Indie Tech Summit
in Brighton, UK on July 4th, 2014
at the Sallis Benney Theatre from 9.30am - 5.30pm, with workshops and other activities on July 5th at 68 Middle Street from 10am - 6pm
Declaration of Independence of the Internet
- Design
- Freedom
- Independence
We gathered to discuss sustainable & ethical alternatives to corporate surveillance & launch the Ind.ie Manifesto.
Tickets are sold out.
Featured (in alphabetical order)
Ancilla Tilia
Model. Actress. Privacy activist. Pirate Party.
Aral Balkan
Designer & social entrepreneur. Indie Phone. Your host.
Benjamin Andre
Cozycloud.
Brennan Novak
Designer, engineer, storyteller. MailPile.
Christoph Witzany
Cloudfleet.
Cole Peters
Designer, writer, sound artist. First Things First 2014.
Danny O'Brien
International Director. Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Doug Belshaw
Web Literacy Lead. Mozilla Foundation.
Frederic Jacobs
Developer. Open Whisper Systems.
Georgia Kontesidou
Momentum.
Glenn Jones
Designer. Builder. Data portability explorer.
Glyn Moody
Journalist. Digital rights, copyright and patents.
Gry Hasselbalch
Policy and awareness. Governance of the Internet.
Ivanka Majic
UX Designer. Redesigned Ubuntu.
Jackson Gariety
Art & JavaScript, cyberpunk dreamboat.
Janet Gunter
Activist. Anthropologist. Sustainability. The Restart Project.
James Ball
Special Projects Editor of the Guardian.
Jamie Young
Citizenme.
Jeremy Keith
Web developer. Indie Web Ambassador.
Jeremy Ruston
Inventor. TiddlyWiki.
Lena Reinhard
Writer. Photographer. Hood.ie.
Laura Kalbag
Web Designer. Universal Design.
Marietje Schaake
Member of the European Parliament. Digital Freedom.
Matt McAlister
Media. The Guardian.
Olivier Hebert
CTO. Fairphone.
Pernille Tranberg
Author. Journalist. Sustainable Big Data.
Richard Stallman
Free Software Foundation. GNU Project.
Robin Hawkes
Digital Tinkerer. ViziCities.
Stefan Siegel
Open Design. Fashion. Not Just A Label.
Thomas Marzano
Global Head of Brand Design. Philips.
Tom Atkins
arkOS.
Tom Morris
Wikipedian. Open Street Mapper. All round nice guy.
Tor Krill
Developer. OPI.
Schedule
Friday 4th July
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9am
Doors open
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9:30 - 9:45am
Brave New World
I just woke up from a nightmare. Let me tell you of the crazy world in my dream…
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9:45 - 10:30am
Independence
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9:45
Declaration of Independence
Indie Tech Manifesto launch.
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9:50
An Indie Tech Announcement
It’s a surprise.
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10:00
Conversation: Freedom
Richard Stallman, Aral Balkan, and you.
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10:30 - 11:00pm
Break
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11:00 - 11:50am
Design - Part I
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11:00
Cole Peters
On First Things First.
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11:05
Ivanka Majic
On design in traditional free & open source.
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11:10
Laura Kalbag
On universal design.
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11:15
Lena Reinhard
On designing diversity.
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11:20
Panel: Designing independence
Cole Peters, Ivanka Majic, Laura Kalbag, Lena Reinhard, and you.
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11:50 - 12:20pm
Break
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12:20 - 13:30pm
Stopgaps — what can we do today?
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12:20
Jeremy Keith
On Indie Web.
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12:25
Pernille Tranberg
On digital self defense.
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12:30
Tor Krill
On a personal cloud.
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12:35
James Ball
On the journalism challenge.
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12:40
Matt McAlister
On a new approach to independent journalism.
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12:45
Thomas Marzano
On change from within.
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12:50
Jamie Young
On transparency.
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12:55
Georgia Kontesidou
On owning your moments.
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1:00
Conversation: Stopgaps — what can we do today?
Jeremy Keith, Pernille Tranberg, Tor Krill, James Ball, Matt McAlister, Thomas Marzano, Jamie Young, Georgia Kontesidou, and you.
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1:30 - 2:30pm
Lunch (provided)
Finger buffet of sandwiches (selection of meat, fish, and vegetarian). If you need vegan or wheat free alternatives please contact Jo with your requirements.
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1:45 - 2:15pm
Eat, drink, & listen
Grab some food and head back to see three-minute demos of arkOS, cloudfleet, Cozycloud, TiddlyWiki, transmat, and Open Street Maps by Tom Atkins, Christoph Witzany, Benjamin Andre, Jeremy Ruston, Glenn Jones, and Tom Morris.
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2:30 - 3:20pm
Design - Part II
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2:30
Brennan Novak
On designing in the open.
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2:35
Frederic Jacobs
On design and cryptography.
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2:40
Robin Hawkes
On designing with data.
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2:45
Olivier Hebert
On fair design.
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2:50
Janet Gunter
On sustainable design.
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2:55
Panel: Designing for the whole term
Brennan Novak, Frederic Jacobs, Robin Hawkes, Olivier Hebert, Janet Gunter, and you.
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3:20 - 3:45pm
Break
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3:45 - 4:45pm
Politics, education, & reaching the mainstream.
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3:45
Ancilla Tilia
On becoming a pirate.
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3:50
Stefan Siegel
On making freedom fashionable.
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3:55
Doug Belshaw
On raising the next generation.
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4:00
Gry Hasselbalch
On influencing policy & awareness.
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4:05
Danny O’Brien
On fighting for digital rights.
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4:10
Marietje Schaake
On the state of digital rights in the EU.
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4:15
Panel: Engage!
Ancilla Tilia, Stefan Siegel, Doug Belshaw, Gry Hasselbalch, Marietje Schaake, Danny O’Brien, Gyln Moody, and you.
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4:45 - 5:00pm
Break
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5:00 - 5:30pm
The future
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5:00
Jackson Gariety
On the future of giving.
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5:05
An Indie Phone announcement
We can’t tell you yet!
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5:15
Closing
Aral Balkan Watch video Read transcript.
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6pm - late
Afterparty at North Laine Pub.
Saturday 5th July
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9:30am
Doors open
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10:00 - 5pm
Workshops
Various workshops, unconference style.
Venues
4th July at Sallis Benney Theatre
58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY
5th July at 68 Middle Street
68 Middle Street, Brighton, BN1 1AL