[wsfii-discuss] International WSFII Summit of Catalonia, SAX2007

[Ramon Roca]

Looking forward to welcome free-networkers activists from communities 
around the globe who want to join us in this event in Catalonia next 
July! ;)

Here the announcement. Please go to http://guifi.net/ca/SAX2007En (still 
being updated, stay tunned to the latest news). Registration is open!

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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 <http://wsfii.org> (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. <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa> 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. <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#BusinessDay> *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
            <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#DDayHardware>
          o guifi.net decentralized povisioning system
            <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#DDayguifi>
          o B.A.T.M.A.N. Roadshow
            <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#DDayBATMAN>
    * *Backbone day*. <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#BackboneDay>
      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*
      <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#GovernmentDay>. 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. <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#UsersDay> *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". <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#GuifiTour>
      Visit and see how solar powered backbone long-distance links
      provide broadband access to rural areas in the pyrenees mountains.
    * *Community day <http://guifi.net/SAX2007Programa#CammunityDay>.
      *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). 
<https://llistes.projectes.lafarga.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/guifi-saxcatalunya>

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