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 104
 105 <p><a href="#saturday">Saturday sessions</a></p>
 106 <p><a href="#sunday">Sunday sessions</a></p>
 107 <p><a href="#social">Social events</a></p>
 108
 109                           </div>
 110                         </div>
 111 <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>
 112
 113 <h1><a id="saturday">Saturday, 3/22</a></h1>
 114
 115 <h3>09:00 - 09:45: Registration and breakfast</h3>
 116
 117 <h2>09:45 - 10:45 Opening Keynote:</h2>
 118
 119 <h3>Introduction</h3>
 120
 121 <p><em>John Sullivan</em></p>
 122
 123 <h3>Keynote</h3>
 124
 125 <p><em>Sue Gardner</em></p>
 126
 127 <h3>10:45 - 10:55: Break</h3>
 128
 129 <h2>10:55 - 11:40 | Session block 1</h2>
 130
 131 <h3>Fighting surveillance with free software</h3>
 132
 133 <p><em>Holmes Wilson</em> <br />
 134 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance</strong> <br />
 135 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>
 136
 137 <h3>Opus, Daala, and free codec updates</h3>
 138
 139 <p><em>Gregory Maxwell, Monty Montgomery</em> <br />
 140 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects</strong> <br />
 141 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>
 142
 143 <p>FIXME: COPYEDIT</p>
 144
 145 <h2>Respects Your Freedom hardware certification</h2>
 146
 147 <p><em>Joshua Gay</em><br />
 148 <strong>Room 32-151 | Applied free software</strong>
 149 The "Respects Your Freedom" computer hardware product certification
 150 program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as
 151 much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will
 152 ensure that you have control over your device. Learn about the
 153 certification process, about the certified products and the companies
 154 behind them, and learn about our vision and hopes for the future.</p>
 155
 156 <h3>Lightning talks session 1</h3>
 157
 158 <p><em>Facilitator: Donald Robertson</em> <br />
 159 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 160 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.</p>
 161
 162 <h3>11:40 - 11:50: Break</h3>
 163
 164 <h2>11:50 - 12:35 | Session block 2</h2>
 165
 166 <h3>An overview of OpenPGP</h3>
 167
 168 <p><em>Paul Tagliamonte</em> <br />
 169 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance</strong> <br />
 170 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>
 171
 172 <h3>Get started contributing to MediaWiki</h3>
 173
 174 <p><em>Mark Holmquist</em> <br />
 175 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects</strong> <br />
 176 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>
 177
 178 <h3>Considering the future of copyleft: how will the next generation perceive GPL?</h3>
 179
 180 <p><em>Bradley Kuhn</em> <br />
 181 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 182 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>
 183
 184 <h3>Lightning talks session 2</h3>
 185
 186 <p><em>Facilitator: Donald Robertson</em> <br />
 187 <strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 188 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.</p>
 189
 190 <h2>12:35 - 13:50: Lunch</h2>
 191
 192 <h2>13:50 - 14:35 | Session block 3</h2>
 193
 194 <h3>Your Web apps should talk not just in English, but in español, Kiswahili, 廣州話, and অসমীয়া too</h3>
 195
 196 <p><em>Sucheta Ghoshal</em> <br />
 197 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 198 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>
 199
 200 <h3>Celebrating one decade of Trisquel GNU/Linux</h3>
 201
 202 <p><em>Ruben Rodriguez Perez</em> <br />
 203 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects</strong> <br />
 204 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>
 205
 206 <h3>Geek knowing: from FAQ to feminism 101</h3>
 207
 208 <p><em>Joseph Reagle</em> <br />
 209 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 210 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>
 211
 212 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint session 1</h3>
 213
 214 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 215 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>
 216
 217 <h3>14:35 - 14:45: Break</h3>
 218
 219 <h2>14:45 - 16:05: Workshop session 1</h2>
 220
 221 <h3>The creeping techno-surveillance state: how can we fight back?</h3>
 222
 223 <p><em>Kade Crockford, Josh Levy</em> <br />
 224 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance</strong> <br />
 225 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>
 226
 227 <h3>No more mouse: saving elementary education</h3>
 228
 229 <p><em>Walter Bender</em> <br />
 230 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 231 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>
