What would the Internet look like without hackers? What would <div>computing look like without free and open source software? What would </div><div>the culture look like with DRM and closed media channels everywhere? </div>
<div>Where do art and technology merge? Would Gilbert Simondon be happy</div><div> if he were alive today? Many questions will be debated during the first </div><div>Hacker Space Fest from the 16th to the 22nd June 2008 near Paris, in </div>
<div>the industrial outskirts of Vitry-sur-Seine.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The first Hacker Space Fest (HSF) will be held at the /tmp/lab near </div><div>Paris, France in June 2008. The goal of this festival is to bring </div>
<div>together people from many cultural and technological backgrounds and </div><div>from different Hacker Spaces and Autonomous zones in France and </div><div>Europe (and from beyond, if they can attend) to share and show what's </div>
<div>going on.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The broad term "hacking" is understood in this context as "creative </div><div>use of technology" and not "illegal computer break in" (we don't buy </div>
<div>the political & media terror-inducing FUD).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>This festival is autonomous, non-profit and collaborative. We </div><div>encourage you to contribute in any way to this adventure by joining </div>
<div>our team for this event, submitting a conference, proposing a </div><div>workshop or organizing a live concert, a performance, an art </div><div>exhibition or a sister event at your home location.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>The language for the festival speakers is English or French </div><div>(depending on submissions, we'll have either one combined track or </div><div>one conference track per language). You can reach us for any question </div>
<div>on irc://irc.freenode.net/frlab</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1/ Submissions</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Each submission is expected in one of the following formats: </div>
<div>conference, workshop/demo, or performance (live/sound/video/...)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1.A/ Conference</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Presentation format:</div>
<div>* 45 minute talk + 10 minutes of questions</div><div>* Video-projected slides</div><div>* Internet connectivity possible</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Topics we're interested in:</div>
<div>* Hacker spaces & hack labs around the world</div><div>* Arts & Technology</div><div>* Media-related performances</div><div>* Cyberpunk counter-culture and underground philosophy</div><div>* Sound / Music / Video & technology</div>
<div>* Street art & urban invasions</div><div>* Viral artforms</div><div>* Cultural mutant activities</div><div>* Hackers and innovations</div><div>* Education & technology</div><div>* Development through technologies & novel social organizations (in </div>
<div>developed and developing countries)</div><div>* International relationships in covert / underground communities</div><div>* Privacy tools</div><div>* Mesh WiFi and Mesh-everything</div><div>* Reverse Engineering (hardware and software)</div>
<div>* P2P networks & applications</div><div>* Freedom-respecting VoIP (confidentiality / covertness)</div><div>* Security testing</div><div>* Circuit bending</div><div>* Making technology easier to modify / understand / mutate / create with</div>
<div>* DIY Alternative energies</div><div>* Fun technologies</div><div>* Covert / Stealth communications networks & tools</div><div>* Current issues and trends in Copyrights, Software patents combats </div><div>and mass network surveillance</div>
<div>* CCTV and ways to protect your privacy</div><div>* Interactive / sensor technologies or cultural practices</div><div>* Free/Open hardware</div><div>* Autonomous zones</div><div>* Rural technology applications</div><div>
* Lightweight Operating Systems</div><div>* Food, nature and health in a modern / contemporary world</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1.B/ Workshop/Demonstration</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>Format:</div><div>* 30mn to 2 hours workshop/demonstration (demos tend to be shorter)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Topics:</div><div>* All topics specified in the conference submission (see above)</div>
<div>* DIY electronics</div><div>* Operating Systems installations & usages (Linux & other FOSS </div><div>distributions, innovative OSes, ...)</div><div>* Network discovery tools</div><div>* Wifi / Bluetooth / Zigbee / CPL equipments & DIY techniques</div>
