First International Conference, July 15-17, 2008, Barcelona, Spain, http://fkft.eu

The Free Knowledge, Free Technology Conference (FKFT) is the first international event which will centre on the production and sharing of educational and training materials in the field of Free Software and Open Standards. The FKFT 2008 Conference will bring together around 500 people from different continents including government representatives, school and university teachers, IT companies, publishers, and NGO’s. By gathering together people from all these groups, we aim to stimulate both present and future collaboration between diverse disciplines, sectors and countries, through the medium of free software programs and the sharing of successful experiences related to free software and free technologies.

The Free Knowledge Institute and the SELF Consortium (Internet Society Netherlands, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Free Software Foundation Europe, Goteburg University, Internet Society Bulgaria, Fundacion Via Libre and Tata Institute for Fundamental Research) will collaborate to organise the content of the conference and to build strong relationships between attendees. The conference partners recognise the vital importance of the collaborative creation and sharing of free educational and training materials on Free Software and Open Standards. Our conference host is the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Original papers, surveys, and presentations on all aspects of Free Software and Education are invited. Submissions must have a strong and visible bearing on the main topics, but can be interdisciplinary in nature and need not be exclusively concerned with Free Software. We welcome full academic papers, opinion pieces, review pieces, artistic, and audio-visual submissions.

Submissions Due Date: March 31, 2008, 11:59pm UTC

More Information at http://fkft.eu/index.php/fkft/2008