Hello friends, I’m writing to you from University of Siegen, Germany where I’ll be spending the next two years as a Research Fellow at Locating Media Graduate School. I’m planning to attend the Open Village Fest in Brussels this October. I would also like to host a workshop at our graduate school here where open source initiatives and innovative projects are most welcome. It would be possible to arrange university guest houses for accommodating the participants here. The interdisciplinary focus of Locating Media, Media Cooperation and Social Informatics departments would also help secure fruitful discussion and outcome. I come from a civil society background during which I worked with a team of digital security experts and digital literacy researchers, so ideas in such fields definitely interest me. My research project here is also focused on digital innovation of developer communities in connection with communities in need, so seems like collaboration is necessary:) I can provide laptop/s, extension cords, projectors and printers to such events from the university. Looking forward to collaboration and ideation with y’all!- Dr. Asli Telli Aydemir