I N V I T A T I O N (2014)
Call for Participation and Papers
(Direct link to the submission form)
This is an invitation to something new: People interested and working on/in/about technology in its widest sense get together within the stunning backdrop of the lower Himalayas. Very much inspired from the CCC/C3-events we want to have a fruitful exchange on a list of topics that is endless. This invitation comes from a dynamic group of volunteers, and you can be part of them!
We invite you to come up here to the hills for a non-commercial community-run event, and we invite you propose sessions on various topics: Not only focused on the geeky technology interest, but on the greater exchange of knowledge, sharing ideas to contribute to an open and free society and world to live in.
"It is probably true quite generally that in the history of human thinking
the most fruitful developments frequently take place at those points where
two different lines of thought meet. These lines may have their roots in quite
different parts of human culture, in different times or different cultural
environments or different religious traditions: hence if they actually meet,
that is, if they are at least so much related to each other that a real
interaction can take place, then one may hope that new and interesting
developments may follow."
quote from Werner Heisenberg - Fruitful Developments Where Thought Meet
Talks, workshops, games, contests, hackathons, etc for the conference itself (audience will be like-minded, technology interested people)
Workshops, games and teaching for kids (please let us know the age and language group you want to focus on)
Talks and workshops for the general public (audience will be the people from the area of Dharamshala: Indians, Tibetans and internationals from all over the world)
Projects you want to demonstrate, work, research and develop on site (you can take weeks of time up here!)
++ More (unfold) * Arts you want to show, develop and try
* Moving pictures you always wanted to watch, analyse and/or discuss
* Discussions to come further with a questions that might have never been asked
* Rants you always wanted to have some people listen to
* Games and activities you never find the time for
* Sessions outside of the venue like open-street-mapping, starting a rocket or a satellite, etc :)
=== The topics can include (but not limited to)
Check out our [[:what main tracks and ideas]] to get an idea what the people already included are up to, as well as the list of already planned out events.
* Hardware
* Art'n'Beauty
* Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
* Security & Protection
* Robotics
* Free and Open Knowledge
* Web Development
* Biohacking
* Making... and breaking
* Ethics, Politics, Society
++++ More (unfold)|
* (Digital) (crypto) currencies (bitcoin, zerocoin, dodgecoin, *coin)
* Law, Culture, Movies, Literature, Theatre
* Forensics (hardware and software)
* Reverse engeneering
* Netneutrality (e.g. on the technical/infrastructure side we dont wanna have it, but on the content-side/ society side we do need it? Also: What kind of web and internet do we want?)
* Science & humanities, academic research
* Crypto "after snowden"
* (Blinken-)Light installations (Diwali will be on 23rd!)
* Hackspaces, Hackbases, Hackfarms and other places for hacking and making (also: why does hackerspaces.org not work in India and what to do?)
* How to make Crypto better usable and understandable?
* How can we protect each other on- and offline?
* Alternative Energies (water, solar, wind, magnets, robots, buddha,...)
* Device neutrality (I can do with my hardware what I want)
* Property issues: my device is mine even if I use it differently (eg rooting android devices)
* Open hardware (regaining full control)
* Android and other mobile systems
* Alternative networks (regaining full control)
* Plausible deniability
* Open Street Map, also its recent discussion topics (e.g. how to place unstable borders?)
* Arduino, Rasberries and similar technologies
* 3D printing, lasercutting and other digital fabrication technologies
* Deep packet inspection (DPI)
* Mobile phones (hacking, making, breaking and repairing, also coding and understanding)
* Tor and other routes in the internet
* Models for paying back: Not everything should be free in the internet? "Free and Open" doesn't mean without costs.... "content enumeration"
* Bio and medicine...
* Open hardware and open software for implants and exos skelleton parts? (??)
* Design, Graphics and the love of fonts
* Websecurity and protection
* Patents and Openess
* Game and Play
* Physical security
* Security of infrastructure
* FOSS and its development, licencing, documentation, usability
* Embedded systems
* Quad-/micro-/octo-/whatever-copter
* Anonymity on- and offline
* Biometrics and Genetics
* Powerconsumption and Energies
* Subversive art
* Wikipedia(s) and Wiki-technologies
* States spying and monitoring us
* Civil rights in the digital age
* Open Governments, e-Governance
* Open data, big data, data mining, datalove <3
* Alternative political forms (e.g. things like liquid democracy)
* Blackboxes (and opening them)
* Lockpicking
* How to implement safety and protection on lower OSI-layers to avoid Layer 8 problems?
