FSCONS 2014/CFP

2013-06-10 2013-06-11

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Call for participation -- FSCONS 2014, Gothenburg, 31 Oct--2 Nov

The Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit (FSCONS) is a meeting
place for social change, focused on the intersection between technology,
culture and society. FSCONS is organised according to the principles
laid out in our Manifesto [1], a living document accepted by the
society's members at the yearly meeting.

The conference brings together people from a wide range of fields, and
merges the technical with the social, seeking both to activate and
challenge. Open discussion and brainstorming are as important as the
talks given during the conference.


Invitation

We're looking for proposals that relate to Free Software, Free Culture
or Free Society generally, as well as those which are at the
crossroads of the three or which take the philosophy and brings them
to a whole new field. To give you a hint of the scope of the
conference here are some topics already planned:

* Open Space
* Government and access
* The Unrestricted Web
* Programming Languages
* Makers
* Context Hacking
* Beyond post-scarcity
* Wikimedia

But don't let this restrict your thinking: you can submit a proposal
even if it doesn't quite fit into any of the above topics.

The deadline for your proposal is July 4th.


How to submit your proposal

In order to submit your proposal, please go to [2], register your
proposal and make sure your provide valid contact information.
This proposal form is to be used only for your personal proposal.
If you have ideas of other people you want to suggest as speakers,
please feel free to suggest those in the FSCONS Wiki [3].

After the review period, ending July 18th, you will get notified if
your proposal is accepted or not.


Important dates for FSCONS 2014

* July 4th - deadline for submissions
* July 18th - accepted proposals will be notified.

If your proposal is accepted, the abstract submission deadline is
September 1st.

Looking forward to seeing you at FSCONS 2014 in November!

Programme managers,
Stian and Leif-Jöran

[1] https://fscons.org/foreningen/manifesto/manifesto.html
[2] https://frab.fscons.org/en/fscons14/cfp/
[3] https://wiki.fscons.org/Suggested_Speakers_2014