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<p>The talk will discuss ownCloud's current and upcoming features, as well as the current problems with surveillance and espionage and strategies to solve them.</p>
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<h4>Free culture, free software: making FOSS work for cultural heritage organizations</h4>
<span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#halperin">Jennie Rose Halperin</a></span>
<p>Cultural heritage organizations rely almost entirely on proprietary software and many refuse to believe that the systems they choose directly impact their long term success as largely grant-funded organizations.</p>
<p>This session will explore the options for free software in the cultural heritage space and inspire participants to work with organizations to help make the transition. It will also talk about the pros and cons of working with free software in the cultural heritage space and touch on many of the issues that professionals face while making the transition. The session will end with future-state imagining to dream up how we can better support new projects in free software for cultural heritage as well as invite people into already existing communities.</p>
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<h4>Fork and ignore: fighting a GPL violation by coding instead</h4>
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<h4>Implementing electronic medical record systems in rural Haiti</h4>
- <span class="speakers">Ellen Ball, Michael Seaton</span>
+ <span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#ball">Ellen Ball</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#seaton">Michael Seaton</a></span>
<p>Partners In Health (PIH) designed, developed and implemented a point-of-care electronic medical records (EMR) system at University Hospital in Mirebalais, Haiti. The sophisticated system improves efficiency at the tertiary teaching hospital and ultimately delivers a higher level of care to patients. The EMR was built upon the strong code base of OpenMRS, the global community of developers, varied implementations by PIH in five countries, and many other superb implementations around the world. This project improved user experience, brought all improvements back to the free software community, provided great tools for new implementations, and advanced OpenMRS to the next level.</p>
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<h4>Growing and sustaining a global, freed Internet</h4>
<span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#peterson">Paige Peterson</a></span>
- <p>An overview of the SAFE Internet and how the built-in cryptocurrency ecosystem sustains its decentralized structure and the development of free software. The SAFE Network will replace dependence on servers for secure storage and computation with a decentralized, autonomous network of individuals providing these resources. The network also provides a means for developers to focus on building resourceful applications for the network without dependence on raising capital or serving advertisements.</p>
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- <p>We can finally realize what a completely freed and distributed Internet looks like, and the innovation and equality it enables.</p>
+ <p>The SAFE Network is a completely decentralized and free Internet infrastructure. Almost a decade in the making, this network comes with many features focused on privacy, security and freedom for all users. A built-in cryptocurrency creates an ecosystem which not only sustains its decentralized structure and the development of applications but also will enable a digital economy which has never been able to exist before. Imagine what it would have been like if the world wide web launched with a built-in cryptocurrency and what effects that would have on digital ownership. The SAFE Network will replace dependence on servers for secure storage and computation with a decentralized, autonomous network of individuals providing these resources. This session will give a brief technical overview of the network and an understanding of the underlying ecosystem.
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<span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#gordon-mckeon">Shauna Gordon-McKeon</a></span>
<p>Many free software projects are interested in growing their user and contributor bases, but it can be hard to know where to start. This workshop will go over some key first steps to growing a friendly and diverse community, such as:</p>
- <li>Making sure your “Getting Started” materials, such as installation and contributor guides, are accurate and accessible</li>
- <li>Running quick user tests and processing the feedback</li>
- <li>Promoting your project through social media and in-person events</li>
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+ <li>Making sure your “Getting Started” materials, such as installation and contributor guides, are accurate and accessible</li>
+ <li>Running quick user tests and processing the feedback</li>
+ <li>Promoting your project through social media and in-person events</li>
+ </ul>
<p>After an introductory presentation, the audience will break out into groups and work on activities designed to make taking these steps as easy as possible. Individuals will have the opportunity to try out multiple activities. Those who do not currently have a free software project to contribute to will be paired with those who do, and can learn these useful skills to apply in the future.</p>
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<h4>Rock your Emacs</h4>
<span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#sturmfels">Ben Sturmfels</a></span>
- <p>Are you someone who loves Emacs, but has never understood its strange code with lots of brackets? You're missing out on one of the great joys of Emacs-- customizing it to work exactly the way you want. It turns out that Emacs is little more than an interpreter for Lisp code, and once you know a little Emacs Lisp, almost anything is possible.</p>
+ <p>Do you love Emacs, but have never understood the strange code with lots of brackets? You're missing out on one of the great joys of Emacs — customising it to work exactly the way you want. It turns out that Emacs is little more than an interpreter for Lisp code interpreter, and once you know a little Emacs Lisp, almost anything is possible.</p>
<p>After attending this tutorial, you will know how to:</p>
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- <li>make persistent customizations to your Emacs</li>
- <li>read basic Emacs Lisp code</li>
- <li>modify Emacs Lisp code as well and write your own</li>
- <li>customize behavior for distinct modes</li>
- <li>bind your favorite commands to keys</li>
- <li>answer your own questions with the amazing documentation system</li>
- <li>use built-in Emacs Lisp development tools like the debugger</li>
- <li>write your own reusable modules for Emacs customizations</li>
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- <p>The tutorial will have some interactive components, so bringing a laptop is recommended. Sharing with a friend will work well too, though. This tutorial will be enjoyed most if you already have a little programming experience.</p>
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- <p>Installation requirements:</p>
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- <li>GNU Emacs 24 (though 23 would probably work as well)</li>
- <li>Emacs Lisp source files (emacs24-el in Debian)</li>
- <li>Emacs documentation in Info format (emacs24-common-non-dfsg in Debian)</li>
- </ul>
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+ <ul>
+ <li>make persistent customisations to your Emacs</li>
+ <li>read basic Emacs Lisp code</li>
+ <li>modify Emacs Lisp code as well as writing your own</li>
+ <li>customise behaviour for distinct modes</li>
+ <li>bind your favourite commands to keys</li>
+ <li>answer your own questions with the amazing documentation system</li>
+ <li>use built-in Emacs Lisp development tools like the debugger</li>
+ <li>write your own reusable modules for Emacs customisations</li>
+ </ul>
+ <p>This workshop will be enjoyed most if you already have a little programming experience.</p>
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<h4>TAFTA, CETA, TISA: traps and threats to Free Software Everywhere</h4>
- <span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#corvellec">Marianne Corvellec</a></span>
+ <span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#corvellec">Marianne Corvellec</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#le-lous">Jonathan Le Lous</a></span>
<p>TAFTA, CETA, and TISA are far-reaching trade agreements which represent major threats to online freedom and create legal uncertainty for all Internet players. They set forth an ever stronger protection of copyright, patents, and trademarks. They are negotiated by unelected officials in a complete lack of transparency. They are found to "recycle" the most toxic parts of ACTA, the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement which was rejected by the European Parliament in 2012. This rejection followed the demands of European and international organizations and citizens, who campaigned and demonstrated massively against ACTA.</p>
<p>It takes a benevolent political and legislative environment to get Free Software Everywhere. We should remain vigilant and realize the traps and threats posed by these trade agreements. Our presentation will focus on the software aspects of TAFTA, CETA, and TISA. We will call for action against these global treaty projects and offer alternative proposals which favor Free Software Everywhere.</p>
<p>How copyright terms in secret international deals threaten free software.</p>
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+ <h4>Conversation with the High Priority Projects Committee</h4>
+ <span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#coons">ginger coons</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#hill">Benjamin Mako Hill</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#sandler">Karen Sandler</a>, <a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#zacchiroli">Stefano Zacchiroli</a></span>
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<h4>What did we learn in school today?: an OPW retrospective</h4>
<span class="speakers"><a href="/2015/program/speakers.html#ghoshal">Sucheta Ghoshal</a></span>
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