When? 8-12th of june
Where? At HUMlab, Umeå university, Sweden.

OPEN SOURCE FESTIVAL

Participants will share their knowledge and ideas in workshops and lectures, experiment with hardware and explore new critical ways of using technology. The Eclectic Tech Carnival has been held at least once a year since 2002, each time in a different country, including Austria, Brazil and Romania. In 2009, from 8th-12th June, it will be held in Sweden for the first time.
There will be a second /etc this year in Istanbul, more information on /etc Istanbul will follow soon.

GENDER, TECHNOLOGY AND ART

The week-long carnival includes workshops on installing open source and free software, looking at Linux, building websites, chat conferencing, sound editing, physical computing and tools for community activism. In addition there are art exhibitions and cultural discussions & presentations.
You will have the opportunity to explore how to use technology to pursue social change and grass root activism.

What we need to know:

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE
and hold a workshop, etc., please let us know as soon as possible

IF YOU WANT TO COME
simply as a participant, please register now, as this makes preparation so much easier.

Costs:
Entry Fee for a 5–day ticket: 200 SEK (approx 18 Euros)
One day ticket: 50 SEK

Contact:
Email address:
info-umea@eclectictechcarnival.org

Here you can subscribe to our mailing list at:
http://eclectictechcarnival.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/list-umea

For more information see:
http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org
(will be continuously updated)

Info on Umeå:
http://www.visitumea.se/Default.aspx?lang=en