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Talks

My talks are always gratis to enter.

May 15th, 2024 in Paris, France

Logiciel libre et liberté dans une société numérique

Repousé à une date ultérieur.
Du au congé, il n'était pas possible de l'organiser bien dans le temps disponible.
Abstract: De nombreuses menaces pèsent sur la liberté dans la société numérique. Il s'agit notamment des logiciels non libres, de la surveillance massive et de la censure. Aussi, les programmes non libres sont souvent conçus pour restreindre les utilisateurs, les contrôler ou les manipuler. La Guerre du Partage vise à empêcher les utilisateurs de partager des copies de oeuvres publiés. Les ordinateurs pour le vote rendent les résultats des élections non fiables. D'autres menaces proviennent de l'utilisation de services web, mis en œuvre par des entreprises qui peuvent imposer n'importe quelles conditions. Enfin, la plupart des activités sur internet (hormis celles qui existaient avant 2000) sont précaires, dépendantes de l'autorisation d'une entreprise. Toutes ces menaces trouvent plus ou moins leur origine dans l'utilisation de logiciels non libres. C'est pourquoi le logiciel libre est la première bataille pour la libération de la société numérique.

Tout le monde est le bienvenu.

el 26th de Abril, 2024 in Córdoba, Spain

El software libre, libertad, y sociedad

Hora empezar: Viernes, el 26th de Abril, de 17:30 a 18:50 †
Direccion: Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Salon de Actos
Avenida de Menéndez Pidal, s/n
14004 Córdoba (Córdoba)
España
Streaming: Habrá streaming, cuando sepamos el URL lo publicáremos aquí.

El discurso es en español.

† Esta conferencia ha sido cancelado.

Si Usted participa en el evento del cual mi conferencia habría hecho parte, y si querría atenderla, por favor dígales a los organizadores del evento que la cancelación lo ha puesto triste, y pídales tomarlo en cuenta. Saberlo los ayudará en el futuro.

April 17th, 2024 in Braga, Portugal

Free Software and Freedom in a Digital Society

Time: Wednesday, April 17th, 16H00 for 2+hrs
Location: University of Minho
Campus de Gualtar
Edifício 1, Anfiteatro 0.08

Extra discussion of digital surveillance.

The talk will be in English. Everyone is welcome.

We will distribute GNU/FSF stickers, and sell merhandise, so please bring cash.

April 10th, 2024 in Trento, Italy

Free Software and Your Freedom

Time: Wednesday, April 10th, 19:45–22:45
Location: https://www.openstreetmap.org

The talk will be in English. Watch the streaming talk.

April 9th, 2024 in Bologna, Italy

Software libre and freedom in the digital society

Time: Tuesday, April 9th, 15H00–17H00
Location: Aula D
Viale Carlo Berti Pichat, 6-6/2
Bologna Italy
44.501N, 11.357E
Livestream: 14H00 UTC / 09H00 EDT
Note: This item previously said that there would be translation from English to Italian. That was an error.
The April 9 talk in Bologna will be only in English. Translaion is only for the April 7 talk in Reggio Emilia.

There are many threats to freedom in the digital society. They include nonfree software, massive surveillance, and censorship.

Nonfree proprams are often designed to restrict users, control users or manipulate uesers. The War on Sharing aims to stop users from sharing copies of published works. Computers for voting make election results untrustworthy.

Other threats come from use of web services, implemented by companies that can impose any conditions whatsoever.

Finally, most internet activities (aside from those which existed before 2000) are precarious, dependent on permission from one company.

All of these threats originate more or less in the use of nonfree software. That is why free software is the first battle in the liberation of the digital society.

Everyone welcome.

April 7th, 2024 in Reggio Emilia, Italy

Le basi della libertà nella società digitale

Time: Sunday, April 7th, 16H00
at unimore
Location: Aula Magna Manodori
Palazzo Dossetti
via Allegri 9
Reggio Emilia
Note: There will be simultaneous translation into Italian. It may NOT be easy to hear the talk in English.

