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Call for Participation : Confidential computing devroom 2024
by Fritz Alder 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

The web version of this CFP is available at the following URL: https://falder.org/fosdem24-cfp --------------------------------------------------- Following the success of [the last years' editions](https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/confidential_compu…, we are for the 5th time organizing a devroom devoted to the emerging open source ecosystem around *hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)* which nowadays is also known under the term *confidential computing* (CC). Confidential computing leverages hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) in order to protect and secure data in-use. This devroom is devoted to this emerging free and open-source ecosystem around TEEs that allow to directly isolate and attest trusted "enclave" software components running on top of a potentially compromised operating system. Over the last years, all major processor vendors have developed some form of TEE support, e.g., Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX) and Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), ARM's TrustZone, Morello, and confidential computing Architecture (CCA), AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) and SEV-ES/SEV-SNP extensions, and IBM's Z and Protected Execution Facility (PEF). Hence, with today's mainstream consumer hardware being increasingly shipped with these advanced trusted computing technologies, this devroom wants to foster discussion on the much-needed free and open-source TEE ecosystem amongst industry players, academics, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and project maintainers. ## Desirable topics The devroom's topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Open-source confidential computing: * An introduction to the existing solutions and the use cases they cover, etc * Programming frameworks for TEEs: how to develop free and open-source software that can run inside enclaves (e.g., library OSs, SDKs, Linux kernel support, etc.). * Confidential computing deployment: Challenges and benefits. * Use cases and applications on top of TEEs such as applying confidential computing to the Cloud Native space. * Compiler and language support for emerging trusted hardware extensions. * Open-source enclave processor designs (e.g., RISC-V TEEs). * Attestation, also across different technologies * Existing technologies: * What do they have in common, how do they differ? * Which confidential computing use cases can they cover? * Upcoming technologies: * TEEs on accelerators (GPUs, NPUs, DPUs, etc) * Interaction between existing and upcoming technologies * Opportunities * Vision: future TEEs (what is missed, proposals, wishes, discussions). * TEE-specific attacks and defenses: reverse engineering, side-channels, vulnerabilities, exploits. ## This year's changes In 2024, we will fully resume to a physical-only devroom. ## Key dates * Submission deadline: 01 December 2023 * Announcement of selected talks: 12 December 2023 * FOSDEM dates 3 & 4 February 2024 * Confidential computing devroom date: February 4, 2024, 1pm-5pm ## Submit a talk proposal Submissions are required to proceed through the [new and updated FOSDEM 2024 system](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp). Your submission must include the following information: * Proposal title of your talk: please be descriptive, as the audience will have to choose to attend your talk out of a listing with ~500 talks from other projects at FOSDEM. * Select "Confidential computing devroom" as the track. * A longer description if you wish to do so. * A short abstract of one paragraph. * Submission notes to let us know of specifics to your talk. * Additional speakers if you want to add them. * FOSDEM requires you to fill in which open-source license you use and to provide links to your source code. *All talks at FOSDEM **must** be about free and open-source software, so please make it clear to the organizers by providing a public URL to the source code of the relevant project(s).In case the URL is not yet public, please indicate so and explicitly clarify your commitment to have the code available the latest at the time of the devroom.* * Information about yourself. * Please note that we do not allow remote speakers this year anymore. All speakers need to be at FOSDEM in-person. We target a block of **20-40 minutes** per talk (*including* Q&A) and we will inform you about the final length of your talks when confirming the proposals. If you wish to only give a short talk, you can let us know in the submission notes. We leave the option open to have several **10 minute** talks for rapid-fire ideas and discussion points. Let us know in the submission notes if you plan your submission to be more interactive so that we can plan in more time for discussion after your talk. ## Contact and organizers If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Fritz Alder (fritz.alder.work(a)gmail.com) or to any of the below co-organizers. * Organizers: Fritz Alder (fritz.alder.work(a)gmail.com) Fabiano Fidencio (fabiano.fidencio(a)intel.com) Jo Van Bulck (jo.vanbulck(a)cs.kuleuven.be) * Devroom URL on the FOSDEM website: <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/confidential-computing/>

