Archive:2007 National Conference

National Conference 2007
Austin Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
 * Map from the Harvard Sq. T stop



FRIDAY

 * Freeculture.org Administrative Meeting - 8pm - Berkman Center, 23 Everett St., Cambridge, MA
 * Minutes from the Meeting

SATURDAY

 * 11:00am -- Welcome from Harvard Free Culture
 * 11:15am -- Discussion 1: Access to Research and Education (John Wilbanks, Science Commons [mailto:wilbanks@creativecommons.org 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)
 * 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
 * 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 -- Conspiracy''' -- Meet by the Harvard Square T

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 * Conference Photos
 * Dance Conspiracy
 * Defective by Design Protest