OpenITP and ISC's Circumvention Tech Summit Tunis, Tunisia November 26-28, 2012
After the success of the Circumvention Tech Summit in Rio de Janeiro last June, the value of gathering together those working on anti-censorship and anti-surveillance tools has become clear. Therefore, we are pleased to announce that OpenITP and the Information Security Coalition (ISC) will be hosting a second summit on November 26-28 in Tunis, Tunisia. This summit will be unique, as we are bringing together both developers working on Internet Freedom tools and Syrian activists who are using these tools in their efforts to effect change in Syria. Increasing dialog between developers and users will help projects identify how they can best serve the real and immediate needs of the Syrian people, as well as other at-risk populations. Ultimately, our goal is to promote collaboration among technical projects that implement and preserve the principles of a free and open Internet. We aim to help attendees increase access to users and testers, eliminate duplicative effort, increase inter-project infrastructure, and promulgate open standards and best practices. We encourage you to attend if you're interested in discovering what others in this field are doing, both in the Middle East/North Africa region and internationally. Attendees will share best practices from their projects, learn about new and related projects, and receive direct feedback from Syrian activists using their tools. We're excited to continue supporting the work of tool developers, and we anticipate this event helping to advance your project, as high-bandwidth cross-project discovery and communication are best done in person. Please contact us if you would like to attend by November 1st, 2012. Travel subsidies of varying amounts are available on a case-by-case basis for members of the circumvention tech community. Note that our travel budget is limited, so we urge attendees who have their own financial means to fund their attendance directly so that others with fewer options may still be able to attend. We look forward to seeing you all in Tunis! Please RSVP to [email protected] and tell us what you plan to work on, and what kind of projects and people you hope to meet. Regards, OpenITP & the ISC -- Dragana Kaurin Program Associate OpenITP [email protected] (937) 626 3617 -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
