5 Apr
2013
5 Apr
'13
10:05 a.m.
// Matt
----- Forwarded message -----
From: "Jennifer Baek" <baek01(a)gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Free Culture in general and this organization in particular"
<discuss(a)freeculture.org>
Cc: "SFC Board" <board(a)freeculture.org>
Subject: [FC-discuss] Reminder: Register for the 2013 Free Culture Conference (Travel
funding available!)
Date: Fri, Apr 5, 2013 9:16 AM
Jut a reminder that if you haven't already, please REGISTER FOR FCX2013!
Students for Free Culture will be having its annual conference, FCX2013,
at New York Law School on April 20-21st!
The
Students for Free Culture Conference is an annual gathering of student and
non-student activists, thinkers, and innovators who are dedicated to advancing
discussions on technology, law, and public policy. Through panels and keynote
speakers, FCX 2013 will focus on current issues in intellectual property law,
open access to educational resources, maker culture, and technology policy.
Through workshops, the conference will revisit the core pillars of the free
culture movement, examine the success stories from our movement, and identify
new ways in which Students for Free Culture can advocate for a more free, open,
and participatory digital environment.
For
more information about the conference, visit the conference website: http://fcx2013.org
Through
the generosity of our sponsors, SFC is once again able to offset
student travel costs for this
year’s conference in NYC. If you can’t afford the cost of traveling to NYC next month,
please
do not hesitate to fill out the form to request travel funding.
We have some money and we want to give it to you. Here is the
form: http://bit.ly/fcx2013_travelfunding
If you
have friends at schools that do not currently have an active SFC chapter
but you think they should be at the conference, please pass along the link to them, too.
Sometimes attending the conference is just the
spark that someone needs to get out there and start a new chapter on their
campus!
If
you have any questions, feel free to
email board(a)freeculture.org or baek01(a)gmail.com Program
details are below.
Cheers,
Jennifer
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Day 1 (April 20, 2013)
08:30
a.m. – 09:30 a.m.
Registration
09:30
a.m. – 09:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks
09:45
a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
A.M. Keynote: Benjamin Mako Hill (Berkman Center for
Internet and Society)
10:30
a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Getting Past Gridlock: What does Tangible Copyright Reform Look
Like?
How
can copyleft advocates and copyright reformists make progress in effectuating
change in United States copyright laws? This panel considers what smaller,
achievable reform looks like, how it can be accomplished, and what next steps
for the immediate future will be. Panelists will discuss: Are the objectives of
the Copyright Act being met in practice today? How can reform, even at a small
scale, benefit content owners, creators, and users?
Moderator:
·
Parker Higgins
(Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Panelists:
·
Patricia Aufderheide
(Center for Social Media, American University)
·
Karen Sandler
(QuestionCopyright.org, GNOME)
·
Sherwin Siy (Public
Knowledge)
11:45
a.m. – 01:00 p.m.
The Future of Open Access Advocacy
Open
Access has been of great interest and importance to SFC for several years. This
panel focuses on what open access means and what kind of advocacy work is being
done in this area, as well as clarifying misconceptions of what open access is
really about. Panelists will talk about their experiences with and perspectives
on open access advocacy and discuss: What is the impact of OA on academic
research and publishing? What are the core principles behind OA? How can people
effectively advocate for open access causes?
Moderator:
·
Adi Kamdar (Electronic
Frontier Foundation)
Panelists:
·
Nicole Allen (Student
PIRGs/Make Textbooks Affordable)
·
Nick Shockey
(SPARC/Right to Research Coalition)
·
Timothy Vollmer
(Creative Commons)
01:00
p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
02:00
p.m. – 02:45 p.m.
P.M. Keynote: James Vasile (Open Internet Tools
Project, New America Foundation)
02:45
p.m. – 04:00 p.m.
Makers, Hackers, and the World They Build
Maker
and hacker culture, highly collaboratory and extremely prolific, both adopt free
cultural ideals, such as sharing, open source, collaboration, and remix. This
panel explores how maker and hacker culture puts into practice these free
culture ideals, as well as how makers and hackers build community and work
towards social good.
Moderator:
·
Trystram
Spiro-Costello (Rutgers University)
Panelists:
·
Catarina Mota (NYU
ITP/openMaterials)
·
Alicia Gibb
(NYCResistor/Open Source Hardware Association)
·
Daniel Reetz
(DIYBookScanner.org)
04:00
p.m. – 05:15 p.m.
The Changing Landscape of Online Speech and its Regulation
Free
speech is held as one of the central tenets of many online communities, but
what is meant by it? In many online communities, censorship, freedom of speech,
pornography, harassment, and hate speech are often conflated without
consideration of who is given the power to speak. This panel will consider if,
how, and when speech online should be regulated, and by whom.Panelists will
also discuss whether Internet service providers should be held liable for
user-generated content, and what such liability would mean for free expression
online.
Moderator:
·
Jennifer Baek (New
York Law School)
Panelists:
·
Molly Land (New York
Law School)
·
Gabriel Rottman
(American Civil Liberties Union)
·
Ari Waldman (New York
Law School)
05:15
p.m. – 05:30 p.m.
Closing
Remarks for Day 1
Day 2 (April 21, 2013)
09:00
a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration
10:00
a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Unconference Welcome
10:30
a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Workshops Session I
·
Open Access Advocacy
Moderators: Nick Shockey and Matt Cooper
·
Wikipedia & Education
Moderator: Lane Rasberry
12:00
p.m. – 01:30 p.m.
Workshops Session II
·
Free Culture &
Civic Engagement
Moderator: Noel Hidalgo·
The Future of the Org.
Moderators: Kyra and Adelaida McInire
01:30
p.m. – 02:30 p.m.
Lunch
02:30
p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Lightning Talks/Presentations
3:30
p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
SFC General Body Meeting