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We're looking for topics that relate to Free Society or Free Software generally, as well as those which are at the crossroads of the two or which take the philosophy of Free Society and Free Software and brings them to a whole new field. To give you some ideas of what kind of topics that those attending the conference previous years would have liked to see more of, as well as those suggested for this year, here's a short list of potential topics:
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* Perspectives on the public domain and free culture
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* Networking culture and collaborative development
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* Economics of Free Software and Free Culture
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* Free Culture and Free Software in Developing Countries
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* Legal issues of Free Software and Free Culture
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* Freedom of Speech and the Internet
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* New Perspectives on Innovation
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* Digital Rights on a Digital Frontier
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* Censorship online
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* Free Software in Schools and Government
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* Fair and Equal Treatment in Public Procurement
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** IPRED, ACTA and other laws and legal instruments
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** Licensing freedom
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* Security
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* Technical
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** Linux kernel development
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* Open Standards
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* Open Hardware
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* P2P and Filesharing Technologies
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* Blacknets, Darknets, anonymity on the Internet
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* Patents on Software, Medicine, Technology
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* Women in Free Culture and Free Software
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* Usability of Free Software
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* Journalism in a Free Society
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* Street Art as Free Culture
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     * Author name(s)
 
     * Author name(s)

Revision as of 15:13, 4 May 2009

Call for Talks, Papers and Workshops

About FSCONS

Last year

When and How to submit

What kind of speakers?

Info about speaches: talks/papers/workshops, format for each

Important dates

We're looking for topics that relate to Free Society or Free Software generally, as well as those which are at the crossroads of the two or which take the philosophy of Free Society and Free Software and brings them to a whole new field. To give you some ideas of what kind of topics that those attending the conference previous years would have liked to see more of, as well as those suggested for this year, here's a short list of potential topics:

  • Perspectives on the public domain and free culture
  • Networking culture and collaborative development
  • Economics of Free Software and Free Culture
  • Free Culture and Free Software in Developing Countries
  • Legal issues of Free Software and Free Culture
  • Freedom of Speech and the Internet
  • New Perspectives on Innovation
  • Digital Rights on a Digital Frontier
  • Censorship online
  • Free Software in Schools and Government
  • Fair and Equal Treatment in Public Procurement
    • IPRED, ACTA and other laws and legal instruments
    • Licensing freedom
  • Security
  • Technical
    • Linux kernel development
  • Open Standards
  • Open Hardware
  • P2P and Filesharing Technologies
  • Blacknets, Darknets, anonymity on the Internet
  • Patents on Software, Medicine, Technology
  • Women in Free Culture and Free Software
  • Usability of Free Software
  • Journalism in a Free Society
  • Street Art as Free Culture


   * Author name(s)
   * Contact Information
   * Preferred timeslot (15, 30, 45 minutes, 90 minutes)? Needed?
   * Title of proposed presentation
   * Summary of proposed presentation
   * Presentation outline
   * Intended audience

Session lengths include time for audience questions, and session switching. You should budget at least five minutes for questions and five minutes for changeover; for example, a 30-minute talk will be 20 minutes of presentation, 5 minutes of questions, and allow 5 minutes for delegates to switch sessions.

If your talk is accepted, you can also submit a paper?

If audio/video: Ogg format Slides as PDF beforehand