[NFBCS] Fwd: FSF conference keynote lineup

Fri Feb 28 17:51:22 UTC 2020

Here is another thing NFBCS should be involved in -- the Free Software 
Foundation convention. We need to do some consciousness raising on 
accessibility within the open source community. The NFBCS should send a 
delegation to this conference every year.

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Subject: 	Environmental activist Shannon Dosemagen joins FSF conference 
keynote lineup
Date: 	Fri, 28 Feb 2020 12:39:14 -0500
From: 	Zoë Kooyman, FSF <info at fsf.org>
Reply-To: 	Zoë Kooyman, FSF <info at fsf.org>
To: 	jheim at math.wisc.edu

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*BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Friday, February 28, 2020 -- The Free 
Software Foundation (FSF) today announced Shannon Dosemagen as the 
second keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2020 
<https://libreplanet.org/2020/>. The annual technology and social 
justice conference will be held in the Back Bay Event Center on March 14 
and 15, 2020, with the theme "Free the Future."*

Registration is open 
<https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/info?id=87&reset=1> until March 10, 
10:00am Eastern Daylight Time (15:00 UTC), and limited registration is 
possible at the event.

<https://www.libreplanet.org/2020>

Shannon Dosemagen is the second confirmed keynote speaker 
<https://www.fsf.org/news/first-libreplanet-2020-keynote-announcement-internet-archive-founder-brewster-kahle> 
for the LibrePlanet conference. Dosemagen is the co-founder and current 
executive director of Public Lab <https://publiclab.org/>, a nonprofit 
organization creating local environmental science solutions following 
the free software philosophy 
<https://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software>, and winner of the 
FSF's Award for Projects of Social Benefit 
<https://www.fsf.org/news/public-lab-and-karen-sandler-are-2017-free-software-awards-winners-1/>. 
Shannon Dosemagen is an environmental health advocate and a community 
science champion, and is enthusiastic about free systems and technology 
that support the creation of a more just and equitable future. She is a 
previous Fellow at both the Harvard Berkman Klein Center for Internet 
and Society, and the Loyola University Environmental Communications 
Institute. During 2020, she will be a Fellow with the Shuttleworth 
Foundation, working on new concept.

At LibrePlanet, Dosemagen will discuss her experience democratizing 
science to address environmental problem-solving. Her experiences and 
frustrations doing this work are very familiar to the free software 
community: "The work I do on the environment and health is being 
increasingly challenged by environmental deregulation and lack of 
cooperation. We're also seeing heightened pressure to drastically alter 
how society functions in an effort to curb the climate crisis. This is a 
profound moment, and critical to address at an event aptly themed 'Free 
the Future.'"

"Shannon's work is very important, and is a testament to the success of 
community collaboration," says Zoë Kooyman, the FSF's program manager. 
"Public Lab's work towards free hardware solutions is a strong indicator 
of what the four freedoms <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html> 
can achieve, and how they can work towards a better future outside of 
software. Shannon is an experienced speaker and organizer, and we are 
proud to have her keynote at LibrePlanet."

Free technology is creating tangible solutions for many environmental 
and health issues through Dosemagen's work, and the knowledge and 
involvement of the wider free software movement are crucial to its 
success: "The work of LibrePlanet participants has an important role to 
play in figuring out better systems, structures, and governance models 
for the environmental health of our communities," Dosemagen states.

The conference schedule <https://www.libreplanet.org/2020/program> 
features talks and workshops from a wide and international range of 
community members, including another keynote by Brewster Kahle 
<https://www.fsf.org/news/first-libreplanet-2020-keynote-announcement-internet-archive-founder-brewster-kahle>. 
Thousands of people have attended LibrePlanet over the years, both in 
person and remotely. The conference has welcomed visitors from up to 
fifteen countries each year, with many more joining online. Hundreds of 
impressive free software speaker sessions from past LibrePlanet 
conferences, including keynote talks by Edward Snowden 
<https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/libreplanet-2016-the-last-lighthouse-3d51/>, 
and Cory Doctorow 
<https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/beyond-unfree-the-software-you-can-go-to-jail-for-talking-about/> 
can be viewed in the conference's video library 
<https://media.libreplanet.org>. The conference has also featured many 
engaging panel sessions, such as a session on free medical devices 
featuring Rachel Kalmar, Karen Sandler, and Dana Lewis 
<https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/freedom-devices-and-health/>.

   About LibrePlanet

LibrePlanet is the annual conference of the Free Software Foundation. 
Over the last decade, LibrePlanet has blossomed from a small gathering 
of FSF associate members into a vibrant multi-day event that attracts a 
broad audience of people who are interested in the values of software 
freedom. LibrePlanet 2020 will be held on March 14 and 15, 2020. To sign 
up for announcements about LibrePlanet 2020, visit the Web site. To 
discuss LibrePlanet topics or to get involved, join the discussion list 
<https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss>.

Registration <https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/event/register?id=87&reset=1> 
for LibrePlanet: "Free the Future" <https://libreplanet.org/2020/> is 
open. Through March 10. Attendance is free of charge for FSF associate 
members <https://fsf.org/join>, and for students.

For information on how your company can sponsor LibrePlanet 
<https://libreplanet.org/2020/sponsors/Sponsoring2020.pdf> or have a 
table in our exhibit hall, email campaigns at fsf.org 
<mailto:campaigns at fsf.org>.

   About the Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting 
computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute 
computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as 
in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its 
GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF 
also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of 
freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at 
https://www.fsf.org and https://www.gnu.org, are an important source of 
information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be 
made at https://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

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