= Call for participation =

== Submissions ==

✍️ '''Submit your talk or workshop here:''' https://pretalx.freifunktag.de/battlemesh-v17-2025/schedule/

== Locations ==

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.

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Workshop Room: [[attachment:sundhausen_workshop_room.jpeg|{{attachment:sundhausen_workshop_room.jpeg|Workshop Room|width=200px}}]]
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== Topics ==

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

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