Events

The FSFE will be present with a booth at the OpenExpo in Madrid, Spain. If you are interested in Free Software and the FSFE pass by and get to know the people from our community and our work. Looking forward to interesting talks!

Erik Albers is doing a "Freedom to Go" workshop about Free Software in Android at the Ingobernable in Madrid, Spain. After an introduction to the (lack of) freedoms in Android and Custom-ROMs, Erik will present the functions and possibilities of F-Droid - the repository as well as the client. Next, the G-Droid application will be introduced, a fork of the F-Droid client, with which you can access the same repository of Free Software applications but which offers new options. Finally, some of the best Free Software applications inside the F-Droid repository will be presented, as well as extended possibilities for anonymity and encryption.

The event is free of charge and open to visitors without prior registration.

The FSFE's Policy and Project Managers Alexander Sander and Galia Mancheva will be speaking at Libertybits in Sofia, Bulgaria. Alexander will be presenting the "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign and Galia is going to talk about the recent update of the Copyright Directive and what that means for the future of Free Software development. The event will take place in Sofia Tech Park in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Throughout history technology has influenced society. Reading, writing, arithmetic, agriculture, printing and radio are all examples of developments that changed the way we interact through trade, art and science. The most important cultural technology of the 21st century is software. It runs our workplaces, laptops, mobile phones as well as less obvious places like trains, cars, televisions, washing-machines, fridges, and many other devices. Today it depends on software how the government can implement laws, who will be able to join which university or job, or if and how long people might end up in jail. As people and companies who create software, we should consider how our actions influence the distribution of power in our society — and thereby our democracy.

On June 25, from 20:15h to 21:45h, Matthias Kirschner, President of the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), will explain what Free Software is, why software developed with public funds should be available to all and how Power relations in our society are influenced by software. The lecture will take place in Kupferbau HS21, Hölderlinstraße 5, 72074 Tübingen. Admission is free and no registration is required.

In his talk, FSFE Programme Manager Max Mehl will explain how Free Software can be the solution to many pressing security problems. He will look at pros and cons and use concrete examples to illustrate why security and openness are not contradictory.

The Pass the SALT confence takes place at the Polytech engineer school in Lille from 1 to 3 July. It intends to "build bridges between Security communities and Free Software hackers". A registration to the conference is required.

Tübix is a yearly event around GNU/Linux and Free Software. Its fifth incarnation takes place on 6 July 2019 from 9:30 to 18:00 in the rooms of Wilhelm Schickard Institute for IT, auf dem Sand, Tübingen, Germany. Admission is free.

In room V2 at 13:00, Reinhard Müller will give a presentation about the development of web applications with Python, SQLAlchemy, and Flask. He has successfully used this technology for the development of the new online FSFE community portal. The talk is in German. Besides that, FSFE will also present information about its work, a rich assortment of promotion material, and the current FSFE fashion at an information booth.

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Freund/-innen Freier Software, die sich einmal im Monat in Bonn treffen um uns über Freie Software (aka Open Source) auszutauschen. Das passiert oft in Form von Vorträgen oder Workshops. Die Bonner FSFE-Community-Meetings finden jeweils um 19 Uhr im BonnLAB statt, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel.

Die Treffen sind kostenlos und offen für alle, die Interesse an Freier Software haben. Als FSFE Community wollen wir allen eine friedliche und freundliche Atmosphäre bieten, ausgedrückt wird das durch den Code of Conduct der FSFE.

Ein signifikanter und wachsender Teil unseres Lebens läuft über die Nutzung von Computern, Smartphones und Internetdiensten ab. Wir nutzen diese, um unsere Gedanken auszudrücken, mit anderen Menschen zu kommunizieren und unsere Erinnerungen zu erfassen, sei es in Text, Bild oder Video. Angesichts dieser Durchdringung ist es wichtig, sich über die Bedeutung von Freiheit in der digitalisierten Welt bewusst zu werden, deren Garantie essentiell für unsere freiheitlich-demokratische Gesellschaft ist. Freie Software garantiert ihren Nutzer*Innen, sie für jeden Zweck nutzen, ihre Funktionsweise untersuchen, sie weitergeben und verbessern zu können. Damit ist sie eine Grundvoraussetzung für echte Freiheit auf digitalen Endgeräten.

In diesem Vortrag wird auf die Grundlagen Freier Software eingegangen und mit gängigen Missverständnissen aufgeräumt. Weiterhin werden die Herausforderungen der Verlagerung von Softwarefunktionen vom eigenen Gerät in die "Cloud" erörtert und welche Bedeutung Freie Software für Netzwerke hat (Soziale Netzwerke, Messenger Dienste, usw.). Abschließend gibt es ein paar Tipps, was jede*r tun kann, um schrittweise mehr Freiheit auf dem Gerät zu erlangen.

