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The OpenDocument Format (ODF) Plugfest gathers together the most important international experts in terms of digital office documents interoperability. At the March 2010 edition in Granada I gave a talk about the proprietary traps that can be hidden inside ODF documents, preventing interoperability. I also reported in detail what happened at the Plugfest in two separate articles:

• Notes from ODF Plugfest in Granada, Day One
• Final Notes from the ODF Plugfest in Granada

Here is my talk at the 2010 ODF Plugfest in Granada (that page also contains links to all the articles I wrote about the event). If you need the editable OpenDocument version of this talk, just ask me at mfioretti, at nexaima, dot net

This is the talk I gave at the First international assembly of the Open Learning Exchange (OLE) in Kathmandu. Due to server space constraints, only a PDF version is available here. If you want the original version in OpenDocument format, please download it from the OLE website

This is the talk given at the Kosova Software Freedom Conference 2009 about "E-government, digital rights, equal opportunities: how can Free Software help developing countries?". Only the PDF version is available here, due to web server space constraint. If you need the original, editable OpenDocument version just request it by email to marco . at . digifreedom dot net

This is the talk I gave at the Congress on Free Education, Software and Knowledge in Santo Domingo. Here you can download the whole talk in PDF format (see below for the original format) . During the talk, I discussed the following topics:

• What is software anyway?
• Do computers and Internet unite or divide?
• Do they help educate and empower, or do they divide and estrange?
• What is the contribution of Universities to the effects of these technologies? What could it be?

and gives some general guidelines on how to deal with the related problems.

Note: The original, editable slides in OpenDocument format are not online simply to save bandwidth, because that file is much bigger than the PDF version. If you need the other file, just contact me at marco - at - digifreedom - dot - net.

The Software Freedom Conference Kosova is to be a yearly event to bring together local developers and the international community. In the 2009 edition I gave a talk about how Free SW can help developing countries.

Interviews and other coverage of the conference is available at:

1. the interviews page on the official website
2. F. Marzano's report

Description of the actions taken by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India to become, using Free Software as an essential tool, one of the most high-tech political parties in India by 2010.

Comments and suggestions about a law proposal presented by two senators of the Italian Democratic Party about NetNeutrality, Free Software and Information Society.

Open letter about the Italian Law 62/01 on Internet and Freedom of Press/Publishing, originally re-published on the Interlex website because "raising issues of considerable interest in the "Internet and the Press" context"

these are the paper and talk I wrote for the Italian National Conference on Free Software in Bologna.

1. Report from Quito: a look at Free Software and Free Knowledge among Catholics and other communities in latin America and what other Free Software advocates may learn from them
2. Report from Quito, summary

Feeback from participants to the Conference:

M. Grillini: "very interesting talk, especially when explaining localization of Free SW in Quechua, to preserve local culture, and the interest of Salesians in Free SW for ethical and cultural reasons"

(if you need the original OpenDocument versions of the paper and slides, just email me at marco, @ digifreedom . net)