5th Digital Freedom Days

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000

TL;DR

Chaostreff Tübingen e.V. and Friends invite you to the 5th Digital Freedom Days (TDF) under the motto “Encrypting Free Spaces”!

What: 5th Digital Freedom Days
Who: Chaos and Friends
When: 15–17 May 2026
Where: Westspitze, Eisenbahnstraße 1, Tübingen, Germany

What on earth is that?

The Digital Freedom Days are a free conference and a hacking event, They are organised by Chaostreff Tübingen and friends. The Digital Freedom Days are aimed not only at techies, but at anyone with a passion for discovering new things, meeting people and with the desire to live a free and self-determined life together. That’s why this year’s motto is “Encrypting Free Spaces”. The aim is to strengthen civil society projects and groups, whilst of course having lots of fun. Spread across four floors, there will be talks, workshops, projects, art, a party, delicious food and of course plenty of chatting and hacking.

The event location is the Westspitze (Eisenbahnstraße 1), about a 5-minute walk from the main station.

Registration

To help us plan more effectively, we are trialling Pretix this year. This should enable us to provide a more accurate beforehand estimate of our resource requirements. Please support us by signing up. You are also welcome to take this opportunity to make a donation.

Call for Participation

Do you have an interesting workshop or talk? We have the perfect track for you:

Creativity and Beauty
Ethics, Politics and Society
Hardware and Code
Digital Literacy and Empowerment
Diversity and Awareness
Sustainability and Climate Justice
Science
Community Meetups (Submission Type = Workshop)

The Call for Participation is open until 12 April.

Call for Arts and Projects

Would you like to register an assembly, group table or project? Do you have a fancy art installation or a lovely detail? Then sign up at our Call for Arts and Projects!

Helping elves!

The event is run by lots of volunteering elves. They choose shifts via the Elfensystem and bustle about all over the venue. Would you like to help run the event? Then become an elf and sign up via our Elfensystem (elve system). Registration opens approximately two weeks before the event.

Links

“Drone shot of the 4th Digital Freedom Days at Westspitze Tübingen” by Anonymous is licensed under CC BY 4.0

33C3 – Call for Angels!

Sun, 04 Dec 2016 16:03:10 +0000

Join the Angels for the best Congress experience

Our Camp and our Chaos Communication Congress would not be possible without the great work of our volunteers, called Angels. Your engagement as an Angel is the perfect opportunity to become a part of Congress and make it even more amazing for everyone involved. Apart from that, volunteering is a great chance to meet new people.

What makes being an Angel so special, you may wonder? Let us answer this with another question: Are you able to run an event with thousands of visitors, creative minds, eager to discuss, explore and most of all: create?

Join the Angels and find out! Doing so, you will join a community as old as the Congress itself. Since the very first Congress in 1984, everything is done by volunteers, later called ‘Angels’. In return, the Angels get some quiet space in the famous ‘Heaven’ including food and drink supply, a Hackcenter exclusively for Angels, and the good feeling of helping out and being part of the Congress experience. If you love crafting and do some construction work we would love if you show up for buildup.

We want to plan the right amount of food and drinks for our build up Angels. Therefore it would be great if you signup right now under engelsystem.de and tell us when you arrive. We will use this to inform you of important dates and the setup schedule. In the near future you can also sign up for your favourite shifts, tasks, and times in the Engelsystem.

Many of the tasks do not need any knowledge besides showing up on time but are nonetheless vital for the Congress. Other tasks may need an introduction with which you will be provided in time at the Congress. Please read the Angel wiki page for basic information. If you are not sure about the whole Angel-stuff or have any questions, just show up in Heaven and ask. Heaven will also announce tasks to be done and short notice tasks. For all new angels out there, there will be special introduction meetings for you the first few days of Congress, in addition to the daily general angel meetings.

So if you have two or more hours to spare, sign up for a shift! We will be waiting for you in Heaven! If you don’t want to participate in making the Congress work, at least take your time and thank at least three Angels every day to show your gratitude. :)

angel on CCC Event Blog