Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:57:39 -0400
From: T Biehn <tbiehn@...il.com>
To: Philippe Mailinglist <philippe.mailinglist@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Hacker Space Fest 2009 CFP: Call For Paper

Reply to all because FD is my personal blog,

The French have such a glorious flamboyancy.
I am hardly navigating the glorious riling monsoon of mirth right now,
teeth chattering away in my head.

Anyways an open 'underground' hackerspace has to be the worst idea
ever. Why put a bunch of government ruiners in the same
('surveil-able') physical location? The biggest asset to 'the
resistance' is the fact that it's near impossible for LE to bust
anyone, put them all in a room conspiring and then you're...

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Philippe Mailinglist
<philippe.mailinglist@...il.com> wrote:
> Hey All,
>
> This may be a bit different than regular CFPs you've seen around :)
> Watch the topics specifically ;-)
>
> Phil.
>
>
> ========================================================================
>           /tmp/lab announces the second Hacker Space Festival
>                         (Paris, 26-30 June 2009)
> ========================================================================
>
> Hacker Space Festival 2009 | Call For Proposals | HSF2009
>
> In 2008, we organized HSF[1] on the spot, as an ad-hoc meeting for
> hackerspaces-related networks, technical and artistic research emerging
> from them and social questionning arising from them. This sudden
> experiment proved to be a huge success, as much as on the
> self-organizing level as on the participants and meetings quality, as
> well as the emotionally-charged ambient, the kind of which you make
> fond memories.
>
> The 2008 edition generated a strong emulation in France, from its
> historical role as the first official hack meeting there, and in Europe
> with the subsequent creation of the Hacker Space Brussels[2], the
> rapprochement with The Fiber in Amsterdam and the hackerspaces.org[3]
> network. Initiatives of hackerspace openings in Grenoble or Lille, or
> the upcoming FrHack[4] conference show an actual enthusiasm in the
> French hackers community that was doomed to the "underground" not so
> long ago. We salute these initiatives and their diversity!
>
> Soon enough, we wanted to reiterate the HSF experience : however, it
> was out of the question to institutionalize this temporary autonomous
> zone, nor make it an ersatz of the previous edition, nor even to wrap
> it into an "elite" or "underground" aura. On the opposite, we ardently
> desire; and especially to explore further, in all directions some
> lesser known domains (see below) et foster meeting and sharing around
> experiences at the confluence of art, technology and politics.
>
> The world financial crisis, the decay of democracy in Europe, the
> obscurantism, paranoia and lack of culture presiding over legislation
> (Internet and Reaction... Err... Creation Law[5][6]) seem a fertile
> environment for the sensible development of new (social...) life forms.
> Quick! Let's rest for a few days in jubilation and ecstasy to take a
> deep breathe of freedom under the indelicate smells of the medicine
> factory nearby!
>
> For if the public space is shrinking to oblivion, where any side-step
> becomes suspect, and that, from an early age (deviant behavior
> detection in nursery school), where moving without a mobile phone
> becomes suspect (hello you Julien Coupat[7], a French political
> prisoner in France!), there's a domain that the Leviathan would have a
> lot of trouble to contain, and for a reason: that of sensitivity. Even
> the desperate attempts of the State to block the free and premonitory
> expression of sense (hello you Demeure du Chaos![8]) cannot do anything
> against a loud laughter or a knowing glance, a sensual kiss or an
> explosion of colors.
>
> Sensitivity, we could say, is what is left to a human being when she
> has nothing anymore, and differenciates her from the body corporate or
> the institution, that are, in essence, devoid of it. Therefore, Art
> definitely remains the public space to share between humans, and only
> between us. And if it the last one to share, we propose to explore it
> and take it over during the upcoming edition of the Hacker Space
> Festival, from the 26th to 30th of June, 2009 at Vitry sur Seine[9].
>
> ========================================================================
>     Keynote Speakers: Sergey Grim and Larry Fake with Eric Schmoudt
>                 Groogle Summer of Crode, Survivor style
>      "VLC, I vote against you because you really fucked up when..."
>
> ========================================================================
