Videos | Schedule | Speakers | Registration
PirateCon 2013, our 2nd annual conference, took place on June 29th at the Community Church of Boston at 565 Boylston St in Boston.
Maurice Morales put up the videos he took of a number of the talks. We will post more as they become available.
Opening the Gates: How To Challenge Our Nation’s Two-Party Monopoly – Keynote by David House
Crowdfunding – Peter Dilworth, Jordyn Bonds and Eli Feghali
Captain James talks about our journey forward
Open Government, Part 1 – Michael Morisy, Shauna Gordon-McKeon, Steve Buckley and Barry Rafkind
Open Government, Part 2 – Michael Morisy, Shauna Gordon-McKeon, Steve Buckley and Barry Rafkind
Don’t Agonize, Organize! – Evan Greer, Véronique Vermorel, Gregg Housh
How We Will Prevent The Surveillance Dystopia – End note by Alex Marthews
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Version 2
| Time | Talk/Panel | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 10am | Opening the Gates: How To Challenge Our Nation’s Two-Party Monopoly | David House |
| 11am | Open Government | Michael Morisy, Shauna Gordon-McKeon, Steve Buckley and Barry Rafkind |
| noon | Government Power in 2020 | Kendra Moyer, Gregg Housh, Alex Marthews, Rich Aucoin |
| 1pm | Lunch | |
| 2pm | Crowdfunding | Peter Dilworth, Jordyn Bonds and Eli Feghali |
| 3pm | Lightning talks | Various |
| 4pm | Don’t Agonize, Organize! | Evan Greer, Véronique Vermorel, Gregg Housh |
| 5pm | How We Will Prevent The Surveillance Dystopia | Alex Marthews |
David House, digital activist and founding member of the Bradley Manning Support Network
Kendra Moyer of Occupy Boston & Pirate Party,
Gregg Housh, Internet Activist associated with Anonymous
Alex Marthews, Campaign for Digital Fourth Amendment Rights
Rich Aucoin, Massachusetts Branch of People against the NDAA
Peter Dilworth, Wobbleworks
Michael Morisy, founder of MuckRock
Shauna Gordon-McKeon, organizer of the Open Government Boston group
Steve Buckley, US Transparency
Evan Greer, Fight for the Future
Véronique Vermorel, French Parliamentary Candidate
Registration was $10. Please register on-line. There will be free wifi at the conference.
We provided a poster and flyer that people could use to spread the word about the conference.
We will post slide decks for the talks as they become available.
We will post videos of the talks after the conference.
2012
March Conference: Politics: share, remix, reboot