[Noisebridge-discuss] Free Culture Conference in Berkeley this weekend (plug)

[Asheesh Laroia]

(Note: I am helping to organize this, as I've been involved in Students 
for Free Culture before it had a name.)

Students for Free Culture has organized a grassroots conference for, and 
about free culture, technology, copyright, remixing, and free software. 
Because most students have a fall break, we've booked it for Columbus Day 
weekend (October 11th and 12th) at Berkeley, University of California.

We'll have keynotes by Lawrence Lessig, Pam Samuelson, and John Lilly of 
Mozilla.  There'll be more great panels - check out the conference website 
at http://conference.freeculture.org/ and in particular the schedule: 
http://conference.freeculture.org/schedule/

REGISTER AT: http://conference.freeculture.org/register/
WHEN:        SAT OCT 11 at 10 AM
WHERE:       Chevron Auditorium, International House / 2299 Piedmont Ave,
              Berkeley, CA (near-ish Downtown Berkeley BART)

Day 1 will be public panels and presentations in conjunction with the 
keynotes, and Day 2 will be for the Students in this movement as we hold 
workshops, team building, and learn about effective activism.  I hereby 
invite all of you Noisebridgees to Day 1!  Indeed, I hope the students on 
this list come out for day two also.

We're doing a pay-what-you-feel system reminiscent of the one made famous 
by Radiohead and Girl Talk, but with one extra twist: ours also shows 
publicly what the average amount paid is, and right now it is around $24.

The conference, like the student movement, has many facets.  I think that 
having topics like Politics and Transparency, a Remix Culture panel 
without Larry Lessig, letting him keynote separately), and Access to 
Knowledge & Medicine showcases that diversity and our focus on the public 
interest.

Students for Free Culture has always been student-focused since that's 
where we began, and where we know best how to organize people.  But of 
course we love to interact with the broader remix/hacking/freedom 
communities.

Come!

-- Asheesh.

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