Tag: Events

Agenda for International Summit for Community Wireless Networks #IS4CWN

Posted on by Monic

WASHINGTON, DC — Freifunk and the Open Technology Institute (OTI) at the New America Foundation released the official agenda for the 2013 International Summit for Community Wireless Networks. To be held in Berlin, Germany from October 2-4, 2013, the Summit brings together technology experts, policy analysts, community leaders, and university researchers working on state-of-the-art community wireless broadband projects worldwide. The event provides an opportunity for stakeholders to share strategies and challenges, discuss policy issues, and coordinate research and development efforts.

This year’s summit also commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of Freifunk community wireless networks. Founded in Berlin in 2003, Freifunk networks are now in operation in several cities across Germany.  Like their counterparts around the world, Freifunk organizers and participants emphasize the importance of community control and stewardship of their own communications infrastructure.

 Keynote speakers at this year’s summit include :

  • Sascha Meinrath, Summit director, OTI founder and director;
  • Jürgen Neumann, Freifunk co-founder and expert in open hardware;
  • Amelia Andersdotter, Member of European Parliament from the Swedish Pirate Party and proponent for free and open source software and tools;
  • Mahabir Pun, who has pioneered wireless networks in Nepal to connect remote mountainous communities;
  • Joanna Varon Ferraz, researcher at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazil concerned with Internet and communications technologies for development (ICT4D);
  • Björn Böhning, a Berlin state politician and advocate of local wireless networks and public access;
  • Virginia Eubanks, author of Digital Dead End and researcher exploring the intersection of technology innovation and economic justice in the United States;
  • Daniel Kitscha, Policy Officer, Spectrum Unit, DG CONNECT, European Commission
  • and many experts and practitioners from around the world

For a copy of the agenda, please visit: here: http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/agenda

For more information or to register, please visit: http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/

Freifunk beim Deutschen Solarfestival

Posted on by Mario Behling

Der Solar Festival e.V. feiert vom 23.-25. August 2013 Premiere mit einem autarken Festival in Peckfitz in Sachsen Anhalt. Der gesamte Strombedarf wird zu 100% mit erneuerbaren Energien gewonnen und in Batterien gespeichert.

“The first german solar festival is coming up – 100% green power.”

Freifunk ist mit dabei, einerseits als produktives Netzwerk vor Ort zb. für den Video-Livestream ins Internet, sowie mit dem Battlemesh Test Netzwerk auch experimenteller Natur. Ein Workshop wird auch stattfinden, dort verknüpfen wir die speziellen Möglichkeiten mit regenerativer Energiegewinnung verbunden mit WLAN.

Im praktischen Teil installieren wir dann Freifunk Knoten in Wohnwägen und an Solarsystemen. AKtuelle 12Volt Geräte bieten einfachen Stromanschluss und können via 2xUSB je nach Bedarf erweitert werden. Ob mit Festplatte und Soundkarte an die Musikanlage angeschlossen, mit Webcam und UMTS-Stick oder “nur” als Ladegerät für Handy und die mobilen, akkubetriebenen Freifunk Geräte verwendet.

Wir werden schauen, wie man damit auch bei einigen Solar Konvertern aktuelle Daten (wie Stromstärke/Verbrauch) auslesen kann, teilw. via Netzwerk oder seriell. Mit verschiedenen Solar-Installationen in räumlicher Nähe klappt das natürlich auch, diese vernetzen sich untereinander, vernetzen die Nachbarn und bieten damit ganz neue Möglichkeiten.

Link: http://www.solarfestival.de

[via Ufa / freifunk Leipzig]

Free Networks Italy – Ninux Day 2013 Call For Papers

Posted on by Mario Behling

The Ninux Day (the only day that lasts a weekend), organized by the wireless community network ninux.org, will be held on November 1,2,3, 2013 at Fusolab 2.0, in Rome.

