We're excited by what we've seen come in so far. Thank you to those
who submitted a session for LibrePlanet 2024! If you haven't submitted
your session yet, please take advantage of the extension and submit by
November 17, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC).
The theme for LibrePlanet 2024 is "Cultivating Community." This year's
focus is on further growing the free software movement, mobilizing
from the grassroots, and building a stronger community in the process.
We will ask ourselves: How can we be a welcoming community, one that
attracts newcomers, as well as continue to be a lasting home to all
the wonderful people who already belong to it?
Call for Sessions
Submit your session today! Submissions are being accepted
through Friday, November 17, 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC). All you need to
submit is the session type (workshop, presentation, or discussion), a
session title, and an abstract. Optionally, you may add a biography
and information on previous presentations you've given if any.
Traditionally, a presentation is a thirty-five minute talk plus ten
minutes for Q&A. For a workshop, we allocate ninety minutes. Workshops
should be hands-on and experiential. A panel is a forty-five minute
discussion and should ideally include two to four panelists who bring
in different backgrounds and/or perspectives.
LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community will mostly feature sessions
in person, as in-person sessions allow for a high quality of
interaction and are more popular among our audience. However, we will
consider applications for remote sessions, too, with the intent of
integrating high-quality sessions into the schedule. Please decide
upon applying whether you would like to speak on site in the Boston
area or remotely. If you need financial assistance to travel to
Boston, please select the respective option upon applying.
To access the submission form, you will need to
create an account at https://my.fsf.org.
The LibrePlanet committee is looking for talks, discussions, and
workshops for all ages and experience levels. As always, we welcome
any talk related to free software that fits one of the following
tracks: licensing, security, community, social context, hardware, the
freedom ladder, free software documentation, free software in
government, education, or practice, workshops, or talks that explore
free software concepts. To help the committee, specify in your
abstract which track(s) you think your session fits in best. Ideally,
sessions should explore the theme "Cultivating Community." For
example, your session could:
Show ways of effectively organizing community, increasing diversity,
facilitating the participation of volunteers, or encouraging users
to contribute to your project;
Share your climb up the freedom ladder, where you struggle to
integrate free software in your daily life, and where you've already
succeeded;
Explore the theme through broader spheres of education, licensing,
medicine, government, business, art, social movements, fostering
diversity, or improving accessibility;
Tell the world about your free software or free hardware project,
with a focus on how you invite newcomers to participate or attract
new users;
Present free software, like a chat platform, a forum, or a
screenreader-friendly program that enables participation;
Host a workshop on how to use a free software tool, how to hack, or
how to start building your own free software project; or
Lead a hack session on a free software project.
If you're looking for inspiration, check out last year's conference
website and session videos. All session proposals will be
reviewed by a community committee representing a wide range of
expertise.
Call for Sessions office hours
Do you have questions, comments, ideas? Do you need help with your
session proposal? Would you like to be part of the LibrePlanet 2024
committee? Or would you just like to socialize? No matter what, please
come meet with us in our Call for Sessions office hour on IRC on
Thursday, November 2, from 13:00 to 14:00 EDT (17:00 - 18:00 UTC) in
the #libreplanet channel of the Libera.Chat IRC network.
You are also welcome to send an email to [email protected] with your
session ideas and questions.
About the conference
The conference will be held in March 2024 in the Boston area (exact
venue TBD). LibrePlanet 2024 will be an in-person event, but
remote attendees will be able to watch the livestream and ask
questions on IRC.
