> <br />
213 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
214 In addition to information sharing and helpfulness, geek culture has a complementary norm obliging others to educate themselves on rudimentary topics. This obligation to know is expressed by way of jargon-laden exhortations such as "check the FAQ"(frequently asked questions) and "RTFM" (read the fucking manual). Additionally, the geek lexicon includes designations of the stature of the knower and the extent of what he or she knows (e.g., "newbie"). Online feminists, especially "geek feminists," are similarly beset by naive or disruptive questions, and demonstrate and further their geekiness through the deployment of the obligation to know, with some interesting differences. For instance, geek feminism includes a term for designating rudimentary (i.e., "101") knowledge, for "derailing" questions, and has novel concerns with respect to stature and extent of knowing (e.g., the Unicorn Law, impostor syndrome, and mansplaining).</p>
215
216 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint</h3>
217
218 <p><em>Facilitator: <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gay">Joshua Gay</a></em> <br />
219 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
220 Tens of thousands of people visit the Free Software Directory each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info. Stop by any or all of the three sessions today to help improve existing entries, add to new ones, or to find out about our latest efforts, such as importing package info from GNU/Linux distributions. No experience required.</p>
221
222 <h3>14:35 - 14:45 | Break</h3>
223
224 <h2>14:45 - 16:05 | Session block 4</h2>
225
226 <h3>The creeping techno-surveillance state: how can we fight back?</h3>
227
228 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#crockford">Kade Crockford</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#levy">Josh Levy</a></em> <br />
229 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></strong> <br />
230 The government is tracking who you call and when. Snoops are reading your emails. Internet companies like Facebook, Google, and Yahoo are working with companies you've never heard of to compile deep, secret profiles of millions of us, sell the data, and make billions. We're being surveilled from all sides. This panel will address practical responses to the creeping techno-surveillance state. How are individuals and communities responding when so many of our private details are being hoovered up, in secret and for secret purposes? What are the best practices for navigating the spy-infested waters of the Internet? We've reached a point in which opting-out is no longer an option. Instead, we must arm ourselves with new digital habits, policy solutions and grassroots pressure to protect our digital rights. The NSA, the defense establishment, and Silicon Valley are incredibly powerful. How can we possibly fight back? What are the policy solutions that will roll back the laws that enable government spying and hold companies accountable when they collude in these programs or go too far with their own corporate surveillance practices? How can individuals work with others to pressure Congress, governmental agencies, and Internet companies to do the right thing and protect our privacy?</p>
231
232 <h3>No more mouse: saving elementary education</h3>
233
234 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#bender">Walter Bender</a></em> <br />
235 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
236 The lack of a mouse and the presence of "the mouse" are having a detrimental impact on global elementary education. The rush to adopt tablets is putting passive tools of consumption into the hands of young learners at a time in their development when "making" is paramount. The "Disneyification" of media further erodes the opportunity for personal expression by young learners. In this panel we will characterize these threats and discuss strategies for combating them.</p>
237
238 <h3>Beyond the women in tech talk</h3>
239
240 <p><em>ginger coons, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#hendren">Sara Hendren</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#kyra">Kÿra</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#zhurakhinskaya">Marina Zhurakhinskaya</a></em> <br />
241 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
242 In the last several years, free software projects and events have made great strides in representing the voices of groups which have previously had almost no voice. The ratio of female presenters at major conferences is on the rise, and nearly every event boasts a talk or panel specifically about the place of women in technology. In this panel, we propose to go further. We ask: what comes after representation? Now that we have found ways to give voice to a second gender in free software, how can we actively and effectively make room for others? With a specific emphasis on race, sexuality and gender beyond the binary, this panel seeks to explore ways of advancing our discussions beyond the simple metrics of representation. We aim to both raise issues and offer tools for thinking further than the mere problem of presence. </p>
243
