Märt Põder – Pirate Security Conference

Märt Põder (born 11 September 1979) is an Estonian philosopher, freedom of information activist, presenter, publicist and translator.

He is known as a promoter of free software and one of the initiators of crypto parties in Estonia.He has been the porter and publisher of Estobuntu,led various projects in the Ubuntu and Debian ecosystems, and coordinated the translation of software for these operating systems. He maintained an upgraded version of the ID card software for Ubuntu in 2010, in 2012 he led the freeware community’s negotiations with the Ministry of Economy and Communications to package the ID software according to the requirements of Linux ecosystems, and has highlighted problems with the technical implementation of digital signatures at the ministry level. He participates in the activities of Tartu Häkkerikoda.

From 17 February 2018 to 8 October 2020, he was a member of the board of the NGO Wikimedia Estonia.

10 Years of Pirate Secon

Ten years of the Pirate Security Conference

A milestone at the intersection of technology, geopolitics and resilience. For a decade, the Pirate Security Conference has served as a groundbreaking platform exploring the interplay of technology, geopolitical challenges and essential resilience in our world.

This conference has not only set trends, but also pioneered them by always being ahead of its time. The increasing fusion of technology and security has created new dimensions of challenges and opportunities.

Over these ten years, we have seen how the digital and geopolitical landscape has fundamentally changed and how these changes influence each other.

The Pirate Security Conference has recognized this interplay and explored how technology is redefining not only security, but also power structures in the world.