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CfP for FOSDEM 2024, Debuggers and Analysis tools devroom
by Guinevere Larsen 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Hi All, We are excited to announce that the call for proposals is now open for the Debuggers and Analysis Tools developer room at the upcoming FOSDEM 2024, to be hosted on Saturday, February 3rd 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. This devroom is a collaborative effort and is organized by dedicated people from projects such as GDB, SystemTap, Valgrind, GNU Poke, Elfutils, binutils, Libabigail, and the like. Important Dates: 1st December 2023 Submission deadline 8th December 2023 Acceptance notifications 15th December 2023 Final Schedule announcement 3rd February 2024 Conference dates ## CFP Introduction This devroom is geared towards authors, users and enthusiasts of Free Software programs involved with debugging and analyzing ELF programs using all the binary information available (including DWARF data). The goal of the devroom is for developers to get in touch with each other and with users of their tools, have interesting and hopefully productive discussions, and finally what is most important: to have fun. The format of the expected presentations will cover a range that includes: * Talks oriented towards developers of these projects * Presentation / Introductory Workshops for users of these programs * Activities oriented towards collaboration & standardization between these programs All presentation slots are 25 minutes, with 15 minutes recommended for presentations, and 10 minutes for Q&A. This way we can have 8 slots and bio breaks, covering many topics! ### What is FOSDEM? **FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.** Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024. It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium, Europe.** If you aren't there, you can watch the live streams from the main tracks and developer rooms. ### Important stuff: - FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration. - [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/) - [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/) - [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/) ### Desirable topics: In this devroom, we're interested in any projects that directly reads binary files and analyses or manipulates them directly. Some projects and tools that fit the devroom are: - GDB - LLDB - Ghidra - Valgrind - Dyninst - GNU poke - Binutils - SystemTap - Elfutils - Libabigail - Radare2 And any other debugging or binary analysis tool or framework projects that might be of interest to Free Software enthusiasts. ### Topic overlap There are over 50 developer rooms this year, and multiple main tracks, so there may be overlap with some other events. If the topic would fit more than one devroom, you are free to choose which to submit to, but we encourage you to consider the focus of the talk, and see which devroom is best matched. Full list of devrooms [here](https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-08-devrooms-announced/). ### How to submit your proposal To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp). Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the "Debuggers and analysis tools" devroom in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it rather than another devroom's organisers) ### What should be in your submission - name - short bio - contact info - title - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown) Optional: - description (more detail description, supports markdown) - submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public) - session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk) - additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting) Afterwards, click "Continue". The second page will include fields for: - Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only) - Additional information about the speaker (optional). - Resources to be used during the talk All presentations will be recorded and made available under Creative Commons licenses. In the Submission notes field, please indicate that you agree that your presentation will be licensed under the CC-By-SA-4.0 or CC-By-4.0 license and that you agree to have your presentation recorded. For example: "If my presentation is accepted for FOSDEM, I hereby agree to license all recordings, slides, and other associated materials under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License. Sincerely, <NAME>." Once you've completed the required sections, submit and we'll get back to you soon! ### Things to be aware of * The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET) <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels> * There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over. Please make sure that you will be available on the day of the event. * If you're not able to attend the talk in-person, live stream links will be available on the FOSDEM schedule page: <https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/>. * FOSDEM Matrix channels are specific to each devroom, the general link is: </#/#fosdem:fosdem.org> * **Matrix bridge to the LibreSOC IRC channel**: <https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#libre-soc:matrix.org> * FOSDEM 2024 FAQ: <https://fosdem.org/2024/faq/> ### Contact If you have any question about this devroom, please send a message to debuggers-and-analysis-devroom-manager at fosdem dot org. Organizers of the devroom can also be reached on IRC at #dadevroom(a)irc.libera.chat -- Cheers, Guinevere Larsen She/Her/Hers