The aim is to gather under the same roof members of Italian and European wireless community networks and all who are interested in:
 * the Net as a common
 * spontaneous networking, bottom-up
 * city networks
 * wireless mesh networks
 * routing protocols
 * networking-oriented operating systems
 * distributed management and monitoring
 * distributed and decentralized services
 * resilient networks
 * community automanagement
 * legal aspects of community networks and wireless networks
 * artistic expressions linked to community networks or wireless networks

If you want to propose a talk or a practical workshop on these topics, of the maximum length of 45 minutes, send an e-mail to
ninux-day-it@ninux.org with a 50-100 words abstract and a short bio before October 2, 2013.

When: November 1,2,3 2013
Where: Fusolab 2.0, Via della bella villa 94, Roma, Italy
Wiki: http://wiki.ninux.org/NinuxDay2013
Mailing list: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/ninux-day (en)
Blog: http://blog.ninux.org
Node Map: http://map.ninux.org
Ninux Day 2009: http://blog.ninux.org/tag/ninux-day/
Fee: free entrance, donations are welcome

[via Clauz]

Babel Wireless Mesh hackathon (Paris, 19-20-21 July 2013)

Posted on by Benjamin Henrion

A hackathon dedicated to the Babel wireless mesh routing protocol will be held during three days in Paris, at the LeLoop.org hackerspace. The event primarily aims at testing the new features of Babel (diversity, RTT metric, source-specific routing, etc…) in a real-world environment.

Date
====

Start: Friday 19 July @ 09:00

End: Sunday 21 July @ 22:00 

Goals
=====

  • Setup of a testbed of 20 nodes or more, some of them on batteries
  • Test the new features of Babel in real-world conditions
  • Test interoperability between different implementations and different extensions of the protocol
  • Basic tests inspired by the Wireless Battle Mesh ones
  • Data collection, statistics and reproductibility of the experience
  • Bug hunting (hopefully there aren’t many)
  • Degustation of belgian beers, and probably Attitude Adjustment cocktails too 🙂

Program
======

Along with the main events, some talks are scheduled on Saturday and Sunday. Feel free to propose a talk, they will be listed on the wiki page of the event: http://wiki.leloop.org/index.php/Babel_hackathon

More information will be available on LeLoop website: http://leloop.org

We provide
========

  • electricity
  • internet connectivity
  • meeting place
  • coffee and tea
  • toilets
  • if needed, hosting, but get in touch with us before

Do not forget:
==========

* Bring your laptop/computer and european power plug wire (multiprises)

* Bring your compatible router(s) with OpenWRT pre-installed

* Bring your WiFi antenna(s) and connectors

* Bring your sleeping bag, and if you need hosting send an email

Registration
=========

Please register as soon as possible on Framadate: http://framadate.org/studs.php?sondage=q4hlhbsehmh37kgm

The entrance is free, both as in “freedom” and as in “free beer” (although the beer won’t actually be free).

Location
========

LeLoop.org

La Gare XP

0bis avenue Lucien Descaves

75014 Paris

Tramway: Montsouris, on T3a

Metro: Porte d’Orléans on ligne 4

RER: Cité Universitaire on RER B

Google Maps: http://ur1.ca/ej4jb

Open Street Map: http://osm.org/go/0BOc0dK0C–?m

Web
===

* http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/babel/
* http://leloop.org
* http://garexp.org

Contact
======

IRC: #babel on irc.freenode.net

Wiki: http://wiki.leloop.org/index.php/Babel_hackathon

Baptiste Jonglez
Email: baptiste.jonglez at ens-lyon.fr
GSM: (+33) 6 03 72 24 79

Benjamin Henrion
Email: bh at udev.org
GSM: (+32) 484 566109

IS4CWN – Call for proposals – 2013 feiern wir den 10. Geburtstag von Freifunk!

