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World Summit on the Information Society
Patents, Copyright, Trademarks (PCT) Working Group Event
"Free Software, Free Society"
Time: Wednesday 10 December 17H-20H Place: [4]Room Cervin, Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland
Software is the cultural technique of the digital age and access to it determines who may participate in a digital world. Because of its unique social, educational, scientific, political and economic benefits and opportunities, [5]Free Software is one of the [6]essential benchmarks of Civil Society for the [7]World Summit on the Information Society. Listen to and meet leading global experts on what is an essential building block for an empowering, sustainable and inclusive information society. Get input for governmental policy decisions and ideas on how software shapes the societies of tomorrow with people such as [8]Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation.
The event is publicly accessible without accreditation. AGENDA
* 17:00 Georg Greve, FSF Europe, Opening Statement * 17:05 [9]Lawrence Lessig, [10]CreativeCommons (Chair: Georg Greve) * 17:35 [11]Richard Stallman, [12]FSF (Chair: Georg Greve) * 18:15 Juan Carlos Gentile, [13]Hipatia (Chair: Francis Muguet) * 18:45 Pierre Ouedraogo (?) (Chair: Francis Muguet) * 19:15 Theo Bondolfi, [14]Ynternet.org (Chair: Loic Dachary) * 19:45 Discussion (Moderator: Loic Dachary) * 20:00 Richard Stallman, FSF, Concluding Remarks
Organizers : [15]Georg C.F. Greve, [16]Loic Dachary, [17]Dr. Francis Muguet
References
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