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Digital Cities, Digital Freedoms: Digital Commons, Ethical Standards and Free Software for Cities

October 18, 2018 @ 09:00 - 21:00

Free

ABOUT THE EVENT

DIGITAL CITIES, DIGITAL FREEDOMS: COMMON DIGITAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND FREE SOFTWARE FOR CITIES
This event wants to open the debate on the impact that new technologies have on cities and the need for them to use open standards and free software for citizens. It is a one-day event that includes conferences, demonstrations and debates open to digital communities, companies, universities and the general public.

Morning session: FlossBcn Conversations (ESP)
Flossbcn is a non-profit and grassroots community whose mission is to become a platform and a summit for professionals, companies, researchers, and students inside the scope of FreeLibre and Open Source Software to discuss and share experiences also promoting events where everybody with an interest in FLOSS is welcome to exchange their knowledge.

We want to grow the free software community in Barcelona and scale solutions to tackle companies and the city’s challenges.

9:00 Registration

9:30-10:00
Keynote:
Javier Ruiz Head of Policy Open Rights Group

10:00-10:30
Open Source Community Management: How communities can save your project
Moderator: David García Garzón,Som Energia
Speakers:
Joaquín García, OpenStreetMap
Amador Alvarez, Wikimedia
Pau Pérez, Coopdevs

10:30-11:00
Digital infrastructures as Digital commons
Moderator: Carol Romero, Locaret & Decidim
Speakers:
Wouter Tebbens, Free Knowledge Institute
Efrain Foglia, Guifinet

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30-12:15
Building a free software ecosystem in Barcelona
Moderator: Malcolm Bain, ID Law Partners
Speakers:
Mercè Escolà, Nexus Geographics
Gregori Mora, Smart Region project coordinator at Barcelona Provincial Council (Diputació de Barcelona)
Xavier Roca, Director of software development, Barcelona City Hall
Arnau Monterde, Decidim Barcelona
Pere Martinez, ITechGrup

12:15-12:45
Empowering Women in open source
Moderator: Adriana Freitas, FlossBcn
Speakers:
Nuria Conde, DIYBIOBCN
Joana Simoes, Heartcode Labs
Núria Alonso, Colectic

12:45-13:30
Distributed technologies for data sovereignty: DECODE Barcelona Pilots
Moderator: Oleguer Sagarra, DECODE, Barcelona City Hall
Speakers:
Guy Samuel, Thoughtworks Barcelona
Antonio Calleja, Tecnopolitica/IN3-UOC, Decidim, LID
Pablo Aragón, Eurecat, Decidim, LID
Guillem Camprodón, IaaC | Fab Lab Barcelona, Smart Citizen

13:30-14:00
Blockchain for the social good
Moderator: Malcolm Bain, ID Law Partners
Speakers:
Alex D’Elia, Mangrovia Blockchain Solutions
Boyd Derek Cohen, EADA Bussiness School

14:00-15:00 Lunch break

Afternoon session: Conferences & panels
A set of conferences and panels gathering both international and national speakers targeting digital standards, digital commons and free software in cities.

15:00-15:10
Institutional Welcome
Gala Pin, Councillor, Barcelona City Hall

15:10-15:30
Keynote:
Free and open source software to build global learning communities: The case of Moodle
Martin Dougiamas, CEO Moodle

15:30-16:45
Panel – Ethical digital standards and free software in cities
Introduced by: Esteve Almirall, Full professor ESADE
Moderator: Marleen Stikker, Founder Waag Society
Speakers:
Francesca Bria, Digital Commissioner, Barcelona City Hall
Renata Avila, Executive Director, Smart Citizenship Foundation
Gijs Hillenius, European Commission’s Open Source Observatory and Repository
Jarmo Eskelinen, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer of the Future Cities Catapult.
Aik van Eemeren, Amsterdam Innovation Office

16:45-17:10
Keynote:
Championing open source and the free and open web: what’s the future Agenda?
Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation

17:10-17:30 Coffee Break

17:30-17:50
Keynote:
Open source and digital transformation to make Government better: The Italian Digital Team case
Alessandro Ranellucci, Open Source Project Leader Team per la Transformazione Digitale

17:50-19:00
Panel – Citizen laboratories in the digital city
Moderated: Pablo Aragón, Laboratori d’Innovació Democràtica
Speakers:
Mariona Aloy Ciller, Soko Tech
Laia Sánchez, CitiLab
Ramon Sangüesa, equip cafeïna & mydata.barcelona

Evening session: FlossBCN & Beers (ESP+ENG)

19:00-21:00
FlossBCN & Beers: The summit for practitioners, researchers and citizens in general within the Free Software world.

Organized by: Commissioner of Technology and Digital Innovation together with SokoTech, Decidim Barcelona and the FLOSSBCN community.

Details

Date:
October 18, 2018
Time:
09:00 - 21:00
Cost:
Free
Website:
http://digitalcities.flossbcn.org

Organizer

FlossBcn
Phone:
628210638
Email:
contact@flossbcn.org
Website:
http://flossbcn.org/en/

Venue

Fàbrica de Creació Fabra i Coats
20 Carrer de Sant Adrià
Barcelona, Catalunya 08030 Spain
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