electronic know how

pickled feet is an organization in berlin that sets up workshops etc. using household materials and chemistry, readily-available electronics components, free software and the GNU toolbase to construct various electronic audiovisual artifacts - they give access to some hard to find resources and some interesting links
http://pickledfeet.com/workshops.php

PrestoSpace

PrestoSpace, which focuses on "Preservation towards storage and access. Standardised Practices for Audiovisual Contents in Europe." will hold their final workshop in Rome on the 21 & 22 of January 2008:

http://www.prestospace.org/