Electronic Frontiers Forums
The Electronic Frontiers Forums is a yearly event held in Atlanta, Georgia over the labor day weekend each year at DragonCon. The Forums are a series of seminars held for 12 hours a day for the three days of the holiday weekend.
Robert Costner, also a founding director of DragonCon, offered to provide content for the popular science fiction convention in exchange for meeting space to provide advocacy about issues affecting the intersection of politics and technology. Robert ran the forums each year along with the help of Scott M. Jones until Robert moved to Washington, DC. Scott now runs the yearly event which has been in continual existence for over ten years.
The Electronic Frontiers Forums features speakers from local law firms and local technology companies. The Electronic Frontier Foundation sends a speaker each year. The topics range from serious legal issues to fun items like webcam girls.
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