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Call for Participation: Erlang, Elixir, Gleam & Friends Devroom 2024
by Arnaldo Cesco 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

# Call for Participation The Erlang, Elixir, Gleam and Friends Devroom will take place in person at FOSDEM on **Saturday (morning), 3rd February 2024**. We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the BEAM community. ## Topics We welcome any talk proposals about BEAM-related projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Languages running on the BEAM (Erlang, Elixir, Gleam, et al.) - Introduction to the language - Recent features and roadmap - Interesting libraries - Frameworks - Open Source projects that run on the BEAM - Tooling - Scalability and reliability - Community initiatives ## Talk length For the talk length we will support different slots: - Long (40 minutes, including Q&A) - Short (20 minutes, including Q&A) - Lightning (5 minutes, no Q&A) Please specify your preferred slot length, but note that we could ask submitters to fit into a different slot for scheduling purposes. ## Submission details Please be aware of the fact that Devroom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available. Submissions must include: - Title (Event title in Pretalx) - Abstract These additional details must be included in the 'Submission notes' section: - Desired slot length (please specify if you're willing to accept a shorter slot if there's the need) - Expected prior knowledge / intended audience - Speaker bio - Links to previous talks by the speaker (optional) - Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) Note that this year the submission system changed from Pentabarf to Pretalx and accounts were not migrated: you will have to create a new Pretalx account. Submit your proposal here: https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp When logged in, click on the ‘Submit a Proposal’ button to create your talk proposal. Before submitting your talk in Pretalx, please make sure that Erlang, Elixir, Gleam & Friends Devroom is selected as the Track, and also that the duration is the correct one. If you have issues with Pretalx any other questions do not despair! Reach us at erlang-devroom-manager at fosdem.org. ## Important dates - Call for participation opens: **10 November 2023** - Call for participation closes: **11 December 2023** - Devroom schedule available: **15 December 2023** - Devroom day: **Saturday, 3 February 2024 (9:00-12:50)** See you in Brussels! -- Erlang, Elixir, Gleam and Friends devroom managers: - Arnaldo Cesco - Davide Bettio

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Python Devroom Call for Participation
by Eric Gazoni 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

[Call for Participation] We are happy to announce that we will be running a Python devroom again at FOSDEM 2024. This year's edition will be exclusively in-person, and take place on the 3rd and 4th of February, with the Python devroom being available on Sunday 4th. If you have not heard about FOSDEM before or are looking for more information, you can visit the official website at [www.fosdem.org]( http://www.fosdem.org/) As per usual, we are looking for multiple Pythonistas to help us shape the devroom schedule. We are now open to receiving your proposals! With over 8000 participants, FOSDEM is the perfect place to share your story and meet fellow Python enthusiasts. Good luck to everyone applying. We’re looking forward to meeting you all at FOSDEM 2024! [About FOSDEM] - Official website: [https://fosdem.org/2024/](https://fosdem.org/2024/) - FOSDEM Code of Conduct: [ https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/](https://fosdem.org/2024/practic… FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to: - get in touch with other developers and projects; - be informed about the latest developments in the free software world; - be informed about the latest developments in the open source world; - attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers; - to promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions. Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organizers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. [Essential Information] - The devroom will be held on 4th of February 2024 - Submission deadline: 1st of December 2024 - Announcement of selected talks: 15th of December 2024 - There will be no extension of the deadline - The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET). - Talk format: 25min of presentation, please do not plan for Q&A (we will do the padding once the schedule is completed) [Speaker Guidelines] - Submission link: [https://fosdem.org/submit](https://fosdem.org/submit) - Pretalx is a new system, if you already had a pentabarf account you will not be able to re-use it and will need to create a Pretalx account - In the Submission notes field, please also confirm that if your talk is accepted, you will be able to attend FOSDEM and deliver your presentation. We will not consider proposals from prospective speakers who are unsure whether they will be able to secure funds for travel and lodging to attend FOSDEM. (Sadly, we are not able to offer travel funding for prospective speakers.) - You will need to select the "Python Devroom" track - Keep in mind presentations must be related to Python. All presentations will be recorded under the FOSDEM content licence. Captured footage will later be shared online using the FOSDEM archives. By submitting you also agree to these terms. [List of desirable topics] We'd like to have a devroom as diverse as possible, so we are looking to offer a mixture of presentations, tutorials, demos, live coding, etc. Aside from the usual talks about free and open source, we will also gladly welcome talks about: - How to get started with library/framework X - Best practices for new Python developers - Return on experience with library/framework X - Local Python communities & diversity - How Python is being used for education - Hardware / Infrastructure - Security tools in Python and securing Python - Data science, AI, Machine Learning - Video Games (or game-related tooling) written in Python - MicroPython, CircuitPython, embedded software [Volunteers] We will also call for volunteers to help us run the event and help us with the online devroom operation. You can get in touch with the organizers on the Python-Belgium mailing list ([ https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/belgium](https://mail.python.org/m…) [Organizers] You can reach out directly to the organizers if you have a specific request or question: - Eric Gazoni ([eric@adimian.com](mailto:eric@adimian.com)) - Marc-Andre Lemburg ([mal@egenix.com](mailto:mal@egenix.com)) [Useful Links] - [https://fosdem.org/2024/](https://fosdem.org/2024/) - [https://www.python.org/psf/](https://www.python.org/psf/)

