[Air-l] International Summit of Free Networks 2007 in Catalonia (SAX2007) & WSFII (World Summit for Free Information Infrastructures)

[Josep Vives]

FYI

International Summit of Free Networks 2007 in Catalonia (SAX2007 & WSFII)

WEB
http://guifi.net/ca/SAX2007En

SCHEDULE:
http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa

OVERVIEW
This year, the traditional meeting for the free civil networks in
Catalonia (SAX) will be extended to new contents, will take a week and
will be extended to new participants worldwide and therefore
affiliated to the WSFII (World  Summit for Free Information
Infrastructures). The registration will be free and everyone
interested in developing non-proprietary networks is invited.

The main purpose of the SAX & WSFII event in Catalonia is to empower
and develop at all levels the civilian, open and free infrastructures
as an alternative to the classic proprietary/corporate owned or
operated network models. Around this objective, we plan to have
presence with panelists from all the actors involved, including local
government, enterprises of any size, regulator authority, and of
course, the geek community involved in the research and development
activities and the users in general.

You should come to this SAX2007 & WSFII  event if you are part of a
user community or you want to start one, a local government or local
business and you whish to share your experience or understand how free
networks can become a success and sustainable instead of just draining
funds to feed unprofitable "business" models.

Take a look at the schedule. Wou'll see there the topics and the major
actors of the open networks worldwide.

The event will be scheduled by days; some might be in parallel (stay
tuned to the schedule, which may change until the very last day):

In all cases, will be keynotes, panelists and open discussions. Where
makes sense, will be also practical exercises.

    * Business day. How can any business be friendly developed within
the context of neutral and free infrastructures? How this can provide
good ROI cases and boost productivity? What is saying the Spanish
regulators about that? Success stories.
    * Developer's day. How developers, hackers and geeks can
contribute? Which are the methodologies for doing so? Hacking, new
things, what to do...
          o Hardware for Open Source wireless systems
          o guifi.net decentralized povisioning system
          o B.A.T.M.A.N. Roadshow
    * Backbone day. Keeping the network up to date to the state of the
art of the technology. We will configure a telecommunications tower
with both long distance links and CPE coverage to the users at Sant
Bartomeu del Grau.
    * Local government and municipalities day. What means civil and
free networks and which unique benefits local governments and
municipalities can take from them? Why they are a great opportunity
for developing the civil society and increase digital inclusion
percentages up to unprecedented levels? Real world examples: Hear some
elected people experiencies and regulators. Understand how more than
40 municipalities have succesfully participated in building free
networks around guifi.net.
    * User's day. How it works and how non-technical people can
participate in the free networks? Benefits. How to connect. What has
to be done at home. Equipments to buy or consct. Trainings.
    * "guifi.net tour". Visit and see how solar powered backbone
long-distance links provide broadband access to rural areas in the
pyrenees mountains.
    * Community day. What we can do, as a community, to help each
other? Find out synergies, common tactics and strategies.
          o In Catalonia (SAX)
          o In Spain (redlibre)
          o South Europe, Europe worldwide and developing countries (WSFII)

Everyone interested in adding content to the SAX&WSFII is very
welcome, just contact us. Only take in mind that SAX&WSFII is about
free (as in freedom, not as in beer or as in built with open source
but proprietary) network infrastructures. If you think that you have
something in that direction, please join to the guifi-saxcatalunya
list (english interface available).

Logistics: Where will be the SAX2007 & WSFII and where to sleep.


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Josep Vives Jounou
jvives at cibersociedad.net
Sociologist, Internet Researcher
Observatory For Cibersociety
www.cibersociedad.net
Guifi.Net
http://guifi.net
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