I asked the FSF whether an online session during the upcoming LibrePlanet conference is possible. Here’s the reply I got:
Yes, you may.
I believe there is a field on the form where you can indicate whether you plan to attend online or in-person. If you do not see such a field, please let me know. Otherwise, please write that you plan to submit for an online talk.
LibrePlanet 2023 Call for Sessions | Free Software Foundation
Best,
[redacted]
Here’s the stuff we need to fill in the Call for Sessions form.
- Session type
- Presentation (45 minutes)
- Panel / Discussion (45 minutes)
- Workshop (90 minutes)
- Session Title
- A brief summary (This description will be printed on the Web site and in the program. Please aim for a maximum of 150 words.)
- Abstract (This is a more elaborate explanation than the summary for the committee to understand your proposal. Please limit this to 300 words.)
- Speaker release (This is a speaker release form, giving permission to the FSF to stream, record, and post a video of your session online. By checking one or more of the above boxes, I agree to the terms of the LibrePlanet Speaker Release.
- Allow GNU Free Documentation License v 1.3 or any later version? Yes/no
- Allow Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0? Yes/no
- Allow Creative Commons Attribution 4.0? Yes/no
- Biography (Please keep this around 100 words.)
- Please supply us with a photo of yourself for our Web site ( Use a picture you own the rights to. By uploading a picture you give us permission to publish and distribute it in connection with your participation at LibrePlanet. Please note, if you decide not to upload a photo, LibrePlanet will post a generic placeholder next to your session information. Files must be less than 2 MB. Allowed file types: gif jpg jpeg png.)
- Please list previous presentations you’ve given. Feel free to include links.
- In person or remote (LibrePlanet 2023: Charting the Course will be held in person and online, we are monitoring the Coronavirus pandemic, and are planning to be flexible about needs that arise. We will consider applications for remote only sessions, like all others, with the intent of integrating quality sessions into the schedule.)
- I/We prefer to present in person
- I/We can present in person or remotely, either works for me
- I/We can present in person at the event, but would need financial assistance
- I/We can’t possibly make it to an in person event
- We’d be mixing remote and in person (Note: only possible under rare circumstances for a panel)
- If other people will be presenting with you, please include their names and email addresses here.
- photos for other speakers to upload
The exact dates and times aren’t published yet. The website says “spring 2023”.
I don’t have personal experience with giving talks, and it would be very helpful to me if we can do the following together:
- Make a list of speakers: Who wants to speak? @dachary, @Dodecahedron, myself, anyone else?
- Make a list of topics we’d like to talk about
- Figure out the overall orientation for the talk - do we talk about the overall state of forge federation? Or about our projects? Do we want to show a demo? Do we want to talk about the history and problems with forges? Mention github? Mention the give-up-github campaign? Mention radicle and git-ssb? Mention codeberg and framagit? Or just talk about our own work? And in which ways would we like the audience to “engage”, e.g. what would we like people to do after they hear our talks?
Remember, we have 45 minutes for this 
(minus time for questions? Idk if it’s included or not)
There should be something to show for Gitea, forgefed and F3 at the time the conference happens. Maybe start with the demo, like a five minute pitch to get people interested and then go to the long format for the remaining 40 minutes?
