Call for participation

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

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

• 🌍 Wireless Community Networks
• 🏡 Community Networks that deploy Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks
• 🛠️ 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
• 🚀 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?
• 🔒 Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) testbeds

Deadline: --TBA--

We will provide a dedicated submission platform in due time. Until then, we invite you to add your ideas to the following table:

Feel free to add your proposal and join us in shaping Battlemesh v17!