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Software Freedom Day 2013 Hackerspace Brussels

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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.