 232
 233 <h3>Beyond the women in tech talk</h3>
 234
 235 <p><em>ginger coons, Sara Hendren, Kÿra</em> <br />
 236 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 237 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>
 238
 239 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint session 2</h3>
 240
 241 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 242 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>
 243
 244 <h3>16:05- 16:15: Break</h3>
 245
 246 <h2>16:15 - 17:35: Workshop session 2</h2>
 247
 248 <h3>Update on the circumvention tech community and how to get involved</h3>
 249
 250 <p><em>Carolyn Anhalt, Nick Merrill, Sandra Ordonez, George Rosamond</em> <br />
 251 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance</strong> <br />
 252 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>
 253
 254 <h3>Mapping for social justice</h3>
 255
 256 <p><em>Evan Misshula</em> <br />
 257 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 258 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>
 259
 260 <h3>Nurturing non-coders</h3>
 261
 262 <p><em>Molly de Blanc, Deb Nicholson</em> <br />
 263 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 264 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>
 265
 266 <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>
 267
 268 <h3>Free Software Directory sprint session 3</h3>
 269
 270 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 271 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>
 272
 273 <h3>17:35 - 17:45: Break</h3>
 274
 275 <h3>17:45 - 18:45: Free Software Awards</h3>
 276
 277 <p><em>Eben Moglen, Richard Stallman</em></p>
 278
 279 <h1><a id="sunday">Sunday, 3/23</a></h1>
 280
 281 <h3>09:00 - 09:45: Registration and breakfast</h3>
 282
 283 <h3>09:45 - 10:45 Keynote: Free Software for freedom, surveillance and you</h3>
 284
 285 <p><em>Jacob Appelbaum (remote from Berlin via Web-cast)</em></p>
 286
 287 <h3>10:45 - 10:55: Break</h3>
 288
 289 <h2>10:55 - 11:40 | Session block 1</h2>
 290
 291 <h3>Free your JavaScript</h3>
 292
 293 <p><em>Zachary Wick</em> <br />
 294 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Activism</strong> <br />
 295 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>
 296
 297 <h3>What does this program do? Reproducible builds, transparency, and freedom</h3>
 298
 299 <p><em>Seth Schoen</em> <br />
 300 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects</strong> <br />
 301 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>
 302
 303 <h3>Building an open digital archive in India: knowledge, access and other issues</h3>
 304
 305 <p><em>Noopur Raval</em> <br />
 306 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 307 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>
 308
 309 <h3>Free software messaging meeting session 1</h3>
 310
 311 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 312 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>
 313
 314 <h3>11:40 - 11:50: Break</h3>
 315
 316 <h2>11:50 - 12:35 | Session block 2</h2>
 317
 318 <h3>1984+30: GNU speech to defeat e-newspeak</h3>
 319
 320 <p><em>Alexandre Oliva</em> <br />
 321 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 322 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>
 323
 324 <h3>State of the goblin</h3>
 325
 326 <p><em>Christopher Webber</em> <br />
 327 <strong>Room 32-141 | Track: Projects</strong> <br />
 328 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>
 329
 330 <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>
 331
 332 <h3>Distributed free-cultural production and the future of creative economy</h3>
 333
 334 <p><em>Fateh Slavitskaya</em> <br />
 335 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 336 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>
 337
 338 <h3>Free software messaging meeting session 2</h3>
 339
 340 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 341 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>
 342
 343 <h2>12:35 - 13:50: Lunch</h2>
 344
 345 <h2>13:50- 14:35 | Session block 3</h2>
 346
 347 <h3>Free software activism: a European perspective and experience</h3>
 348
 349 <p><em>Lionel Allorge, Frederic Couchet</em> <br />
 350 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Activism</strong> <br />
 351 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>
 352
 353 <h3>Updating Mailman's UI</h3>
 354
 355 <p><em>Máirín Duffy</em> <br />
 356 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects</strong> <br />
 357 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>
 358
 359 <h3>Adventures in hackademia: leveraging free software in the classroom</h3>
 360
