NotCon04 6th June
* NOTCON ’04 Call for Participation – Please Redistribute Freely *
NotCon ’04, Sunday 6th June 2004, Imperial College Union, London
http://www.notcon04.com/
Proposals due by: Friday 14th May 2004
Have you coded, created, or discovered an interesting application of technology?
Then why not come and talk about it at NOTCON ’04?
NOTCON ’04 is an informal, low-cost, one-day conference looking at things that technologies were perhaps not intended to do.
It takes place on Sunday 6th June 2004 from 11am to 6pm at Imperial College Union, London (in South Kensington, next to the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall). And yes, there will be wi-fi. And a bar. And the kind of people who actually ask for them in that order.
* What We’re Looking For *
We’re looking for a mix of talks, demonstrations and panel discussions covering all the usual areas – but with a bit more of an edge than you’d get from just reading about them online.
In short, we’d like proposals for any of these sorts of sessions – especially if they fit into the following categories:
Geolocation services
Social software
Hardware hacking
Actual impacts of blogging
Alternative media
Politics on the net
Politics *of* the net
– and also especially if they don’t.
There’ll be the usual 45-minute (and questions) slots for longer talks, plus plenty of shorter 5-minute "lightning presentations", so you don’t need to write a complete lecture or anything.
Proposals should be submitted via the web form at: http://www.xcom2002.com/nc04/submit.php
And if you try to get them to us before midnight UK time on Friday 14th May 2004, then we can work out – and let you know – the line-up before the end of May.
* Staying In Touch *
Even if you don’t want to suggest a talk, you can stay informed about the event by subscribing to our low-traffic announcement-only mailing list – send a blank email to: notcon-subscribe@socialswirl.com (your address will only be used to contact you about the event and will not be passed onto third parties).
* Further Info *
NOTCON ’04 is organised by some of the people behind UK tech newsletter NTK, socially-minded net charity mysociety.org, unofficial "Emerging Technology" recap ConCon UK, and 2002’s "Extreme Computing" show – but please feel free to help out!
We’ll be attempting to answer any other questions that arise on the event Wiki: http://www.symbianwiki.com/ConConUK/Questions – or you can email info@notcon04.com
if it’s not covered already. NotCon ’04, Sunday 6th June 2004, Imperial College Union, London http://www.notcon04.com/ See you there!
I’ve submitted a proposal for a lightning presentation:
Bristol Wireless – a quick overview
Bristol Wireless is a community co-operative with a commitment to low tech hardware and free software which is achieving a great deal with virtually no funding. We’re building a community owned wireless network across Bristol, offering low cost training and we’ve already refurbished and given away over a hundred linux pc’s. Most recently we have arranged to provide every child starting at a local school this September with a free linux pc and free wireless broadband connection. This session will give a lightning overview of our work and the opportunity to buy a t-shirt. 🙂
Bristol Wireless – in your aerial!
https://www.bristolwireless.net and http://docs.psand.net/twiki/bin/view/CLAN/MissionStatement#mission
It looks like this one has been accepted – time TBC.
And another one – not Bristol Wireless related though:
You can rip me but don’t dis me
An optimistic five minute rant ^H^H^H^H _vision piece_ on the possible social ramifications of widespread access to the digital means of production and the adoption of creative commons licensing by a generation of producer/consumers.
Also available at http://petef.com/mt/petef/
Feedback/criticism welcome.
This one is not happening:
We did like "You can rip me but don’t dis me" too but there’s a whole
copyright session planned with Creative Commons’ Cory Doctorow and the
Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle, so I think they’ll probably be
re-iterating a lot of those themes…
Dave Green, Co-organiser, http://www.notcon04.com