Diese Veranstaltung wird von dem Nürnberger Hackspace K4CG und der Ortsgruppe Franken der Free Software Foundation Europe organisiert. Den Vortrag hält Christian Carlowitz, einer der Koordinatoren der FSFE-Ortsgruppe Franken. Das Seminar wird im Künstlerhaus, Königstraße 93, 90402 Nürnberg stattfinden

The FSFE will be present with an assembly and an information booth at the Chaos Communication Camp 2019 in Mildenberg, Germany. The FSFE assembly will be part of the about:freedom village and is hosted for and by our members, friends and supporters to offer a common space to discuss, meet, hack and organise. Let's put the hacking back into politics! (more info to come)

The FSFE will be present at SFSCon in Bolzano, Italy, with a track of sessions as well as an info-booth. On the same occasion the FSFE will run its annual community meeting. More information to come.

On June 13th, the FSFE's president Matthias Kirschner will give a keynote about Free Software in our society at OW2con. He will argue that as people and companies who create software, we should consider how our actions influence the distribution of power in our society — and thereby our democracy. The event takes place on 12 and 13 of June. Entrance is free of charge but with prior registration required.

The Viennese FSFE supporters group had made it a tradition to participate every year at the Veganmania summer street festival. This year they will again be present with an FSFE information stand. Every day thousands of people pass by the stand and use the opportunity to learn more about Free Software while enjoying street food and drinks. Visit the stand and meet the great local FSFE community.

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Freund/-innen Freier Software, die sich einmal im Monat in Bonn treffen um uns über Freie Software (aka Open Source) auszutauschen. Das passiert oft in Form von Vorträgen oder Workshops. Die Bonner FSFE-Community-Meetings finden jeweils um 19 Uhr im BonnLAB statt, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel.

Die Treffen sind kostenlos und offen für alle, die Interesse an Freier Software haben. Als FSFE Community wollen wir allen eine friedliche und freundliche Atmosphäre bieten, ausgedrückt wird das durch den Code of Conduct der FSFE.

The FSFE Project Manager, Galia Mancheva will introduce the Public Money? Public Code! campaign in front of the local tech community in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on June 8th. TuxCon is an annual event about free and open source software and hardware. The entrance is free for all visitors.

Since research is usually directly or indirectly financed by public funds, it is obvious to publish this research software under free licenses, so that everyone can benefit from public software. The Free Software Foundation Europe has adopted this simple principle under the slogan "Public Money? Public Code". Erik Albers will discuss the basics of this campaign at the Conference for Research Software Engineers in Germany and how they can support sustainable software management and consumption.

Erik Albers gives a workshop about Custom-ROMs, F-Droid and G-Droid at the Gulaschprogrammiernacht in Karlsruhe, Germany. Focus of the workshop lies in understanding of the feature-rich fdroid- and gdroid-applications, on anonimity and offline-sharing and a sample of the editor's choice of the best available Free Software apps. Participants are welcome to install and test all applications mentioned during the workshop.

The FSFE's legal intern Lucas Lasota will give a talk about the latest developments with legal questions concerning Free and Open Source Software at Libre Graphics Meeting's Pre Event in Saarbrücken, Germany. The event is organized by the Opensaar e.V., an association promoting Free and Open Source Software initiatives in the Saar-Lor-Lux Region. The event has no entrance fee.

The FSFE's web-a-thon is a meeting among friends and supporters of the FSFE with the intend to have a great time with each other and to collectively work on our homepage. The web-a-thon 2019 will happen from 24th to 26th of May in the rooms of the local Chaos Computer Club Frankfurt (Main). There will be a public social event, please check the wiki-page for the latest updates.

Corso Leopold is a bi-annual Street Festival on Munich's Leopoldstraße. Because we believe Free Software is an essential part of a Free and Open Society, FSFE Group Munich will be present at Corso Leopold with a booth. We are happy to see Munich's FLOSS community growing further and we feel honored to have our booth next to the booths of several like-minded organizations (digitalcourage e.V, Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung and Wikipedia e.V.)

We're looking forward to meet new people as well as old friends, to thought-provoking discussions and to nice conversations.

Software is an essential resource for our communication, infrastructure and society. To guarantee stability of these developed systems, we have to safeguard the existence of this resource as well as sufficient amount of the resource. At the Magdeburger Developer Days, Erik Albers will discuss how we can achieve a sustainable use and consumption of software with the goal of an intergenerational justice and preservation of our resources.

IT-tinkering is only possible with Free Software, that's why the FSFE is going to be present with an information and merchandise booth at the Maker Fair Berlin from 17.05.2019 until 19.05.2018. On Friday 17 May, the Maker Fair is open for school classes and their teachers, free of charge. The Maker Fair is a get-together of makers and visitors interested in various DIY-ideas. At the FSFE’s booth, visitors can inform themselves about Raspberry Pi as a computer for standard applications especially suitable for education, about how to ‘free’ Android-Smartphones and about email-encryption.

Why is software that is programmed with taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for public sector must be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. If it is public money, it should be public code as well. Code paid by all people should be available to all people!

This talk of Alexander Sander, FSFEs Policy Manager, will provide a brief overview of the FSFE's previous and ongoing activities to foster software freedom in Europe on the levels of politics, legal work with enterprises, and general public awareness.

