note this interesting conference in Berlin, following similar lines as our recent "Networks out of Hands?" panel and the PML-event series "The Community Complex" :
WHAT ARE EUROPEAN ALTERNATIVES TO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK? Digital Backyards | International Conference October 18th-20th at Kunstquartier Bethanien | Berlin
"Are there any alternatives to an increasingly centralized internet landscape as cultivated by Google and Facebook? It is hard to imagine, but there are. The resources for such alternatives lie dormant in Europe’s diversity itself: tinker garages, corporate hotbeds, grassroots hubs, institutional labs, hacker bedrooms, editorial outposts etc. In those digital backyards innovators have been silently pursuing their work. Now they come together from all over Europe to explore synergies and common interests.
The conference is partitioned into a semi-open „Networking Lounge“ and „Public Talks“ that are accessible to a broad audience.
„Networking Lounge“ | October 18th + 19th | with registration
The barcamp-style „Networking Lounge“ takes place on October 18th and 19th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Journalists, activists, bloggers, researchers, entrepreneurs, cultural workers and programmers define their own issues and questions. An online collaborative platform will facilitate this process. The link to it will be available here within the next days."
:: more : http://berlinergazette.de/symposium/digital-backyards/