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Call for Participation: Energy devroom @ FOSDEM 2024
by Kai Hermann 10 Nov '23

10 Nov '23

Hello everyone, We are excited to announce that for the second time there will be an Energy devroom at FOSDEM. The dedicated Energy devroom will foster the broad collaboration that is needed to successfully transform global energy systems though open source. Representatives of open source project communities working in the energy space are encouraged to apply to present to the community at FOSDEM by sharing your project, experiences, and thought leadership. ## Call for participation Energy Devroom: “Reimagining the Energy Ecosystem through Open Source” We are seeking presentations related to energy systems and energy usage. Project overview presentations are welcome, however tangible applications and use-cases are preferred, as are stories and lessons for community building in the energy industry. We anticipate topics such as scheduling energy consumption, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, metering and measurement systems, microgrid controls, applications for going off-grid, and more. If you are unsure about what direction to take a topic, please reach out so we can assist you. Talks should be aimed at a technical audience, but should not assume that attendees are already familiar with your project or how it solves a given problem. Talk proposals may cover very specific solutions to a problem, or may be a higher level project overview, particularly for lesser known projects. Recordings of the 2023 Energy devroom sessions can be viewed at https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/energy/, which may be useful background when preparing your proposal. Please feel free to suggest a duration between 20 minutes and 55 minutes but note that the final decision on talk durations will be made by the devroom managers based on the number of received proposals. We may decide to schedule shorter slots so that more speakers can participate. ## Key dates * 1 December: CfP submission deadline * 15 December: Announcement of selected talks * 3 February: Energy devroom at FOSDEM, you must be available onsite to present your talk. All deadlines are at 00:00 UTC+1. ## Submission process Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit by the 1st of December 2023, 00:00 (Europe/Brussels UTC+1). If you already have an account from a previous year, you should reuse it so all recorded FOSDEM contributions are associated with your profile. When submitting your proposal, select 'Energy: Reimagining this Ecosystem through Open Source' from the track drop-down menu. Write the desired duration (between 20 minutes and 55 minutes) including question and answer into the proposal so we can take that into account when planning. We may decide to give shorter slots so that more speakers can participate. If you will not be present on the campus in Brussels for the entire event or wish to participate remotely, please also fill out the Availability tab (under Person) to indicate the hours during which your presentation can be scheduled taking into account your local time zone. If you run into issues with your submission, please reach out to us so we can assist you, or contact the program committee at program(a)fosdem.org. ## Requirements The conference language is English. All content must relate to Free and Open Source Software. By participating in the event you agree to the publication of your recordings, slides and other content provided under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By participating in FOSDEM you are required to adhere the Code of Conduct: https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/ ## Please consider volunteering Regardless if you submit a talk, please consider volunteering if you plan on attending the devroom. Every small contribution counts, even just half an hour, so if you want to help make our devroom a success, please let us know so we can stay in touch and plan. ## Devroom managers Current Devroom managers are Kai-Uwe Hermann, Anna-Lina Helsen, and Boris Dolley. You can use the dedicated email address to contact us: energy-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org Hope to see you at the Energy Devroom!

