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On Wednesday May 21 2014 at 3pm the Internet Society's New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) and RECLAIM.CC, as part of Internet Week NY, will present Libtech NYC 2014 - a half-day conference to "envision, learn, share and build robust, decentralized networks through participatory systems." There is a voluntary fee of $12+ to attend in person, and a free webcast via the Internet Society Chapters YouTube channel.
What: Libtech NYC 2014
Where: Courant Institute, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer St, NYC
When: Wednesday May 21 2014 3pm-9pm EDT | 1900-0100 UTC
Webcast: http://bit.ly/libtechvideo
Twitter: #libtechnyc
Agenda:
â Save the internet: net neutrality protestors camp out against FCC ruling
â Create the people's intelligence agency with Robert David Steele, author of Open Source Everything manifesto
â Learn from veteran attorney Stanley Cohen on criminalization of dissent
â Explore how a new Internet Bill Of Rights might function
â Reclaim: where communities of practice connect around projects
â Build and transform social capital, diy liberation technology + you
Participants:
Groucho Fractal and Scott Beibin; Beyond The Grid with video artist Paul Garrin with Nicole Brydson of Misfit Media; Veteran attorney activist Stanley Cohen; Cyber-reformer and intelligence professional Robert David Steele on intelligence in the public interest; Nate Heasley with goodnik; Sandra Ordonez with Open Internet Tools Projects (openitp); Nick Farr - hackers on planet earth; Reactor (Josephine Dorado and Jeremy Pesner); David Solomonoff with the Internet Society of New York; Bruce Lincoln & Clayton Banks envisioning the technological future with Silicon Harlem; Thomas Lowenhaupt of connectingnyc.org; Ted Schulman and the open source imperative; Ted Hall and seedball; culture change campaigns with Fred Sullivan and the man-up campaign and communities of practice including arc 38 and Brooklyn the Borough.