244 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint continued</h3>
245
246 <p><em>Facilitator: <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gay">Joshua Gay</a></em> <br />
247 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
248 Tens of thousands of people visit the Free Software Directory each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info. Stop by any or all of the three sessions today to help improve existing entries, add to new ones, or to find out about our latest efforts, such as importing package info from GNU/Linux distributions. No experience required.</p>
249
250 <h3>16:05- 16:15 | Break</h3>
251
252 <h2>16:15 - 17:35 | Session block 5</h2>
253
254 <h3>Update on the circumvention tech community and how to get involved</h3>
255
256 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.htm#anhalt">Carolyn Anhalt</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#merrill">Nick Merrill</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#ordonez">Sandra Ordonez</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#rosamond">George Rosamond</a></em> <br />
257 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></strong> <br />
258 The Circumvention Tech community is behind the creation of various free software anti-surveillance and anti-censorship tools, with Tor being the most well known. It also includes organizations that help journalists, activists, and citizens understand different strategies and tactics they can use to protect and empower themselves online. Hear from key voices about: where and why these technologies are used, and current challenges in the space; who makes up the circumvention tech community, and how it compares to other free software communities; how to get involved, with an intro into key community gathering points, like Techno Activism 3rd Monday and Noisy Square; and a case study on how to make the space sustainable.</p>
259
260 <h3>Mapping for social justice</h3>
261
262 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#misshula">Evan Misshula</a></em> <br />
263 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
264 Web and static map making to highlight inequality and injustice. Tools covered include R -maptools, leaflet.js, d3.js, Tilemill, postgres/postgis, and Open Street map.</p>
265
266 <h3>Nurturing non-coders</h3>
267
268 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#blanc">Molly de Blanc</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#nicholson">Deb Nicholson</a></em> <br />
269 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
270 Free software projects need coders, but they also need good writers for documentation, press releases, and blogging; experts on outreach, fundraising, and volunteer management; and friendly packs of translators. A lot of projects don't have these people, and when they do show up, they don't always stick around.</p>
271
272 <p>Deb and Molly will lead a discussion on the process of bringing in non-coding contributors. How do you find these folks? And then what can your project do to bring them in and keep them around, happily contributing? We don't have all the answers, but we feel that this is a critical topic for the free software movement's future growth beyond the community of super users. </p>
273
274 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint continued</h3>
275
276 <p><em>Facilitator: <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gay">Joshua Gay</a></em> <br />
277 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
278 Tens of thousands of people visit the Free Software Directory each month to discover free software. Each entry in the Directory contains a wealth of useful information, from basic category and descriptions, to providing detailed info about version control, IRC channels, documentation, and licensing info. Stop by any or all of the three sessions today to help improve existing entries, add to new ones, or to find out about our latest efforts, such as importing package info from GNU/Linux distributions. No experience required.</p>
279
280 <h3>17:35 - 17:45 | Break</h3>
281
282 <h2>17:45 - 18:45 | Keynote &amp; Free Software Awards</h2>
283
284 <h3>Current issues in freedom: patents, surveillance, etc.</h3>
285
286 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#moglen">Eben Moglen</a></em> <br />
287 <strong>Room 32-123</strong> <br />
288 The free software movement has never seen a time like this before. We are at a turning point in the struggle over patenting software. Edward Snowden has shown the world why unfree technology imperils political liberty, but we are challenged by the need to cure the Internet of the harm done by the <em>de facto</em> coalition of government spies and data-miners. Our legal and political initiatives may succeed on an unprecedented scale, but we face new and more complex problems as well.</p>
289
290 <h3>Free Software Awards</h3>
291
292 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#stallman">Richard Stallman</a></em> <br />
293 <strong>Room 32-123</strong></p>
294
295 <h1 id="sunday">Sunday, 3/23</h1>
296
297 <h3>09:00 - 09:45 | Registration and breakfast</h3>
298
299 <h2>09:45 - 10:45 Keynote</h2>
300
301 <h3>Free software for freedom, surveillance and you</h3>
302
