Program
October 29th
Venue: Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113 – Metro: Paralel
9.00 pmThe oXcars Free Culture Awards Festival
October 30th
Venue: Auditorium of The Central University of Barcelona, Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes, 585 – Metro: Universitat
9.00 amConference
Program
9.30 am – 11.00 am
Introduction to the Free Culture Forum by eXgae
Education and Access to Knowledge
- Wouter Tebbens: (Intro) “Paradoxes in the Knowledge Society”
- Ben Moskowitz, Students for Free Culture “Wheeler Declaration on Open Universities”
- Anne Ostergaard “Educating in Freedom – Free Access and Collaboration is the Key”
- Nagarjuna G. (via video conference)
11.00 am – 12.30 pm:
Organizational Logic and Political Implications of Free Culture
- Mayo Fuster Morell: (Intro) “Organizational and Democratic Logic of Free Culture”
- David Bollier: “The Digital Republic, Its Enemies and How the Commoners Can Prevail.”
- Jamie King: “The Gangs Politics”
- Felix Stalder: “The Political Implications of Free Culture”
3.00 pm – 4.45 pm:
Economies, New P2P Models, and Sustainable Distribution
- Jeremy Rifkin (via video conference)
- Michel Bauwens: “The New Industrial Paradigm of Commons-Centered Production: Open Design, Communities, Entrepreneurial Coalitions, and the Partner State”
- John Howkins: “Who Owns Copyright?”
- Koleman Strumpf (via video conference): “Presentation of the Harvard Quantitative Study on File-Sharing and Copyright“
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm:
”Other” Government Programs:
- The Digital Culture Coordinator, Jose Murilo, of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture presents the strategies that are being implemented in Brazil around the new copyright law
- Pirate Party: The Program of the Pirate Party at the European Parliament
6.15 pm – 8.30 pm:
Legal Perspectives and User Access (immediate threats)
- eXgae: An Introduction to the Panel Within the Framework of Intellectual Property Law Reform in Spain
- Consumers International/Jeremy Malcolm: “Obama Administration’s Pressures – The Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Rights (TRIPS-plus) Agenda of the Special 301 Report Released by the Office of the US Trade Representative”
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Secret Agreements: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Developments at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)”
- KEI/James Love: “Competitive Intermediaries for the Supply of Knowledge as a Public Good”
- La Quadrature du Net/Jeremie Zimmermann: “Restriction of the Internet – Telecoms Package”
October 31th
Venue: Hangar Passatge del Marqués de Santa Isabel Metro: Poble Nou
10 am – 10 pm: Thematic working groups around the key topics:
- Legal Perspectives and User Acces
- Economies, New P2P Models and Sustainable Distribution
- Education and Acces to Knowledge
- Free Software and Open Standards: Knowledge Sharing Hacker Philosophy and Action Technical Ware
- Organizational Logic and Political Implications of Free Culture
November 1st
Venue: Centre for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) Montalegre, 5 Metro: Plaça Catalunya
10 am – 8.30 pm: Plenary Session to Prepare the FC Forum Charter; discussing diffusion strategies and ongoing organization in light of the upcoming challenges.
