LibrePlanet:Conference/2020/Lightning Talks

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Watch LibrePlanet 2019 Lightning Talks

Lightning talks are five-minute presentations given by conference attendees on free software topics they're passionate about.

Lightning talks 2020

Since we are now streaming LibrePlanet only, these instructions have changed. Upload your lightning talk in advance!

• Submit a talk online following the below instructions, then email campaigns@fsf.org with your speaker release.

• Please make sure your lightning talks are about free software–related issues and projects, and don't advocate proprietary software or Services as a Software Substitute (SaaSS). There are many conferences focused on "open source," and we're proud that people come to LibrePlanet to be part of the free software movement.

• In your presentations, please use the term "free software" rather than "open source", to help us keep LibrePlanet focused on computer-user freedom. We appreciate it, and your audience will too.

• To ensure a conference that's safe and fun for everyone, we take our Safe Space Policy very seriously. We'd appreciate it if you looked it over before planning your presentation.

The lightning talks will be streamed and posted online.

Our tips for an awesome lightning talk:

• Be as selective as possible with what you cover. (In our experience, a five-minute talk cannot cover what a fifteen-minute talk covers and still be effective.)
• Use a large, reader-friendly font for all your slides.
• Keep the number of your slides low.
• Do not visually overload your slides.

Talk upload instructions

You should upload your video to our ftp server:

• Host: photoupload.fsf.org
• Username: anonymous
• Port: 21
• Folder: upload-here

There are many ftp programs, the easiest we know if is Filezilla. Here are instructions for that.

Installation

• Install Filezilla. If you are using GNU/Linux, you can install with a command like apt-get install filezilla. Otherwise, you can download the client from here: <https://filezilla-project.org/>

Connecting

• Open filezilla

• In the "host" field near the top of the window, enter "photoupload.fsf.org"

• Click "Quickconnect"

• When the window that says that the host key is unknown, select the check box next to "Always trust this host", then click OK.

• You should now be connected.

• Drag and drop video file you want to upload from the left hand file tree into the upload-here folder in the right side pane.

• When you are done uploading email us to let us know what video file to use.

Confirm your submission with speaker release by emailing the following to campaigns@fsf.org:

I agree that my presentation at LibrePlanet 2020 is subject to the following terms and conditions:

The Free Software Foundation ("FSF") may capture audio and video (a "Recording") of my presentation and any associated materials.

I authorize FSF to distribute, reproduce, publicly display, and prepare derivative works of the Recording and any derivative works of the Recording (the "Licensed Materials") under the terms of the following license(s) (select one or more):

[ ] GNU Free Documentation License v. 1.3

[ ] Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY)

[ ] Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA)

I grant to FSF permission to use my name, likeness, and biographic information in association with its use of the Licensed Materials under the above license.

I represent that I have the authority to grant the above license to FSF. If my presentation incorporates any material owned by third parties, I represent that the material is sublicensable to FSF or that my use of them is fair use.

This Release is governed by United States and international copyright law and by the law of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.