<div>* Content management solutions for communities</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1.C/ Performance</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>Performances with Music / Artwork / Sound / Video</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Format:</div><div>* Public-inclusive performance, performative demonstration or exhibition</div><div>* Indoors or outdoors</div>
<div>* Any kind of medium</div><div>* Musical performances with be held in a "placard" format: music for </div><div>headphone festival, with 1 hour slots (cf. <a href="http://leplacard.org/">http://leplacard.org/</a>)</div>
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>2/ Evaluation</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>All the proposals will be evaluated by the Program Committee using </div>
<div>the following criteria:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>1. Innovative topic</div><div>2. Open technology</div><div>3. Demonstration / Live oriented</div><div>4. DIY reproducibility</div><div>
5. Fun potential</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>The Program Committee:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>* Sebastien Bourdeauducq (/tmp/lab, OpenPattern)</div><div>* DecereBrain (2600 Lille)</div>
<div>* Vanessa Brunet (VSS, Le groupe sans nom)</div><div>* Xavier Carcelle (OpenPattern, /tmp/lab, OLPC France)</div><div>* Ivan Chabanaud (<a href="http://Paradigme.org">Paradigme.org</a>, <a href="http://selfworld.net">selfworld.net</a>, <a href="http://chabalab.fr">chabalab.fr</a>)</div>
<div>* Florian Fainelli (OpenWRT, OpenPattern, /tmp/lab, OLPC France)</div><div>* Emmanuel Ferrand (Institut Mathématique de Jussieu, Université </div><div>Pierre et Marie Curie, Art sonore et post-musique, Labo Technologies </div>
<div>Libres, La Générale Nord-Est)</div><div>* Emmanuel Gadaix (ZCAV, Telecom Security Task Force)</div><div>* Jim Geovedi (Bellua, Electrojunkies)</div><div>* The Grugq (Pirates sans pantalon)</div><div>* Jaromil (<a href="http://dyne.org">dyne.org</a>)</div>
<div>* Philippe Langlois (/tmp/lab, TSTF, Le groupe sans nom, OLPC France, </div><div>Bricolabs, PSP)</div><div>* Aymeric Mansoux (<a href="http://goto10.org">goto10.org</a>)</div><div>* Lyle Mars (/tmp/lab)</div><div>* Xavier Martin (IT Crowd)</div>
<div>* Raphael Massi (Interstice)</div><div>* Marion MASSON (Grep|grrls)</div><div>* Erik Minkkinen (<a href="http://Leplacard.org">Leplacard.org</a>, Büro)</div><div>* Jean-Noël Montagné (Art Sensitif, CRAS Main D'Oeuvres, Bricolabs)</div>
<div>* Vianney Rancurel</div><div>* Patrice Riemens</div><div>* Nicolas Thill (OpenWRT, OpenPattern, /tmp/lab, OLPC France)</div><div>* Ulrike UHLIG (Grep|grrls)</div><div>* Hellekin O. Wolf (Cepheide)</div><div>* Fyodor Yarochkin (oOo, Guard Info)</div>
<div>* Anthony Zboralski (Bellua)</div><div>* Jeremie Zimmermann (April)</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>3/ Submission guidelines</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div><div>3.A/ All the proposal must include the following information:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>* Title of the submission:</div><div>* Presenter Name:</div><div>* Organization / Company:</div>
<div>* Short bio:</div><div>* Summary / Abstract:</div><div>* Topics/Keywords:</div><div>* Includes a demonstration? YES/NO</div><div>* A new tool or version is released during this event? YES/NO</div><div>* Format: Conference / Workshop / Demonstration</div>
<div>* Internet connectivity needed? YES / NO</div><div>* Language: French / English</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>3.B/ Acceptable formats</div><div>
* Open Document</div><div>* PDF</div><div>* Plain Text</div><div>* RTF</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>3.C/Address</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Send your submission to:</div>
<div><a href="mailto:hsf2008-cfp@lists.tmplab.org">hsf2008-cfp@lists.tmplab.org</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>3.D/ Dates</div><div>Submission begins: 19 March 2008</div><div>Submission deadline: 15 May 2008</div>
<div>Accepted submission notification: 20 May 2008</div><div>Program publication: 20 May 2008</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks and see you soon,</div>
<div>HSF Coordination Team.</div><div><a href="http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Hacker_Space_Fest">http://www.tmplab.org/wiki/index.php/Hacker_Space_Fest</a></div>