Richard Stallman è un programmatore statunitense, visionario fondatore del Movimento del Software Libero. Nel 1983 diede avvio al Progetto GNU con l'intento di sviluppare un sistema operativo completamente libero, che potesse essere usato da chiunque senza restrizioni, secondo uno spirito di condivisione e di rispetto altrui. Quel sistema operativo è oggi GNU/Linux, utilizzato da decine di milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, nonché da agenzie governative come la NASA e siti di pubblica utilità come Wikipedia.

Everyone welcome.

Mar 26th, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland

Free Software and Freedom in Computing

This talk will be in English (by the host's request).
Everyone is welcome!
Time:March 26th, 17H00
Location:University of Geneva, UniDufour building, room A300.
Rue du Général Dufour 24, 1204 Genève

Upon entering the building, on the right there is a hallway going down to the large auditoriums. Take that path and you will quickly find A300.

Mar 25th, 2024 in Rapperswil, Switzerland

Free Software and Your Freedom

This talk will be in English.
Everyone is welcome!
Time:March 25th, 17H15 (room opens at 5pm)
Location:Aula of OST-Rapperswil
Rapperswil-Jona
Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil

Oct 3rd & 4th, 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany

Free Software and Your Freedom

Time:October 3rd, 7pm
Place:Kleyerstraße 15, 60326 Frankfurt am Main

Artificial Intelligence vs Language Models

Time:October 4th, 7pm
Place:Kleyerstraße 15, 60326 Frankfurt am Main
Talk date: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Time: 18:00
Venue: La Fabrika Theater: "Hacker's Congress Paralelní Polis"
Location: Dělnická 43, 170 00 Prague 7, Czech Republic
Talk title: Free Software And Your Freedom

For inquiries, mario.havel@paralelnipolis.cz.

September 30th, 2023 in Prague, Czech Republic

Richard Stallman will give a talk at Charles University (Univerzita Karlova) at 14:30h. (This erroneously said 14:00 before; sorry for the error.)

Event: Charles University (Univerzita Karlova)
Pedagogická fakulta (Faculty of Eduational Studies)
Free Digital Society
It ends at 16:30.
Address: Magdalény Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha 1
Room name: AULA

    Directions:
  1. Ride the tram to stop [Lazarská]. You can see the building from there.
  2. Ride the underground to station [Národní Třída].
  3. Take the elevator, (NOT the moving stairs), from there to the ground level.

September 27, 2023 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Richard Stallman will speak, along with other GNU contributors, on Sep 27 at 14:00h as part of the GNU 40th anniversary celebration. The event runs 9:00–22:00 CEST.

Livestream: https://live.gnu.org/gnu40.webm

General inquiries: gnu40@gnu.org

Attending the meeting is gratis and open to all who want to celebrate, work on, or learn about free software. Registration is not required. GNUnet e.V. is organizing the event and would appreciate donations to cover expenses.

Talk date: Wednesday, June 7th, 2023
Time: 10:00-13:00
Place: Università di Pisa — Entirely in English
Talk title: Working for the public — universities, software and freedom
Stream: https://stallman.org/live/
BigBlueButton: https://blue.meet.garr.it/b/mar-5ju-59g-qey

Speaker: Richard Stallman
Discussants:
Marco Calamari (Progetto Winston Smith)
Maria Chiara Pievatolo (Università di Pisa)
Francesco Potortì (CNR)

Location: Aula multimediale Palazzo Ricci Via del Collegio Ricci, 10 Pisa

Contact: daniela.tafani@unipi.it

Talk date: Monday, June 5th, 2023
Time: 15:00pm
Place: Arcavacata di Rende, Italy / Aula Magna, Università della Calabria
Talk title: Digital Freedom and Digital Privacy
Location: Aula Magna "Beniamino Andreatta" - Università della Calabria
Contrada Molicelle - Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
Stream: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cuAhZ1z7HwM

The talk will be introduced by a round table, also in English: "Relating Language Models, Future Artificial Intelligence, Massive Data Collection, Open Source, and Free (Libre) Software":
Moderator: Giovambattista Ianni, Professor of Computer Science
Participants:
Vincenzo Bruno, Founder of Coopyleft
Ines Crispini, Steering Board of the Italian Society for AI Ethics
Stefano De Carlo, Board of Hacklab
Gianluigi Greco, President of the Italian Assoc. for Artificial Intelligence
Antonello Mantuano, Senior director of Cerved S.p.A.
Giuseppe Rossi, Director of Unical's ICT Services
Domenico Talia, Professor of Information Processing Systems

Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 5.00 pm

RMS will speak in English about free software and digital injustice.

