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2link: https://ournetworks.ca/
3tags:
4 - organization
5 - event
6 - Toronto
7 - Vancouver
8twitter: https://twitter.com/_ournetworks
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10## 2024
11
12Our Networks is a community event about the past, present, and future of
13building network infrastructures. The event hosts keynotes, talks, and
14hands-on sessions on topics including: decentralized systems,
15peer-to-peer web, community networks, and new network communication and
16storage protocols. We have hosted five previous events since 2017.
17
18Drawing on practices of local-first, solar-powered servers, folk
19software, and permacomputing, Our Networks 2024 explores what
20collaboration looks like when a network is optional. Looking at
21transitional technologies and forms of computing that break from
22always-on connectivity as we spend a day connecting over local networks.
23## About
24
25Our Networks is a conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures. The event brings together enthusiasts, hardware and software hackers, researchers, organizers and more to collectively explore creative and critical engagements with the Internet and alternative infrastructures.