Posted on by Monic

Seit dem ersten Wireless Community Summit 2004 in Djursland “Fresh Air – Free Networks” haben sich Meshing und andere Community Technologien deutlich weiter entwickelt, sind einfacher geworden und überall auf der Welt sind freie Netzwerke gewachsen. Freifunker haben grundlegenden Anteil an dieser Entwicklung. Unsere Netzwerktechnologien eröffnen Menschen Möglichkeiten, die kommerzielle Anbieter von Kommunikationsinfrastruktur nur teuer oder gar nicht bieten bzw. mehr und mehr einschränken.

Vom 2. bis 4. Oktober findet der “International Summit for Community Wireless Networks” in Berlin statt.

Wir wollen gemeinsam technische, soziale und politische Implikationen von Wireless Community Networks diskutieren. Speziell richten wir den Fokus in diesem Jahr auf Anwendungen, Services und Contents, die innerhalb des lokalen Community Netzwerkes angeboten werden.

Unter anderem sind Vorträge, Workshops, OpenSpaces und ein Hackathon unter dem Titel “Where do we grow from here?”
Und natürlich wird auch gefeiert …

Sendet jetzt Eure Vorschläge ein und gestaltet den Summit aktiv mit:
http://2013.wirelesssummit.org/content/call-proposals

Spread the word und wir freuen uns auf Eure Ideen!
Viele Grüße von Monic, Jürgen und Patrick

Podcast from Battle of the mesh Aalborg with Rundfreifunk

Posted on by Mario Behling

Listen to the podcast of the Wireless Battle of the Mesh 2013 in Aalborg here or on Soundcloud.


Unboxing Routers on the Table at Battlemesh event

some from Wireless Communities worldwide met in Aalborg University to have a whole week to make test for some routing protocols, that are able to make wifi communications possible for mesh networking. these are some cuts from interviews with that people at the last night, when they were going out for party and to sum up that week.

The Battlemesh event that aims at bringing together people from across Europe to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, OLSR, 802.11s and Static Routing. It is a tournament with a social character. The goal of the WirelessBattleMesh events is to set-up hands-on testbed for each available mesh routing protocol with a standard test procedure for the different mesh networks.

Links

* http://rund.freifunk.net

* http://battlemesh.org

* http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV6

* https://soundcloud.com/rundfreifunk/battlemesh-v6-in-aalborg

Audio:

battlemeshv6.MP3

Freifunk verbindet! Trefft uns auf dem Wireless Community Weekend vom 10.-12. Mai 2013 in Berlin

Posted on by Mario Behling

Philipp Seefeldt hat auf Vimeo den Animationsfilm Freifunk verbindet! veröffentlicht. Die Idee dazu kam von Sven Heinze und Juergen Neumann. Beim Text half Silke Meyer, gesprochen hat Anne Helm und die Musik wurde von Thomas Deittert geschrieben. Ihr könnt das Video gerne auf Eurer Website einbinden. Es steht unter einer freien Creative Commons Lizenz (SA-By) 

Wenn ihr mehr über Freifunk und Freifunker aus Deutschland und anderen Ländern erfahren möchtet, kommt zum Wireless Community Weekend in die c-base nach Berlin vom 10.-12. Mai. Am 8. und 9. Mai finden bereits informelle Treffen statt.

Wann

  • 10.-12. Mai 2013

Wo

Mehr Infos

Mehr Infos im Wiki hier: http://wiki.freifunk.net/Wireless_Community_Weekend_2013

Wireless Battle Mesh v6 from April 15-21 in Aalborg, Denmark

Posted on by Mario Behling

The next ‘Wireless Battle of the Mesh’ will take place from Mon 15th till Sun 21st of April at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. The event aims to bring together people from across the globe to test the performance of different routing protocols for ad-hoc networks, like Babel, B.A.T.M.A.N., BMX, OLSR, and 802.11s. Of course, new protocols (working on OpenWRT) are always welcome! It is not required to be active within the mentioned protocols, so if you are a mesh networking enthusiast, community networking activist, or have an interest in mesh networks in general, you have to check this out! Information about the event is gathered at: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV6

Location
========
The event takes place at the University of Aalborg, Denmark. There will be room for hacking with software and hardware,
talks and presentations, as well as informal discussions between participants.

