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Deadline extentions for stands and lightning talks
by Tias Guns 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Hello Hackers, Due to some requests, we decided to extend the deadline for *stand applications* for FOSDEM 2013. Stands are places in the hallways that can be used to share information, demo software, sell merchandising, give away goodies and so forth. They allow projects to present themselves to the visitors in a more personal fashion. The new stand deadline is: 15 December 2012 We have also decided to extend our deadline for *lightingtalk proposals*. This puts the deadline closer to the deadline of the devrooms, and further from the deadline of the main tracks. Lightning talks are aimed at projects that do not fit in one of the devrooms listed below. During exactly 15 minutes, one person gets to present the project or any aspect of it. All the lightning talks happen in a large room that can host up to 300 people. The new lightingtalk deadline is: 21 December 2012 Kind regards, The FOSDEM organizers

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Announce Call for Participations Graph Processing DevRoom 2013
by Pere Urbón Bayes 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Hello, apologies if you get more than one copy of this announce. This is to announce the Graph Processing DevRoom, second edition, to be co-located with in the FOSDEM 2013. The meetup will take place next 2 of February 2013, from 10AM until 19PM, room in building AW, more information will be available when we’ll have the final schedule. If you know an interesting project who must give us a proposal, please forward it to anyone who can be interested. Since 4 years graph processing systems are gaining an emerging impact for processing complex semi-structured and interrelated data sets. Graph databases like Neo4j, Semantic Web and Linked Open Data approaches like the DBPedia project, and large-scale graph processing like Apache Hama encourage each one of us to think about our problems in graph like structures. Thanks to the high quality open source implementations and outstanding community support, this movement is currently winning a lot of momentum within different developer communities. Related projects and topics We encourage you to submit talks regarding the next topics: Graph Representations and Storage, Distributed Graph Processing, Graph Query Languages and user-friendly APIs, Semantic Graphs, Graph Mining, Visualization, Benchmarking, Application of graphs and industry experience, Experiences on GIS, multimedia databases, BMP… Contributions expected from: Neo4j, OrientDB, HyperGraphDB, Tinkerpop Blueprints, gremlin, ArangoDB, Apache Giraph, Apache Hama, Apache Mahout, … This list is not closed, related topics are welcome. Should be noticed we look for high quality, technical submissions, ranging for principles to practice. Submissions should be based on free software solutions. Important dates (all GMT+1): Submission deadline: 23-12-2012 Notification of accepted speakers: 28-12-2012 Publication of the final schedule: 4-01-2013 Meetup: 2 of February 2013, Brussels, Belgium. Co-located with in FOSDEM 2013. People interested in giving a presentation or demo should send their proposal to [https://graphdevroom.busyconf.com/proposals/new] with the following information Their name, nick and a short bio The title of the presentation A short abstract describing the session The desired duration time ... in case of problems, please contact the room team at: graph-devroom(a)graph-database.org News Follow @GraphDevRoom on twitter to be updated with the latest news of the event. Wanna check how as the room last year, check http://www.youtube.com/graphprocessing or our cool website: http://fosdem.graph-database.org - The DevRoom team

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FOSDEM 2013 Telephony/Communications Devroom Call for Presenters
by Matthew Jordan 25 Nov '12

