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title: Announcing Radical Networks
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<p>Join us for two days of speakers, panels and workshops designed to introduce the community to DIY networking. Learn how to create your own offline networks, portable web servers, mesh networks or internet gateways in hands on workshops. Attend panels where you can discuss your visions for how a localized network could support your school, your community, or your cause. Listen to speakers talk about the future of computer networks and why it’s important to understand how networks work in this age of hyper-connectivity.</p>

<p>The conference will be organized around the following questions and themes:</p>

<h3>QUESTIONS</h3>
<ul>
  <li>What would you do with your own network?</li>
  <li>Why does it matter to understand how networks work?</li>
  <li>Why do community networks matter?</li>
  <li>How could free, open local networks benefit people?</li>
  <li>What can networks be used for other than social networking and commercial use?</li>
</ul>

<h3>THEMES</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Community</li>
  <li>Education</li>
  <li>Activism</li>
  <li>Art</li>
</ul>