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.
Room 32-123
John Sullivan, executive director, Free Software Foundation
Room 32-123
Sue Gardner, outgoing executive director, Wikimedia Foundation
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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 and easy to use.
Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects
Gregory Maxwell, Monty Montgomery
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-141 | Thread: Projects
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 (remote from Berlin via Web-cast)
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123 | Thread: Surveillance
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.
Room 32-123
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.
LibrePlanet 2014 does not have traditional program tracks. Instead, we've woven thematic “threads” throughout the program.
Surveillance: 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.
Applied free software: 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!
Projects: 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.
Activism: 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.
Movement-building: 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.
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.
12:00 - 17:00, Friday, 3/21
Industry Lab
288 Norfolk Street
Cambridge MA, 02139
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.
17:00 - 19:30, Friday 3/21
FSF Office (transportation tips)
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
Boston, MA 02110
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.
19:45, Friday, 3/21
Chau Chow City Restaurant
83 Essex St
Boston, MA 02111
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 RSVP 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.
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.
To get to Asgard from the Stata Center, walk west on Vassar Street and take a right (north) on Massachusetts Avenue for approximately .5 miles / 1km.
19:30 - 23:00, with raffle drawing at 21:00, Saturday, 3/22
Asgard Pub & Restaurant
350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
EFF event page
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.
This event is open to everyone. Hope to see you there!
19:30, Sunday, 3/23
Grafton Street Pub & Grill
1230 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
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.
21:00 - 01:00, Sunday, 3/23
Grendel's Den
89 Winthrop Street
Cambridge MA 02138