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Freund/-innen Freier Software, die sich einmal im Monat in Bonn treffen um uns über Freie Software (aka Open Source) auszutauschen. Das passiert oft in Form von Vorträgen oder Workshops. Die Bonner FSFE-Community-Meetings finden jeweils um 19 Uhr im BonnLAB statt, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel.

Die Treffen sind kostenlos und offen für alle, die Interesse an Freier Software haben. Als FSFE Community wollen wir allen eine friedliche und freundliche Atmosphäre bieten, ausgedrückt wird das durch den Code of Conduct der FSFE.

As in previous years, the FSFE will be present with a booth at T-Dose in Eindhoven, Netherlands. We look forward to interesting dicussions and chats about FSFE and Free Software.

Warum wird durch Steuergelder finanzierte Software nicht als Freie Software veröffentlicht? Alexander Sander, Policy Manager der FSFE, wird bei den Linuxwochen in Wien einen Vortrag über die Kampagne Public Money, Public Code! halten.

Mit Hilfe der Kampagne Public Money? Public Code! wollen wir die rechtlichen Grundlagen schaffen, die es erfordern, dass mit öffentlichen Geldern für öffentliche Verwaltungen entwickelte Software unter einer Freie-Software- und Open-Source Lizenz veröffentlicht wird. Wenn es sich um öffentliche Gelder handelt, sollte auch der Code öffentlich sein! In dem Talk wird unsere Kampagne vorgestellt und aufgezeigt, warum es sich lohnt, diese zu unterstützen.

On April 27th (Saturday), the FSFE Programme Manager Max Mehl will give a keynote about Free Software as a solution to many pressing IT security problems at the Grazer Linuxtage. He will look at the pros and cons and use concrete examples to illustrate why security and openness are not contradictory.The event is an annual 2-day conference around Free Software and Hardware, taking place at the Campus Inffeldgasse of the Technical University Graz.

The FSFE will participate with an infobooth at the FLISoL - the greater event spreading Free Software in Latin America, open to everyone: students, academics, workers, companies and even people without full technical knowledge. It's an yearly event always taking place on the fourth Saturday of April. The entrance is free of charge, and the main goal is to promote the use of Free Software spreading its philosophy, scope and development.

The FLISoL is organized by different local communities of Free Software and takes place at the same time in different locations. During the event you can get Free Software installed on your computer and also take workshops and talks covering local and national issues around Free Software.

The topic of self-hosting is becoming increasingly important due to policies such as EU Article 13 / CH-current ancillary copyright, privacy etc. It is therefore all the more important to make others aware of the problem. Therefore, we offer a workshop on self-hosting. If you want to participate, please register in advance.

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Donnerstag 11.4. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Interessierte sind immer recht herzlich Willkommen. Wenn Du Dein Kommen ankündigen möchtest oder einen (Themen-)Vorschlag für ein Treffen hast, kontaktiere uns bitte über die Mailingliste: "hamburg AT SPAMFREE lists DOT fsfe DOT org". Details zum link.

We are a group of Free Software friends who meet once a month in Bonn to exchange about Free Software (aka Open Source). This often happens in the form of lectures or demonstrations, and this time RA Dr. Michael Stehmann will present and discuss with us Free Software Licenses.

FSFE-Community-Meetings in Bonn take place on the second Monday of the month at 19.00 in BonnLAB, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel. The meetings are free for everyone interested in free software. As FSFE community, we're bound to the Code of Conduct of FSFE to ensure a peaceful and welcoming atmosphere.

The FSFE's Policy Analyst Alexander Sander and Programme Manager Erik Albers will give a presentation on the FSFE's "Public Money? Public Code!" campaign and afterwards join a panel and discuss public policies around Free Software, public money and public administrations in a conversation lead by Monica Bernardi, from Dimmons. The event is organised by our associate Barcelona Free Software Group and without entrance fee. Sander and Albers will be available for further discussions after the panel.

Marcus Moeller, the FSFE Coordinator in Switzerland, will give a presentation about promoting the sustainable use of electronic equipment for educational purposes and thus also promoting free software. Furthermore, the FSFE is represented with a booth table.

The conference is aimed at teachers, responsible persons for school informatics or people interested in education, who would like to introduce or promote Free Libre Open Source Software, Open Content or Open Hardware at their school. With a wide range of lectures, workshops and short presentations, the free of charge conference provides knowledge and experience on open source technologies, open content and IT skills for teachers in Switzerland.

FSFE is present with an information and merchandise booth at the 18th "Linux-Infotag Augsburg". The event takes place on 6 April 2019 from 9:30 to 17:30 in the IT faculty of the Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Admission is free.

Alexander Sander, Policy Manager bei der FSFE, wird einen Vortrag über die Kampagne Public Money, Public Code halten: "Modernisierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur durch Free Software"

Warum wird durch Steuergelder finanzierte Software nicht als Freie Software veröffentlicht? Mit Hilfe der Kampagne Public Money? Public Code! wollen wir die rechtlichen Grundlagen schaffen, die es erfordern, dass mit öffentlichen Geldern für öffentliche Verwaltungen entwickelte Software unter einer Freie-Software- und Open-Source Lizenz veröffentlicht wird. Wenn es sich um öffentliche Gelder handelt, sollte auch der Code öffentlich sein!

