DWeb Berlin Node Meetup: On the Trail to Camp
Details
IMPORTANT: Register/RSVP through this link: https://tix.dod.ngo/dwebcamp/BLN-meetup-may26/
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DWeb Camp is taking place this summer, July 8-12!
The DWeb Berlin Node is thrilled to join our partner Foresight Institute to celebrate our Berlin community of practitioners, builders, activists and dreamers about decentralized technologies, public & ethical AI, p2p and local-first coordination and more –- as we traverse the path to DWeb Camp!
WHEN:
Thursday, 21 May
18:00 - 22:00 (Berlin)
WHERE:
Foresight Institute Berlin Hub @ CIC Berlin
https://osm.org/go/0MbE6uAb8 or geo:52.494111,13.445973?z=19
Once you have registered we will send you a confirmation email, and details on how to access our gathering location within the CIC Berlin campus.
• 18:00 - 19:00, Arrival and Mingling
• 19:00 - 19:40, Intro and Q + A about DWeb Camp and Foresight Institute
- Introducing DWeb Camp Germany, Beth McCarthy (DWeb Camp)
- Q & A with DWeb OG Arkadiy Kukarkin (Internet Archive, DWeb Camp)
- Help us Build Camp!, Michiel DeGruytere (DWeb Camp)
- Introducing Foresight Hub Berlin & Foresight Village @ DWeb Camp, Bradley C. Royes (Foresight Institute)
• 19:40 - 20:10, Lightning talks from key collaborators who will join us at Camp this July
- Nicolas Berens (Freifunk Berlin) - 25 Years of Community-Owned Internet Access
- Kris Decoodt (Logos) - Logos Circles to Rekindle Civic Society
- Guil Mauler (Regens Unite) - Cross-Movement Building: Connecting Activists with Tech Nerds
• 20:10 - 20:20, Break and form into breakout groups
• 20:20 - 20:50, Breakout groups for a sneak peek of discourse and topics we will explore at Camp, such as Anti-Authoritarian Stack, Decentralized Hardware/Local Community Networks, Solidarity Tech & Sustainable Instructures (more info here: https://dwebcamp.org/proposals/)
• 20:50 - 21:00, Breakout groups convene to share a brief summary, Closing Words
• 21:00 - 22:00, Drinks, bites, and meeting your future fellow campers and DWeb + Foresight community members!
ABOUT DWEB CAMP:
DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems is a five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web (DWeb). A web that is private, resilient, and beyond the control of a few central powers. Like forests, decentralized systems derive strength from what lies beneath the surface: dense networks of roots, sharing resources without hierarchy, and coordination that persists even when individual nodes disappear.
DWeb Camp: Root Systems invites participants to build technologies that–like living ecosystems–adapt, regenerate, and endure.
The event will be held at Alte Hölle, just one hour southwest of Berlin. The venue sits on the grounds of a forest hotel dating back to the 1800s. Once a Stasi recreation site, Alte Hölle is now owned and inhabited by a collectivist community of friends who are turning this space into a sustainable venue for group events of technologists, hackers, artists, and activists. Set on 100,000 square meters of lush meadows and ancient forests, Alte Hölle is both a community and location with values that resonate deeply with DWeb, a place we are excited to nourish and leave richer than when we arrive.
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Want to learn more about DWeb Camp? Visit dwebcamp.org.
If you would like to ask us questions directly, come to this DWeb Berlin Node Meetup!
ABOUT FORESIGHT INSTITUTE BERLIN HUB
Foresight Institute supports the beneficial development of high-impact technology to make great futures more likely.
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Learn more about the Berlin Hub and how to get involved here: https://foresight.org/grants/grants-ai-for-science-safety/