A M*RDER OF CROWS
SFK 11th Edition!
A M*rder of Crows – comes from centuries of folklore and the crow’s association with death. Crows were often seen around battlefields, cemeteries, gallows, and other places where dead bodies could be found.
An old tale even claimed that crows would gather to judge a member of their flock and, if found guilty, punish it – giving rise to the dark and dramatic name “m*rder”.
As for a storytelling of crows, the origin is less clear. Crows are known to gather in large flocks and produce loud “caws” so perhaps an observer, hearing the noise, concluded that they weren’t plotting a m*rder, but rather exchanging stories with one another.
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Patrik Hübner
Creative Director & Programming Designer
Patrik Hübner
Creative Director & Programming Designer
Patrik Hübner is an award-winning creative technologist and creative director who has worked at the intersection of design and technology for over two decades. With deep roots in communication and brand design, he has been recognized as a pioneer in combining design, data, algorithms, and storytelling to create dynamic branding systems.
He collaborates with leading brands, agencies, and cultural institutions to develop living generative brand systems, and shares his expertise as an author, lecturer, keynote speaker, and workshop facilitator.
Éléonore Daxhelet
OSOR Team Member - Policy Analyst, OpenForum Europe
Éléonore Daxhelet
OSOR Team Member - Policy Analyst, OpenForum EuropeÉléonore Daxhelet is a policy analyst and researcher specializing in technology, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty. She works at OpenForum Europe, focusing on the European Commission's Open Source Observatory (OSOR), and has contributed as a researcher for the Europian Institute for Research.
Dr Julian Stirling
Chief Executive - Humanitarian Technology Trust
Dr Julian Stirling
Chief Executive - Humanitarian Technology TrustJulian is one of the core developers of the OpenFlexure Microscope. He is also the Chief Executive of the Humanitarian Technology Trust (HTT), a UK Charity that is focused on advancing open-source humanitarian technology through local manufacturing. Julian's focus in the open source movement is on open source scientific instrumentation, and automated open source workflows for hardware development and documentation. In his spare time he maintains a 200 year old waterwheel that powers the second oldest beam engine in the world that can still do its original job.
K. Mike Merrill
World’s First Publicly Traded Person Backed by 1000+ Shareholder Community
K. Mike Merrill
World’s First Publicly Traded Person Backed by 1000+ Shareholder CommunityK. Mike Merrill is the world’s first publicly traded person. He IPO’d himself in 2008 and sold shares in his own life, and his shareholders have voted on his decisions ever since, from what he works on to who he dates. He got into technology in Portland, Oregon, at Tripwire, Tranxition, and LinuxFund, where his job title was Operations Penguin. He has spoken at TEDxVienna, ideacity, and XOXO, and his work has been covered by WIRED, VICE, and Variety. He spent this summer in Prishtina and now runs most of his life through a fleet of AI agents and too many GitHub issues.
Timo Hoogland
Digital artist, Live Coder, Drummer and Music Technology Educator
Timo Hoogland
Digital artist, Live Coder, Drummer and Music Technology EducatorTimo is a digital artist, live coder, drummer and music technology educator from the Netherlands. He livecodes electronic music and develops algorithmic audiovisual compositions and installations. Timo graduated from the Masters of Music at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in 2019, where he developed the livecoding tool Mercury. He organizes meetups, workshops and algoraves as part of Netherlands Coding Live. He teaches creative coding at HKU Music Technology and Conservatory of Amsterdam.
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Patrik Hübner
Creative agency and The Generative Mind — or: how to create meaningful work in a world of noise, tools, and constant change In his inspiration talk, Patrik Hübner explores The Generative Mind as a practical, empowering approach to treating technology as creative material. Drawing on over two decades across design, technology, research, and teaching, he looks beyond AI hype to frame generative design through code, data, systems, and context. Connecting with the spirit of creative coding, open culture, and hacking, the talk invites designers, developers, technologists, artists, and curious minds to build flexible systems, reveal hidden patterns, and create meaningful work in a world increasingly shaped by automation.
The Cathedral and the Bizarre
K. Mike Merrill
I incorporated myself in 2008 and got pulled toward the bazaar
I modeled my life on a publicly traded company and eighteen years later I have something closer to an open source project. I should have recognized the idea was too bizarre to be a cathedral.
Software freedom and beyond through democratic workplace organizing
Stjepan Horvat
In this talk I will teach you how find the common interests within a group and then act together to compel the formal leadership to follow the will of the whole group. Rather than accepting the existing power structures, we can organize democratic workplaces and thus form the structure of a new free society within the shell of the old.
European Commission’s Open Source Observatory: Findings from the 2025 Paper on Progress and Trends in the Western Balkans
Éléonore Daxhelet
This presentation gives an overview of the European Commission’s Open Source Observatory’s (OSOR) activities and latest Paper on Progress and Trends. The report examines how open source software has evolved within public administrations, based on the country reports published in 2025.
It covers 18 EU member states and includes for the first time five candidate countries from the Western Balkan region, namely Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia and North Macedonia. The session provides insights into the state of open source adoption and regulation in Europe, with a particular focus on findings from the Balkan countries, providing insights into how EU integration shapes digital policy in candidate countries.
The presentation will conclude by looking at the preliminary findings of the 2026 Report on Progress and Trends.
How the Consumer Rights Wiki helps fight the world's anti-ownership laws
Keith Yardley
Keith Yardley, from the FULU Foundation, provides an introduction to the Consumer Rights Wiki and its purpose, along with an explanation of how it aims to fight back against the laws that stop us really owning what we've bought and paid for.
Exploring Quantum Computing with Python
Behare Konjuvca
In this beginner-friendly workshop, participants will explore what quantum computing is, how it differs from classical computing, and why it may be useful for certain problems. The workshop will introduce qubits and some of the key ideas behind quantum computation. We will then bring these ideas into Python and work through a small computational problem using a quantum computing framework, giving participants a chance to see these ideas in practice. Basic Python knowledge is helpful, but no background in quantum computing or physics is required. Please bring a laptop for the hands-on part!
Design and simulation a rocket using open source tools.
Jo Hinchliffe
In this fun and engaging workshop facilitator Jo Hinchliffe will outline model, mid power and high power/ research rocket design techniques. We’ll dive in to designing a small rocket in Openrocket and we’ll also simulate the rocket in flight using the virtual profile of real world commercial small rocket motors. Finally we’ll dive into how other open tools can help you realise your design. This workshop requires no prior knowledge whatsoever and is sutiable for all. Please bring a laptop and download and install Openrocket prior to the workshop if possible.
Translating Wikipedia through LLMs
Arianit Dobroshi
I have a dream: to translate into Albanian 1,000, and eventually 10,000, Articles Every Wikipedia Should Have. Wikipedia has over 65 million articles across more than 340 languages. Albanian has only 100k. Editions like English and several others are of high quality. There is huge potential for translation into Albanian Wikipedia. LLMs can make this easier. During this workshop we will vibe code a Wikipedia articles translation pipeline and skill to semi-automate this process. Along the way we'll look at the state of Albanian-language LLM models, including local options, cost optimizations, and avenues for contributing to their development.
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