Alexander Sander, Policy Manager bei der FSFE, wird einen Vortrag über die Kampagne Public Money, Public Code halten: "Modernisierung der öffentlichen Infrastruktur durch Free Software"

Warum wird durch Steuergelder finanzierte Software nicht als Freie Software veröffentlicht? Mit Hilfe der Kampagne Public Money? Public Code! wollen wir die rechtlichen Grundlagen schaffen, die es erfordern, dass mit öffentlichen Geldern für öffentliche Verwaltungen entwickelte Software unter einer Freie-Software- und Open-Source Lizenz veröffentlicht wird. Wenn es sich um öffentliche Gelder handelt, sollte auch der Code öffentlich sein!

FSFE has launched the campaign “Public Money, Public code”, which promotes legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector is made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software licence. The demand to support Free Software is also important for the open data debate. More and more administrations make open data available, which is used by different actors in different ways. However, these actors often resort to closed source solutions, which contradicts the idea of openness.

At this event the FSFE Policy Manager, Alexander Sander will discuss challenges and contradictions with this model as well as provide ways forward on how to shape the open data debate in a way that systematically promotes the public interest.

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten für Freie Software, offene Standards und freie Infrastruktur aus Kiel und Umgebung. Wir wollen vor Ort auf die gesellschaftlichen Aspekte (Freier) Software aufmerksam machen und die Verbreitung Freier Software, offener Standards und freier Infrastruktur fördern.

Infobooth in Taller de Periodismo de Datos 2019 in Medialab-Prado Madrid.
From Tuesday 26th to Thusrday 28th mornings FSFE will be present with an inforbooth and promo materials at the event.

Chemnitzer Linux-Tage is one of Germany's biggest Free Software conferences. It is a longstanding event for educating about Linux and Open Source. The event includes workshops, lectures, and beginner talks in the central building of the Technical University in Chemnitz.

The FSFE is present with an information booth, and on Sunday at 10:00, Erik Albers, FSFE Programme Manager, will give a workshop about F-Droid and other useful Free Software apps and help interested people to use more Free Software on their mobile phones.

FSFE will have an infobooth with merchandise at the Dutch Linux Usergroup NLLGG in Utrecht. Come, have a chat about Free Software!

The meeting is for people interested in Free Software and would like to champion the ideals of Free Software. If this is your first participation at this meeting, you would be asked to introduce yourself shortly beforehand.

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Mittwoch 13.3. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Mehr Informationen im Link

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Freund/-innen Freier Software, die sich einmal im Monat in Bonn treffen um uns über Freie Software (aka Open Source) auszutauschen. Das passiert oft in Form von Vorträgen oder Vorführungen.

Die Bonner FSFE-Community-Meetings ("Fellowship-Meetings") finden jeweils um 19 Uhr am zweiten Montag eines Monats im BonnLAB statt, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel. Die Treffen sind kostenlos und offen für alle, die Interesse an Freier Software haben. Als FSFE Community wollen wir allen eine friedliche und freundliche Atmosphäre bieten, ausgedrückt wird das durch den Code of Conduct der FSFE. Komm' vorbei, wir freuen uns auf Deinen Besuch!

Die FSFE Rhein/Main trifft sich am 6. März 2019 um 19:00 Uhr in Frankfurt in der Zentrale Coworking, Berger Straße 175 (Bornheim Mitte).

On Wednesday, 06.03.2019 at 7:00 p.m. the FSFE Rhein/Main Community will meet in Frankfurt at Zentrale Coworking Space at Berger Straße 175 (Bornheim Mitte).

Die FSFE spricht sich dafür aus, Freie Lizenzen zum Standard bei Eigenentwicklungen der öffentlichen Hand zu machen. Freie Lizenzen bieten nicht nur Chancen für Kostenersparnis durch Synergieeffekte und mehr Transparenz. Sie sind auch der beste Schutz vor Lock-In-Situationen und Abhängigkeit. Katharina Nocun und Basanta E. P. Thapa stellen die aktuelle Publikation zur Kampagne vor und geben konkrete Hinweise, welche Updates bei Ausschreibungen sinnvoll wären.

Das FSFE Supporters Meeting in Hamburg führt das kleine Experiment aus Januar und Februar fort und liefert sich auch im März noch einmal ein Crossover mit der Linux User Group in Barmbek.

Wir treffen uns am 04. März im Bürgerhaus in Barmbek; in der Lorichstraße 28a, 22307 Hamburg. Wir freuen uns auf neue und altbekannte Gesichter in einer neuen Umgebung, die mehr Raum für Unterhaltung und politischen Diskurs bietet.

