WEBCAST LIVE NOW – F2C:Freedom to Connect 2013 #f2c #netfreedom #broadband
The Freedom to Connect conference is underway, March 4-5 2013, at the AFI Theater in Silver Springs, Maryland. F2C: Freedom to Connect brings under-represented people and issues into the Washington, DC based federal policy discussion to promote Internet freedom, to preserve Internet values such as public protocols and universal connectivity, and to promote the use of the Internet for people-oriented purposes. The conference will be webcast live by the Internet Society’s North American Bureau. The webcast is free. To participate in the online backchannel is $24.99. No live captions.
What: Freedom to Connect 2013
When: March 4-5 2013 9am-5pm | 1400-2200 UTC
Where: Silver Spring, MD
Agenda: http://freedom-to-connect.net/agenda.html
Webcast: http://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/f2c
Register: (backchannel) http://f2c.eventbrite.com/
Twitter: #f2c
Deaf are discussing. 
A public memorial service to remember Aaron Swartz will be held in The Great Hall at Cooper Union, NYC on Saturday January 19, 2013. Speakers include Edward Tufte, Stinebrickner-Kauffman, David Segal, Quinn Norton, Ben Wikler, Glenn Otis Brown, Roy Singham, Doc Searls, David Isenberg and other friends. The event is free and open to all. Tickets/registration are not necessary but appreciated to gauge crowd size.
Deaf 9:50 am on March 4, 2013 Permalink |
How can it be a “democracy” to connect if you are leaving out millions of deaf/hoh without live captions??
joly 3:12 pm on March 4, 2013 Permalink |
Sorry, I don’t think they could afford it. We, ISOC, donated the webcast services. See the Thoughtworks blog and the twitter feed for some updates.
joly 3:10 pm on March 4, 2013 Permalink |