FSCONS 2011/Summary
Contents
summary and key facts
Dates
11-13 November 2011
Themes/Tracks
- Building Together — Manufacturing Solidarity
- Development for Embedded Systems
- Development in Free Software Communities
- Free Desktop Environments
- Free Software in Politics
- Human Rights and Digital Freedoms
- Social Events
- The Future of Money
- Universal Design — Aiming for Accessibility
Speakers
- Agnieszka Pokrywka
- Andreas Nilsson
- Andy Wingo
- Bjarni Rúnar Einarsson
- Carlos Garnacho
- Christian Christensen
- Christina Gratorp
- Christina Haralanova
- Claudia Rauch
- Daniel Berntsson
- Daniel Melin
- Daniel Stenberg
- David Cuartielles
- Eleanor Saitta
- Erik Josefsson
- Ester Ytterbrink
- Frederik Gladhorn
- Geraldine Juárez (cancelled due to illness)
- Guido Arnold
- Gustav Nipe
- Håkan Lidbo
- Harald Armin Massa
- Hedvig Kamp
- Jeremiah C. Foster
- Johan Söderberg
- Johan Thelin
- Jonas Bonn
- Jose E. Marchesi
- Jose E. Marchesi
- Julius Baxter
- Karin Kosina vka kyrah
- Karsten Gerloff
- Lars Aronsson
- Laura Creighton
- Magnus Frenning
- Marco Martin
- Marco Sachy
- Maria Olsson
- Mathias Klang
- Mats Lundälv
- Matthias Kirschner
- Michael Cardell Widerkrantz
- Niklas Park
- Nikolay Georgiev
- Olof Kindgren
- Per Andersson
- Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi (cancelled due to illness)
- Reza Javaheri
- Richard Stallman
- Rickard Olsson
- Rikard Fröberg
- Robert Scheck
- Ryan Lortie
- Sam Tuke
- Sandra Derbring
- Smári McCarthy
- Werner Koch
Topics/Talks/Presentations
Number of visitors
In total there were 331 people at FSCONS 2011, out of which 47 were volunteers, 8 sign language interpreters and 51 speakers.
More than 20% of the speakers were women. There was also 6 exhibitors with booths (GGS-data, Aktiv demokrati, FFKP, Fedora, FSFE, Fripost)
- Number of visitors:
- from Sweden:
- from the Nordic countries:
- from Europe:
- from Outside Europe
Sponsors
- IT Faculty, Gothenburg University
- FSFE
- Nokia Qt
- GGS-Data
- Älvstranden Utveckling AB
- Friprogramvarusyndikatet
- Gösta
- Bentrix
Media partners
- Linux Journal
- Ubuntu User
- Admin Magazine
- Smart Developer
Partners
- Teckenspråks- och dövblindtolklinjen, årskurs 4, på Nordiska Folkhögskolan / Sign language and deaf-blind interpreter course, year 4, at Nordiska Folkhögskolan
- Studiefrämjandet
Videos
Videos can be found here: Not yet! Working on it... ;-)
Photos
Slides
Press mentions FSCONS 2011
ComputerSweden
- Frihetskämpar möts i Göteborg
- Headline: Hallå där, Jonas Öberg som är med och arrangerar konferensen Fscons. Konferensen kretsar kring fri kultur, fria program och ett fritt samhälle.
- Date: 2011-11-11 17:00
- Magazine: ComputerSweden
- Language: Swedish
GP
- Hallå Håkan Lidbo!
- Headline: Musikproducent som tillsammans med programmeraren Magnus Frenning har premiär för spelet Invisiball på FSCONS-mässan i Göteborg på söndag.
- Date: 2011-11-11
- Magazine: GP (GöteborgsPosten)
- Language: Swedish
Side-events and cooperations
- Richard Stallman at Runan Nov 10 (Chalmers)
- GothPyCon][ Saturday, October 29, 2011, 9:30 AM
- PyPy Göteborg Post-Hallowe'en Sprint Nov 2nd - Nov 9th