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14-15 April 2004 : Brussels is the Hub to go
Conferences and LUG in Brussels European Parliament Chaired by Dany Cohn-Bendit MEP
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http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004/bxl04
http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda
http://laurence.domainepublic.net
Most legal frame related to new technologies is cooked up at Brussels. To get a feet into European Parliament's door and show that you care right before the election. Its future Members will decide on the patentability of software, on data privacy issues, TPRM, and so on), join an install party within parliament (and bring your favourite MEP with you), attend a panel with eg Alan COX, Georg GREVE, Jon Lech JOHANSEN (of decss fame), participate in a guided tour through brussels (anti-swpats "demo"), meet LUGs and programming rights groups from all over the place, and some chaotic nerds of FFII. A Wiki DSL connection will be available.
On 14 April evening, there will be a diner/party at restaurant La Tentation, in the center of Brussels. http://plone.ffii.org/events/2004 (also to book you hotel).
Entrance is free however to access the building you have to register online before 7 April http://www.greens-efa.org/agenda
Contact : lvandewalle@europarl.eu.int euroG/LUGparty
Brussels European Parliament room ASP 1G2
15 April 2004
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The Greens in European parliament invite representatives of GNU/Linux Users Groups of the 25 Member States of the European Union to come to Brussels to
- enhance the networking among the free software community in Europe(in particular with the New Member states)
- prepare the second reading on the software patents directive
- show inside EP what free software is, how it works and what ideas lie behind
- participate to the FFII conference and demo against software patents on 14 April
Programme and registration on http://www.greens-efa.org
lvandewalle@europarl.eu.int
PROGRAMME
9.00-11.00 25 G/LUGs for a Free Europe
Gathering European GNU/Linux Users Groups and associations for the promotion of free software : BxLUG - Belgium, RWO -Plug - Poland, Vrijschrift - The Netherlands, LiLux - Luxemburg, FFS Software - Austria, APRIL - HNS-info.net - France, GUUG - Germany, SSLUG - Sweden&Denmark, LUGOS - Slovenia, Debian - Latvia, AKL - Lithuania, LugRoma - Italy, Grece, Cyprus, Finland, Estonia, ...
11.00-12.30 Linux Install Party for MEps with Monica Frassoni Dany Cohn-Bendit, Hiltrud Breyer, Bart Staes, ... organized by BxLug
15.00 PANEL I: FAIR USE/COPIE PRIV E
Gwen Hinze(Electronic Fronteer Foundation)
Laurence Lebersorg(Test-Achat Belgium)
Jon Lech Johansen(DVD-Jon)
16.00 PANEL II: FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Cristiano Paggetti(Italy): eGovernment
Andrea Glorioso (Italy) : Free Content
Herman Bruynickx(Belgium): Free software in education
Jens Muhlhaus(Germany): Public administration: Linux f r Munchen
17.00 PANEL III : FREE AS IN FREEDOM
Georg Greve, FSF Europe (Germany) Agenda 1910
17.30 Alan Cox www.linux.org.uk co-signatory of the letter sent by Linus Torvalds to the President of EP against software patents(UK)
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