303 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#appelbaum">Jacob Appelbaum</a></em> <br />
304 <strong>Room 32-123 (remote from Berlin via Web-cast)</strong> </p>
305
306 <h3>10:45 - 10:55 | Break</h3>
307
308 <h2>10:55 - 11:40 | Session block 6</h2>
309
310 <h3>Free your JavaScript</h3>
311
312 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#wick">Zachary Wick</a></em> <br />
313 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#activism">Activism</a></strong> <br />
314 This talk will focus on how to write, validate, and release freely licensed JavaScript. Writing and releasing your JavaScript under a free license helps your users avoid "The JavaScript Trap." This talk will also demonstrate how developers and webmasters can use GNU LibreJS to ensure that their users don't have to give up their computing freedom to use the websites that they are responsible for.</p>
315
316 <h3>What does this program do? Reproducible builds, transparency, and freedom</h3>
317
318 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#schoen">Seth Schoen</a></em> <br />
319 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
320 Today we often use binaries that someone claims were built from particular source code, but we usually have no way to check that the source and binaries we've been actually given correspond to one another. We rely on someone's say-so, and they might be wrong! Software developers and the infrastructure used to create and distribute software are significant targets of attack. We need ways to give everybody meaningful assurances about the provenance and integrity of the software they use.</p>
321
322 <h3>Building an open digital archive in India: knowledge, access and other issues</h3>
323
324 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#raval">Noopur Raval</a></em> <br />
325 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
326 This session will discuss two case studies that involve archiving different kinds of cultural information resources in the Indian context using free software and the challenges therein. It will also discuss the possibility of collaborating and licensing issues faced in India.</p>
327
328 <h3>Free software messaging</h3>
329
330 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#nicholson">Deb Nicholson</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#sandler">Karen Sandler</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#webber">Chris Webber</a></em> <br />
331 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
332 Following up on last year's session, we will talk about ways to explain software freedom and more generally advocate for the cause with various audiences. We'll brainstorm specific ideas and talk about organizational approaches going forward. No prior experience is necessary to join this session, especially since a little enthusiasm can go a long way in helping to get the word out!</p>
333
334 <h3>11:40 - 11:50 | Break</h3>
335
336 <h2>11:50 - 12:35 | Session block 7</h2>
337
338 <h3>1984+30: GNU speech to defeat e-newspeak</h3>
339
340 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#oliva">Alexandre Oliva</a></em> <br />
341 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
342 In Orwell's 1984, Newspeak had its vocabulary reduced so that subversive ideas could not be expressed. Likewise, user-programmable general-purpose computers are losing ground to ones that don't let users express the computations they wish to perform, unless they are available in exclusive appstores. Unable to program, users lose the freedom to improve software, and even the notion that they could! Failing to realize the importance of essential software freedoms, they fail to demand them! That's double plus unGNU! Let's fix it!</p>
343
344 <h3>State of the goblin</h3>
345
346 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#webber">Christopher Webber</a></em> <br />
347 <strong>Room 32-141 | Track: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
348 Christopher Allan Webber of GNU MediaGoblin discusses the past, present, and future of free network services. Issues of network freedom have gained much attention over the last six years, and increasingly so both within and outside of the software freedom communities. Progress has been made, but present adoption shows we have a ways to go.</p>
349
350 <p>What opportunities and challenges face free network services? Ranging from licensing decisions, technical choices, protocols, deployment configuration, and how we message ourselves, many components inform the past, present, and future of this field. Join Christopher Allan Webber of GNU MediaGoblin in talking about what can be done so that network freedom can be something that everyone can feasibly enjoy.</p>
351
352 <h3>Distributed free-cultural production and the future of creative economy</h3>
353
354 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#slavitskaya">Fateh Slavitskaya</a></em> <br />
355 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
