Berlin, December 9 – 11
for speakers
We look for original presentations, ideas for group discussion and lightning talks, technology showcases, awareness and capacity building workshops – relevant to the conference thematic. Our technology focus includes autonomous systems, shutdown resilient communications, new circumvention methods or obfuscation protocols, decentralized networking projects and wireless connectivity technologies. We also are open to academic submissions from researchers specialized in network measurements, as well as testimonies from countries affected by network shutdowns and isolation.
Submission deadlines:
Submission deadline: November 10, 2024
Author notification: November 18, 2024
Final papers due: November 29, 2024
Presentations lengths:
Papers must be between 3-10 pages.
Presentations no longer than 20 slides.
Submissions need to present original work.
Lightning Talks 10 min
Full presentations 30 min
Conference thematic
Technologies and prototypes for communicating with and within isolated networks. Research and case studies that help us understand the methods and impacts of network shutdowns and isolation. Policy and recommendations for preserving an open and interoperable internet.
We invite submissions of both long and short papers including but not limited to the following key topics:
- Decentralized network protocols and communication tools
- Web3 technologies for use in isolated networks
- Satellite, broader wireless (grey-market), radio, power-line communication
- All practical mobile telecommunications standards and LEO connectivity
- Self-hosted communications services and secure hosting
- Peer to peer and device-to-device communications services and applications
- Traffic obfuscation and hole punching
The advisory council will select from your submissions for presentation at SplinterCon. Accepted papers, proposals and presentations will be included in the post conference report with the author’s permission.