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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.

When

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

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 RER D line or Train , 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!

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]
T-Shirt Size: [S/M/L/none, man/woman/any]
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?
Are you applying for a travel scholarship?

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

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.

Package 1 in 4-beds rooms: 201 euros

Package 2 in 2-beds rooms: 213 euros

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, and an estimation of the travel costs (flight to Paris and back).

We will then ask you to prepare a short video message in which you are giving a brief introduction to yourself and your interests.

DEADLINE: 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: 6 May 2019

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

The schedule is being worked on here: TODO

A call for ad-hoc workshops can be found here: TODO

Final conference schedule will be made available here: TODO

Git Repository

See Github: https://github.com/battlemesh

Accepted Talks

TODO

Workshops

TODO

Technical Talks

TODO

Short Technical Talks

TODO

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

• 

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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