What we’re about
A meetup connecting people concerned by the current geopolitical developments and with the will to do their part to help protect democracy and European values - our future - by helping to build the next "Made in Europe" defence technologies.
This meetup was created for doers, hackers, developers, founders, tinkerers, engineers, builders, defence industry representatives, and business people of all sorts to come together and find the people you need to build it with, find real actual problems and needs to build solutions for - to find whatever you need to start getting involved.
This is for doers, hackers, developers, founders, tinkerers, engineers, builders, and people of all sorts to meet and find the people you need to build it with, find real actual problems and needs to build solutions for - to find whatever you need to get involved - and once you’ve gotten involved, I hope it will also serve as a place for help and inspiration to keep going.
May it also serve in its very modest way to help make building defence technology in Europe, for Europe and our allies, gain the attention, recognition and respect it deserves.
LANGUAGE
English, because we're inclusive to all allies.
MEMBER DUES
A symbolic 2 bucks monthly to help separate the wheat from the chaff.
PRIVACY
Why the “secret” group settings on Meetup dot com? Well, defence is (still) a touchy subject and I think it’s fair to protect members just a bit towards advertising themselves as members publicly.
All meetups are under Chatham House Rules: Anyone who comes to a meeting is free to use information from the discussion, but is not allowed to reveal who made any particular comment in public - unless explicitly allowed to do so. No media recording allowed - unless explicitly permitted by everyone captured on the respective media.
Why Düsseldorf? I’m based near here - you gotta start somewhere - and if there’s somewhere in Germany with a long legacy of world leading defence industries, Düsseldorf is as good as a candidate as any. (Subject to change - this circus may indeed also travel to a city near you at some point - who knows.)