GNU Hacker Meeting August 16-20 2016 (Rennes)

This is the official registration page for the 9th GNU Hacker Meeting 2016. Please read the instructions carefully.

The previous time, we had twice as many people register as showed up, resulting in significant unnecessary expenses. To avoid this, registration is not exactly free this time. Instead, if you are:

• A European who can afford it, you should register and pay a registration fee of EUR 50 per day to DE67830654080004822650 (GNUnet e.V.).
• A human who works for an industry that can really afford it, you should register and pay a registration fee of EUR 495 to DE67830654080004822650 (GNUnet e.V.).
• A European who cannot actually afford the registration fee but who will really show up, you pay the fee and use the box to ask for a refund. You will get your money back in cash if you actually show up.
• Non-Europeans demonstrate to us that they will actually show up by sending their plane ticket, hotel booking and visa confirmations to [email protected].

You need to pay the registration fee or send us your long-distance travel documents before August 1st. When paying, please specify your username and GHM 2016 in the wire transfer subject.

If you cannot even afford to travel to Europe, you can apply for a stipend. We will use registration fees to pay for conference expenses, and if we get sufficient sponsorship we'll try to give out travel stipends. If too many people select the refund option, we will limit the amount of (free) food available at the event. Please specify precisely which days you will participate so we can plan accordingly. Any money left over will be made available for future GHMs.

EUR 50 may seem high, but food in France is expensive, and we expect that some participants will ask for the refund and thus will be unable to contribute to cover expenses. Finally, the bus trip on the 3rd day costs approximately EUR 30/person (depending on the size of the group). The venue itself is free of charge, and the organizers will not benefit financially either.

To register, you first need to create an account. If you already have an account but are not logged in, simply click on the GNU logo in the upper right corner to get to the main page where you can login. Afterwards, you can register for the meeting.