The complete schedule of the Free Knowledge, Free Technology 2008 Conference is now available!

Richard M. Stallman (GNU Project and Free Software Foundation), Karel de Vriendt (EU/IDABC), Carlos Castro (Extremadura, Spain), Steven Downes (National Research Council Canada) and many more well known speakers will form the elegant mix between keynote speakers, panel discussions and parallel tracks. Participants choose between several parallel discussions, divided in streams on:

1. Free Knowledge and Free Technologies in society - legal issues of Free Knowledge; who creates Free Knowledge; quality assessment in collaborative authoring systems; the economy and social implications of Free Knowledge and Free Technologies
2. Free Knowledge and Free Technologies in public bodies
3. Educating in Freedom - technological aspects of e-learning; the SELF Platform; training Free Technologies advocates; showcase of educational materials and many more specific topics.

As part of the Conference, we are inviting you to witness the award ceremony of the "Free Knowledge, Free Technology" Open Documentary Contest.

With the objective of promoting Free Software and the sharing of free knowledge, the FKFT 2008 Conference will bring together hundreds of people from different continents including government representatives, school and university teachers, IT companies, publishers, and NGO's. By gathering together people from all these groups, we aim to stimulate both present and future collaboration between diverse disciplines, sectors and countries, through the medium of free software programs and the sharing of successful experiences related to free software and free technologies.

Registration is now open. Please register here

All events take place in the centre of Barcelona, the Fira de Barcelona, unless otherwise noted. The FKFT 2008 organisers recommend to make reservations for hotels and flights as early as possible as July is high-season.

The preliminary programme will be announced shortly.

Programme Chair:

David Jacovkis, Free Knowledge Institute, Netherlands - david[AT]freeknowledge.eu

Programme Committee:

Beatriz Busaniche, Fundacion Via Libre, Argentina
Shane M. Couglan, Freedom Task Force, FSFE
Susan D'Antoni (pending confirmation), UNESCO-IIEP
Steven Downes, National Research Counsil, Institute for Information Technology, Canada
Nagarjuna G., Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, India
Georg Greve, Free Software Foundation Europe
Federico Heinz, Fundacion Via Libre, Argentina
Masayuki Ida, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan
Mathias Klang, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Rafael Macau, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain