Battlemesh v12

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Email contact: v12 at battlemesh.org

The event aims to bring together people from across the globe who are interested in community networks, including wireless mesh network technologies, fiber infrastructure, Do-It-Yourself Internet Access Providers, and more generally how to create and maintain a thriving community of people involved in building their own networks.

We envision 7 days full of expert presentations, practical workshops, late-night hacking sessions, and fruitful discussions: whether you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, protocol developer, or have an interest in networking in general, come and join us!

This year, we would like to expand the topics beyond wireless, with a dual focus on fiber and community. But you will probably also meet developers from the most popular open source mesh protocol implementations: Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N. L3 and L2, BMX6, IEEE 802.11s, OLSR.

Important dates

The event takes place from 2019-07-08 to 2019-07-14.

Deadline for accommodation packages: first-come first-serve

Deadline for event proposal: May 10th Extended to June 7th

Where

Le 6B, 6-10 quai de Seine, 93200 Saint-Denis, France (very close to Paris).

OpenstreetMap Website

The location is at a 5-10 minutes walk from the Saint-Denis railway station on the Train H (faster) or RER D, both easily accessible from the center of Paris. Make sure to buy a ticket for zone 3.

The closest airports are Paris Charles de Gaulle and Paris Orly, both 45 minutes away by public transportation. Another option is the Paris Beauvais airport, located 2h15 away from the event by public transportation.

What

In brief: we will have organized talks, workshops and discussion panels on community networks and wireless mesh networks (see Call for Participation). There will also be more informal activities: cooperative hacking, self-organized projects, and (we hope) delightful conversations!

Tentative talk schedule: #Talk_Schedule_and_Workshops

In addition, there may be a self-organized wireless mesh network, running different routing protocols to compare them. Please coordinate directly on the battlemesh mailing list to make that happen.

How to register

The event itself is free of charge and open for all! However, it makes the organisation much easier if you tell us in advance that you plan to come.

To register, please send an email to v12 at battlemesh.org with the following content:

Subject: Registration

Name and/or Nick

Date of arrival / departure

Accommodation package: [Yes/No; package 1 or 2; room preference (mixed, non-mixed, specific person)]

T-Shirt Size: [S/M/L/none, man/woman/unisex]

Other details you want to share: (e.g. community, country, URLs, twitter/mastodon handle, dietary restrictions, ...)

Do you agree to appear on the public list of participants? [Yes/No]

Are you applying for a travel scholarship? [Yes/No; city; estimated price]

We will then put your name on the public list of participants: https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV12/Participants

If you apply for an accommodation package or travel scolarship, we will reply to you shortly with more information.

Accommodation package

For those of you who are looking for a convenient and low cost accommodation option: we negotiated a special group reservation for 24 people. The Hostel is called "Beautiful Belleville" and is located 30 minutes away from the event venue by train. The address is 12 rue de l’atlas 75019 PARIS.

Two types of all-in accommodation packages are available. They both include 6 nights (from the 8th to the 14th of July), breakfast, bedsheets and towels. Do note that the night from 7th July to 8th July is not included! Please plan your travel accordingly.

Package 1 in 4-beds rooms: 201 euros

Package 2 in 2-beds rooms: 213 euros

The packages are attributed on a first-come first-serve basis, so register as soon as possible!

How to register for accommodation: contact us by email (v12 at battlemesh dot org) with the package you want, and preference (mixed / non-mixed / same room as another person). We will confirm to you whether there are rooms left, and then send you an invoice with payment instructions.

Travel Scholarships

Thanks to our sponsors, we have the opportunity to provide some Travel Scholarships to cover the costs of a long distance flight to Paris and back. If you want to apply, please explicitly tell us so in the registration email. Please also provide the location from which you will be coming from, an estimation of the travel costs (flight to Paris and back), and whether you absolutely need us to cover the full amount of your ticket to be able to participate.

You need to prepare a short video (2 to 5 minutes) in which you briefly present yourself, your community and your interests, especially related to the Battlemesh event. It should be in either English or French, but if you are not fluent enough you can speak in your native language and add English subtitles. If you have no easy mean to share large files, tell us in your email and we will provide a link to upload your video.

Deadline was May 10th

Call for participation

We invite participants to propose workshops, talks or panel discussions relating to network infrastructure in general, how it can be built and operated as a common, and how to sustain a community around networking.

We welcome contributions that broadly address these questions from any of several perspectives: technical, organisational, economical, regulatory, juridical, political.  Example topics:

• Wireless Community Networks
• Community Networks that deploy Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks
• TV white space as a precious network resource (radio spectrum)
• Free hardware and free software for Community Networks
• How to organize a durable community structure?
• How to involve non-technical people? To "digital stewardship" and beyond?
• How to disseminate the spirit of community networks, knowledge etc?
• Connecting rural areas: challenges and solutions
• Public fiber networks: architecture, funding, private actors involved, oversight
• Internet of Things (IoT) networks and their impact on society
• How to take advantage of a community network in ways otherwise not possible? What are the applications?
• Local Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) as a common infrastructure
• DNS as a common infrastructure?

Deadline: 10 May 2019 Extended to June 7th

To submit a proposal, send us an email (v12 at battlemesh.org) with the template below. All information you give us will be made publicly available in the schedule, unless explicitely specified otherwise.

Subject: Event proposal

Name and/or nick
Optional affiliation: community, country, employer...
Event title
Type of event [talk / workshop / recurring workshop / panel discussion / other]
Duration [30 min or 1h for talks, anything you want otherwise]
Frequency [for recurring event]
Preferred date / constraint
Any required equipment (other than a projector)

Summary (about 200 words)

Talk Schedule and Workshops

This is a draft schedule as of 2019-05-31, subject to change!

The expected time schedule at 6b is 10am-10pm, unless specified otherwise.

Monday 8 July

[09.00-12.00] Collaborative setup of the space at 6b (chairs, tables, network...)

[Afternoon] Participants arrival and informal welcome at 6b

[Evening] Welcome reception : restaurant? (location TBD)

Tuesday 9 July

Location: 6b

[10.15-10.45] Talk: Communication struggles during Colombian guerrilla (Debora Leal, Co-Nectar, Brazil)

[11.00-12.00] Panel: Women* in Mesh networks (Isa, activist in Latin America and Europe ; others TBD)

[14.00-16.00] Workshop: Women* in Mesh networks, off-the-record event (Isa, activist in Latin America and Europe)

[16.00-18.00] Panel: GDPR, privacy and community networks (TBD)

Wednesday 10 July

Location: 6b

[11.00-12.00] Talk: elRepo.io - culture sharing suitable for community networks (G10h4ck)

[14.00-15.00] Talk: The "Brique Internet" / Internet Cube project (Franciliens.net, France)

[15.00-16.00] Talk: LibreRouter, the router of community networks (SAn & G10h4ck, altermundi.net)

[16.00-19.00] Workshop: Internet Cube, LibreRouter

Thursday 11 July

Location: 6b

[10.30-12.00] Lightning talks

[14.00-17.00] Workshop: fiber splicing (Spyou, SCANI, France)

[16.00-19.00] Self-organized events

[Evening] Screening of the French documentary "La bataille du libre" by Philippe Borrel (with English subtitles), location and event TBC

Friday 12 July

Location: 6b

[11.00-11.30] Talk: The creation of a new routing Protocol for mobile first meshing (Mathias Jud, qaul.net)

[14.00-15.00] Talk: State-imposed censorship and community networks (taziden, Ilico/Gitoyen/Grenode/FFDN, France)

[15.00-17.00] Panel: Building a community around networking (Adama KA, SenChix / AFCHIX ; others TBD)

[16.00-19.00] Meetup: Open Communication Meetup. We will discuss, experiment and document existing MANET protocols. (Mathias Jud, https://open-communication.net/ )

[Evening] Social event TBD

Saturday 13 July

Location: 6b

[10.30-11.30] Talk: Overview of Community Networks in France (Baptiste Jonglez, Fédération FDN)

[11.30-12.00] Talk: Challenges of rural community network in a crisis environment (Theresa Tafida, Fantsuam Foundation, Nigeria)

[14.00-16.00] Panel: Models for affordable and universal networks: public infrastructure, regulation and community networks

[16.30-18.00] Panel: 5G and TV white space: legislation and opportunities of new radio spectrum for Community Networks (TBC)

Sunday 14 July

Location: 6b

[Morning] Last self-organized activities

[Afternoon] Cooperative cleanup and departure

[20.00] The 6b must be clean and empty

Endorsements

• Ninux.org endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in English

• FDN (French Data Network) endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in French

• Rhizome endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in French

• tetaneutral.net endorses BattleMeshV12

• SCANI endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in French

• Rézine endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in French

• AREDN (Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) endorses BattleMeshV12: Announcement in English

• Funkfeuer endorses BattleMeshV12

Misc

Battlemesh Coversongs

TODO

Hardware

Please add any hardware that you will bring (and are willing to lend out!) to this table:

Live streaming and Recordings

TODO

Impressions from previous Battlemesh events

• Battlemesh v9 Presentations

• Battlemesh v9 Social Moments

• Battlemesh v8 Presentations

• Battlemesh V7 Video

• Video clip from the mesh testbed installation for WBMv6 at Aalborg University Campus

• Another WBMv6 clip

• Video clip made at WBMv5 to give you a feeling what this event is like

• Video clip made at WBMv4

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Task List

This task list is kept here to track who is responsible for certain things. Please notify on mailing list before you add yourself here. Local team will be inserted here as well, tasks may be added/merged on the go.

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