BERN
Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Aula - Brückenstrasse 73, BFH Bern

Talk and Q&A in English

Gratis beers at ~ 7pm
There will be 200 seats.

The talk is gratis and attendees do not need to register.

Samedi, 13 mai, 2023 à 10h

RMS fera une conférence au sujet du logiciel libre et les injustices de l'informatique comme cela se pratique habituellement.

GENÈVE
HEG-GE- Campus Batelle, 1227 Carouge

Gratuit. Les spectateurs devront s'enregistrer mais ils ne seront pas obligés de divulguer leurs noms officiels.

Lundi, 15 mai, 2023 à 14h30

RMS fera une conférence au sujet du logiciel libre et les injustices de l'informatique comme cela se pratique habituellement.

MOUDON
www.agri-bio.ch - Route de Siviriez 1

Gratuit. Les spectateurs devront s'enregistrer mais ils ne seront pas obligés de divulguer leurs noms officiels.

Tuesday, May 16, 2023, 18h to 20h

RMS will speak in English about free software and digital injustices.

LAUSANNE
EPFL - Salle SG1 - Lausanne

Final cocktail offered.

The talk is gratis and attendees do not need to register.

December 12, 2022, 18h30

"Free Software and your Freedom"

At Auditorium, Quellgasse 21, Biel, Switzerland

Speech will be given in English.

Open to the public.

November 25, 2022, 12h00–14h00

La informática libre y sus enemigos

Where: Mataró, Spain (near Barcelona)

Host: Universidad TecnoCampus Mataró

Date: Nov 25

Time: 19h00

Language: Castellano

Room: (Sala d'actes) Torre 2

Parc TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme,

Carrer d'Ernest Lluch, 32

08302 Mataró, Barcelona

November 24, 2022, 12h00–14h00

Free Software

Place: Universitat Popeu Fabra,

Campus Poblenou

Building 52, room 217 (overflow space for Building 55 room 309)

The public is invited.

October 27, 2022

At IIIT Hyderabad

Hyderabad

October 26, 2022

At Bits Pilani Hyderabad

Hyderabad

October 25, 2022

At IIT Hyderabad

Hyderabad

October 22, 2022

At NCID

Kozhikode

October 19, 2022

At REVA University

Bangalore

June 4, 2022, 15h00–18h00, 25 Rue des Jeuneurs, 75002 Paris

Title: Les libertés du logiciel et du matériel

Richard Stallman will give a talk in French on June 4, 15h00 to 18h00, at Espace Vinci (25 Rue des Jeuneurs, 75002 Paris) near métro Grands Boulevards.

Web page: https://www.a-lec.org/libre-en-conf-04062022-richard-stallman-libertes-du-logiciel-et-du-materiel.html

Recording and streaming on PeerTube site video.chalec.org.

April 13, 2022, 2:00pm EDT

Title: The State of the Free Software Movement

Richard Stallman will be speaking about the free software movement and your freedom. His speech will be nontechnical, admission is gratis, and the public is encouraged to attend online.

Online at fsf.org/live

October 23, 2021, 1:05pm GMT

Title: Software libre, tu libertad, y tu ciberseguridad

Richard Stallman will be giving an online talk for the 8dot8 conference.

Livestream page

October 22, 2021, Montpellier, France

14h30-15h30

Titre: Origine, naissance, évolution et enjeux du logiciel libre

Dans le cadre de la soirée Cinélibre, Richard Stallman donnera une conférence en français, Salle Fernand Pelloutier - 1, place de Zeus, 34000 Montpellier

L'entrée est gratuite, sous réserve de présentation de passe sanitaire. Le port du masque sera obligatoire en permanence.

Page de l'événement

October 16, 2021, Claret, France

2pm

During the 3ème Fête du Nouveau Monde of L'Atelier de Claret, Richard Stallman will give a talk. The Address is : 63 avenue du nouveau monde 34270 Claret.

The talk will be in french and the admission is gratis, but you need to show a Passe Sanitaire or a fresh test.