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Call for Participation: Rust Devroom @ FOSDEM 2024
by Ewan Higgs 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

All, We are excited to announce the call for participation for the Rust Devroom for FOSDEM 2024. The Devroom will be held on Saturday, 3 February, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline for talk proposals is December 1, 2023. FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. https://rust-fosdem.github.io/ Important Dates ============ Call for participation closes: 1 December 2023 Devroom schedule available: 15 December 2023 Devroom day: Saturday 3 February 2024 About the Devroom =============== Rust is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. It is rapidly growing in production usage and applicable in many use cases. This, along with being a purely community-driven language, makes it important to provide a venue for people to come together to discuss Rust, how to best use it, and how to further enhance the community. Suggested Topics ============== * Rust as a modern and evolving language * New features and language initiatives * Architecting large projects * Rust usage across FLOSS projects (Linux, Tor, VLC, Gnome, Firefox, etc.) * Projects written in Rust (show and tell) * Tooling * Build tools (cargo, clippy, rustfmt, rust-analyzer, etc.) * Packaging libraries and executables written in Rust * Profiling, FFI, etc. * Documentation and education initiatives * Community initiatives * How to contribute * RFC process * Promoting inclusiveness for minority or under-represented groups Proposals ======== We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the Rust community. Please be aware of the fact that Devroom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available. Submissions must include: * Abstract * Session type * Session length * Expected prior knowledge / intended audience * Speaker bio * Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) * Links to previous talks by the speaker https://fosdem.org/submit Note that there is a gorgeous new submission system this year (pretalx) and if you had an account on the previous submission system you may need to make a new account. Contact ====== The organizers of the Devroom can be reached by sending email to rust-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org Sounds interesting? Submit your talk proposal and we will hopefully see you in Brussels! On behalf of the organisers, -- Ewan Higgs

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Call for Participation: Nix and NixOS Devroom 2024
by Pierre Bourdon 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

The web version of this CFP is available at the following URL: https://discourse.nixos.org/t/call-for-speakers-fosdem-2024-nix-and-nixos/3… ------ For the second year in a row, Nix and NixOS will have a dedicated devroom at FOSDEM [1]! FOSDEM is one of the largest open-source software development conferences in Europe. It will take place next year on February 3rd and 4th in Brussels, Belgium - and attendance is as always free of charge. Our devroom will take place on Sunday morning (February 4th). On behalf of the devroom managers, we're looking forward to seeing many of you there! [1] https://fosdem.org/2024/ Call for Participation / Speakers ================================= We are looking for speakers who'd like to present about the free / open source software ecosystem surrounding Nix and NixOS. Do you have a cool use case for Nix or NixOS? Have you built some interesting FLOSS tool that you'd like the community to hear about? Please send us your submissions! Talks can either be lightning talks (5 mins) or full-featured talks (20 mins + 5 mins for Q&A). We welcome speakers of all backgrounds and all levels of experience with Nix and NixOS. If you have something interesting to show to the world, it does not matter whether you've been contributing to `nixpkgs` for years or whether you're a new Nix user. Speakers will need to be present in person at the event, remote presentations are unfortunately not possible this year. For reference, the devroom schedule from last year [2] is also available. [2] https://archive.fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/nix_and_nixos/ How to submit ============= The CFP is hosted by FOSDEM themselves. Head over to Pretalx [3], their CFP platform, and follow the instructions on the landing page. Most fields are optional, just make sure that you: - Set the “Track” to “Nix and NixOS” - Fill in the “Proposal Title” and “Abstract”. You can also put more detailed information and links in the “Description” field. - Indicate in the “Submission Notes” whether you are submitting a lightning talk or a full presentation. Should Pretalx fail you, feel free to send us a mail with the relevant information to nix-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org. [3] https://fosdem.org/submit Important dates =============== - Thursday 2023-12-07 23:59 CET: deadline for submitting talk proposals. - Friday 2023-12-15 (expected): accepted talks announced. - Saturday 2024-02-03: FOSDEM begins. - Sunday 2024-02-04 (morning): Nix and NixOS devroom scheduled. Contact us ========== Feel free to ask any questions in this thread, or to contact directly one of the devroom organizers: - delroth: https://github.com/delroth - JulienMalka: https://github.com/JulienMalka - raitobezarius: https://github.com/raitobezarius - thufschmitt: https://github.com/thufschmitt -- Pierre Bourdon <delroth(a)gmail.com> Software Engineer @ Zürich, Switzerland https://delroth.net/

