= Battlemesh v18 = * Dates: Monday 2026-09-07 to Sunday 2026-09-13 * Location: Gornji Karin, Croatia * Organisation team mail: battlemeshv18-orga at freifunk.net * [[https://matrix.to/#/#Battlemesh:matrix.org|Matrix]] * [[https://ml.ninux.org/mailman/listinfo/battlemesh|Public mailing list]] * [[https://twitter.com/battlemesh|Twitter]] * [[https://toot.aquilenet.fr/@battlemesh|Mastodon]] ---- 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. <> == Location == The Battlemesh v18 will take place in [[https://morskelivade.com/en/residence-pueblo-escondido/|Gornji Karin, Croatia]]. The venue is an isolated retreat and artist residency located in a small village serving as a hub for artistic, educational, and sustainability programs. * [[BattleMeshV18/Directions|Directions]] * [[BattleMeshV18/Accomodation|Accommodation]] * [[BattleMeshV18/FoodDrinks|Food and Drink supply]] * [[BattleMeshV18/Weather|Weather Conditions]] Location of the main event [[https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=44.141801&mlon=15.664862#map=18/44.141801/15.664862|{{attachment:karin_osm.png||width=500}}]] [[https://morskelivade.com/en/residence-pueblo-escondido/|{{attachment:karin_community_center.jpg|Karin Community Center|width=500}}]] == Participation == Add yourself to the [[BattleMeshV18/Participants|participants list]]. If you'd rather not have your name there, please send an email to the organisation team with the same information displayed on the participants list. In brief: we will have 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 or matrix channel to make that happen. == Accommodation == Accommodation is to be booked individually. The area, Gornji Karin, offers approximately 700 beds online in houses/apartments, with shops, bars, pizzeria and restaurants about 4 km from the venue. A camping site is provided at Pueblo Escondido for 15 Euro per person. == Travel == How to get to the venue is described on our [[BattleMeshV18/travel|travel directions page]]. == Sponsoring == == Sponsors == == Endorsements == = Tasks List = See here: [[BattleMeshV18/TaskList|Tasks List]]