The SELF Consortium and the Free Knowledge Institute are actively seeking support for the Free Knowledge, Free Technology Conference (FKFT2008), which will take place from 15th to 17th July 2008 in Barcelona, Spain.

FKFT 2008 represents an excellent opportunity to present your organisation to key decision makers in the field. Attendees come from a variety of areas including businesses, governments, and top universities. With senior policy makers and professors from many major international universities in attendance, as well as representatives from the key players in the field of Free Software, FKFT 2008 delivers exposure to an interdisciplinary and highly influential audience.

Sponsorship is available at a number of levels. For standard sponsor packages, please contact our Communications Chairperson, Hinde ten Berge (hinde[AT]freeknowledge.eu) or David Megías (dmegias[AT]uoc.edu), the Conference Coordinator. They would also be happy to work with you to craft a sponsorship package to meet your needs.

The Free Knowledge, Free Technology Conference will be organised with the generous support from:

European Commission

The European Commission supports the SELF Project and the Free Knowledge, Free Knowledge Conference. European research activities are structured around consecutive four-year programmes, or so-called Framework Programmes. The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) sets out the priorities - including the Information Society Technologies (IST) priority - for the period 2002-2006.

These priorities have been identified on the basis of a set of common criteria reflecting the major concerns of increasing industrial competitiveness and the quality of life for European citizens in a global information society.

For more detailed information about specific IST activities, visit the IST Activities page and the SELF Fact Sheet .

ESOF2008: Euroscience Open Forum

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is an open platform for debate and communication for the science community of Europe and the world promoted by Euroscience . It presents and profiles Europe's leading research trends in the sciences, humanities and social sciences.

By bringing together researchers across disciplines and from all around Europe, Euroscience has created ESOF to promote the European Research Area (ERA). ESOF also encourages the young people of Europe to consider and develop careers in science, technology and the humanities.