356 A field report from the Urchin animated film studio and libre media group, proposing a development path that unites federated publishing with decentralized production. It responds to the problem of free software tools and free culture as marginal zones, and asks how we can implement advantages of the libre modality without merely imitating the topography of the restrictive commercial world. More broadly, it considers how we can galvanize a distinct ecology to re-seed the internet (and global policy) according to the conventions of freedom, if we can create a compellingly attractive use case for them. This talk touches on Blender, MediaGoblin, Krita, Inkscape, Gimp, Pitivi, Ardour, and issues of funding in both software and the arts.</p>
357
358 <h3>Free software messaging meeting continued</h3>
359
360 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#nicholson">Deb Nicholson</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#sandler">Karen Sandler</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#webber">Chris Webber</a></em> <br />
361 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
362 Following up on last year's session, we will talk about ways to explain software freedom and more generally advocate for the cause with various audiences. We'll brainstorm specific ideas and talk about organizational approaches going forward. No prior experience is necessary to join this session, especially since a little enthusiasm can go a long way in helping to get the word out!</p>
363
364 <h2>12:35 - 13:50 | Lunch</h2>
365
366 <h2>13:50- 14:35 | Session block 8</h2>
367
368 <h3>Free software activism: a European perspective and experience</h3>
369
370 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#allorge">Lionel Allorge</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#couchet">Frederic Couchet</a></em> <br />
371 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#activism">Activism</a></strong> <br />
372 For a long time, hackers have been creating a lot of free software. Each free software project is an important contribution to ensure that all software users have the freedom to control their computers. Free software use has been increasing, but impediments to its development still exist today. From copyright threats to patents, including treacherous computing, bundled sales of computer with software, FUD, and threats to net neutrality, the causes for concern are numerous. Free software cannot develop fully without a benevolent political and legislative environment. That is where April plays a crucial role in France and Europe, along with allied organizations. Its actions, thanks to its volunteers and its staff, are precious for everyone who produces and/or use free software. It is the organization's small contribution to the free software movement. We will present April, how it operates, the current European issues they are working on, and future perspectives and share strategies, successes, and challenges.</p>
373
374 <h3>Updating Mailman's UI</h3>
375
376 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#duffy">Máirín Duffy</a></em> <br />
377 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#projects">Projects</a></strong> <br />
378 As part of the Mailman 3 project, the Hyperkitty mail archiver will be introducing a new user interface for browsing mailing lists and we're hoping it'll improve the ability of free software projects to communicate effectively. Learn more about the new interface, its design, and our progress, including a report on OPW intern Karen Tang's work with the Hyperkitty UI.</p>
379
380 <h3>Adventures in hackademia: leveraging free software in the classroom</h3>
381
382 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#decausemaker">Remy DeCausemaker</a></em> <br />
383 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied Free Software</a></strong> <br />
384 This session will cover the curriculum, methodology, and contributions made for and by the students of the Humanitarian Free/Open Source Software Development course at Rochester Institute of Technology in Upstate New York. This is the gateway course for a newly minted, first-of-its-kind, academic minor in Free/Open Source Software and Free Culture. Course materials are licensed CC-BY-SA, source code is available online, and patches are always welcome.</p>
385
386 <h3>F-Droid sprint</h3>
387
388 <p><em>Facilitator: William Theaker</em> <br />
389 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
390 F-Droid is an easily-installable catalogue of free software applications for Android and Replicant devices. Stop any or all of the three sessions to improve existing entries and add new ones, and make it easier for people to install free software on their mobile devices. No experience required.</p>
391
392 <h3>14:35 - 14:45 | Break</h3>
393
394 <h2>14:45 - 16:05 | Session block 9</h2>
395
396 <h3>Tracking changes: activists using free software across movements</h3>
397
398 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#glaser">April Glaser</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#martina">Ana Martina</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#reinish">Libby Reinish</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#staples">Dan Staples</a></em> <br />
399 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#activism">Activism</a></strong> <br />
