2007 National Conference
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Schedule: Discussion 1 | Discussion 2 | Infinite Smallness | Lunch National FC discussion | Discussion 3 | Chapter & project reports
Workshop Session 1: Open Access | Free Software | Free Music & Remix Culture | Free Video & Open Media
Workshop Session 2: Digital Disobedience | Communication and Collaboration | A Vision for FreeCulture.org | Models for Creators
2007 workshop reports
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National Conference 2007
Austin Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
'IP Collage' by Aphid
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Schedule
FRIDAY
- Freeculture.org Administrative Meeting - 8pm - Berkman Center, 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA
SATURDAY
- 11:00am -- Welcome from Harvard Free Culture
- 11:15am -- Discussion 1: Access to Research and Education (John Wilbanks, Science Commons email me, Steve Foerster, WikiEducator, SJ Klein, OLPC)
- 12:15pm -- Discussion 2: Code, Freedom, and Control (John Sullivan, Free Software Foundation, Mako Hill Ubuntu/Freedom Defined, Peter Brown, Defective By Design )
- 1:00pm -- Interlude -- Institute for Infinitely Small Things (Sasha Pirun and Catherine Kanarinka)
- 1:15pm -- LUNCH (Thank you Berkman Center and Vitamin Water!)
- Optional meeting: Working with FreeCulture.org on the national level (Morgan Courtroom)
- 2:00pm -- Discussion 3: Creating Free Culture (Jace Clayton, DJ/Rupture, Fred Benenson, Creative Commons, Ken Freedman, WFMU)
- 3:00pm -- Chapter/Project/Group Reports
- 5 minute, informal presentations from Free Culture chapters, and FC-related Projects and Groups. Sign up at the registration table.
- 4:30pm -- Working Group Session 1
- (a) Open Access
- How can we work together to better facilitate access to research and knowledge?
- Facilitated by Greg Price and Gavin Baker
- Location: Austin East
- (b) Free Software
- What strategies can the free culture movement use to promote free software?
- Facilitated by John Sullivan and Binary Freedom
- Location: Austin West
- (c) Free Music and Remix Culture
- What are the best ways to encourage musicians to license their music freely?
- How can we better involve the many people participating in remix culture in free culture?
- Facilitated by Jace Clayton and Antenna Alliance
- Location: Austin North
- (d) Free Video and Open Media
- How do we do outreach to creators of video and how do we leverage free and public domain archives?
- How do we promote free and open standards for digital media?
- Facilitated by Dean Jansen and Ben Weeks
- Location: Morgan Courtroom (2nd Floor)
- (a) Open Access
- 5:30pm Ice Cream BREAK (Thank you Limewire!)
- 5:45pm Working Group Session 2
- (a) Activism and Digital Disobedience
- What does it mean to be digitally disobedient and how far can we go?
- Facilitated by Fred Benenson and Nick Reville
- Location: Austin North
- (b) Communication and Collaboration
- How can we better coordinate within the free culture movement and work with outside organizations?
- Facilitated Elizabeth Stark and SJ Klein
- Location: Morgan Courtroom (2nd Floor)
- (c) Forming a Vision for Free Culture
- What is the goal for this movement in the next five/ten/twenty years?
- Facilitated by Kevin Driscoll and Rick Webb
- Location: Austin East
- (d) Models for Artists and Creators
- What models can best enable artists to create free culture in a sustainable way?
- Facilitated by Ben Sisto and Rebecca Rojer
- Location: Austin West
- (a) Activism and Digital Disobedience
- 6:45pm -- Workshop reports and summing up
- Each group will have a 3 minute time slot to report the results of their working group. We also ask that they post notes on the Workshop Wiki Page.
- 7:30pm -- DINNER at Various Harvard Square Restaurants
- Thai -- Smile Thai, 16 Eliot St., Harvard Square
- Tex/Mex -- Border Cafe, 32 Church St., Harvard Square
- American -- John Harvard's, 33 Dunster St., Harvard Square
- Ethiopian -- Addis Red Sea, 1755 Mass Ave., North of HLS
- Pizza -- Pinocchio's then JFK Park, 74 Winthrop St., Harvard Square
- 9:30pm -- Dance Conspiracy -- Meet by the Harvard Square T
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