This gathering in Barcelona from October 29 to November 1 may well be one of the most important of the year, because it will set a political framework and agenda for the free culture movement and represents a maturation and coming of age. I am happy to be able to participate.

Here’s the formal introduction to the event, with a short video below:

“Across the planet, people are recognizing the need for an international space to build and coordinate a global framework and common agenda for issues surrounding free culture and access to knowledge. The Free Culture Forum of Barcelona aims to create such a space.

Bringing together under the same roof the key organizations and active voices in the free culture and knowledge space, the Forum will be a meeting point to sit and put together the answers to the pressing questions behind the present paradigm shift.

The Forum will be an open space for drawing up proposals to present the position of civil society on the privatization of the intellectual production and creation debate and its impact on access to knowledge, and on creation and distribution of art and culture.”

Video:

Free Culture Forum 2009 – English from eXgae on Vimeo.