400 For years, activists have been using free software tools in their efforts to organize and build movements. Bringing together organizers from the media justice and digital rights movements, which all rely on the use of free software in their advocacy and essential communications, this panel explores the centrality of technology to all projects of social change. We will question how activists use free software and how the adoption of free software has helped or impeded networking efforts.</p>
401
402 <h3>Choosing between freedom and security</h3>
403
404 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#garrett">Matthew Garrett</a></em> <br />
405 <strong>Room 32-141, 14:45 - 15:15 | Thread: <a href="#surveillance">Surveillance</a></strong> <br />
406 2013 taught us that our computers are less secure than we'd hoped. What is the role of free software in improving our security? Does improving security mean compromising our freedoms? Or can we simultaneously increase user freedom <em>and</em> improve system security?</p>
407
408 <h3>Diversity outreach</h3>
409
410 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#sandler">Karen Sandler</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#zhurakhinskaya">Marina Zhurakhinskaya</a></em> <br />
411 <strong>Room 32-141, 15:20 - 16:05 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
412 Since 2010, the GNOME Foundation's Outreach Program for Women has provided 130 women with an opportunity to participate in remote internships with twenty three free software organizations. It has helped participants become established free software contributors and has made a deep impact on the communities that have participated. We'll present what currently makes the program successful and will seek input from the audience about how the program can be expanded to offer opportunities to other underrepresented people, in addition to women.</p>
413
414 <h3>Promoting free software adoption (and creation) in the public sector</h3>
415
416 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#glenn">Ezra Glenn</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#oram">Andy Oram</a></em> <br />
417 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
418 The session will present an overview of the "natural fit" between free software and the values of government agencies in a democracy (transparency; openness; participation and empowerment; cost-savings; collaboration), and then proceed to discuss recent successes -- and persistent challenges -- in the campaign to get public-sector organizations to adopt, accommodate -- and ideally support and create -- free software tools and open standards.</p>
419
420 <h3>F-Droid sprint continued</h3>
421
422 <p><em>Facilitator: William Theaker</em> <br />
423 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
424 F-Droid is an easily-installable catalogue of free software applications for Android and Replicant devices. Stop any or all of the three sessions to improve existing entries and add new ones, and make it easier for people to install free software on their mobile devices. No experience required.</p>
425
426 <h3>16:05 - 16:15 | Break</h3>
427
428 <h2>16:15 - 17:35 | Session block 10</h2>
429
430 <h3>Lessons in tech activism</h3>
431
432 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#moser">Dana Moser</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#moyer">Kendra Moyer</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#revilak">Steve Revilak</a></em> <br />
433 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: <a href="#activism">Activism</a></strong> <br />
434 This session will be devoted to tech activism. We'll talk about activism to promote free software, some types of activism you can do with free software, and some of the challenges involved in getting activist groups to adopt free software.</p>
435
436 <h3>IT cooperation: accessible, free, and open</h3>
437
438 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gal">Yochai Gal</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#cheney">Emily Lippold Cheney</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#monk">Leandro Monk</a></em> <br />
439 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: <a href="#movement-b">Movement-building</a></strong> <br />
440 This session will introduce you to the philosophy and practice of cooperation, which can help you to live out the principles of free software as a consumer and worker in the tech sector. We will give an overview on the cooperative model and movement, how it relates to the free software philosophy, and provide real ways for you to begin connecting free software to cooperation -- from democratizing your workplace to cross-movement coordination. Voices from different perspectives within the free software and cooperative movements are represented in the slate of presenters, which ensures that we will be equipped to answer your questions and/or point you to additional resources. </p>
441
442 <h3>Free software and open science</h3>
443
444 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#ball">Madeleine Ball</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#gordon-mckeon">Shauna Gordon-McKeon</a>, <a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#warren">Jeffrey Warren</a></em> <br />
445 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: <a href="#applied-fs">Applied free software</a></strong> <br />
