Shutdowns and “splinternets” are increasingly challenging the free flow of information online. BGP hijacks, DPI filtering, DNS poisoning, full infrastructure cuts, the catalogue of tools for controlling a network is developed, deployed and increasingly distributed. These are no longer edge cases.

How to connect communities who live and work in at-risk areas: war-torn countries, authoritarian regimes or remote rural areas? By guiding these communities to set up their own federated ecosystems, which they can adapt, manage and use in accordance with their own values, local culture, language and politics. dComms is a project run by eQualitie since the full scale invasion of Ukraine, where we set up first Matrix, Mastodon, Delta Chat, Peertube servers in 6 Ukrainian cities. The project expanded to include Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria, Russia, Lebanon. Come to this presentation to hear about the local adoption stories, failures and successes and discuss the future of resilient federated tech.

You have a vision for how to make the world a better place and now you're wondering: how do I raise the money to realize this idea? Where to begin? We'll gather a variety of professionals working in philanthropy -- private foundations, government grantors, individual donors -- to answer your questions and demystify the process of raising nonprofit funds.