> == W A N T E D =========================================================
>
> Focus on solutions rather than problems.
>
>  * The Final (Hardware) Frontier: Open FPGA Cores, Reverse Engineering
>  * Designer Religions and Creative Beliefs Systems
>  * WiFiDoors & WiFi System-on-Chip controllers firmware hacking,
>    infection & backdooring
>  * Telecom Core Network Equipment Reverse Engineering: MSC, STP,
>    Switches, ...
>  * Algebraic Attacks and Modern Cryptography Attacks
>  * Autonomous, Parasitic and Viral Drones
>  * Enhanced or Infected Reality Swarms
>  * Auto-Builders / Self-Fabrication
>  * Embedded OS breakins stories & recipes
>  * Actualization rather than mere concepts
>  * FPGA & ASIC hacking / backdooring
>  * Cloud+Privacy+Open Source: O Brave New World?
>  * Explosion-Proof clothing
>  * Radio Appz & Hackz: Mesh @ RF Layer 1-3
>  * Database & Privacy
>  * Problematic & Ethical Open Source/Content Licenses
>  * Institutional Relationships: Lobbying or Licking?
>  * Non Lethal Protection (anti-taser vests?)
>  * Survival in the Age of the Ministry of Immigration and National
>    Identity
>  * Mental asylum improvised visit
>  * Open Source Legacy Media(TM) Production Solutions (TV, Radio, Press,
>    DRM)
>  * Gas Sensors & Environmental Benchmarking
>  * Building Hackerspaces Without Money
>  * Milsatcomm hacking: Military satellites shots, broken birds in the
>    sky
>  * Other research topics on security and insecurity
>  * Academics and Hackers
>  * Organics and Fermentation
>  * Clean Food in Tainted Environment
>  * Low Impact Energy & Recycling
>  * Media Sandwich: layers of crap makes good food?
>  * Deconstructing Carla Sarkozy
>  * Knitting DIY Factory (jazzy, eh?)
>  * Signs of life among industrial wasteland
>  * Hallucinogenic & Computing: Can you Code on Acid?
>  * Mesh Networking (Wireless BattleMesh Royal!)
>  * Legal Sabotage: When Democracy Needs You
>
> And anything that does not fit.
>
> ========================================================================
> == P R O P O S E =======================================================
>
> Send you contributions to HSF2009-CFP@...ts.tmplab.org
>
> + Type of the proposal:
>
>  1. conference (45min. presentation + 10min. for questions)
>  2. workshop / demo (30min. à 2 heures)
>  3. installation / performance (music, plastic, sound, video)
>
> Lightning talks can be proposed and organized until the last moment,
> according to available space and schedule, in the form of BarCamps or
> Blitz Conferences.
>
> + Required Information:
>
>  * Title of the presentation
>  * Type (see above)
>  * Language : French or English
>  * Name of speaker(s)
>  * Affiliation (organization / company)
>  * Short biography
>  * Abstract (5 to 10 lines)
>  * Topics / Keywords
>  * Includes a demo? YES | NO
>  * Release during the festival? YES | NO
>  * Internet connection required? YES | NO
>
> + Acceptable Formats
>
>  * Open Document
>  * PDF
>  * Plain Text
>  * RTF
>
> + Agenda
>
>  * beginning of proposals    : now
>  * end of proposals          : 01 May 2009
>  * selection notification    : 07 May 2009
>  * publication of program    : 15 May 2009
>
> + Evaluation criteria for proposals:
>
>  1. Innovating Topic
>  2. Open Technology
>  3. Demonstration / Live Act
>  4. DIY Reproducibility
>  5. Fun Potential
>
> The Programming Committee resembles that of last year
> See : http://hackerspace.net/committee
>
> ========================================================================
> == V E N U E ===========================================================
>
> /tmp/lab
> 6 Bis rue Leon Geffroy
> 94400 Vitry sur Seine
> France
>
> http://hackerspace.net/directions
>
> ========================================================================
> == P A R T I C I P A T E ===============================================
>
> Email  : http://lists.tmplab.org/listinfo.cgi/hsf2009-talk-tmplab.org
> CFPmail: HSF2009-CFP@...ts.tmplab.org
> IRC    : irc://irc.freenode.net/frlab
> Jabber : xmpp:hsf2009@...ce.cepheide.org?join
> Wiki   : http://hackerspace.net/hsf2009
>
> ========================================================================
> == L I N K S ===========================================================
>
> The CFP is available online at http://hackerspace.net/cfp
>
> [1]  http://hackerspace.net/hsf2008
> [2]  http://hsb.wikidot.com/
> [3]  http://hackerspaces.org/
> [4]  http://www.frhack.org/
> [5]  http://jaimelesautistes.fr/
> [6]  http://laquadrature.net/
> [7]  http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julien_Coupat
> [8]  http://www.demeureduchaos.org/
> [9]  http://hackerspace.net/
>
>
>
> --
> Philippe Langlois
> Email: philippelanglois@...e.fr
> PGP Key: 8DAEE244
>
>
>
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