Global Contact Meetups

To support and synergize work already being done online and offline, organizers of the Contact Summit are coordinating resources for various conversations and projects (distributed Global Contact Meetups) to become aware of each other so that a network will emerge with a life of its own. To be part of the network, nodes should

• self-identify on this wiki page
• describe your focus (project or affinity),
• identify a contact person or project lead, and
• explain the help you need and/or the resources you have to offer.
• post a link to your Meetup Everywhere group

Remote Meetup groups

Germany, Berlin

• This event is cancelled http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Berlin/

Germany, Dresden (hashtag = #datenspuren)

• Selected sessions of this event are to be blogged in English (see descriptions of selected sessions below the horizontal line) http://datenspuren.de/ will take place at the hackerspace c3d2 described in this free online book.

• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Dresden-DE

Germany, Karlsruhe

• We are currently (8/18/2011) three individuals trying to spread the word about Contactcon and the Freedombox. We have access to some technical equipment in a meeting room at at the hackerspace Entropia described in this free online book.

• Contacts: thomas AT thomasruddy.org hannes AT stressinduktion.org
• Need: correction of the following page to read "Karlsruhe"
• Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Stuttgart-DE/

New Zealand, Wellington

• Retake the Net is an initiative connecting people with concrete projects to help keep the net free and open. We were inspired by the Contact Summit but have a special Kiwi-focus. More about us: http://retakethe.net/about/faq
• We have a ~35 member meetup group who is getting together every 6 weeks or so to share updates on the projects: http://www.meetup.com/Contact/Wellington
• On 29 October 2011 we'll hold the inaugural Retake the Net Barcamp in Wellington: http://wiki.retakethe.net
• Our website: http://retakethe.net
• Contact: sibylle AT retakethe.net, or on Twitter at @retakethenet

Switzerland, Yverdon (hashtag = #forumeculture)

• 12 October: L'éthique sur l'Internet et les réseaux sociaux avec Richard M. Stallman

• Reporting in English by thomas AT thomasruddy.org from this French-language event on "Ethics on the Internet and Social Networks" featuring Richard M. Stallman

• This event qualifies as continuing education training with support from public institutions.

• Despite its being listed last in the alphabet, chronologically this event will be the first to take place, thus providing initial input for the rest of the network. Organizers in Yverdon have posed the questions translated into English below the second horizontal line.

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Short descriptions of selected sessions in Dresden

1) As decentrality is very important in new Social Media services, OStatus and buddycloud will be presented.

2) Work on a PhD dissertation in the area of network covert channels and protocol engineering will be summarized.

3) In Dresden there are to be two sessions on hosting and how to avoid it: Firstly, Michiel from unhosted.org will present. Secondly, Benjamin Kellermann, an employee at the Chair for Data Protection and Data Security at the Dresden Polytechnic, will show how to make a user more self-sufficient from his provider and host. Calculations needed for cryptographic protocols can be done with JavaScript, which precludes any client-side installation (zero-footprint).

4) Malte Spitz, a 27-year-old politician with the 90 Alliance/ Greens, famous for having his day tracked by his mobile phone and published, will speak on data retention; a debate will follow.

5) Alexander Heidenreich will speak on Mesh-Networks, emailbox- Networks, Offline networking and Packet Radio.

6) There will be a demonstration of "how simple is to get into networks as an attacker and to read content".

7) A journalist will demonstrate the use of his CD published and updated in a major German computer magazine intended to make a user independent of any computer he may have to borrow. The speaker has an extensive German Website of advice on privacy.

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Questions from Yverdon

What are the bases for being able to use computer science with regard to principles of sustainable development, materials, networks and software – both individually and collectively?

How to use the Internet in a confident manner without having to fear viruses, plagiarism, abuse, spontaneity, cyber-harassment or other concrete risks?

Ethical points of reference and limits with Facebook, Twitter and other social networks?

What generic pedagogical scenarios are the most appropriate for getting the participants of a group involved in co-creation, as on Wikipedia?

In what ways is free culture a solid basis for integrating oneself well in the digital world?