The "Winter Kongress Digitale Gesellschaft" is an annual meeting about the digital society in Switzerland. On Saturday, February 23rd, hackers, programmers, activists and other interested parties will meet for the second time at the Karl der Grosse Center in Zurich to exchange views on information technology and its effects on our society. The FSFE will be present with two talks: The FSFE's European public policy programme manager Alexander Sander will speak about "Public Money? Public Code!" and the FSFE's Coordinator Switzerland Marcus Moeller together with Michel Ketterle will present the next version of Freedomvote

Our monthly meetings serve as a way of communication and lively discussions on current Free Software related topics. People who are interested in Free Software and who want to champion the ideals of Free Software are welcome to join. The Monthly meetup of the Zurich Local Group is changing locations every month. Please check the wiki page for this time's location

Da in diesem Jahr der #ilovefs Day und unser lokales Gruppen-Treffen auf den gleichen Tag fallen, wollen wir die Gelegenheit nutzen und euch einladen, gemeinsam mit uns diesen Tag zu feiern. Ein Teil des Abends ist außerdem wieder für Vorträge eingeplant. Ziel dieser Vorträge ist es *euch* die Gelegenheit geben, in kurzen 5-minütigen Lightning-Talks eure Lieblingssoftware vorzustellen. Wie immer gibt es in der E-LOK gutes Essen und Getränke zu angenehmen Preisen. Gute Stimmung bringt erfahrungsgemäß ihr mit.

Wie zur Zeit üblich geht es so gegen 19:00 Uhr los; falls Ihr etwas Essen möchtet, bietet es sich also an, schon etwas früher zu kommen. Wann: 14.02.2019, 19 Uhr Wo: E-LOK (Laskerstraße 4-6, unweit Bhf Ostkreuz)[0]

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Dienstag 12.2. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch.

Am kommenden Montag, den 11.02.2019 ab 20:00, steht wieder das Treffen der FSFE Supporter in Kiel an. Themen an diesem Abend sind unter anderem die FOSDEM, die Europawahl und Skolelinux und der Einsatz von Skolelinux in Schleswig-Holstein.

Das Treffen findet am 11.02.2019, ab 20:00 Uhr, in der Toppoint in der Fraunhoferstraße 2-4 in 24118 Kiel statt.

Wir sind eine Gruppe von Freund/-innen Freier Software, die sich einmal im Monat in Bonn treffen um uns über Freie Software (aka Open Source) auszutauschen. Das passiert oft in Form von Vorträgen oder Vorführungen. Die Bonner FSFE-Community-Meetings ("Fellowship-Meetings") finden jeweils um 19 Uhr am zweiten Montag eines Monats im BonnLAB statt, Zingsheimstraße 2, 53225 Bonn-Beuel Die Treffen sind kostenlos und offen für alle, die Interesse an Freier Software haben. Als FSFE Community wollen wir allen eine friedliche und freundliche Atmosphäre bieten, ausgedrückt wird das durch den Code of Conduct der FSFE. Zum Austausch zwischen den Treffen nutzen wir die Rheinland-Mailingliste (Listenarchiv für Abonnent/innen). Komm' vorbei, wir freuen uns auf Deinen Besuch!

Die FSFE Gruppe Rhein-Main trifft sich am Donnerstag, den 7. Februar 2019 um 19:00 Uhr beim CCC Frankfurt, Häusergasse 2 (Bockenheim).

The FSFE Group Rhein-Main meets at the Thursday, 7 February 2019 7 pm. at the CCC Frankfurt, Häusergasse 2 (Bockenheim).

Björn Schießle, Germany coordinator at FSFE, gives a talk at this years CopyleftConf in Brussels on "Using strong copyleft to build a sustainable business", sharing his experience of building a sustainable business based on strong copyleft licenses.

Copyleft Conference brings a host of experts, professionals, activists, and students together to discuss copyleft as a method for advancing software freedom around the world

FOSDEM, Europe's largest Free Software conference, takes place on February 2 and 3 at Campus Solbosch of Free University Brussels (ULB). Admission is free.
As usual, FSFE is present with a booth and presents latest news from its work, a wide range of information material, stickers, and postcards, and of course the latest FSFE fashion.

The FSFE's European public policy programme manager Alexander Sander will be on a panel in the context of the Eurocities Knowledge Society Forum meeting that will be held in Barcelona on 23-25 January 2019, and coordinated from the Technology and Digital Innovation Office of Barcelona City Council.

Eurocities is the network of more than 140 governments of the major European cities. Barcelona will host the meeting of the thematic group Knowledge Society and will focus on Digital Ethical Standards, Technological Sovereignty and Responsible Artificial Intelligence in cities. Alexander Sander will be on the panel to discuss not only the whys of the actual situation, but most importantly, how to move forward and how cities and public administration can foster FLOSS and involve the local ecosystem in developing digital services based on open source software and open standards.

Das FSFE Supporters Meeting in Hamburg startet mit einem kleinen Experiment ins Jahr 2019 und liefert sich ein Crossover mit der Linux User Group in Barmbek. Wir treffen uns am 14. Januar im Bürgerhaus in Barmbek; in der Lorichstraße 28a, 22307 Hamburg.

Wir freuen uns auf neue und altbekannte Gesichter in einer neuen Location, die mehr Raum für Unterhaltung und politischen Diskurs bietet.

