December 3rd, 2008 Free Software Free Society is an International Conference on Free and Open Source software and Free Knowledge Movements being organised by Government of Kerala and Free Software community in Kerala. It is the 2nd International Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture on 9th, 10th and 11th of December, 2008.
The Conference will have sessions covering the selected areas, and case studies by eminent personalities like:
- Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS)(Founder GNU and FSF)
- Jimmy Wales (Founder Wikipedia)
- Eben Moglen (Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center)
- NIIBE Yutaka (Chairman of the Free Software Initiative of Japan (FSIJ))
- Neville “Roy” Singham (Founder and Chairman of ThoughtWorks, Inc)
- Georg C. F. Greve (Initiator and president of the Free Software Foundation
Europe) - Anand Babu (Board member of FSF-India. Cofounder and CTO of Z RESEARCHl Inc)
The events will be held at Mascot Hotel,Trivandrum and restricted to registered participants.If you are interested in participating register here. They will be getting back to you immediately.
The major attraction of the conference will be exhibitions,workshops and a GNU/Linux Install Fest or a Free Software Exhibition which will include a Free Software Install Fest also, to be held open for the public at Kanakakunnu Palace, Trivandrum.