25 Nov '12

Greetings, This is a call for presenters for the telephony and communications devroom at FOSDEM 2013 - http://www.fosdem.org/. We will be holding a day full of presentations on development topics in the area of open source telephony and communications on Sunday, February 3rd. The schedule allows for presentations from 9:00 to 15:00. Following the development topic presentations, a panel discussing the challenges of federated and distributed free Real-time Communications (RTC) and its significance to the Free and Open Source Software community will be held, hosted by Daniel Pocock and Peter Saint-Andre. Please submit all proposals no later than 2013-01-04. Notification of accepted speakers will be provided by 2013-01-07. We will then work to have a schedule finalized by 2013-01-11. Please include the following with your submission: 1. Title of your presentation. 2. The duration of your talk (between 20 and 60 minutes). Please indicate the minimum and maximum size slot that you are comfortable with. 3. The speaker(s) presenting. 4. A brief description of the content of the presentation. This year, proposals will be reviewed and approved by a panel. That panel consists of: * Daniel Pocock <daniel at pocock.com.au> * Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at stpeter.im> * Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com> If you would like to contact the devroom organizer directly, please contact Matt Jordan <mjordan at digium.com>. The room we will be using will have a projector, wifi, and 150 seats. In addition to the Telephony DevRoom, this year we will be hosting a Real Time Communication Integration Test effort. Projects that are incorporating any RTC or VoIP capabilities are invited to participate in the integration test efforts. This will be similar to SIPit, but smaller, for open source projects, and independent of protocol. More information regarding the RTC integration testing will be made available on the telephony-devroom mailing list. Feel free to forward this along to any people or mailing lists that you think would be interested in this event. Thank you! -- Matthew Jordan Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA Check us out at: http://digium.com & http://asterisk.org

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Call for Participation: Testing and Automation dev room
by R. Tyler Croy 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Welcome to the Testing and Automation FOSDEM 2013 Call For Participation! We will be hosting a developer room all day Saturday, February 2nd 2013 at FOSDEM. This is the first year for the Testing/Automation dev room at FOSDEM. This room is about creating better software through a focus on testing and automation at all layers of the stack. From creating libraries and end-user applications all the way up to a packaging, distribution and deployment. Testing and automation is not isolated to a single toolchain, language or platform, there is much to learn and share regardless of background! Please submit one (or more) 30-40 minute talk proposal(s) OR one (or more) 10 minute lightning talk proposal(s) by 23:59 UTC on December 21st 2012. We will notify all those submitting proposals about their acceptance by the January 6th 2013. Submission form: <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9LM2lOY1J5VzFiZTZXWU…> "Official" (full) CFP: <https://gist.github.com/4107243> The devroom selection group is comprised of members of the Jenkins, Cucumber, RSpec, and Selenium projects. We look forward to seeing a great mix of presentations addressing the topic of testing and automation! If you are interested in participating with the organizing of the devroom, please join our mailing list here: <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/testautomation-devroom> Feel free to forward this call for abstracts and papers to any relevant mailing lists, people and sites. We're looking forward to seeing lots of passionate developers and users discussing the problems and more importantly the solutions facing many in the developer community. February 2nd also marks the 2 year anniversay of the creation of the Jenkins project, so be sure to join us at the end of the day (Feb 2nd) for a birthday toast! Cheers! - R. Tyler Croy -------------------------------------- Code: https://github.com/rtyler Chatter: https://twitter.com/agentdero

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Call for Presentations: BSD developer's room at FOSDEM 2013
by Benny Siegert 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Hello all, FOSDEM 2013 will take place on February 2-3, 2013, in Brussels, Belgium. Just like in the last years, there will be both a BSD booth and a developer's room (on Sunday). The topics of the devroom include all BSD operating systems. Every talk is welcome, from internal hacker discussion to real-world examples and presentations about new and shiny features. The talks will be 45 minutes including discussion. Feel free to ask if you want to have a longer or shorter slot. If you want to do a talk, please submit your proposal to bsiegert(a)google.com and include the following information: * Your name * The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~400 from other projects) * A short abstract of one to two paragraphs * A short biography introducing yourself * Links to related websites/blogs etc. The deadline for submissions is December 17, 2012. The talk committee, consisting of Daniel Seuffert, Marius Nünnerich and Benny Siegert, will consider the proposals. If yours has been accepted, you will be informed by e-mail within one week of the submission deadline. Best regards, Benny

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Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013, 2-3 February 2013, Brussels
by Andrea Pescetti 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

