# 2026-03-27 - LixCon 2026 weekly

- Date: 2026-03-27
- Participants: raito (Lix/DGNum/AFNix), sinavir (DGNum), soyouzpanda (DGNum)
- Topic: LixCon 2026 weekly

## Call for Proposals (CfP)

* Proposals received: 8-9
* Core team talks and transactional conference talks (intro/outro, etc.) not included in the Pretalx
* Some invited talks are pending, awaiting final approval
* No issues anticipated regarding the current lineup.

### Proposal review plan

* 1 proposal already accepted for logistical reasons (travel support)
* Review schedule:
  * Tonight: @raito reviews proposals
  * Tomorrow (or so): @kate reviews proposals
  * This weekend or Monday: converge on final proposals
* Goal: complete review quickly to submit acceptance or rejections to our current proposals

**Remarks**

* Overall proposals goes over the Friday talk budget but aligns with overall planning
* No conference rooms required for Saturday and Sunday

**Special attention** AFNix general assembly room

* Requires Internet setup for videoconference
* Capacity: ~10–15 people

## Postcards

* **Deadline for order** 2 weeks before event; faster option: 1 week (+€2)
* Kate is aligned with Monday deadline

### Content

* Decide back-of-card content:

  * Important information and emergency contacts
  * Room list / orientation tips
  * WiFi info (if a shorter deadline)

**Assembling method** Punch postcards without plastic coating

**Inspiration:** [Good-to-Know PDF from UndoneCS 2026](https://www.undonecs.org/2026/good_to_know.pdf)

## Website

* Let DGNum host this website: https://lixcon.dgnum.eu on their S3 (Garage) instead of AFNix except if AFNix redeploys it quickly
* **Announcement post** email + Mastodon (high priority) → owned by @raito
* **Content to finish**

  * Schedule → Pretalx widget
  * Venue info → owned by @soyouzpanda
    * Rooms
    * Internet
  * Travel information
  * Physical Code of Conduct (LixCon/AFNix) → owned by @raito
  * Cross check with https://www.undonecs.org/2026/ information to see if we are lacking something
  * Ideally: RSS feed
* Optional: DNS CNAME `https://con.lix.systems/2026/` → main site (low priority)

## Equipment rental

METRO refers to https://www.metro.fr/ here.

### Fridges and Drinks

* Drinks brought by @hexchen and our METRO provider
* Suggested setup: 1–2 fridges in hacking rooms
* Suggested: additional payment terminal purchase (SumUp Plus) as AFNix one might be used for other purpose
* Deposit may apply to drinks, @sinavir will check with @hexchen directly

### Snacks

* METRO card available
* A car can be lended by @sinavir
* Which snack to buy / who will buy them → Can Anaëlle handle it?

### Seating and tables

* Cozy sitting (beanbags, etc.) for friendliness in hacking rooms → owned by @sinavir
  1. Source price
  2. Determine quantity
  3. Propose quote
  4. Execute if approved

### C3VOC equipment

* Coordination for setup → @raito connects @sinavir with @hexchen
* Free parking at ENS: confirm dimensions and availability for the van

## Room planning

* Core team members to book tickets explicitly on Pretix for full visibility on DGNum → owned by @raito
* Expected variance: ±10–20 people
* Goals:
  * 3 public rooms
  * 1 non-public room
  * Release remaining rooms
* More than 4 continuous rooms over the weekend is non-trivial
* Final room list to be confirmed by @soyouzpanda and @sinavir
* @raito wants to be kept in the loop and this topic should be discussed further next weekly

## Network setup

* Backbone v2 functional (Ielo uplink), deployed by @sinavir
* Connect LixCon rooms to Internet: requires coordination with the school IT to switch VLAN on the Ethernet ports in the rooms, owned by @sinavir
* Room setup: 1 switch and 1 AP per room min
    * 4 APs for the amphitheater
* Multiple SSIDs (firewalled and non-firewalled, OWE)
    * Non-firewalled is not a priority
* Forensics logging: DHCP leases and MAC/IPv6 via NDP as per law requires
    * IPv4 is already done in the current network
    * IPv6 will be new

### Priorities

1. Secure VLANs in rooms
2. Secure hardware (APs, switches, cables)

   * Friday: 4 + 3 APs, 4 switches
   * Saturday: 6 APs, 3 switches
   * Sunday: 6 APs, 3 switches
3. Configure router with forensic logging (DHCP + IPv6)
4. Configure switches
5. Configure APs
6. Optional: non-firewalled SSID

lead by @sinavir, will delegate whatever he can to other folks

## Next agenda

- Room planning
- Network setup
- Commit to conference start/end information to communicate to our attendees
- Approve the final operational details to send to our attendees