Today, we're sharing with you all the sessions that have been
confirmed for LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community. Exciting
talks, hands-on workshops, and thrilling discussions await you. If you
haven't registered already, register now to save your spot!
This year's theme is Cultivating Community and besides our regular
program of free software projects and developments, the schedule
is full of sessions on mobilizing from the grassroots, increasing
diversity in the free software community, facilitating the participation
of volunteers, and encouraging users to contribute to their favorite
projects. Examples for sessions on cultivating community we are
looking forward to are:
This schedule also holds our annual Free Software Awards ceremony
for 2023. We are sure it will intrigue both regulars and newcomers. And
these are just some of the highlights that await you. Check out the full
schedule of more than thirty sessions made to inspire you on the
LibrePlanet website.
The Jupiter and Saturn rooms will exclusively feature in-person talks,
all of which can also be viewed by remote attendees via the livestream.
The Neptune room will be fully remote.
The facts about LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community
LibrePlanet: Cultivating Community will be held on May 4 and 5, 2024.
The in person part of the conference will take place at the Wentworth
Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, USA. For information regarding
transportation, accommodation, and restaurants, please visit the lodging
& travel section of the conference page.
FSF associate members and students can attend LibrePlanet
gratis, but we still ask you to register to the event so that we can
prepare. If you haven't registered already, please register now:
LibrePlanet cannot exist without generous sponsors. If you or your
company would like to sponsor or exhibit at LibrePlanet, have
a look at this year's sponsorship prospectus, and email
[email protected] for more information. Sponsoring provides
you, and your organization, with a unique opportunity to engage
one-on-one with an influential audience of decision makers and
technology professionals and to connect with top industry talent
in software development, licensing, and free software applications.
Time to socialize -- Birds of a Feather sessions
If you want to contribute to the program, you can organize a Birds
of a Feather (BoF) session for LibrePlanet 2024. BoF sessions
can be a time for people to get together around a specific topic,
project, or identity, either to focus on conversations, come up with
new ideas, or just spend time socializing. If you're interested in
organizing a BoF session, please list it on the LibrePlanet wiki
and email [email protected].
Volunteer at LibrePlanet 2024
If you would like to volunteer, please send an email to
[email protected]. In your email, please let us know if you
would like to volunteer in person or remotely, what days/times
at LibrePlanet you will be able to volunteer, and if you want to
receive a LibrePlanet T-shirt as a thank you (don't forget to
mention the size; we have S-XXXL).
Spread the word about LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating community
Excited about the program? Can't wait to start discussing sessions
and ideas around LibrePlanet? Join the discussion mailing list,
the IRC channel at #libreplanet, and the wiki community
now. Finally, we hope you'll help us spread the word about LibrePlanet
2024 with the flyer FSF intern Gabriel-Cezarin Popovici created. In
addition, please blog or microblog using the hashtag #libreplanet
to let people know that you'll be there, what sessions you are looking
forward to, or to share memories of previous LibrePlanet conferences.
I look forward to a thrilling conference with you,