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Call for Participation : Collaboration and Content Management Devroom 2024
by Clément Aubin 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hi everyone, I'm happy to share the call for participation for Collaboration and Content Management Devroom for FOSDEM 2024. The main goal of this devroom is to discuss and present new software, tools, techniques, and methods when it comes to building Open Source software for collaboration. Over the past years, with challenges on EU digital sovereignty following COVID, the ecosystem of Open Source collaborative tools has seen a significant growth. This has uncovered new areas of discussion and challenges that fit the scope of FOSDEM : * Protocols for interoperability between collaboration platforms * Empowering users with new ways to collaborate securely (zero knowledge collaboration, sovereignty) * Technical solutions to provide support for multiple collaboration platforms to work together This year, we are looking for contributions under the form of conferences, talks, or discussions covering one of the topics above, or any of the following : * New projects presentation * Self-hosted platforms * Secure collaboration * Collaborative applications * Connectors & Integrations * Knowledge management techniques * Protocols for collaboration * … 2024 will also be the 5th anniversary of the devroom. As for the previous years, we hope to provide an opportunity for everyone to meet and exchange about collaborative issues encountered while using Open Source solutions ; present some tools used for content management and discuss global solutions for incentivizing collaboration. Submission process ================ Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit before December 10th 2023. When submitting your proposal, make sure you choose the “Collaboration and Content Management” in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise, your proposal might go unnoticed. Don't hesitate to include an estimate of the time needed for your talk in the speaker notes. We will be looking at sessions between 25 minutes and 55 minutes tops. Depending on the proposals, we may contact you to adapt the time of the session in order to fit the devroom schedule. Once the schedule of the devroom is finalized, we will contact you in order to help you prepare your talk. Important dates ================ December 10th 2023: deadline for submission of proposals December 15th 2023 or before: announcement of final schedule February 3rd 2024: devroom day Recordings ================ As previous years, the talks and Q/A sessions will be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By agreeing to present at FOSDEM, you automatically give permission to be recorded. The organizers will agree to make exceptions but only for exceptional and well-reasoned cases. You can find the web version of this CfP at the following address : https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Events/FOSDEM%202024/Collaboratio… Cheers, Clément Aubin

