Newsletter #2 Tue May 8

Dear SUMMIT participants and delegates!

here comes the second issue of the newsletter that is supposed to provide you further information about the event in Berlin from May 24 to 28.

PROGRAM

We are still working on a first stable version of the program. Like we announced in the last issue of this newsletter, SUMMIT will start on Thursday, May 24th, 8pm in Hebbeltheater with an opening event and contributions by Kodwo Eshun, Susanne Lang, Irit Rogoff, Nora Sternfeld, Florian Schneider, Nico Siepen as facilitating comittee. SUMMIT will close on Monday, May 28th around noon with the issuing of declaration and action plan.

There is a raw, unedited and undesigned snapshot of the program which you can access at: http://summit.kein.org/program

Please note, that this is everything but final and reflects the current state of the planning. These days we are going to contact those of you who announced to actively contribute sessions, presentations or debates regarding exact dates and hours.

MAILINGLIST FOR ACTIVE CONTRIBUTORS

In the next few days we are going to set up a mailinglist for summit delegates and participants who want to join the debates about the main topics of the program, the declaration and the action plan. This list is not going to be moderated and shall be used for the direct communication among the participants before, during and after SUMMIT.

You can subscribe directly to that mailinglist at: http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/contrib-l

PARTICIPANTS

The number of registered participants and delegates is constantly growing. Currently we received more than 200 registrations and there are 350 people who requested to be informed through this newsletter. The participants range from labor activists, migrant organizers, media activists, art students, student activists, artists, free and museum curators, teachers and lecturers. We are very excited about the scope and the potential of SUMMIT and we are looking forward very much to see you in less than three weeks.

Due to the number of participants and the limited space we will certainly not have the chance to introduce every project and registered participant. Therefore we kindly ask you to please use the opportunity to edit your profile, post a short cv or biog, promote a link to your project website. You can access and change your profile once logged in with your username and password at the summit website: http://summit.kein.org by clicking on "My account" in the top of the rightbar column under "registration". Please help us keeping an overview of who is really planning to attend SUMMIT in Berlin by providing this information by carefully checking the checkbox "I will attend SUMMIT" or not in case you cannot make it or you want to particip?ate remotely.

Soon we are going to publish a complete list of all delegates and participants on the website.

SUMMIT PRESENTATION IN LONDON

On May 10th between 12 and 2 pm Irit Rogoff, Kodwo Eshun and Florian Schneider will do a presentation on the Summit at Goldsmiths College London, in room 137A. Please come along to see whether you might be interested in offering a concept or an issue with which to take part in the Summit itself.

PUBLIC PREP MEETING IN BERLIN

On Sarturday May 12th 2007, 8pm, the next public preparatory meeting for SUMMIT will take place at bootlab, Tucholskystrasse 6 in Berlin-Mitte. The meeting offers the possibility to discuss and introduce proposals for collaborations, workshops, or other ideas to plug into.