 361 <p><em>Remy DeCausemaker</em> <br />
 362 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Applied Free Software</strong> <br />
 363 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>
 364
 365 <h3>F-Droid sprint session 1</h3>
 366
 367 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 368 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>
 369
 370 <h3>14:35 - 14:45: Break</h3>
 371
 372 <h2>14:45 - 16:05: Workshop session 1</h2>
 373
 374 <h3>Tracking changes: activists using free software across movements</h3>
 375
 376 <p><em>April Glaser, Ana Martina, Libby Reinish</em> <br />
 377 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Activism</strong> <br />
 378 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>
 379
 380 <h3>Choosing between freedom and security</h3>
 381
 382 <p><em>Matthew Garrett</em> <br />
 383 <strong>Room 32-141, 14:45 - 15:15 | Thread: Surveillance</strong> <br />
 384 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>
 385
 386 <h3>Diversity outreach</h3>
 387
 388 <p><em>Karen Sandler, Marina Zhurakhinskaya</em> <br />
 389 <strong>Room 32-141, 15:20 - 16:05 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 390 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>
 391
 392 <h3>Promoting free software adoption (and creation) in the public sector</h3>
 393
 394 <p><em>Ezra Glenn, Andy Oram, others</em> <br />
 395 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 396 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>
 397
 398 <h3>F-Droid sprint session 2</h3>
 399
 400 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 401 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>
 402
 403 <h3>16:05 - 16:15: Break</h3>
 404
 405 <h2>16:15 - 17:35: Workshop session 2</h2>
 406
 407 <h3>Lessons in tech activism</h3>
 408
 409 <p><em>Dana Moser, Kendra Moyer, Steve Revilak</em> <br />
 410 <strong>Room 32-123 | Thread: Activism</strong> <br />
 411 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>
 412
 413 <h3>IT cooperation: accessible, free, and open</h3>
 414
 415 <p><em>Yochai Gal, Emily Lippold Cheney, Leandro Monk</em> <br />
 416 <strong>Room 32-141 | Thread: Movement-building</strong> <br />
 417 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>
 418
 419 <h3>Free software and open science</h3>
 420
 421 <p><em>Madeleine Ball, Shauna Gordon-McKeon, Jeffrey Warren</em> <br />
 422 <strong>Room 32-155 | Thread: Applied free software</strong> <br />
 423 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>
 424
 425 <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>
 426
 427 <h3>F-Droid sprint session 3</h3>
 428
 429 <p><strong>Room 32-144</strong> <br />
 430 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>
 431
 432 <h3>17:35 - 17:45: Break</h3>
 433
 434 <h3>17:45 - 18:45 Closing Keynote: We can't all be cyborg lawyers: how messaging may be our most important obstacle</h3>
 435
 436 <p><em>Karen Sandler</em>
 437 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>
 438
 439 <h1><a id="social">Social events</a></h1>
 440
 441 <h3>Free Software Foundation open house and cryptoparty</h3>
 442
 443 <p>Mingle at the FSF office before the conference with speakers and other attendees. Refreshments will be served. FSF campaigns managers Libby Reinish and Zak Rogoff will lead an optional cryptoparty during the open house. Please bring your laptop and a USB drive if you'd like to participate.</p>
 444
 445 <p><strong>17:00 - 21:00, Friday 3/21</strong> <br />
 446 <strong>FSF Office</strong> <br />
 447 <strong>51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor</strong> <br />
 448 <strong>Boston, MA 02110</strong>  </p>
 449
 450 <h3>Saturday night party and raffle</h3>
 451
 452 <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>
 453
 454 <p><strong>19:30 - 23:00, with raffle drawing at 21:30, Saturday, 3/22</strong> <br />
 455 <strong><a href="http://www.classicirish.com/asgard-home.php">Asgard Pub &amp; Restaurant</a></strong> <br />
 456 <strong>350 Massachusetts Avenue</strong> <br />
 457 <strong>Cambridge, MA 02139</strong>  </p>
 458
 459 <h3>Free software community pub night</h3>
 460
 461 <p>For as long as anyone can remember, the Boston-area free software community has been gathering on Sunday night at Grendel's Den. Join us at this local institution, which offers reasonable prices on good food and beer, in a quirky and cozy atmosphere.</p>
 462
 463 <p><strong>21:00 - 01:00, Sunday, 3/23</strong> <br />
 464 <strong><a href="http://www.grendelsden.com/">Grendel's Den</a></strong> <br />
 465 <strong>89 Winthrop Street</strong> <br />
 466 <strong>Cambridge MA 02138</strong>  </p>
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