Participant Registration and Fee
================================
The event itself is free of charge and open for all, so to register without hotel and food supply, simply add your name to the participant table. http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV6/Participants

If you wish low cost cost accomodation and low cost food supply, several special group bookings have been arranged. Payment
in advance is required to get the full benefit of the discount. Therefore, this year’s edition features an “early bird low cost” registration program: A bed in a nearby hotel from Monday till Sunday plus breakfast and dinner for the entire week are available for 1500 DKK (~201€) if the payment is made before February 15th, 2013. The price goes up to 1900 DKK (~255€) for all payments made after February 15th. These late arrangements are subject to availability. Of course, this package is not compulsory. You can also find your own bed and food supply yourself during the event if you wish to do so. Credit card payments for accomodation and food can be carried out here: https://www.erap.aau.dk/event/index.php/bmv6

Warm Up
=======
As with Wireless BattleMesh V5 in Athens, we would like to arrange a warm up event in the preceeding weekend. So far, we
have explored options like Djurslands Net and Net4Samsø, but nothing is final yet. Suggestions and ideas for this is more than welcome!

Spread the Word
===============
Feel free to spread the word by forwarding this mail to all lists / people that might be interested in it. Blogging about the event is more than welcome, and if you do so, please add a ping-back to the wiki page:
http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV6

Contact
=======
* Web: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV6
* Email: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh
* IRC: irc.freenode.net #battlemesh

[via Martin Hundebøll]

Freifunk-Workshop auf der FrOScon am 26. August 2012

Posted on by Mario Behling

Auf der diesjährigen FrOSCon (25./26. August) gibt es wieder einen Freifunk-Workshop. Anders als auf der Sigint 2012 haben wir nun mehr Zeit und Platz zum Diskutieren, basteln und coden. Im Fokus des Workshops steht neben der Vorstellung der Software & Hardware des Freifunk-KBU Netzes insbesondere der Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Freifunkern: Stellt Eure Netz-Architektur, Firmware und Software vor. Natürlich sind Freifunk-Interessierte ebenfalls eingeladen zum Reinhören, Diskutieren und Mitmachen.

Ort: Raum C130 / Fedora
Zeit: 26. August 2012, 14:00 Uhr
Infos: http://programm.froscon.de/2012/events/1108.html

FrOScon

Die FrOSCon (Free and Open Source Software Conference) ist eine jährlich stattfindende Konferenz an der Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin. Ausgerichtet durch den FrOSCon e.V. bietet die FrOSCon regelmäßig ein spannendes Programm mit Vorträgen und Workshops für BesucherInnen aller Altersklassen, die freie Software einfach nutzen, kennenlernen wollen oder schon selbst entwickeln.

Ort der Veranstaltung

Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Grantham-Allee 20, 53757 Sankt Augustin
Maps: OpenStreet Map | Google Maps

Links

Freifunk Köln, Bonn und Umgebung http://kbu.freifunk.net
FrOScon http://www.froscon.de

[via Jan Lühr]

Freifunk at the Linuxtag

Posted on by Mario Behling

Just after the Wireless Community Weekend 2012 at the c-base, the next event is approaching. Starting Wednesday May 23 till Saturday May 26, 2012 the freifunk community participates in the Linuxtag Berlin. There is space for community members available and the opportunity to present own projects. Depending on the level of participation of the community we can showcast freifunk projects on a shared booth or get our own booth. Please add your name to the list of potential participants in the wiki and add how long and how you would like to contribute to this event.

When

  • Date: 23 – 26 May 2012
  • Opening hours for visitors: Wednesday – Friday 09:30 – 18:00, Saturday until 09:30 – 17:00
  • Conferences: daily 10:00 – 18:00

Where

  • Messe Berlin
  • Berlin Fairgrounds Hall 7 (Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin, Germany)
  • Venue: Hall 7 (Station S-Messe Süd)

Locations

  • Shared Booth

Links

http://wiki.freifunk.net/Linuxtag_2012