Software Freedom Kosova 2016
October 21-23 2016
Organized by FLOSSK, the seventh annual Software Freedom Kosova conference was a major technology event focusing on free and open-source software. SFK16 featured 43 speakers from 18 countries, offering 48 lectures and workshops over three days.
The event included a main presentation day and two additional days of hands-on workshops held at ICK and Prishtina Hackerspace. The conference provided a platform for participants to engage with influential tech figures, develop technical skills, and generate new ideas.
The conference started with Peter Corbett, he talked about Hacking Consumer Experiences.
Thomas Levine showed us how he uses free software for efficient day-to-day computing. He demonstrated how he uses email, reads news, writes papers, references dictionaries and encyclopedias, develops software, searches the web, edits videos, and plays music. All from a terminal with the bare minimum degree of internet access.
James Michael DuPont showed us how to secure data and communication with GPG.
Andy Mabbett talked about Wikipedia and GLAM, where he explained how galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and similar institutions, can benefit from working with Wikipedia and its multi-lingual sister projects, like Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata, to preserve heritage, tell stories and share the sum of all knowledge.
Activities:
- Held 17 hours of programming across 48 sessions
- Organized 8 project demonstration tables
- Conducted workshops at ICK, RIT Kosovo, and Prishtina Hackerspace
- Featured international and local expert speakers
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