Divide and Re-Conquer

Today, the majority of Europe's citizens communicate on-line, often hundreds of times a day. Employers demand it, communities desire it, yet nearly all digital communication proceeds through only a handful of globalised service providers. Whether emailing, social networking, blogging, conversing over VOIP, sharing files or researching data, control over what we say remains firmly out of our grasp.

In democratic society, strength lies in power being divided amongst citizens fairly and evenly. Individuals deserve control of their own actions and information in the digital age. Free Software offers us this control, through distributed, accessible and transparent ways of interacting.

'Divide and Reconquer' invites you to engage with the empowering history of decentralised networks, understand how recent trends have concentrated control in irresponsible hands, and witness the most exciting tools available for taking the power back.

Talks

• Designed For Decentralisation: Understanding the Internet - Benjamin Bayart (French Data Network)
• Centralised Internet Services and Problems of Power - Torsten Grote (FSFE)
• Socially Responsible Social Networks - Michael Chisari (Appleseed Project), Jaussoin Timothée & Ludovic Bocquet (Movim)
• Web Search By The People, For The People - Michael Christen (YaCy)
• GNU Social and GNU FM: Empowering Communities - Matt Lee (FSF)