Call for volunteers at FSCONS @Ifi, 4-5 Nov. 2017

[Thomas Gramstad]

Do you want to volunteer at FSCONS?

We need help with things like manning the wardrobe, moving furniture,
staff the reception and cafe, run errands etc.

Being a volunteer at FSCONS is a great opportunity to meet awesome
people, listen to interesting talks, make new friends and have a
generally nice time. It can also be a first step in getting deeper
involved in the organisation process of the conference. It is a great
opportunity that you don't want to miss.

Besides free entrance to the conference volunteers get a free meal every
day you work at the conference.

If you want to sign up as a volunteer please send a email about what you
want to work with and your contact details to volunteer at fscons.no. Right
before the conference we will host two volunteer walkthroughs at our
venue (the dates for the walkthroughs have not been set yet, but will be
available in the near future).

For more information about the different positions you can visit the
volunteer page on the FSCONS wiki.
https://fscons.org/2017/news/2017-10-02-volunteer-at-fscons.html


=== Event Info ===

FSCONS: The Free Society Conference
November 4-5, Oslo, Norway
https://fscons.org/2017/

A meeting place for social change, focused on the intersection between
technology, culture and society. The conference brings together people
from a wide range of fields, and merges the technical with the social,
seeking both to activate and challenge. Your input in open discussion
and brainstorming are as important as the talks given during the conference.

Here are some highlights of the awesome schedule we are excited to share
with you:

Keynotes:

Linda Sandvik @hyper_linda, Code Club co-founder, part of the Brexodus.

Linda likes solving problems that make the world a better place and has
a passion for open data, open knowledge, citizen science and serious
games. Come to her talk, and discover your natural affinity for teaching
yourself new things.

Vladan Joler @TheCreaturesLab and Share Lab

Vladan and his Share Labs have mapped the power relations of Facebook
CEOs, metadata explorations into browsing histories, quantifying
political information warfare and creating stunning and insightful
infographics of this data-driven research at https://labs.rs/

Meet Linda and Vladan at FSCONS, get your ticket today at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fscons-2017-oslo-tickets-37008324896

Speaker highlights:

Jérémie Zimmermann, La Quadrature du Net online freedom organization,
will speak about Hacking With Care, a collective composed of
hackers-activists, caregivers, artists, sociologist, growing quite
literally by contact and affinity.

Bradley Kuhn, free software activist, president of the Software Freedom
Conservancy, on the Board of Directors of the Free Software Foundation,
editor in chief of copyleft.org, will explain how the basis of free
software and free culture licensing is crumbling.

Øyvind Kolås @hodefoting pippin, award-winning creator of digital media
tools, GIMP/GEGL developer, digital artist. Learn how to create minimal
graphical operating environments with Øyvind.

Vinay Gupta, @hexayurt, re.silience security in critical infrastructure,
Ethereum release coordinator. Have you ever wondered how user interface
shapes human identity?

Patricia Aas, @pati_gallardo, Vivaldi browser programmer & security
noob, fell involuntarily into the media searchlights by asking some hard
questions on the lack of transparency in the recent Norwegian goverment
electronic vote. You can hear her story at FSCONS.

Patrice Riemens, cultural/Internet activist, 'FLOSSopher', advocate of
Free Software, staff member of autonomist journal Multitudes, and member
of the Dutch hackers club 'Hippies from Hell'. Cryptocurrency meets
Universal Basic Income: Is this a good idea?

FSCONS also has 20 other speakers speaking on diverse topics ranging
from digital activism and internet censorship to digital art and hacking.

We also have four hands-on workshops where you can learn video editing,
lockpicking, how to make peer-to-peer applications and how to hack with
care.

This is an intimate conference where you have an opportunity to have a
discussion with speakers and other attendees.

FSCONS aims to be an accessible conference, and through the support of
Fritt Ord and NUUG Foundation is able to offer tickets at the low price
of 750NOK (about 80€)

Get your FSCONS ticket today at
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fscons-2017-oslo-tickets-37008324896

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