FSCONS 2011/Ideas

Suggestion for themes/tracks (and examples of topics). Hot topics in bold:

Overall theming

As always, FSCONS will touch upon themes from Society, Technology and Culture. At the same time, we are planning to have a parallel section of self-organized tracks arranged by our partners with a more focused take on different aspects from their respective field.

Theme suggestions

• Desktop - Current status and future of our desktops (e.g. KDE, Gnome)
• Community Diplomatics - communications within and between groups.
• Commons - Common (noun), a pasture subject to common use What commons do we have historically, and what new commons emerge?
• Accessibility - Are societies accessible to every human, regardless of visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, and neurological disabilities? What role can technology play, in increasing accessibility? Are on-line services less or more accessible than physical? What about culture?
• Education - Challenges, possibilities and lessons learned
• Infrastructure - What is the status of IPv6? What tiers (if any) of communication infrastructure should be publicly owned? What is open networking and how can this be achieved?
• Journalism - how has journalism evolved with the www?
• Future of devices - Will everybody have access to the world's collected knowledge and wisdom in their pockets, or will devices be more targeted towards entertainment?
• Societies - What defines a society? What is the relationship between a state and a society? How do societies evolve?

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