* Programming and Languages
* Electrics and electronics
* Microcontrollers
* Internet of things - and do we really wanna have the whole house connected?
* #youbroketheinternet - lets make a gnu one
* Geek- and nerdculture
* Old Hardware
* Car2Car Communication
* RFID and other contactless technologies and their impact
* Laws in and about Cyberspace, made from the giants of flesh (link to john perry barlow independence)
* Data security and shelter of data...
* Education, e-learning and how to get the kids to understand
* Cryptoteaching, how?
* Cryptoparty, quo vadis?
* Cyberethics
* DRM and similar copyright technologies
* Drones and other autonoumous systems
* Artifical Intelligence
* UID/Adhaar and similar cards and databases
* Signing on e-media
* Fair and green IT
* Alternative Networks
* Secret agencies and their impact and ethics
* Google Glass, Rasberry-Eye, EyePhone (futurama) and similar projects
* Internet of Things and other automatisation (e.g. house, car)
* Laws, Institutes and state of the art in other Asian countries
* Borderless / Classless Internet
* Accessebility
* Infrastructure
* Pharma technology and patents
* De-Militarization?
* NSA and what they do to as (and they have done to us as a commity)
* ICMS and what it does to us
* Satellites
* Social Networks
* Funding for projects and crowdsourcing (share your experiences!)
* Surveillance on all protocols online and in physical space
* Transparency
* Data retention / ICMS and similar laws in various countries
* Elections and how to vote...
* Electronic voting systems, in India and abroad
* Whistleblowing
* WLAN
* Augmented reality
* Censorship
* Culture
* Moar crypto, all over.... (e.g. what about crypto or even tor over internet exchange points?)
* Creative cooking (also part of biohacking)
* Human rights (on- and offline)
* Women rights in Asia and all over the world
* Cyberpeace and Cyberwar
* Knitting and other DYI methods
* Waste hacking (creative reuse, upcycling and recycling)
* Games and entertainment
* Music
* Movies and movie making
* History of networks, computers, games
* How to form terms, e.g. the term "hack"
* Origami
* DYI everything
* Thoughts and ideas
* Questions often not asked
* CA cert and self-signed-certs
* Podcasting
* "teaching, learning and learning to teach"
* please add, its a wiki!
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Who is invited?
Free-thinkers, tinkerers and creative minds, artists, techies and hobbyists, hackers and makers, crafters and scientiest, humanists and engineers, activists and coders, geeks and nerds, designers and philosophers, roboters and artifical intelligences, and other interesting beings doing interesting stuff.
We invite people to share, demonstrate, teach and talk about the **things they love**. It doesn't have to be about technology, but from people that show passion in what they do.
The whole event will be happen in a very **simple environment**. Leave your suits at home and rather pack your camping gear (if you like), but definitively bring all your hardware, multi-power-sockets, lamps and lights, arduinos and raspberries, soldering irons and everything else idling in your geek-place :)
Sounds good!
Please show us your interest by adding yourself on the collection of interested participants. As this is the first time of hillhacks we have no clue how many people are willing to come. For planning it would be really important to let us know if you are up for such an experience! In this way you also have your place reserved, even if you're not decided so far.
We are working solely on a voluntary basis and no one is earning anything financially. Still we might be able to reduce the entry fee for you and even chip in for your travel and accommodation expenses.
There are tools available, either hardware and software, e.g. a bunch of laptops and some soldering irons, mobile repairing tools and even some carpentry tools. There will be projectors and sound system in the halls, too.
Wanna contribute? (Submission for papers and workshops)
Submission are done directly via the wiki: If you unsure or just don't feel confident about your idea/proposal/submission feel free to contact us e.g. via direct email mail@thisdomain, chat or the mailinglist.
Submissions can include multiple things and can have multiple forms. Please go ahead and check out our Submission form.
Ah, and last but not least: **We do not care if your submission was already held somewhere else before!**
"Hackers believe that essential lessons can be learned about the systems—about
the world—from taking things apart, seeing how they work, and using this
knowledge to create new and more interesting things."
Steven Levy - Hands-On Imperative
Accomodation, Food, Travel and Costs
Please check our pages on travel, accommodation and costs. We are able to reimburse some travel expenses for contributors and might be able to provide free (but very simple) accommodation. As the budget is very limited, we kindly ask you to give as much as you can afford. Please contact us for figuring out the details. As budget is very limited, it might be gone soon… decide fast!