Unpopular opinion: Sorry, #rp18 is just the worst. Not wanting the Bundeswehr to recruit on your conference is fine, but the entire event is still in bed with the neoliberal state and surveillance capitalism. Check out their long long list of problematic partners, including #Google and #Airbus:
https://18.re-publica.com/en/partners
Also, they are directly endorsing surveillance products:
https://18.re-publica.com/en/news/how-do-i-get-republica-just-ask-alexa
All this is done by people close to netzpolitik.org - how is this even possible? 🤑