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Public Code and Digital Public Goods devroom Call for Participation
by Jan Ainali 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hello everyone, We're happy to announce that the call for participation in the FOSDEM 2024 devroom for Public Code and Digital Public Goods has opened. It's a devroom dedicated to everyone developing public code - open source code that implements public policy, used for the public good, and by public organizations like governments, public administrations and state corporations. Digital public goods (DPGs) are open-source software, open standards, open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that help meet the Sustainable Development Goals. The devroom will take place on Saturday, 3 February 2024 in Brussels. We're looking for contributions that fit within the main theme of the devroom. Below are some questions to inspire your proposal: * have you tried to replicate or co-develop with another public organization? what did you learn along the way? * do you have any procurement or governance models (or hacks!) that helped you use, reuse or co-develop public code or a digital public good? * are you working on or using an amazing DPG or public code project with strong reuse potential that everyone should know about? If you have another idea for a talk that you think would fit, please don't hesitate to let us know! We hope that this will be an opportunity for everyone to meet and exchange ideas about public code and digital public goods around the world. We offer two types of talk slots: - 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A) - 5 minute lightning talks, perfect for presenting your project, but other lightning talk topics are also welcome! Please specify in the Submission notes field which type you're applying for. We welcome submissions from projects that have never been to FOSDEM before, as well as from 'old timers'. = Submission process = Please submit your proposals at [1] before 1 December 2023. - Head to the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx website. This has replaced Pentabarf! - Follow the instructions to create an account. - Once logged in, select “submit a CFP”. - Your submission must include the following information: - Proposal title - Track - Select Public Code and Digital Public Goods from the dropdown list - Abstract (will appear on the FOSDEM schedule) - Description (will appear on the FOSDEM schedule) - Submission notes - Write if you want to give a Lightning talk or Presentation here. Add any other details as needed. - Session Image (optional new feature): Use this if you want an illustration to go with your proposal. Please do not upload files larger than 10.0 MB! - Additional speaker - Click Continue or you can save and come back to it - About your proposal: Which open source license do you use? - FOSDEM is an open-source software conference, please specify which OSI approved license your proposal uses. - Extra review material, only shown to reviewers (not published when scheduled) - Extra Contact details (optional) - Click Continue or you can save and come back to it - Finally, tell us your name - Biography - Availability = Important dates = * 1 December 2023: deadline for submission of proposals * 15 December 2023 or before: announcement of final schedule * 3 February 2024: devroom day - You must be available in person to present your talk = Recordings = The talks are usually recorded on-site. Any recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By agreeing to present in the Public Code and Digital Public Goods devroom, you automatically give permission to be recorded. - Foundation for Public Code and Digital Public Goods Alliance, co-organizers of the devroom [1] https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp

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Call for Participation: RISC-V Devroom 2024
by Björn Töpel 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hello! We are pleased to announce the call for presentations for the FOSDEM 2024 RISC-V Devroom. The Devroom will be held on February 4, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline for talk proposals is December 1, 2023. FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. # FOSDEM 2024 RISC-V Devroom CFP FOSDEM 2024 (https://fosdem.org/2024/) will take place on February 3-4, 2024 in Brussels, Belgium. There will be a RISC-V developer’s room on Sunday February 4 (first half). Any topics related to RISC-V are welcome, but typically encompasses the RISC-V ISA, open source RISC-V hardware (e.g. cores, SoCs, accelerators), and open source RISC-V software (e.g. OS ports, emulators, toolchains). ## Presentation Details * The default duration for talks will be 45 minutes including discussion. Feel free to request a longer or shorter slot. * Presentations will be recorded and streamed. Sending your proposal implies giving permission to have your presentation recorded and distributed together with your slides under a Creative Commons CC-BY license. ## Submit a talk Head to the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx (https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp) website. This has replaced Pentabarf. * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~500 from other projects) * Select "RISC-V Devroom" as the track. * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * A short bio and contact information * Links to related websites / blogs etc. * Talk duration ## Important Dates * December 1, 2023: Submission deadline for talk proposals * December 15, 2023: Announcement of the final schedule * February 4 (first half), 2024: RISC-V Devroom # Volunteering FOSDEM needs you! Every year, the FOSDEM team is assisted by an enthusiastic team of volunteers to help out with various tasks and make the event a fun and safe place for all our visitors. There are some benefits to being a volunteer, but most importantly you help make FOSDEM possible! Visit https://volunteers.fosdem.org/ to sign up. Cheers, Björn Töpel (bjorn.topel(a)gmail.com)

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