I repeat myself when I say it is important to own your data. Maybe even more important than ever before. But there still is a lot of work to be done to help people to understand what “owning your data” actually means at all and how to get started. Or even how to start their first own website. Interested? We’re meeting for a two-day bar camp like collaboration in Düsseldorf again. Brainstorming, working, teaching, helping and much more. Join in on Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th and get your ideas out of your head and your hands dirty together with your hosts Joschi Kuphal and Tantek Çelik.

What is happening on those two days?

Day one, 11 May is giving you an introduction to this topic and is a day with discussions in a bar camp like environment. Bring a topic you'd like to discuss or join on topics as they are added to the board.

Day two, 12 May is all about implementing what you discussed. Work in groups with others or simply on your own. Demos at the end of the day show what everyone worked on and has achieved.

Both days are free to attend in general, but a small donation of €5 to €10 would be nice in order to get the base cost lower or covered. We are happy to be back at the City Library of Düsseldorf for this event on the Saturday, but if you know of a location we can use for the Sunday: please get in touch with Joschi or Tantek as we are still looking for a place to be on Sunday.

We would like to invite you to experience the first screening as a side event of “beyond tellerrand” together with us! We are very grateful that Sipgate has given us the opportunity to show you our film “This Is What I Want to Do” (97 minutes), which was finally completed in January after five years of work.

In our documentary “This Is What I Want to Do”, we show how conference organiser Marc Thiele aims to build a positive community and bridge the gap between creativity and technology with his event “beyond tellerrand”.

The screening will take place right before the Warm-Up at Sipgate’s offices in Düsseldorf. If you already have tickets for the Warm-Up, you can simply stay for the Warm-Up after the screening.

It’s important for us that everyone, especially the beyond tellerrand community, can see the documentary. Therefore the screening is completely free. But if you want to make us really happy and support our aim to get the film to as many festivals as possible, please consider to donate some money during the registration process (“pay what you want”). Thank you!

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If you are in town on Sunday, May 12th, make sure you are part of the Pre-Conference Warm-Up, taking place in the evening before the main event.

I am beyond delighted that after a longer break we are back at the wonderful sipgate HQ in Düsseldorf. sipgate is one of our longest partners supporting us in many ways for so many years and it is great to be back at their living room.

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PPK is back. This time as part of the exhibition and of Interledger Foundation, teaching you about Web Monetization and what it is and how it works. Sounds exciting? Read on to know what he is going to speak about.

Description of PPK’s talk:

# Web Monetization

Web Monetization, created by the Interledger Foundation, allows automated payments from site visitor to site owner. A site owner creates a wallet (sort of a bank account) that has a payment pointer (the URL of their wallet) and adds a tag with the payment pointer to their site. If a site visitor has their own wallet, they automatically pay the site owner. They can also give an extra tip if they feel the site is worth it.

This payment is initiated by the visitor, and not by the website. Each visitor can set their monthly total payment to all Web Monetized sites they visit combined, and they can also block certain sites from getting paid.

Thus the website owner has no say over the amount being paid by individual visitors. What they can do is listen to the monetization event to find out if they're getting paid at all, and at what rate, and react accordingly, for instance by hiding ads or showing extra content. This is up to the website owner - you don't have to do anything if you don't want to.

A draft Web Monetization standard is currently under discussion in W3C's Web Incubator Community Group. Igalia is creating a native Chromium implementation that a few Chromium engineers have agreed to implement behind a flag as an experiment. Thus, a test implementation may be rolled out in 2024. You can find more information at webmonetization.org/docs.

PPK will be around all day to talk about Web Monetization and will also be giving a short talk in one of the breaks.

Dates, times, location

Date: 13 May 2024
Time: 1pm (13:00)
Where: Exhibition Stage

No registration needed. This talk is part of the main event. A valid event ticket is needed in order to attend.

It turned into a good tradition that on day one the people who are using (and also those creating) Kirby meet for an informal get together. This is also meant for anyone who is not yet using Kirby, but wants to find out more or has questions.

You are invited to join them (Bastian and who else is there of the Kirby team) before the evening talk on Monday, May 13th, 18:00. They’ll gather at the main bar.

Dates, times, location

Date: 13 May 2024
Time: 6pm (18:00)
Where: Near the main bar

No registration needed. Just drop in.

I am delighted that Jan De Coster is back at beyond tellerrand. This time with a Lunch-Break Session and, who knows, maybe some of his lovely robots …

Description of Jan's talk:

Midlife Robots

For the past 12 years Jan De Coster has been making robots for all kinds of occasions and in all sorts of sizes.

Now it is time to have a short look in the rearview mirror, and to plan the rest of his journey. The future of his robot family depends on it.

Dates, times, location

Date: 14 May 2024
Time: 1pm (13:00)
Where: Exhibition Stage

No registration needed. This talk is part of the main event. A valid event ticket is needed in order to attend.