Hey everyone, Things are chugging along and we're making progress by the day.
*Conference Speakers* We have several speakers confirmed for the conference so far: *Open Access Panel & Workshop*: - Adi Kamdar (Moderator) - Nick Shockey (Panelist & Workshop Moderator) - Nicole Allen (Speaker) - Matt Cooper (Panelist & Workshop Moderator) *Copyright Reform Panel*: - Parker Higgins (Moderator) - Pat Aufderheide (Panelist) - Sherwin Siy (Panelist) We're still in talks with other speakers for the conference. Other panels and workshops currently in process include: - Free Culture and Maker Culture (Panel) - Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program (Workshop) - Collective Online Activism (Workshop) If anyone has additional workshop ideas, please feel free to email [email protected]. *Conference Fundraising & Sponsorship* We've raised *$11,500* for the conference! A big thank you to our financial sponsors--*Google, Public Knowledge, and QuestionCopyright.org* for generously donating money to make this conference a reality, and another big thank you to the fantastic organizations providing us with institutional support: *Cardozo Cyberlaw Society, Center for Social Media, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Free Culture Alliance, Free Culture @ NYU, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School, New York Legal Hackers*,* *and *Wikimedia NYC*! More sponsors are still TBD. The money will first and foremost be used to subsidize student travel costs for attending the conference! We'll be conducting a chapter roll-call in the next two weeks, and in the process let our chapters know about the conference and funding that is available. We're sending out a save the date in a few days and in the next few weeks, we'll be opening up registration and an online form for travel stipends. If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns, let your voice be heard! Cheers and many thanks, Jennifer
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