4:25 pm on September 30, 2016 · iff (2), internet freedom (81)

Internet Freedom Festival 6–10 March, 2017 Valencia, Spain – call for session hosts @InternetFF #netfreedom

Internet Freedom FestivalThe 2017 Internet Freedom Festival will take place in Valencia, Spain on 6 – 10 March, 2017. The Internet Freedom Festival gathers the community keeping the Internet open and uncensored for a week of multidisciplinary collaboration. The Festival is something of an unconference in that any participant can host a session. The Call for Proposals is now open. Conversations and workshops – rather than sessions that just highlight personal work – are encouraged. Content is divided into eight different Themes, curated by the IFF Fellows. Themes include hackathons, workshops, security trainings, panel discussion and social events. The deadline is 28 Nov 2016.

Also, the Internet Freedom Festival Diversity and Inclusion Fund is an open funding program designed to bring underrepresented groups into the larger Internet Freedom community.

WEBCAST TUESDAY: Six Heroes of the Internet @isocdc #netfreedom

Internet Freedom Fellows 2013

Internet Freedom Fellows 2013As it did in 2012, on Tuesday March 12 2013 the Internet Society’s Greater Washington Chapter (ISOC-DC) will again host this year’s Internet Freedom Fellows in a follow up event to their induction in Geneva. The Fellows will have an opportunity to discuss their experiences advocating for basic human rights and the role of the Internet in formulating their success. The event will be webcast live by the Internet Society’s North America Bureau.

What: Six Heroes of the Internet
Where: Tuesday March 12 2013, 6-7.30pm EDT | 000-0130 UTC
Where: George Mason University, School of Public Policy, Arlington VA
Webcast: https://new.livestream.com/internetsociety/freedomfellows
Speakers:
Mac-Jordan Disu-Degadjor (Ghana), Blogging Ghana
Michael Anti (China), blogger
Edetaen Ojo (Nigeria), Director, The Media Rights Agenda
Grigory Okhotin (Russia), journalist and human rights activist
Usamah Mohamed (Sudan), activist, activist trainer, and Tweeter
Bronwen Robertson (UK), Director of Operations, Small Media