Für die dreizehnte Ausgabe der Datenspuren endet die Einreichungsfrist für Vorträge und Workshops schon in wenigen Tagen, nämlich am 4. September. Wir wollen dazu eure Beiträge für die Diskussion einer schwer vernetzten Zukunft, denn Datenschutz und Privatsphäre bleiben wichtige Themen.

Die Veranstaltung findet am 22. und 23. Oktober 2016 in den Technischen Sammlungen Dresden statt. Mit freiem Eintritt sind die Datenspuren eine der wenigen Chaosveranstaltungen die sich auch an die generelle Bevölkerung richten. Darüberhinaus werden die interessanten Ausstellungen im Veranstaltungsgebäude an …

Not just because of tradition, but because we can: There will be a Camp in 2015 again!

After more than three thousand guests at the last Camp in 2011, we expect many outdoor enthusiasts, who like to hack during the day and marvel at the light displays at night and will celebrate the ultimate party in the middle of the festival season with us. Let’s just bring all the great experiences from the Congress out on the lawn and do all the experiments too dangerous for the halls of the CCH!

After an exhaustive search we found the perfect green field site for hackers of all kinds to build a camp with …

The congress is coming closer. The next stage will be the placement of the assemblies. So please make sure that you have set up your assembly nicely until Sunday, 2nd of December:

• complete all the information in the form, so everyone can get an overview of your assembly
• in the “free text” field you can add pictures and other formats as well. Give an impression of your projects, the whole assembly and the people behind it. The “free text” will be the body of your page.
• Make it clear if you’re planning workshops on site. If so, please update the information about them.

tldr:
Congress is made by you! Please add your workshop. A “workshop” is just something, that happens at a special time and place, but not in one of the big halls.

As you may have read in the blogpost on assemblies this congress will be even more community driven than it used to be. One step towards this is allowing you to hold your own sessions on whatever topic you think is important. We kindly ask you to prepare “workshops”.

That does not mean, that it has to be something with hands-on and making – sure it could be! But workshops can also be a gathering of a project group or discussing a …

The Congress Center Hamburg is located just a few minutes away from the Dammtor train station which is a major transport hub of northern Germany and also within the public transport network of Hamburg. Light rail is called S-Bahn and in the Dammtor station you will find the lines S11, S21 and S31. The subway station is called »Stephansplatz« and is on the U1 line. The “Dammtor” station is also a major train station for long distance trains (e.g. ICEs) to Scandinavia, Berlin, Hannover and further into Europe.

Close to the CCH are areas like Schanzenviertel, Alster, Reeperbahn, Jungfernstieg and …