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## What is SquatConf?
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The intentions behind the first SquatConf was to organise a tech conference in a squat. Why would we want to pay an expensive venue, when we could organise this in a squat, creating a beneficial synergy and make it accessible to everyone, without relying on any sponsors. This is almost what happened, but it did not end as a "more than a tech conference"...
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[Olizilla][1] wrote something that sums up what happened in the first edition pretty well [here][2].
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We still don't really know what this second edition wil be, but this is one of the important points about SquatConf. We will list all proposed talks and you will see what kind of people are interested in coming and what they are proposing. It is then up to you, to participate or not, to attend or not, to be or not.
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SquatConf won't be your everyday conference, but you'll have great talks from amazing people and cool workshops, all based on donations, open to everybody with no restrictions.
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We will provide a space, we will provide a context, some talks, and the rest is up to you...
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## What we (kind of) know
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This time around we are making it a two day event, with the first day dedicated to talks
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and the second dedicated to workshops and hacking sessions.
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In addition we are planing some events for the week after, but we know even less about this
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right now then we know about the rest.
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We are also looking for place to host people (if you have some or know something please contact us).
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## How is this possible?
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Conference costs are huge, and ticket prices are often nowhere near the true per-attendee cost, even for a non-profit conference.
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Fancy venues, transportation, hotels and food are really nice perks to have, but ...
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if you hold a conference in a squat ... the speakers advance their travel expenses ...
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you can have a almost zero cost conference made with a lot of love, a little rougher around the edges and it will allow you to remove sponsors from the equation.
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## Where and when?
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### Now
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Berlin, 29-30 April 2016
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### Past
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14/11/15 : Le hangard56
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## How much does this cost?
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There won't be any tickets as the whole event is donation-based. We will inform you of the venu at a later point in time (when we actually know about it). Vegan and non vegan food will be available.
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### For more info subscribe to the [mailing list][4]
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I want to speak / do a workshop / dance
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Everybody here is welcome, we won't promise that every proposal will be accepted, but they will all be displayed here and in a git repository, and the curation process will happen in the open.
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See the side column for info to propose a talk/workshop/whatever.
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## Who is behind this
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A bunch of people that had fun at the first one, or knew each others before, coming from loads of different horizons.
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## Etiquette
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While we are open to discuss a lot of things, we are
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- ### antifascists
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- ### against all form of discrimination
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Hence any form of exclusion, harassment, racism or the likes will **NOT** be tolerated.
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This is explained in detail in our [COC][3].
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[1]: https://twitter.com/olizilla
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[2]: http://blog.tableflip.io/squatconf-information-wants-to-be-free/
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[3]: https://github.com/squatconf/organisation/blob/master/code_of_conduct.md#squatconf-code-of-conduct
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[4]: https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/squatconf
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## What is SquatConf? It started in Paris Nov 2014 ...
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Squatconf happened in November 2014 in Paris in a squat, hence the name.
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It wasn't your typical IT conference because it was mostly Just-in-Time-organized
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by all the people who attend. There were no advertisements from Silicon
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Valley companies (or any others) and several people felt free to give somewhat
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radical talks on technologies and society, even openly associate with
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anarchism. There also were a fair share of advanced tech talks on web
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Crypto, decentralized tech demos, internet of things, automatic garden
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planting systems and what not. And we had many personal conversations
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among each other which continue to this day.
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## ... and now we go to Berlin end april 2016!
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We want to make another Squatconf happening happen around
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end April 2016 in Berlin. Timing wise it's next to "re:publica" so that
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researchers and others who are going to this business conference can also
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drop by at squatconf to participate in a more independent event.
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Berlin has gotten quite trendy, more expensive and squatting
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is much less happening than it used to. But there still is lots of life
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and lazyness which hasn't been fully occupied by world-wide-capitalism
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yet.
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## Money and time
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Whatever we need money wise we'll pay for it by asking
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for donations by all who come. We'd like to keep it a somewhat small
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no-entrance-fee conference, collectively organized by those who attend,
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with a personal atmosphere. Besides listening to good talks you can
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also have interesting conversations while preparing food for all in the
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kitchen. We'd like nobody to get overly stressed which can happen all
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too easily if single individuals feel responsible for collective
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outcomes. The most important commitment when coming to Squatconf is our
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time and dedication to create a space where things happen and people
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feel free to talk. Btw, any kind of racist or sexist behaviour
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will receive fierce opposition.
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## I want to help / I need help
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If you can help with organizing stuff in Berlin please come a few days earlier
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as some of us do. Drop by at #squatconf on freenode and/or subscribe to the
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[mailing list](https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/squatconf).
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If you need travel funding or a place to sleep please ask on the channel.
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If you bring a sleeping bag something should be possible but it's good
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if you tell before so that we have an idea on how many people need accomodation.
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## I want to give a talk!
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Please see [our talks repository](https://git.cryto.net/Squatconf/Talks/pulls) to propose a talk.
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