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Software Freedom Day 2013 Hackerspace Brussels
Description
Program
Level 1: grand public
Talks will be in French, Dutch, English depending on the choice of the speaker.
- 11:00-11:15 NL/FR/ENG Opening speech, Acceuil
- 11:15-11:45 FR Libérez votre GSM avec FirefoxOS (Benoit Leseul)
- 11:45-12:15 FR C'est quoi un hackerspace ? (Cedric Lood)
- 12:45-13:00 FR/NL HetPact .be- LePacte.be (Nicolas Pettiaux)
- 13:00-13:30 ENG Public discussion on software freedom (moderated by Wendy Van Wynsberghe, Constant vzw/asbl)
- 13:30-14:00 FR/ENG Importance of privacy (Kirsteen)
- 14:00-14:30 ENG Governance in mobile operating systems (Friedger Müffke)
- 14:30-15:00 FR Creative Commons en Belgique (Agnez Bewer)
- 15:15-15:45 ENG OUYA console and apc.io - great examples of Applied Open Hardware (Friedger Müffke)
- 15:45-16:15 ENG What's a hackerspace? (Cedric Lood)
- 16:15-16:45 FR/ENG Free/Libre Software for the commons - (Olm-e)
- 17:00-17:30 FR La mémoire politique (Laurent Peuch)
- 17:30-18:00 ENG The history of street art in Brussels (André Madeira Cortes)
- 18:00-18:30 NL/ENG iRail, over het belang van toegang tot publieke data - Why it's important to have access to public data (Wouter Vandenneuker)
Level 2: practical stuff and workshops
Talks and workshops will be in English
- 11:15-11:45 Using Arduino to do cool stuff with model trains (Dylan Van Assche) [video]
- 11:45-12:15 Photo Editing with the GIMP (Agnez Bewer)
- 13:00-14:00 Inkscape: creating your own bottle-label (Jurgen Gaeremyn) [video]
- 14:00-14:30 Make my Makey Makey Myself - how to play piano on your tablecloth (Arduino, Python & Olimex) (Wendy Van Wynsberghe, Constant vzw/asbl) [video]
- 14:30-15:00 Openstreetmap, that's you and me! (Jurgen Gaeremyn)
- 15:15-15:45 Installing OwnClowd on Raspberry Pi (Lucas Van Beneden)
- 16:00-16:30 Using Gentoo profiles to manage servers (Zoobab)
- 16:30-17:00 Askarel and his fridge: how to make a dumb machine smarter... (Askarel) [video]
- 17:00-18:00 Making your own website using a CMS (e.g. Wordpress) (Agnez Bewer)
- 18:00-19:00 Write your own Gentoo packages (ebuilds) (Zoobab) [video]
Level 3: Ueber geeky stuff
A few of the more advanced topics that might interest you. Will be in English
- 11:15-13:15 Don't let the OWASP sting you (JG)
- 13:15-14:15 HAM Radio for dummies (Sebastien Van Cauwenberghe)
- 14:30-15:30 The art of lockpicking (Sedrik)
- 15:30-16:00 Tempory Autonomous Zone, a philosophical concept... (Hastake)
- 16:00-17:00 Codec2 vocoder and digital voice over radio (Kristoff Bonne)
- 17:00-18:00 Monitoring for fun and profit: using nagios and munin to monitor your boxes. (Wouter Simons)
- 18:00-19:00 Software Defined Networking (Target0)
BBQ and Concert
- 18:30 - 20:00 7 Euro BBQ
- 20:00 - 21:00 Live concert by Jake Rathburn (currently touring hackerspaces in Europe)
Things that will be there too
- drinks of course
- 3D printer in action
- Social event
- Ground floor: show and tell tables for participants or Brussels groups
Location: Hackerspace Brussels, Rue Du Moulin 40 (St-Josse, Brussels)
Note: it's hard to find a parking spot, easiest is to come by public transportation. The hackerspace is only a few hundred metres from the Botanique
Location information
HSBXL
- Street
- Rue Osseghem - Osseghemstraat 53
- City
- 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
- County
- Brussels-Capital
- Country
- Belgium
Located in a historical office building, HSBXL is a collaborative community space of about 170 square meters. It's a place for creative and constructive hackers of all kinds – tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, artists, and anyone interested in pushing the boundaries of technology.
There's a workshop area, a decent electronics lab with over 9000 components, a couple of 3D printers, a library, and lots of tools in our “heavy corner”.
You're always welcome to come over and follow one of the workshops or attend the weekly Tuesday meetings, co-working days, hack nights, or other events.
Curious about what of kind tools, devices, and machines we have in our space? Read more on our tools page.