As in previous years, the FSFE will be present with an assembly during the Chaos Communication Congress from December 27 to 30 in Leipzig, Germany. The FSFE assembly will be part of the cluster "about:freedom" and running its own track. In this track the we have Susanne speaking about her self-made "smartphone" (video), Katharina Nocun about data collecting Amazon (video) and Erik Albers about the best of Fdroid (video).

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Donnerstag den 13.12. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Dieses mal im Cafe Sternchance. Details finden sich wie immer auf https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

On Wednesday, 5 December, the local group Rhein/Main will meet in the Café Albatros in Frankfurt. We will meet there around 19:00 h.

Bits&Bäume is a conference to bring together actors of different sustainability and digital right movements. Erik Albers will talk about software as a digital resource, Christian Nähle about Free Software in municipalities und Bernhard Reiter about paying for freedom. The FSFE will also be present with a booth both days and is looking forward to discuss with you sustainable aspects of Free Software.

From November 15 to 17, part of the FSFE team will be present at the SFScon in Bolzano, Italy. The FSFE's president Matthias Kirschner will give a talk and our EU public policy programme manager Alexander Sander will host a policy workshop. Also, we will run a booth, where we will present the findings of the REUSE software study - carried out by the University of Bolzano. If you are around, do pass by: we look forward to meeting you.

The FSFE Supporters in Hamburg, Germany meet up again on Wednesday, November 14th, at Roxie, Rentzelstr. 6, 20146 Hamburg. More details in German can be found at our wiki page: https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

In the third consecutive year, the FSFE will run a booth at OSHWDem, a faire about Free Software and free hardware. OSHWDem is well known in A Coruña with plenty of visitors from the city and also outside, counting with the presence of lot of Free Software and hardware advocates. We look forward to many interesting talks and hopefully also find people to start a local FSFE group and/or a local language translation group.

The FSFE Local Group Milano will celebrate the Italian Linux Day event in Milan together with local associations about Free Software and open source culture. The topic of Linux Day this year is the world wide web and FSFE we will be present with two talks. Stefano Costa will talk about "Libera il tuo router!" (Free your router) and Lorenzo Losa from Wikimedia Italia about "Discussion and implications about new EU copyright directive". The event will be located at University Bicocca Milano, Building U7 with free entry and no registration needed. For more info and questions about logistics, please refer to the event website.

Linux Day Italy will be organized by FSFE Sicilia Local Group, in cooperation with the GNU/Linux User Group Free Circle, https://linuxday.thefreecircle.org. As special guest we welcome the participation of Giuseppe Bonocore, member of local group FSFE Milano. The talk will start with an introduction of Free Software Foundation Europe, going on the state of the art of Free Software for "Microservices, devops and silverbullet". There will be a booth of FSFE, so pass by and get to know us!

Die Hochschulgruppe "Freie Software Freies Wissen" der TU Dresden organisiert für das Wintersemester 2018 eine Ringvorlesung mit dem Titel "Freie Software und Freies Wissen als Beruf". Die Veranstaltung steht allen studierenden der TU Dresden, der HTW und der Bürgeruniversität offen. Am 16. Oktober wird Björn Schießle, FSFE's Deutschland-Koordinator, im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung eine Einführung in Freie Software geben. Die Veranstaltung findet an der HTW Dresden, Friedrich-List-Platz 1, Zentralgebäude Raum Z254, 2. Etage um 17:00 Uhr statt.

FSFE's president Matthias Kirschner will give a talk at the Kernel Recipes conference about the importance of Free Software for our society and it's role in protecting democracy. It will also be followed by a charity auction in favor of the FSFE. This year the conference will take place on 26-28 September in Mozilla building in Paris. Entrance to the conference is free of charge but with prior registration required. In the evening social events will be held to have some more discussions with attendees and speakers.

Max Mehl, FSFE Program Manager, and Albert Dengg, FSFE System Administrator, will participate in BalCCon. Albert will give a Free Your Android workshop while Max will give a talk about "Public Code with Free Software". BalCCon is one of the largest events on Free Software, hacker culture and technology in the region. We are looking forward to explore new communities and meeting up with you.

The Dutch Linux user group (NLLGG) is celebrating Software Freedom Day 2018 with a series of talks and the FSFE will be there with a booth. Location: Kranenburg Praktijkonderwijs, Tamboersdijk 9, 3582 TZ, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Time: 10.00-16.00.

Egal ob im öffentlichen oder im privaten Sektor, bei Studien oder in großen Projekten wie der Wikipedia – überall wird mit sogenannten "Geographischen Informationssystemen" (GIS) hantiert, um Kartenmaterial mit Daten zu befüllen. Wer schon immer mal wissen wollte, wie man Freie Tools wie QGIS und OpenStreetMap richtig einsetzt, um aus den Rohmaterialien eine informative Karte zu erstellen, sollte diesen Workshop nicht verpassen. Als Referenten haben wir Christopher Stark (Diplom-Geograph) eingeladen, uns eine erste Einführung in die Thematik zu geben. Darüber hinaus gibt es in der E-LOK wie immer gutes Essen und Getränke zu angenehmen Preisen. Gute Stimmung bringt Ihr erfahrungsgemäß zuhauf mit. Da der Workshop etwa 90 Minuten dauern wird, beginnt das Treffen bereits um 19 Uhr zum Ankommen und gemeinsamen Abendschmaus. Der Workshop fängt dann um 19:30 Uhr an.

