Free Culture Conference 2008

by Scott Beale on October 9, 2008 · 1 comment

Free Culture Conference 2008

Students for Free Culture and Free Culture Berkeley are organizing the Free Culture Conference 2008 this weekend on October 11th and 12th at the Chevron Auditorium at University of California, Berkeley. The conference features a keynote by Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig. Here’s schedule and registration info.

The conference will be held October 11th at the Chevron Auditorium at UC Berkeley. Anyone interested in politics, tech policy, art, and culture will find something to like—we’ll be featuring keynote presentations from Pam Samuelson of Boalt Hall, Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law, and Mozilla Corporation CEO John Lilly. We are also convening panels on transparent politics, remix culture, copyright reform, and open access to knowledge and medicine. Richard Rinehart of Berkeley Art Museum will present the groundbreaking OpenMuseum project and Berkeley’s OKAPI group will demonstrate its virtual recreation of Çatalhöyük island for the Open Archaeology project. Filmmaker Nina Paley will be present for a screening of her groundbreaking film Sita Sings the Blues. And on October 12th, SFC will present a slate of intimate “unconference” style workshops on the Berkeley campus. Join guests from Creative Commons, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others!

Thanks to Tim Hwang for the tip!

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