[Ninux-Wireless] Fwd: [FOSDEM] [CFP] Decentralized Internet & Privacy devroom

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On Tuesday, 17 October 2017 10:56:55 CEST Claudio Pisa wrote:
> FYI
> 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [FOSDEM] [CFP] Decentralized Internet & Privacy devroom
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 15:28:26 +0200
> From: Julien Rabier <jrabier a ilico.org>
> To: fosdem a lists.fosdem.org
> 
> Welcome to Decentralized Internet & Privacy at FOSDEM 2018
> (Brussels, Belgium, February 4th).
> 
> Open Source and Free Software initial promises were to empower individuals
> when it came to computing. Three decades later, computing practices are
> tightly coupled to the Internet ecosystem. PCs are less and less used
> while smartphones are soaring and data is collected and stored on servers
> on which we have very limited control as users. What happened to user's
> freedom and privacy in the meantime? The outlook is not so great: we
> have less and less control over our digital environment. Network neutrality
> is heavily attacked and mainstream software products are usually proprietary
> or run on servers we don't have control over. Modern technology has given
> the powerful new abilities to eavesdrop and collect data on people - with
> critical social and political consequences.
> 
> FOSDEM is a free software event that offers free software communities a
> place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renown for being highly
> developer- oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over
> the world.  It is held in the city of Brussels (Belgium). In 2018, FOSDEM
> will take place during the weekend of February 3rd-4th 2018. More details
> about the event can be found at http://fosdem.org/.
> 
> On Sunday, February 4th, the Decentralized Internet & Privacy devroom
> will be a place for development teams to present the state of their project
> and future directions, answer questions from the audience and followup in
> the hacking rooms nearby afterwards.
> 
> 
> Call For Participation
> ======================
> 
> There is a bright future ahead of us if we unite our efforts toward
> decentralized services and Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD as defined by
> EFF). This devroom welcomes all technical projects and initiatives, to
> share their progress and inspire others.
> 
> Presentation topics could include:
> 
> Technologies and initiatives focused on decentralization:
> 
> - Community-driven networks
> - Community based around self-hosting or local hosting
> - Self-hosting solutions
> - Ethical hosting providers / alternatives to GAFAM (Google, Apple,
> Facebook,  Amazon and Microsoft) - Decentralized / federated network
> protocols and platforms
> - Decentralized / distributed instant messaging, file sharing and content
> storage
> 
> Technologies and initiatives focused on privacy:
> 
> - Anonymous overlay networks
> - Whistleblower platforms
> - Privacy oriented Operating Systems
> - Infrastructure supporting anonymous browsing
> - Operational security: how to minimize the amount of information someone
> can  collect about you online and on the streets - Basic threat modeling:
> what sort of paranoia do you realistically need tohave? - Steps to minimize
> damage in the event of a breach
> 
> Talks are expected to be technical as it is FOSDEM.
> 
> ** Important dates
> 
> - 26 Nov 2017:  submission deadline for talk proposals
> - 15 Dec 2017:  announcement of the final schedule
> -  4 Feb 2018:  Decentralized Internet & Privacy (Sunday)
> 
> Talk proposals will be reviewed by a steering committee:
> - heartsucker (SecureDrop // Freedom of the Press Foundation Volunteer)
> - Loïc Dachary (SecureDrop // Artisan Logiciel Libre)
> - Tristan Nitot (Cozy Cloud // Chief Product Officer)
> - Julien Rabier (Ilico)
> - Bram (YunoHost // Neutrinet)
> 
> Use the FOSDEM 'pentabarf' tool to submit your proposal:
> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18
> 
> - If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it.
>  Please reuse your account from previous years if you have
>  already created it.
> 
> - In the "Person" section, provide First name, Last name
>  (in the "General" tab), Email (in the "Contact" tab)
>  and Bio ("Abstract" field in the "Description" tab).
> 
> - Submit a proposal by clicking on "Create event".
> 
> - Important! Select the "Decentralized Internet & Privacy" track
>  (on the "General" tab).
> 
> - Provide the title of your talk ("Event title" in the "General" tab).
> 
> - Provide a description of the subject of the talk and the
>  intended audience (in the "Abstract" field of the "Description" tab)
> 
> - Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short
>  list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the
>  "Full description" field in the "Description" tab
> 
> - Provide an expected length of your talk in the "Duration" field. Please
>  count at least 10 minutes of discussion into your proposal.
> 
> Suggested talk length is 20 minutes and 10 minutes for questions.
> 
> Recording of talks
> ==================
> 
> The FOSDEM organizers plan to have live streaming and recording fully
> working, both for remote/later viewing of talks, and so that people can
> watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. This requires speakers
> to consent to being recorded and streamed. If you plan to be a speaker,
> please understand that by doing so you implicitly give consent for your
> talk to be recorded and streamed. The recordings will be published under
> the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY).
> 
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