FrOSCon is a Free Software conference, organised by the computer science department of the University Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and other local initiatives. Visitors will be offered an exciting program with talks and workshops for visitors of all ages. As usual, the FSFE will be present with a booth. We are looking forward to have a chat with you about Free Software, technology, and politics.

On Saturday, 18 August, the FSFE group Rhein/Main will inform visitors of the Rotlintstraßenfest in Frankfurt. Stop by and have a chat with us!

On Friday, 10 August, the local FSFE group Rhein/Main will participate in the Critical Mass Ffm at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt. We will meet there around 19:00 h.

Los patrocinadores de la FSFE de Hamburgo y aquellos con interés por el Software Libre se reúnen el miércoles 11 de julio a partir de las 19:00 en nuestra tertulia mensual («Stammtisch»). Más información en https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

The Libre Software Meeting (LSM) is maybe the biggest community-driven Free Software meeting in France and in 2018 also serves as host of the FSFE community meeting. It takes place in Strasbourg and the FSFE will organise its own track on the first days of LSM, from 7 to 9 of July. A detailed agenda and more information to come soon.

On June 13 and 14 there is the first FOSS Backstage event happening in Berlin, Germany. FOSS Backstage intends to become a platform to discuss and learn about all non-technical aspects of open source development. The FSFE will be present with a booth set up by local FSFE supporters and we are looking forward for people to pass by, ask about Free Software and get to know us in person.

FSFE's president Matthias Kirschner will give a talk at the TU Darmstadt about the role of software in the 21st century society and who exercises control. The talk will start at 20:00hrs (entry starts at 19:30hrs). No entrance fee. There will be a discussion about the topic that will also cover the "Public Money, Public Code" campaign.

Max Mehl will give a keynote talk and attend a panel at OW2Con about modernisation of public digital infrastructure with Free Software, following the direction of our Public Money? Public Code! campaign. The conference takes place on 7 and 8 June. Entrance is free of charge but with prior registration required.

From June 6 to 7 there is the Open Expo in Madrid. Erik Albers will speak about Public Money? Public Code! and why the campaign matters for Spain. The FSFE will also be present with a booth set up by local FSFE supporters and we are looking forward for people to pass by, ask about Free Software and get to know us in person.

IT-tinkering is only possible with Free Software, that's why FSFE is going to be present with an information and merchandise booth on the Maker Fair Berlin from 25.05.2018 till 27.05.2018. On Friday 25 May, Maker Fair is open for school classes and their teachers, free of charge. Maker Fair is a come-together of makers and visitors interested in various DIY-ideas. At FSFE’s booth, visitors can inform themselves about Raspberry Pi as a computer for standard applications especially suitable for education, about how to ‘free’ Android-Smartphones and about email-encryption.

Warum sollte mit Steuergeld finanzierte Software für die öffentliche Verwaltung geteilt und wiederverwendet werden dürfen? Warum sollten sich Demokraten für Freie Software eintreten? Matthias Kirschner wird am Mittwoch den 16.5. zu diesen Fragen referieren Cafe Aufsturz (Oranienburger Straße 67, im hinteren Raum) zum Forum Netzpolitik der SPD. Die Veranstaltung ist öffentlich und kostenfrei.

While technology and innovation can be key factors of progress, they can have undesired implications such as increase of inequality, exposure of personal privacy, consumerism etc. The digital revolution needs new paradigms towards sustainability and Erik Albers will join a panel of experts in betahaus Berlin, to explain how Free Software is key for this. Opening is at 19:00 and the panel starts at 20:00. No entrance fee but it is recommended to order tickets in advance.

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Montag 14.5. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Details auf https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

The FSFE will be present with a booth at the Open Tech Summit (OTS). The OTS is a conference about technological developments and Free Software. FSFE's booth will in CO.UP in Adalbertstraße 8 in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

Corso Leopold is a bi-annual Street Festival on Munich's Leopoldstraße. Because we believe Free Software to be an essential part of a Free and Open Society, FSFE Group Munich will be present at Corso Leopold with a booth, bringing our Message to the public. We are happy to see Munich's FLOSS community growing, and we feel honored to be part of a group of like-minded organizations (together with digitalcourage e.V, Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung and Wikipedia), all present in the same vicinity at the Corso Leopold. Pass by our booth, we're looking forward to meet new people as well as old friends, to thought-provoking discussions as well as nice conversations.

The team FSFE Spain will be present with a booth at the Libre Graphics Meeting in Seville, Spain. Pass by to pick up merch and promotion material and get to know the peole behind FSFE.

Am Donnerstag wollen wir im Rahmen des FSFE Gruppentreffens Berlin/Brandenburg ab 19:30h über die Frage diskutieren, ob die GPL noch zeitgemäß ist. Einleitend dazu wird es einen Impulsvortrag als Diskussionsgrundlage geben. Das Treffen findet dieses Mal in der Brückenstrasse 5A (unweit vom Bhf Jannowitzbrücke) in den Räumen von endocode statt.

