Jami and how it empowers users (LibrePlanet 2021)
20 March 2021; updated 2 April 2022

I am giving my very first LibrePlanet[1] talk today on March 20th.
I will be talking about Jami[2], the GNU package for universal
communication that respects the freedoms and privacy of its users.
I'll be giving an introduction to Jami and its architecture, sharing
important and exciting development news from the Jami team about
rendezvous points[3], JAMS[4], the plugin SDK[5], Swarm chats[6], and
more; and how these features help empower users to communicate with
their loved ones without sacrificing their privacy or freedom.

Here is the abstract for my talk, also available on the LibrePlanet
2021's speakers[7] page:

 Jami is free software for universal communication that respects
 the freedoms and privacy of its users.  Jami is an official GNU
 package with a main goal of providing a framework for virtual
 communications, along with a series of end-user applications for
 audio/video calling and conferencing, text messaging, and file
 transfer.

 With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, working from home has
 become the norm for many workers around the world.  More and more
 people are using videoconferencing tools to work or communicate with
 their loved ones.  The emergence of these tools has been followed by
 many questions and scandals concerning the privacy and freedom of
 users.

 This talk gives an introduction to Jami, a free/libre, truly
 distributed, and peer-to-peer solution, and explains why and how it
 differs from all other existing solutions and how it empowers users.

I have been an attendee of LibrePlanet for some years, and am very
excited to be giving my first ever talk at LibrePlanet this year!
You can watch my talk and other speakers' talks live this weekend,
from the https://libreplanet.org/2021/live/ page.  Attendance is
gratis (no cost) and you can register at
https://u.fsf.org/lp21-sp.

Presentation slides: pdf[8] (with notes[9]) | bib[10]
LaTeX sources: tar.gz[11] | zip[12]
Video: webm[13]

I hope to see you around this year's all-online LibrePlanet conference
this weekend!

 LibrePlanet is a conference about software freedom, happening
 March 20 through 21, 2021.  The event is hosted by the Free Software
 Foundation (FSF), and brings together software developers, law and
 policy experts, activists, students, and computer users to learn
 skills, celebrate free software accomplishments, and face upcoming
 challenges.  Newcomers are always welcome, and LibrePlanet 2021 will
 feature programming for all ages and experience levels.

[1] https://libreplanet.org/2021/
[2] https://jami.net
[3] https://jami.net/together-the-new-version-of-jami-and-a-new-step-forward
[4] https://jami.biz/jams-user-guide
[5] https://jami.net/plugins-sdk
[6] https://jami.net/swarm-introducing-a-new-generation-of-group-conversations
[7] https://libreplanet.org/2021/speakers/#4285
[8] https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.pdf
   gopher://kelar.org/d/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.pdf
[9] https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users-with-notes.pdf
   gopher://kelar.org/d/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users-with-notes.pdf
[10] https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.bib
    gopher://kelar.org/0/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.bib
[11] https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.tar.gz
    gopher://kelar.org/5/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.tar.gz
[12] https://kelar.org/~bandali/talks/jami-empowers-users.zip
    gopher://kelar.org/5/~bandali/jami-empowers-users.zip
[13] https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2471/jupiter-saturday-1540.webm

Copyright (c) 2021 Amin Bandali.  Presentation slides and their
sources are licensed under GNU GPLv3+.  Presentation video is
licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.