We now invite proposals for lightning talks and stands.
There is still time to submit main track presentations. The deadline for
proposing developer rooms has now passed. Please see our previous call
for participation for more information on submitting main track
proposals.
Lightning talks
Lighting talks are short — 15 minutes — talks on a wide variety of
topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open source
topic can apply. We particularly encourage topics that do not fit in any
of the developer rooms.
Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf:
https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15
Please be sure to select "lightning talks" in the "track" field.
Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks(a)fosdem.org.
Stands
FOSDEM offers open source projects the opportunity to display their work
during the event. At their stand, a project can share information, demo
software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, and so on, and personally
interact with the visitors.
What we offer:
- one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with developer
rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. In some cases, a
second table may be possible, if you have a good reason to need two.
- two chairs per table
- one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional
sockets, please bring them yourself)
- fast uplink shared wireless Internet access
Further practical considerations:
- The offer for stands is open to open source projects and communities
- There is no cost or fee for the stands
- The stand should be occupied by at least two people for the duration
of the conference.
Submission details:
Send your request via email to stands(a)fosdem.org. Please include at
least the following information:
- Project name
- Stand description
- Project URLs
- Your name and relation to the project
- Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal?
- Optionally, if requesting two tables, motivation for the second table
Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands(a)fosdem.org.
Key dates:
- 1 October
* deadline for main track proposals
* accepted developer rooms announced
- 20 November
* deadline for stands and lightning talks
- 15 December
* accepted stands and lightning talks announced
Kind regards,
Wynke Stulemeijer.
FOSDEM offers open source developers a place to meet, share ideas and
collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer-oriented, the event
brings together some 5000+ geeks from all over the world.
The fifteenth edition will take place on Saturday 31 January and Sunday
1 February 2015 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels.
We now invite proposals for main track presentations and developer rooms.
Previous editions have featured tracks centered around security,
operating system development, community building, and many other topics.
Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should cater to a
varied technical audience. The conference covers travel expenses and
arranges accommodation for accepted main track speakers.
Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together
on open source projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset
of the community, etc. Content may be scheduled in any format, subject
to approval. Popular formats include presentation tracks, hacking
sessions and panel discussions. Proposals involving collaboration
across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged.
Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using
Pentabarf:
https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/
Developer room proposals should be emailed to <devrooms(a)fosdem.org> and
be as detailed as possible. In particular, coordinators should indicate
their affinity with the topic being proposed and provide a rough idea of
the content they plan to schedule.
Key dates:
15 September
- deadline for developer room proposals
1 October
- deadline for main track proposals
- accepted developer rooms announced
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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information