More info on the event on their page

October 14, 2021, Arles, France

5pm

Richard Stallman will give a talk at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie (IUT) of Arles, France.

The talk will be in french and the admission is gratis, but you need to show a Passe Sanitaire.

More info on the event on their page

Monday, September 27, 2021

Start time: 16:15pm

Title: Free Software and its Political, Ethical Implications for Medicine

Richard Stallman will be giving a talk in Fundacja Rozwoju Kardiohhirurgii im. prof. Zbigniewa Religi, POLAND, ZABRZE UL. WOLNOSCI 345A.

This is a RMS dedicated event for medical students, professionals and scientists, Richard's lecture will be preceded by one by prof. Zbigniew Nawrat who will give a short intro speech on Automation and its implications on Freedom and health care/medical  services.

This event will be limited to Membership of International Society for Medical Robotics, invited guests. Due to covid restrictions any extra people interested in participating should contact the Foundation

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Start time: 14:00pm, Kyiv time (UTC+03:00)

Title: Free Software and the GNU General Public License

Richard Stallman will be giving a talk in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, September, 18, titled Free Software and the GNU General Public License.

Website of the event.

Wednesday, April 13

The state of the free software movement

Start time:
2:00pm Boston, USA (EDT) | 6:00pm GMT

Richard Stallman will be speaking about the free software movement and your freedom, and the progress and growing dangers in today's digital world of software. His speech will be nontechnical, admission is gratis, and the public is encouraged to attend online, at fsf.org/live.

Monday, May 31, 2021

Start time: 11:00pm GMT | 7:00pm Boston, USA (EDT) | 8:00pm São Paulo, Brazil (BRT)

Title: "Live de Segunda #80 - Uma conversa com Richard Stallman" (Monday's Live #80 - A conversation with Richard Stallman)

Richard Stallman will be giving a talk/interview on Monday May 31, titled "Live de Segunda #80 - Uma conversa com Richard Stallman" (Monday's Live #80 - A conversation with Richard Stallman).

You can watch the stream here.

Monday, May 10, 2021

University of Buckingham Free Speech Society

Start time: 7pm UK time

Title: Free software: the foundation of freedom in your computing

On May 10, RMS will give a remote talk for the University of Buckingham Free Speech Society, starting at 7pm UK time.

You can watch the stream here.

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

University of Limerick Computer Society

Start time: 19h00 (Irish time)

Title: A Free Digital Society

I will give a virtual talk about A Free Digital Society, hosted by the University of Limerick Computer Society. March 10 at 19h00 Irish time.

Everyone is welcome to attend, but the streaming capacity is limited. So please email talks (at) skynet (dot) ie with "rms Interest" or "Richard Stallman Interest" in the Subject field, and the hosts will email you the URL. If there is no room for you, you can watch the recording which will be announced later.

Thursday 4 February, 2021

Discussion in French with Richard Stallman & Bastien Sibille

Start Time: 18h30 (French time)

Title: Free software and cooperative platforms — Digital sovereignty, Territories, GAFAM

The event is gratis but you need to register at https://framaforms.org/logiciels-libres-et-plateformes-cooperatives-1609860745

Due to Covid-19, the talks in Spain will not occur on the dates previously planned, but we will reschedule them for when they can be held.

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Valencia - Spain

Start Time: TBA

Title: Copyright vs Comunidad

Location: Sala La Mutant - Carrer de Joan Verdeguer, 22 - 46024 València

Sponsor: Asociación de Usuarios GNU/Linux de Valencia / Las Naves

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Alcoy (Alicante) - Spain

Start Time: TBA

Title: Software Libre para tu libertad

Location: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Campus Alcoy, Calle Rigoberto Albors 8 - 03801 Alcoy, Alicante

Sponsor: Asociación de Usuarios GNU/Linux de Valencia / Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - Campus de Alcoy

TO BE RESCHEDULED: Castellón - Spain

Start Time: TBA

Title: Software Libre para tu libertad

Location: Sala La Bohemia - Calle Císcar 14 - 12003 Castellón de La Plana, Valencia

Sponsor: Asociación de Usuarios GNU/Linux de Valencia / Sala La Bohemia