• BattleMeshV15

Battlemesh v15

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IRC Chat: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=battlemesh&uio=d4

Email contact: v15 at battlemesh.org

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.

Important dates

The event probably takes place from 2023-06-05 to 2023-06-11.

Deadline for accommodation packages: --TBD--

Deadline for event proposal: --TBD--

Where

Location of the main event

How to come by plane

How to travel from BCO to Calafou

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!

Full schedule: #Talk_Schedule_and_Workshops

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 v15 at battlemesh.org with the following content:

Subject: Registration

Name and/or Nick

Date of arrival / departure

Accommodation package: [Yes/No; package 1 or 2; room preference (mixed, non-mixed, specific person)]

T-Shirt Size: [S/M/L/none, man/woman/unisex]

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]

Are you applying for a travel scholarship? [Yes/No; city; estimated price]

We will then put your name on the public list of participants: https://battlemesh.org/BattleMeshV15/Participants

If you apply for an accommodation package or travel scolarship, we will reply to you shortly with more information.

Accommodation package

TBA

Registering

TBA

The packages are attributed on a first-come first-serve basis, so register as soon as possible!

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 Barcelona 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, an estimation of the travel costs (flight to Paris and back), and whether you absolutely need us to cover the full amount of your ticket to be able to participate.

You need to prepare a short video (2 to 5 minutes) in which you briefly present yourself, your community and your interests, especially related to the Battlemesh event. It should be in either English or French, but if you are not fluent enough you can speak in your native language and add English subtitles. If you have no easy mean to share large files, tell us in your email and we will provide a link to upload your video.

Deadline: TBA

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: --TBA--

To submit a proposal, send us an email (v15 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

This schedule is subject to major adjustments.

Download ICS calendar file of the whole schedule (on Android, use ICSx⁵)

Monday - June 5th

Tuesday - June 6th

Wednesday - June 7th

Thursday - June 8th

Friday - July 9th

Saturday - July 10th

Sunday - July 11th

Live streaming and video recordings

All talks and panels are live-streamed and recorded!

Access the stream

Sponsors

Endorsements

Misc

Battlemesh Coversongs

TODO

Hardware

Please add any hardware that you will bring (and are willing to lend out!) to this table:

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

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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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