[Make-wifi-fast] Fwd: [Battlemesh] Announcement: Wireless Battlemesh v15 is coming up in May 8-14

Wed Mar 22 09:45:48 EDT 2023

Battlemesh is a small, extremely low-cost, technically oriented
conference (and camp out) with some policy aspects, that contains a
lot of core, community network, openwrt, wifi and (especially) routing
protocol developers. The overt purpose is to test interop of multiple
devices together, but it is usually far more social and diverse than
that. It is about as non-commercial as you can get, and this year, it
is happening in Barcelona Monday 2023-05-08 to Sunday 2023-05-14, in a
rather unique location. I gave my big make-wifi-fast talk here ages
ago, and it is an eye opener as to how the internet is strung together
in Spain, Germany, and eastern Europe, South America, and indeed, the
rest of the world, living on less dollars per day.

It would be cool if someone(s) showed up with a starlink terminal, or
more gear, or a libreqos box, to add to the mix. My own focus (outside
of fixing wifi itself) was largely on improving the babel protocol,
but the BATMAN protocol is popular there, as well as several others.

from: https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15

"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?"

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Ilario Gelmetti <iochesonome at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 10:38 AM
Subject: [Battlemesh] Announcement: Wireless Battlemesh v15 is coming
up in May 8-14
To: Battlemesh <battlemesh at ml.ninux.org>
Cc: <v15 at battlemesh.org>

Hi all,

The Wireless Battle of the Mesh is going live for its 15th edition. This
time for a full *week* again!

The dates and venue have been set by the WBM community:

      8-14th of May 2023
      Calafou, Vallbona d'Anoia, Barcelona
      https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/41.51115/1.70263
      https://calafou.org/web/index.php/sobre-calafou#eng

Please find the information we gathered so-far on the wiki page:
      https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15

Different accommodation options are available at Calafou:
* Camping - the great outdoors is calling. Please bring your own camping
gear (tent, caravan, etc).
* Bunk Bed - pick one of the available bunk beds covered by a proper roof.

Accommodation Packages are available, valid for BOTH camping and bunk
beds, but they have limited availability and require registration
beforehand:

* Early bird package: 60 EUR for 6 nights
* Late booking package: 100 EUR for 6 nights

Book until **March 31st** to enjoy early bird booking discount! The
packages are attributed on a first-come first-serve basis, so register
as soon as possible!
See https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15/AccomodationPackage

Please help us spread the word by forwarding the announcement below.

Thanks!
     The WBMv15 orga team.

==========================================================
The Wireless Battle Mesh v15
8th - 14th of May 2023, Calafou / Barcelona (Europe)
==========================================================

The next 'Wireless Battle of the Mesh' (Battlemesh) will take place from
Mon 8th - Sun 14th of May 2023 in Calafou (https://calafou.org/) near
Barcelona (Europe).

The Wireless Battle Mesh is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized annual
convention.
The convention features a variety of talks and workshops on technical
and political issues related to mesh networking, wireless community
networks and OpenWrt firmware development.

The purpose of the event is to further topics such as right to
connectivity, community-owned infrastructure and related free open
source projects.

There will be 6 days full of expert presentations, late night hacking
sessions, measurement campaigns, protocol discussions, and a lot of
other meshy things.

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!

Continuously updated information about the event available at
https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15

Location
========

The Battlemesh v15 will be hosted by the fabulous Calafou / colonia
ecoindustrial postcapitalista members in Barcelona, Europe.

The Calafou compound is very spacious and offers plenty of room for
hacking, workshops, socializing, building test beds and more!

You can check some pictures of the spaces at the Battlemesh wiki page.
Instructions on how to arrive by train and from BCN airport will be
provided soon on the same page.

https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15#Where

Accommodation Offering
======================

Different accommodation options are available at Calafou:
* Camping - the great outdoors is calling. Please bring your own camp
gear (tent, caravan, etc) right at the venue.
* Bunk Bed - pick one of the available bunk beds covered by a proper roof.

Accommodation Packages, valid both for camping or bunk beds, have
limited availability and require registration beforehand.
* Early bird package: 60 EUR (6 nights)
* Late booking package: 100 EUR (6 nights)

Book until *March 31st* to enjoy early bird booking discount! The
packages are attributed on a first-come first-serve basis, so register
as soon as possible!

Please check the Battlemesh wiki page for more details.

https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15/AccomodationPackage

Registration
============

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

To register, please send an email to v15 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, straight or fitted cut]
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]
########

If your answer to the last question is YES, you can go ahead and add
yourself to the public participants list right away (otherwise we will
do it for you):
      http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15/Participants

Schedule and Call for participation
===================================

The event will feature organized talks, workshops and discussion panels
on community networks and wireless mesh networks. 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 (see link below) to make that happen.

The schedule is being updated at:
https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15#Talk_Schedule_and_Workshops

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

Please check the wiki page on how to submit your proposal.
https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15#Call_for_participation

Travel Support Grants
=====================
The Team at https://cdt.org invites all participants who are in need of
financial support for their long haul flight to check out this travel fund:

https://gitlab.com/pitg/fund

(When sending an application, please add v15 at battlemesh.org in CC).

Spread the Word
===============

Please help us spreading the word by forwarding this announcement to all
lists and people that might be interested. Blogging about it is also
very appreciated, and if you do so, please add a ping-back to the wiki
page: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15

Contact
=======

* Web: http://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15
* Public Mailing List: http://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh
* Orga crew: v15 at battlemesh.org
* https://matrix.to/#/#battlemesh:matrix.org
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/battlemesh/
* Mastodon: https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@battlemesh

The WBMv15 orga team.
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