The Open Video Conference (OVC) is a multi-day summit in New York City of thought leaders in business, academia, art and activism shaping the future of online video. Sam Gregory, our Program Director, and Bryan Nunez, our Technology Manager, will be leading workshops on visual privacy and anonymity concerns in human rights video; and a hack session on the SecureSmartCam project (in partnership with the Guardian Project- currently in it's first phase - ObsucraCam). Other topics covered include: citizen journalism, censorship, the digital divide, copyright, platform independence.

The organizers are offering WITNESS supporters a discount on registration. To get the discount visit: www.openvideoconference.org/promo and use the promo code "witnessatovc." For a full line up of speakers and the agenda the OVC website.