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Exciting talks, hands-on workshops, and thrilling discussions await you at LibrePlanet 2024
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Miriam Bastian
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Published on
Feb 26, 2024 10:33 AM
In this blog post, we're sharing with you all the sessions that have been
confirmed for LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community.
Exciting talks, hands-on workshops, and thrilling discussions await you at
LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community
. If you
haven't registered already, register now to save your spot!
Register to the in-person event
Register to the online event
A schedule that will excite you
This year's theme is Cultivating Community and besides our
regular program of free software projects and developments, the
schedule is full of
sessions
on mobilizing from the grassroots,
increasing diversity in the free software community, facilitating
the participation of volunteers, and encouraging users to
contribute to their favorite projects. Examples for sessions on
cultivating community we are looking forward to are:
"Fostering and renewing community in a long-lived free software project"
by T. Kim Nguyen;
"Empowering youth in the digital age: A path to success"
by Leonardo Champion;
"Connecting community organizations and technological activists for software freedom"
by Christina Haralanova;
"Hosting freedom - A behind-the-scenes tour with the Savannah Hackers"
by Corwin Brust; or
"It is easy to contribute to GNU"
by Wensheng Xie.
In addition, the schedule features a whole new track on being creative
with free software! Learn how to
write free culture fantasy with free
software
from Seth Patterson and how to
make a libre movie with
only libre software
from "Blender Dumbass." And of course, as always, the
LibrePlanet schedule also features talks on pressing questions such as the
threats of so-called "artificial intelligence"
, and also sets the stage for
fun and promising projects like
Lichess
This schedule also holds our annual
Free Software Awards
ceremony
for 2023. We are sure it will intrigue both regulars and newcomers. And
these are just some of the highlights that await you. Check out the full
schedule of more than thirty sessions made to inspire you on the
LibrePlanet website
The Jupiter and Saturn rooms will exclusively feature in-person talks,
all of which can also be viewed by remote attendees via the livestream.
The Neptune room will be fully remote.
The facts about LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community
LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community will be held on May 4 and 5, 2024.
The in person part of the conference will take place at the
Wentworth
Institute of Technology
in Boston, MA, USA. For information regarding
transportation, accommodation, and restaurants, please visit the
lodging
& travel
section of the conference page.
FSF associate members
and students can attend LibrePlanet
gratis, but we still ask you to register to the event so that we can
prepare. If you haven't registered already, please register now:
Register to the in-person event
Register to the online event
Become a LibrePlanet 2024 sponsor or exhibitor
LibrePlanet cannot exist without generous sponsors. If you
or your company would like to
sponsor or exhibit
at
LibrePlanet, have a look at this year's
sponsorship
prospectus
, and email
campaigns@fsf.org
for more
information. Sponsoring provides you, and your organization,
with a unique opportunity to engage one-on-one with an
influential audience of decision makers and technology
professionals and to connect with top industry talent in software
development, licensing, and free software applications.
Time to socialize -- Birds of a Feather sessions
If you want to contribute to the program, you can organize a
Birds of a Feather (BoF) session
for LibrePlanet 2024. BoF
sessions can be a time for people to get together around a
specific topic, project, or identity, either to focus on conversations,
come up with new ideas, or just spend time socializing. If you're
interested in organizing a BoF session, please list it on the
LibrePlanet wiki
and email
campaigns@fsf.org
Volunteer at LibrePlanet 2024
If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to
resources@fsf.org
. In your email, please let us know if you
would like to volunteer in person or remotely, what days/times
at LibrePlanet you will be able to volunteer, and if you want to
receive a LibrePlanet T-shirt as a thank you (don't forget to
mention the size; we have S-XXXL).
Spread the word about LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating community
Excited about the program? Can't wait to start discussing sessions
and ideas around LibrePlanet? Join the
discussion mailing list
, the
IRC channel
at
#libreplanet
, and the
wiki community
now.
Finally, we hope you'll help us spread the word about LibrePlanet
2024 with the
flyer
FSF intern Gabriel-Cezarin Popovici created. In
addition, please
blog or microblog
using the hashtag #libreplanet
to let people know that you'll be there, what sessions you are looking
forward to, or to share memories of previous LibrePlanet conferences.
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