In April 2018, the Vienna Fellowship meeting will be in the Metalab, located in the Rathausstraße 6 in the 1st district of Vienna. We'll be there from 18:30, with agenda related discussions starting at 19:00. As usual, this invitation is for everyone interested in the FSFE or Free Software. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Donnerstag 12.4. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Details auf https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

3rd meeting of FSFE's local group in Madrid, Spain

It will be in La Ingobernable, in the hacklab, room 3.01. We'll meet new people, inform about FSFE, debate and plan new activities.

"Merge-it" is an italian conference that links all communities about digital freedom, around many aspects such as Free Software and Open Source. FSFE will be present with a session about Public Money Public Code campaign and the state of its implementation in Italy and EU. No entrance fee and no registration. Pass by for a chat and get to know the people behind the FSFE.

Chemnitzer Linux-Tage is one of Germany's biggest Free Software conference and takes place on 10 and 11 March in the central building of the University in Chemnitz, Reichenhainer Straße 90. FSFE is present with an information booth, and on Sunday, 11 March, at 10:00, Room V2, Björn Schießle, FSFE's Germany coordinator, speaks about software freedom in the cloud. Admission to the whole event is free.

Erik Albers and Polina Malaja run a session "Public money - public infrastructure - public code" at the Internet Freedom Festival in Valencia. In addition, they will present FSFE with a info booth. Join the session and pass by for a chat and get to know the people behind the FSFE.

Erik Albers, employee of the FSFE is in Madrid for the T3chfest and likes to visit the new group in Madrid, give insights about the FSFE, local organisation and running campaigns. Le podemos preguntar lo que nos interesa sobre la FSFE y su implicación local. We meet at 19:00 in "la Ingobernable" (ingobernable.net) C/ Gobernador, 39 around the corner of Paseo del Prado, sala 3.8. There will be promotion material and we like to get to know each other, debate and think about future meetings.

T3chfest is a two-day conference about different technologies and FSFE will be present with a booth to promote Free Software and our association. No entrance fee. Pass by for a chat and get to know the people behind the FSFE.

Meeting of FSFE Local Group Milano to restart activities in the zone and the country with FSFE Italy members. Daniel Pocock, FSFE Fellowship Representative, will be also present to help the local group with its activities. We meet at 20:00 at "Ostello Bello Grande" Via Roberto Lepetit, 33. There will be promotion material and we like to get to know each other, debate and think about future meetings.

We start a local group of FSFE in Madrid with our very first meeting on Thursday 22nd of February at 19:00 in "la Ingobernable" (ingobernable.net) C/ Gobernador, 39 around the corner of Paseo del Prado, sala 3.8. There will be promotion material and we like to get to know each other, debate and think about future meetings.

FSFE Community Meetings ("Fellowship meetings") take place in Bonn at 19.00 of every 2nd Monday of a month (except February thanks to carnival!) We meet at BonnLAB. For details please have a look at https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Bonn

ILOVEFS18 13.02.2018, 14.02.2018 18:00h - 20:30h For the third consecutive year we celebrate ILOVEFS, the day of love and affection for Free Software. Datalab joins us with an activity that is part of the Data Journalism Workshop 2018 with a talk on the history of GNU/Linux distros and working tables on different technologies.

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Freie Software Interessierte treffen sich am Dienstag 13.2. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Details auf https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg

FOSDEM, Europe's largest Free Software conference, takes place on February 3 and 4 at Campus Solbosch of Free University Brussels (ULB). Admission is free.
As usual, FSFE is present with a booth and presents latest news from its work, a wide range of information material, stickers, and postcards, and of course the latest FSFE fashion.

The FSFE is partnering with our supporters in Gothenburg to host foss-north, a free software conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective. Hosted in Gothenburg between Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm with an international airport, it provides a meeting place for the Nordic foss communities.

Am 27.01.2018 findet um 18:00 Uhr im FFT Düsseldorf, Juta, Kasernenstraße 6, 40213 Düsseldorf, in Kooperation mit der FSFE ein Gespräch rund um Games, Theater und Freie Lizenzen statt. Die FSFE wird an diesem Abend durch Dr. Michael Stehmann vertreten, der etwas über Lizenzen Freier Software und Freie Lizenzen sonstiger Werke erzählen wird, sowie für das anschließende Gespräch zur Verfügung steht.

The FSFE Netherlands team is meeting in Utrecht to look back at past events from T-Dose 2017 and to look forward to 2018, including FOSDEM as well as everything else. We meet in Kranenburg Praktijkonderwijs, Tamboersdijk 9, 3582 TZ, Utrecht from 10:30-11.00 as part of day of NLLGG Dutch Linux user group meeting.

Die Hamburger FSFE Supporter und Free Software Interessierte treffen sich am Montag 8.1. ab 19:00 zum monatlichen Stammtisch. Details auf https://wiki.fsfe.org/LocalGroups/Hamburg