Apache OpenOffice at FOSDEM 2013, 2-3 February 2013, Brussels Apache OpenOffice (formerly OpenOffice.org) is coming again to FOSDEM in Brussels, for the first time as an Apache Top-Level Project. Our community has a new structure, friendly and open, and new developers are especially welcome. We invite submissions of talks for the Apache OpenOffice devroom, to be held on Saturday, 2 February 2013, 9.00 to 17.30. If you have something interesting to say about Apache OpenOffice or the ODF format from a technical point of view (code, extensions, localization, QA, tools... but also less known functions or creative ways to use the program) please share it with us! It doesn't need to be long or serious. Funny contributions are welcome as well. Just make sure to specify an estimated length for your talk, as well as a proposed title, description and a few lines about yourself. The deadline is Sunday, 23 December 2012. Accepted talks will be published by 10 January 2013. Limited funding may be available for accepted speakers in need. Please add your talk proposals to the following page: http://s.apache.org/fosdem-2013-proposals You can send any questions to our development mailing list: dev(a)openoffice.apache.org

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Call for talks: Configuration/Systems Management DevRoom at FOSDEM 2013
by Dawn Foster 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

FOSDEM 2013 - https://fosdem.org/2013/ Configuration/Systems Management DevRoom - https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/config-mgmt-devroom Saturday, the 2nd of February 2013, 09:00 to 17:00, Brussels, Belgium Contact: config-mgmt-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org We will be holding a Configuration/Systems Management DevRoom at FOSDEM 2013 and are requesting abstracts for structured presentations now. Important information, dates: * Submission deadline for abstracts: 2012-12-15 * Notification of accepted speakers: 2012-12-25 * Final schedule: 2013-01-11 ** About this DevRoom ** DevOps has created a renaissance for managing technology. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, DevOps and the cloud. We're seeking people who are working in the field, interested in the field, or just interested in learning more about how to manage infrastructure better, cheaper and faster. We invite you to submit talks on these topics: * Configuration and Systems Management theory & principles * Configuration and Systems Management tools - with an emphasis on real world use cases * Techniques and case studies * Audit, Compliance and Security * Various DevOps topics, including collaboration and training tips. We're looking for talks on the cutting edge of systems tools and configuration management. This is your opportunity to show off and tell us what makes your environment shine! Some examples of things you might want to cover in your proposed talk: * how did you collaborate with your developers to integrate configuration mgmt * how did you make the case for config mgmt * how do you train people on config mgmt (pitfalls etc..) * what do developers think about config mgmt * where do you draw the line between system configs and application configs * a cost analysis for using configuration management - is it worth it :) * if you could wave a magic wand, what would you change in the current mgmt systems We have a selection committee made up of the following people who will review the CFPs and decide which sessions will be part of the Configuration/Systems Management DevRoom: * Eric Sorenson * Kris Buytaert * Brice Figureau * Patrick Debois * Alessandro Franceschi * We may add an additional person or 2 ** Your submission must include:** * Your name * The title of your talk * A short abstract of one to two paragraphs (150 words, max.) * A short biography * Links to related websites/blogs etc. Send the abstracts to: config-mgmt-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org Presentations are to be formal and not longer than 30 minutes, plus 15 extra for questions (45 in total). Panels with more than one speaker are something we're also seeking, a "My configuration management tools are the awesomest and I'll debate that!" is possible, as are shorter presentations of 20 minutes. We're also exploring some un-conference style presentations too. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 2012. If your proposal has been accepted, you will be informed by email by December 25, 2013. Please feel free to forward this call for abstracts and papers to relevant lists, people and sites. We're looking forward to seeing lots of interested folks, have lots of spirited presentations, debates, discussion and ... quite possibly drinking.

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Virtualization Devroom CFP @ FOSDEM 2013
by Lars Kurth 15 Nov '12

