Manchester/2011-09-20

FreedomBox: Enabling private conversations online

• Talk: FreedomBox: Enabling private conversations online
• Speakers: Sam Tuke
• Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
• Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
  • "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
  • http://madlab.org.uk/
• Date: Tuesday, 20th September 2011 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
• Start time: 19:00
• Finish time: 20:30

Details

FreedomBox Foundation's founder Eben Moglen says:

"We're building software for smart devices whose engineered purpose is to work together to facilitate free communication among people, safely and securely, beyond the ambition of the strongest power to penetrate, they can make freedom of thought and information a permanent, ineradicable feature of the net that holds our souls."

Learn more about the FreedomBox at http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/ .

The event will include a Q&A session, discussion and then lively debate in the pub afterwards.

Speaker

• Sam Tuke

"writer, philosopher, developer, and most frequently, Free Software campaigner."

Location

The meeting will take place at the usual time, 7pm, at Madlab on Edge Street in the Northern Quarter. "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)". The venue provides wifi. The talk is followed by an informal discussion in the bar opposite (A Place Called Common).

Transport

Parking

Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero cost after 6pm (this is likely to move to after 8pm soon, verify restrictions before parking) on Tuesday but get full up. There are paid parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab. A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP. If you can't decide otherwise then park in Manchester Arndale.

Public Transport

Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab. Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach Station are not too far either.

Lightning Talks

If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please send an email to fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org.

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Who’s Coming?

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Possibles

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Who’s Not Coming?

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Post-Event Reports

Mike's

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