Dear all,
the Pirate Party Switzerland cordially invites you to this year's Winter Congress of the Pirates in Aarau. We hope to meet you at the 22nd until 24th of February 2013 in Aarau.
Highlights: * Keynotes by ** Richard Stallman (GNU GPL, GNU system) on copyright and data protection ** Birgitta Jónsdóttir (IMMI, WikiLeaks) on press freedom ** Gerd Leonhard (Futurist, Author) on trends in the next 5 years * raclette evening on Friday & social events * workshops on various programmatic aspects * ordinary pirate assembly '13
Further details on all speakers below.
Registration is generally appreciated. If you want to eat you should register till Wednesday, 21 Feb. Please visit http://register.piratenpartei.ch
Quick facts When: 22nd to 24th February 2013 Where: Auenhalle, Aarau, Switzerland What: Winter Congress of the Pirates, Ordinary Pirates Assembly PPS Agenda: http://pira.cc/Z4V Organisational: http://pira.cc/Z4j
We look forward to see you in Aarau Pirate Party Switzerland
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Your contacts for questions: Stefan Thöni International Coordinator stefan.thoeni@piratenpartei.ch
Pat Mächler co-Organizer patrick.maechler@piratenpartei.ch
Note: A German version of this mail is available on request.
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About the keynote speakers:
*Richard Stallman* launched the development of the GNU operating system in 1984 and is the author of the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), which guarantees the user the freedoms to use, copy, redistribute, and change it. The GNU/Linux system, basically the GNU operating system with Linux added, is used on tens of millions of computers today. Stallman has received the ACM Grace Hopper Award, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Pioneer Award, and the Takeda Award for Social/Economic Betterment, as well as several honorary doctorates.
*Birgitta Jónsdóttir* is chairwoman of the Icelandic Píratar Party and member of the Icelandic parliament. She was elected in April 2009 on behalf of "The Movement" aiming for democratic reform beyond party politics of left and right. Birgitta has been an activist and a spokesperson for various groups, such as Wikileaks, Saving Iceland and Friends of Tibet in Iceland. She acts as a spokeswoman for the IMMI (Icelandic Modern Media Initiative).
*Gerd Leonhard* is a well-known Futurist, author and influential Keynote Speaker. He serves as Visiting Professor at the Fundação Dom Cabral (São Paulo, Brazil). Gerd’s background is in music and the music business; he won Berklee College’s ‘Quincy Jones Award’ and spent 10 years working as a professional guitar player, composer and producer. He then became a digital media entrepreneur, serving as CEO with several Internet startups, based in San Francisco, for 7 years.