15 Nov '12

Greetings, The organizers of the Virtualization devroom at FOSDEM 2013 invite you to submit a session proposal. The purpose of this devroom is to serve as a meeting point for virtualization projects, including a unique opportunity for discussion and collaboration between developers from different projects. This devroom will focus on open source virtualization projects. All developers who want to present their ideas and software at Virtualization DevRoom 2013 are welcome, provided that: * Their project is related to virtualization * They join the devroom as developers. Developers working for companies, public/private agencies or universities speak for themselves and not for their employer. OSVC2012 is about how to develop more effectivevirtualization solutions (ideas and code, not marketing) * The code for their project must have been released under a free software or open source license (its license must meet the FSF definition of Free Software or the OSI definition of Open Source) Topics covered will include, but not limited to: * Machine virtualization (e.g. KVM, Xen, VirtualBox, ...) * Network virtualization (e.g. openvstack, Open vSwitch, vale, vde, ...) * Process level virtualization, flexible kernels (e.g. rump anykernel, view-os, ...) * Virt management (e.g. ganeti, libvirt, ovirt, XCP, ...) For more information see http://osvc.v2.cs.unibo.it If you would like some help refining your proposal, or would like to discuss what topics are most appropriate for this devroom, please use the virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo> mailing list. The virt devroom will last for one day: Saturday, February 2, 2013. Talks will last 25 minutes (including Q&A) and will start at every full half hour. To submit a CFP send your proposal to virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo> and include the information listed in the requested in CFP section of http://osvc.v2.cs.unibo.it to your proposal. The deadline for submissions is Friday, December 16, 2012. Thank you, -- Virt Devroom Organizers

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Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2013
by Stephan Eggermont 14 Nov '12

14 Nov '12

Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2013. http://www.fosdem.org " A devroom for the Pharo, Squeak, Amber, GST, Etoilé, Seaside, Moose Smalltalk projects & Newspeak as derived language. Smalltalk environments offer a very high development productivity, unmatched by their successors. Come do some pair programming with us and experience yourself the advantages of a real OO environment" The meetup will take place Sunday, February 3, 2013, from 9AM until 5PM, building AW. This room has 72 seats, a VGA video projector and wireless internet. More information will be available later. Proposals on content and format are welcome. People interested in running a session should announce that on the smalltalk-devroom mailing list, with the following information: - Their name - The project they are associated with - A short bio, to be put on the website along with their speaker name - (optionally) a picture of themselves - The title of their session (which will go on the website and in the booklet) - A abstract describing the session in further detail. - The desired length of the session. - The desired time slot in which they want to hold the session. Suggested values for the duration are 55min, 25min, 6m40 (Pecha Kucha). The desired time slot is meant to help you prevent conflicts with other dev rooms in which you might have a talk or your travel arrangements. There are alternative, non smalltalk-specific tracks available: lightning talk and the main track The deadline for submissions is December 31, 23:00 GMT+1. Discussion takes place on the smalltalk-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org mailing list. Please subscribe if you are interested: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/smalltalk-devroom The local VUB/ULB Smalltalkers have been asked to organize a sprint/BSUG meeting/Camp Smalltalk on Saturday February 2. Devroom related URLs: http://www.pharo-project.org http://www.squeak.org/ http://etoileos.com/ http://www.seaside.st/ http://smalltalk.gnu.org/ http://www.moosetechnology.org http://amber-lang.net http://newspeaklanguage.org/ http://www.esug.org

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Post Fosdem #monitoringlove hackfest
by Kris Buytaert 13 Nov '12

13 Nov '12

The age of #monitoringsucks is over, we're now transitioning into a #monitoringlove period. That however doesn't mean al the work is done, we still need t6o do a lot of work and a lot of people are working on a lot of stuff. Therefore like last year we are opening up our offices again right after Fosdem for a #monitoringlove hackfest That's right on february 4 and 5 a bunch of people interrested to fix the problem will be meeting , discussing and hacking stuff together in Antwerp. In short a #monitoringlove hackathon Inuits is opening up their offices for everybody who wants to join the effort Please let us (@KrisBuytaert) know if you want to join us in Antwerp. We'll provide caffeine, wireless, chairs and some snacks. Please register upfront at : http://monitoringlove2013.eventbrite.com/ Obviously if you can't make it to Antwerp you can join the effort on ##monitoringsucks on Freenode or on Twitter. The location will be Duboistraat 50 , Antwerp It is about 10 minutes walk from the Antwerp Central Trainstation Depending on Traffic Antwerp is about half an hour north of Brussels and there are hotels at walking distance from the venue. Plenty of parking space is available on the other side of the Park PS. Yes I`m trying to get another event of the ground the days before Fosdem but I`m still awaiting confirmation of the venue ..

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