Software Freedom Day 2012 Hackerspace Brussels
Description
Hackerspace Brussels
Flyers
Links to the flyers can be found on the Hackerspace Website (link see bottom)
Overview
We are setting up - a bunch of stands demonstrating practical user applications. 15min showcases in french/dutch, spread over all afternoon; schedule and ideas here : - the 'penguin bar' : a whitty team helping out people with specific questions (cfr the 'genius bar' in yr applestore) - a bar for drinks & free pop-corn - Hacktivim talks: a room with talks on software Freedom / activism - the game corner - for kids (of all ages) to discover some nice opensource games - the bhackroom : security implications on using a computer - electronics corner : discovering arduino and other opensource hardware
Small talks and demonstrations
Details of talks and demonstrations of end user application in French and Dutch will happen here. Details follow as they come in.
Inkscape: ideaal om logo's te maken! (Nederlands)
Time: 13:30 - 13:45
Basic bash for newbies (English)
Time: : 14:00 - 14:15
Speaker: Zoobab
Blender: animation et modelisation 3D (Français)
Time: 16:30 - 16:45 Speaker: ZipionLive
Beer and free popcorn
There's no such thing as a free drink... but the popcorn is free for sure! And if you buy a drink here, you'll be supporting the hackerspace too.
Hacktivism talks
Hack the democarcy with the Political Memory of la Quadrature du Net
Speaker: Bram/Laurent Peuch
The Political Memory is a tool that allow an organisation (here la Quadrature du Net) to display the voting recommendations they have sent to elected representatives (here deputies of the European parliament) on a vote (for example: voting for/against ACTA). In result the representatives get a score on how good they have followed those recommendations. This way if you think that la Quadrature du Net have the same opinions that you on saving the Internet you can see which one of your representatives are acting good.
If this kind of tool get a big adoption by similar organisations this could change how relation with politics.
Time: 14:00 – 14:35
Language: English/Français
Prior knowledge: None
Hackers and Humanities
Speaker: Jérémy Grosman
[Coming soon] Presentation of the scienfitic litterature about Hackers. Philosophical and historical perspectives about open-source and political issues.
Time: 14:40-15:30
Language: English / Français
Prior knowledge: None
Creating dynamic presentations using Inkscape and Sozi
Speaker: Jurgen Gaeremyn
We all know those static slide based presentations using one of the office suites out there. Creating a dynamic presentation allows you to show the bigger picture and the interaction between facets. If you know Prezi, you'll know what I'm talking about. Using Inkscape and the Sozi plugin, it's possible to make similar style presentations with a regular SVG-file as output. This has the great advantage that you only need a browser to watch/show the presentation.
Plan of action: 1. How to install a plugin (Sozi) in Inkscape. 2. Some basics about Inkscape (short) 3. We're going to create our own presentation - much more fun if you can play with the program yourself. So bring along your laptop!
Time: 15:35-16:25
Language: English
Prior knowledge: None
Requirements: Bring along your laptop, and have Inkscape installed (www.inkscape.org)
Open Source and Genetic code
Speaker: Alexandre Santos (replacing Ugo)
With genetic manipulations and analysis increasing in popularity, the Open Source philosophy is facing a new battle. A battle that concerns all of us, because we all have genes, eat food and live in an interconnected environment.
Time: 16:30-17:15
Language: English
Prior knowledge: None
DierenTheater, give a proactive hands to the Belgium government in providing opendata
Speaker: Bram/Laurent Peuch
DierenTheater is a work in progress scraper for (lachambre|dekamer).be that extract data out of it and offers it to the world to allow anyone to build things out of it. The objective is to bootstrap the opendata related to politics scene in Belgium and to have a nosdeputes.be.
Time: 17:20 - 17:40
Language: English/Français
Prior knowledge: None
'Utmost transparency' in the European Parliament - at4am, parltrack, pippilongstrings, euwiki, tratten and all the rest
Speaker: [Josefsson]
[European Parliament shall ensure that its activities are conducted with the utmost transparency]. Sounds nice, doesn't it?
* https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/event/at4am4all-meeting-european-parliament-free-software-group-epfsug* http://blog.okfn.org/2012/06/27/taking-utmost-transparency-to-the-next-level-at4am-for-all/* http://epfsug.eu/content/at4am-all
Code to practice.
Time: 17:45 - 18:30
Language: English
Prior knowledge: PhD in Rocket Science required
Game corner
Some open source games can be played here! Have fun shooting the other players in Sauerbraten, play Frozen-bubble on our arcade machine and get yourself in the high scores... or partake in a great competition...
The Bhackroom
What happens when you surf on an open WiFi? What damage can viruses do? How do those 'evil hackers' actually get into your computer and what can happen? Just some pointers to use your computer safely... Have a talk with one of the guys in the Bhackroom.
Lil p0wny workshop
Speaker: Net_Runner
Q: What is the lil p0wny workshop? This is a workshop focused on the remote exploitation of a vulnerable machine in a laboratory environment. It assumes that you have basic general computer's skills and takes you into a journey to makes you a level 1 script kiddie. Q: Ha, Ha, Ha script kiddie?, but I'm already a l337 h4x0r! Why dont you come and enlighten us with your skills? There will be cake when all the challenges are completed.
Time: 13:00 to 15:55
Language: English
Prior knowledge: Basic Windows/Linux/Networking Knowledge
Requirements: VMware INSTALLED on your machine. Backtrack 5 VM running inside VMware.
Electronics corner
Next to Free and Open Source Software, there's also a growing market with open hardware... Maybe you've heard of Arduino, Raspberry Pi or some other stuff. Have a look at the possibilities in our space. Never heard of them? A great moment to discover it!!
arduino - father of all embedded boards (English)
Speaker: u.go
Time: 14:30 to 14:45
raspberry pi - Cloud- and webserver in your pocket! (English)
Using a Raspberry pi, I'm going to install owncloud and use the board as a webserver... talking about a server in my pocket!
Speaker: lucas
Time: 15:30 to 15:45
Olinuxino - yet another embedded Linux board with lots of GPIOs (English)
Speaker: zoobab
Time: 17:30 to 17:45
More details on topics are dynamically added on our website: https://hackerspace.be/Software_Freedom_Day_2012
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Created by Unknown on 2012-09-21 15:17:37.
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.