<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div>Dear all,<br>
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please distribute the following conference announcement as quick and<br>
as far as possible.<br>
<br>
It is also available at<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oekonux-conference.org/invitation/invitation.html">http://www.oekonux-conference.org/invitation/invitation.html</a><br>
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where there are links to the respective events.<br>
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Frankly I think we have got an impressive program :-) .<br>
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Grüße<br>
<br>
Stefan<br>
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Free Software and Beyond<br>
<br>
The World of Peer Production<br>
<br>
4th Oekonux Conference<br>
<br>
in cooperation with<br>
<br>
P2P Foundation<br>
<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oekonux-conference.org/">http://www.oekonux-conference.org/</a><br>
<br>
Invitation<br>
<br>
Project Oekonux researches the economical, political and social forms of Free<br>
Software and similar forms of production we collectively call peer production.<br>
In Project Oekonux, different people with different reasons and different<br>
approaches get together to build something new. A lot of participants want to<br>
know, whether and if so, how, the peer production can serve as a basis for a<br>
new society.<br>
<br>
For the 4th Oekonux Conference Project Oekonux cooperates with the P2P<br>
Foundation. The Foundation for Peer to Peer Alternatives researches, documents<br>
and promotes P2P practices in every domain of social life. It's a global<br>
cyber-collective and aims to be a knowledge and internetworking platform for<br>
open/free, participatory, and commons-oriented initiatives on a global scale.<br>
<br>
During the past decade the phenomenon of Free Software has become successful<br>
and well-known. It is still amazing how in the realm of software the creativity<br>
of so many volunteers leads to products which are useful for the whole mankind.<br>
Ten years after Project Oekonux was founded the world has changed. As expected<br>
by us the principles of the development of Free Software are spreading out to<br>
other fields. Wikipedia and Open Access are two of the most interesting<br>
examples among many. It is time to look at peer production from a broader<br>
perspective.<br>
<br>
The 4th Oekonux conference<br>
<br>
Free Software and Beyond<br>
<br>
The World of Peer Production<br>
<br>
takes up this development and widens the perspective from Free Software to<br>
other fields of peer production. Project Oekonux and P2P Foundation are proud<br>
to welcome nearly 30 invited contributors which will share their experience,<br>
studies and insights with us on the following topics<br>
<br>
* Peer production beyond Free Software<br>
+ Free Design of material goods for less industrialized countries<br>
+ Open Source Car<br>
+ Free Science with Open Access<br>
+ Open Street Map project<br>
+ Peer production in art<br>
+ Free Farming<br>
+ Free Knitting<br>
* Aspects of Free Software<br>
+ Free Software in Latin America<br>
+ Innovation in Free Software<br>
+ "Others" in the community<br>
+ Communities and single developers<br>
+ Women in Free Software<br>
* Peer production and social movements<br>
+ The Hipatia project<br>
+ Social movements and peer production<br>
+ Indigenous movements and cyberspace<br>
* Theories on peer production<br>
+ Patterns in peer production<br>
+ Market and peer production based economies<br>
+ Peer production and the concept of truth<br>
+ Organization in peer production<br>
* Future of peer production<br>
+ Current limitations of peer production<br>
+ Money and peer production<br>
+ Ideas for expanding peer production<br>
+ Political scenarios for expanding peer production<br>
<br>
Please see the program page for detailed information and some more<br>
contributions.<br>
<br>
After the inspiration of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Oekonux Conference we hope and<br>
expect that in an open atmosphere critical voices as much as the enthusiasm of<br>
the hackers of all kinds once more will merge into a creative process. We hope<br>
and expect, that again the wide range of presentations contributed by<br>
international participants from science and practice will lead to new insights<br>
and broader understanding for all. We hope and expect, that as before we will<br>
have a lot of fun :-) .<br>
<br>
4th Oekonux Conference<br>
<br>
March 27th-29th, 2009<br>
<br>
University of Manchester<br>
<br>
Please register for free<br>
<br>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oekonux-conference.org/registration.html">http://www.oekonux-conference.org/registration.html</a><br>
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Web-Site: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oekonux.org/">http://www.oekonux.org/</a><br>
Organization: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/">http://www.oekonux.de/projekt/</a><br>
Contact: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:projekt@oekonux.de" target="_blank" href="mailto:projekt@oekonux.de">projekt@oekonux.de</a><br>
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