446 The open science movement is a grassroots and growing effort to make science publicly accessible. While securing open access to published results is the most well known open science issue, activists are also working towards: breaking down the barriers between scientist and non-scientist through participatory research and citizen science; opening up the data and methods of published studies to allow reproducible results and meta-analysis; and highlighting the importance of contributions beyond patents and papers, such as the creation of free hardware and free software tools.</p>
447
448 <p>In this panel, activists at the intersection of open science and free software will discuss how the two movements can learn from each other and work together. How do free software and open science differ in their approaches to shared goals of communal knowledge? What technical barriers to open science exist, and how can free software advocates help? How can open science projects build free software communities?</p>
449
450 <h3>F-Droid sprint continued</h3>
451
452 <p><em>Facilitator: William Theaker</em> <br />
453 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
454 F-Droid is an easily-installable catalogue of free software applications for Android and Replicant devices. Stop any or all of the three sessions to improve existing entries and add new ones, and make it easier for people to install free software on their mobile devices. No experience required.</p>
455
456 <h3>17:35 - 17:45 | Break</h3>
457
458 <h2>17:45 - 18:45 | Closing Keynote</h2>
459
460 <h3>We can't all be cyborg lawyers: how messaging may be our most important obstacle</h3>
461
462 <p><em><a href="/2014/program/speakers.html#sandler">Karen Sandler</a></em> <br />
463 <strong>Room 32-123</strong> <br />
464 Explaining the importance of free software and its ideology to new audiences has always been a challenge. Karen will discuss the challenges inherent in free software messaging and why it's so important to win the allies we need going forward. She will share what she's learned from recent experiences in the GNOME and free software communities generally, and discuss strategies that could take our movement to the next level.</p>
465
466 <h2 id="threads">Program threads</h2>
467
468 <p><em>LibrePlanet 2014 does not have traditional program tracks. Instead, we've woven thematic “threads” throughout the program.</em></p>
469
470 <p id="surveillance"><strong>Surveillance:</strong> If we want to defang surveillance programs like PRISM, we need to stop using centralized systems and come together to build an Internet that's decentralized, trustworthy, and free "as in freedom." The sessions in this thread cover everything from technical to legislative approaches to protecting ourselves and others from surveillance. </p>
471
472 <ul>
473 <li>Choosing between freedom and security </li>
474 <li>GNU vs. NSA </li>
475 <li>OpenPGP </li>
476 <li>Everybody spies </li>
477 <li>Circumvention tech </li>
478 </ul>
479
480 <p id="applied-fs"><strong>Applied free software:</strong> What are some of the ways that free software is being used in other fields and disciplines? From the halls of academia, to the arts, from board rooms, to Occupy Wall Street, free software is everywhere! </p>
481
482 <ul>
483 <li>Adventures in hackademia: Leveraging humanitarian free software in the classroom </li>
484 <li>No more mouse: Saving elementary education </li>
485 <li>Promoting free software adoption (and creation) in the public sector </li>
486 <li>Free software and open science </li>
487 <li>Mapping for social justice </li>
488 <li>Rethinking art archives </li>
489 <li>Distributed free-cultural production and the future of creative economy </li>
490 </ul>
491
492 <p id="projects"><strong>Projects:</strong> Learn what your favorite free software projects are up to, or get exposed to new ones! These sessions are for people who want to learn more about a specific free software project.</p>
493
494 <ul>
495 <li>Trisquel: ten years </li>
496 <li>What does this program do? </li>
497 <li>Opus, Daala, and free codec updates </li>
498 <li>State of the Goblin </li>
499 <li>Updating Mailman's UI </li>
500 <li>Get started contributing to MediaWiki </li>
501 </ul>
502
503 <p id="activism"><strong>Activism</strong>: How is free software being used for social change, and how are people advocating for free software adoption? If you're an organizer or want to learn more about advocating for free software, these sessions are for you.</p>
504
505 <ul>
506 <li>Free software activism: a European perspective </li>
507 <li>Tracking changes </li>
508 <li>Lessons in tech activism </li>
509 <li>Free your JavaScript </li>
510 </ul>
511
512 <p id="movement-b"><strong>Movement-building:</strong> For free software to become ubiquitous, we have to build a strong free software movement, one where everyone has access, feels welcome, and has an opportunity to take leadership. These sessions focus on ways to strengthen our movement. </p>
513
514 <ul>
515 <li>1984+30: GNU speech to defeat e-newspeak </li>
516 <li>Considering the future of copyleft: how will the next generation perceive GPL? </li>
517 <li>Diversity outreach </li>
518 <li>IT cooperation: accessible, free, &amp; open </li>
