On 10/13/2012 04:02 PM, Dragana Kaurin wrote: > 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, increas e > 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
Hi Dragana, I would love to be in Tunisia for this event. Please reserve me a spot ;) All the very best, -- Gustaf Björksten Technology Director Access https://www.accessnow.org GPG ID: 0xFEB3D12A GPG Fingerprint: C10F FC31 B92A 3A32 40A0 1A72 43AC A427 FEB3 D12A -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
