[ubuntu-za] [Fwd: [cc-community] Free Culture X conference in D.C., Feb 14th]
David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk)
ethnopunk at telkomsa.net
Thu Feb 18 17:29:31 GMT 2010
Wish there was something like this happening in South Africa. Ubuntu and
FREE cULTURE CONFERENCE~~~
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Subject: [cc-community] Free Culture X conference in D.C., Feb 14th
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 13:04:49 -0500
From: Ben Moskowitz <benrito at gmail.com>
Reply-To: cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org
To: cc-community at lists.ibiblio.org
Hey all,
This is probably of interest to those in the D.C. metro area. Please
spread the word!
/Free Culture X Conference in Washington D.C., Feb 13-14. Pay what you
want //http://bit.ly/fcconf// #fcx/
Free Culture X, a conference of Students for Free Culture, will be held
February 13/14th at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Keynote addresses will be given by Harvard Berkman Center
co-founder *Jonathan Zittrain*, the co-founder of the public interest
group Public Knowledge, *Gigi Sohn*, and the director of American
University's Center for Social Media, *Pat Aufderheide*.
The conference is focused on developing greater openness among
institutions of higher education by specifically investigating:
* The politics of open networks,
* Global access to knowledge, and
* Open education.
Registration is pay-what-you-want, whether that's $1 or $100. Gifts
(such as signed copies of books by Lawrence Lessig and Henry Jenkins or
custom voicemail recordings by Jonathan Zittrain) are awarded for bigger
donations. Register now: http://conference.freeculture.org/register/
Cheers,
Ben
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