519 <li>Beyond the "women in tech talk": after representation, identity politics </li>
520 <li>Geek knowing: from FAQ to feminism 101 </li>
521 <li>Nurturing non-coders </li>
522 <li>Your webapps should talk not just in English, but in español, Kiswahili, 廣州話 and অসমীয়া too</li>
523 </ul>
524
525 <h2 id="social">Social events</h2>
526 <h3>The 0th SpinachCon</h3>
527
528 <p><a href="https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/the-0th-spinachcon">Full description.</a></p>
529 <p>Sometimes your favorite free software has a piece of spinach in its teeth, and they need you to let them know. By providing feedback and constructive criticism about user-experience for the inaugural group of participating free software projects, you'll be helping to build better free software! Featuring GNU Mailman, GNU MediaGoblin, LibreOffice, and Inkscape, SpinachCon is a five hour open house dedicated to improving user-experience in free software.</p>
530
531 <p><strong>12:00 - 17:00, Friday, 3/21</strong> <br />
532 <strong><a href="http://industry-lab.com/">Industry Lab</a></strong> <br />
533 <strong>288 Norfolk Street</strong> <br />
534 <strong>Cambridge MA, 02139</strong> </p>
535
536 <h3>Free Software Foundation open house and cryptoparty</h3>
537
538 <p>Mingle at the FSF office before the conference with speakers and other attendees. Refreshments will be served. FSF campaigns staff and volunteers will lead an optional cryptoparty during the open house. Please bring your laptop and a USB drive if you'd like to participate.</p>
539
540 <p><strong>17:00 - 19:30, Friday 3/21</strong> <br />
541 <strong>FSF Office (<a href="https://libreplanet.org/2014/logistics/#getting_around">transportation tips</a>)</strong> <br />
542 <strong>51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor</strong> <br />
543 <strong>Boston, MA 02110</strong> </p>
544
545 <h3>Women's dinner</h3>
546
547 <p>There will be an unofficial women's dinner (for people who identify as women) before LibrePlanet again this year. It will be held at Chau Chow City, a restaurant in Boston's Chinatown within easy walking distance of the FSF's office. Chau Chow City has plenty of vegetarian and vegan options, isn't too pricey, and has a full bar.</p>
548
549 <p><strong>19:45, Friday, 3/21</strong> <br />
550 <strong><a href="http://chauchowcity.com">Chau Chow City Restaurant</a></strong> <br />
551 <strong>83 Essex St</strong> <br />
552 <strong>Boston, MA 02111</strong> </p>
553
554 <p>Please feel free to share this with any other free software/free culture-interested folks who identify as women, whether they are attending LibrePlanet or not. Please <a href="mailto:info@fsf.org">RSVP</a> with "RSVP Women's Dinner" in the subject line to let us know that you're coming (and how many other women you will bring) so that we can make sure the restaurant is ready for us. </p>
555
556 <h3>Saturday night party and raffle</h3>
557
558 <p>A social with food and drinks available, including plenty of vegan options. Meet new people from the free software movement, reconnect with friends from previous LibrePlanet conferences, and win free software prizes in the raffle.</p>
559
560 <p>To get to Asgard from the Stata Center, walk west on Vassar Street
561 and take a right (north) on Massachusetts Avenue for
562 approximately .5 miles / 1km.</p>
563
564 <p><strong>19:30 - 23:00, with raffle drawing at 21:00, Saturday, 3/22</strong> <br />
565 <strong><a href="http://www.classicirish.com/asgard-home.php">Asgard Pub &amp; Restaurant</a></strong> <br />
566 <strong>350 Massachusetts Avenue</strong> <br />
567 <strong>Cambridge, MA 02139</strong> </p>
568
569 <h3>Electronic Frontier Foundation Speakeasy with the Free Software Foundation</h3>
570
571 <p><em><a href="https://www.eff.org/event/boston-area-eff-speakeasy-free-software-foundation">EFF event page</a></em> <br />
572 The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Free Software Foundation will join forces for an EFF and FSF supporters' Speakeasy. Come to chat with EFF activist April Glaser and our friends at the Free Software Foundation about our work. Whether you're interested in the development and adoption of free software or you'd like to receive an update from the front lines of the fight the rein in the NSA, you'll find plenty of people to talk to about digital rights and programming freedom.</p>
573
574 <p>This event is open to everyone. Hope to see you there!</p>
575
576 <p><strong>19:30, Sunday, 3/23</strong> <br />
577 <strong><a href="http://graftonstreetcambridge.com/">Grafton Street Pub &amp; Grill</a></strong> <br />
578 <strong>1230 Massachusetts Avenue</strong> <br />
579 <strong>Cambridge, MA 02138</strong> </p>
580
581 <h3>Sunday pub night</h3>
582
583 <p>Grendel's Den in Harvard Square is a favorite among the Boston-area free software community. Join us at this local institution, which offers reasonable prices on good food and beer in a quirky and cozy atmosphere.</p>
584
585 <p><strong>21:00 - 01:00, Sunday, 3/23</strong> <br />
586 <strong><a href="http://www.grendelsden.com/">Grendel's Den</a></strong> <br />
587 <strong>89 Winthrop Street</strong> <br />
588 <strong>Cambridge MA 02138</strong> </p>
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