BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- January 23, 2024 -- TheFree SoftwareFoundation(FSF) today announced associate director of legislativeactivism Hayley Tsukayama, as keynote speaker forLibrePlanet 2024, the sixteenth edition of the FSF's conferenceon ethical technology and user freedom. LibrePlanet will be held on May4 and 5 at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA, as well as online.
"A free and just technological society needs a robust, engaged freesoftware community to help us address our problems together," saysHayley Tsukayama who will keynote LibrePlanet 2024, thesixteenth edition of the FSF's conference on ethical technology anduser freedom. Tsukayama is associate director of legislative activismat the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). In her upcoming keynote, which istitledBuilding bridges and plugging in, Tsukayama wants to createspaces for different advocates to learn from each other. She willshare the many lessons that "the tech advocacy world can learn fromother advocates," and talk about what aspects of the free software movement could becultivated successfully with other movements.
"We're excited for Hayley to join us at LibrePlanet this year," saysMiriam Bastian, program manager at the FSF. "Hayley works on the EFF'sactivism team and is an expert on grassroots movements to influencestate legislation. I'm sure she has a lot to say on how to cultivatecommunity, which is the conference theme!"
This is the second keynote the FSF announced for LibrePlanet 2024:Cultivating Community. The other keynote speaker will beDavidWilson, which was announced in October.
About LibrePlanet
LibrePlanet is the annual conference of the FSF. Over the last decade,LibrePlanet has blossomed from a small gathering of FSF associatemembers into a vibrant multi-day event that attracts a broad audienceof people who are interested in the values of software freedom.LibrePlanet 2024: Cultivating Community will be held on May 4 and 5 bothonline and in person at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston,MA. To receive announcements about LibrePlanet 2024, visit theconference websiteand sign up for the email updates.
Attendees may register to attendLibrePlanet: CultivatingCommunity in personorremotely. Attendance is free ofcharge to FSFassociate membersand students.
For information on how your company or organization can sponsorLibrePlanet or have a table in the lively and centrally locatedexhibit hall, see theconference website, or send an emailcampaigns@fsf.org.
About the Free Software Foundation
The FSF, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users'right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computerprograms. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as infreedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and itsGNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. TheFSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issuesof freedom in the use of software, and its websites, located athttps://www.fsf.organdhttps://www.gnu.org, are an importantsource of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF'swork can be made athttps://donate.fsf.org. Its headquarters are inBoston, MA, USA.
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