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Containers devroom CFP for FOSDEM 2024
by Stéphane Graber 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hello, The containers devroom organizers are looking forward to another edition of the containers devroom at FOSDEM. Our CFP is now live here: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/fosdem-2024-containers-devroom-call-f… We're looking for talks on anything container related, whether it's kernel work, runtime features, management tooling or applications running on top of containers. Talk lengths can range from a 10min demo/lightning talk all the way to a full 30min session. See you in Brussels! Stéphane

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Call for participation: Network Devroom at FOSDEM 2024
by Luca Deri 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation for the FOSDEM 2024 (On-campus) Network Devroom The FOSDEM Network devroom hosts a diversity of talks covering open source networking projects and technologies. The scope of the Network devroom is broad and targets those software developers engaged in network design, monitoring, management and software development with open source tools. We typically host a variety of talks on networking topics including: - Network monitoring (inventory, discovery and telemetry) - Network management (enterprise, carrier-grade, cloud, IoT) - Networking protocols (the full alphabet soup) - Cybersecurity (IPS, IDS, Deep-Packet Inspection) - Development tools (libraries, SDKs, plugins) - Network stacks Suggested Topics ================ If it moves network packets, monitors, or interacts with, or supervises entities that move network packets, it is likely a topic the devroom is interested in. A very /non-exhaustive/ list of the projects and topics we would love to see on the schedule are: Monitoring CheckMK, collectd, Icinga2, Naemon, ntopng Frameworks DPDK, eBPF, FD.io, PF_RING, XDP Switching FastClick, Open vSwitch, Snabb Stacks BSD, F-Stack, Linux Container CNI, Cilium, Docker, Falco, Kubernetes Routing BIRD, FRRouting, Go-BGP Security nDPI, OPNsense, Snort, Suricata, Wazuh, Zeek Scanning nmap, OpenVAS, zmap Peer-to-peer DHTs, Gossip, hole punching Tooling Moongen, Scapy, TRex, VSPerf, Warp17 Telcos free5GC, Kamailio, Magma Core, Nephio, Osmocom 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 for lesser-known projects. Important Dates =============== Submission deadline: 8th December 2023 Acceptance notifications: 10th December 2023 Final schedule announcement: 15th December 2023 Devroom: 3rd February 2024 Proposals ========= To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp). Note that Pentabarf is longer available. Please select the "Network" as the *track* and ensure you include all the requested information when submitting a proposal including: - name - short bio - contact info - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) - abstract (what you're gonna talk about) - duration Code of Conduct =============== We'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times. If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to confirm that you accept the FOSDEM CoC. If you have any questions about the CoC or wish to have one of the devroom organisers review your presentation slides or any other content for CoC compliance, please email us and we will do our best to assist you. [FOSDEM Code of Conduct] https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/ Contact Us ========= You can send a mail to network-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org Alexander Biehl <ab(a)zatroa.net> Alfredo Cardigliano <cardigliano(a)ntop.org> Luca Deri <deri(a)ntop.org> "Charles Eckel (eckelcu)" <eckelcu(a)cisco.com> Alessandro Improta <aimprota(a)catchpoint.com> Samuele Pilleri <pillerisamuele(a)gmail.com> Luca Sani <lsani(a)catchpoint.com> Stephan Schmidt <stephan(a)lostboi.net>

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[CfP] FOSDEM Software Defined Storage devroom
by Jan Fajerski 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

FOSDEM is a free software event that offers open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is well known for being highly developer-oriented and in the past brought together 8000+ participants from all over the world. It's home is in the city of Brussels (Belgium). FOSDEM 2024 will take place as an in-person event during the weekend of February 3/4 2024. More details about the event can be found at http://fosdem.org/ ** Call For Participation The Software Defined Storage devroom will go into it's eighth round for talks around Open Source Software Defined Storage projects, management tools and real world deployments. Presentation topics could include but are not limited too: - Your work on a SDS project like Ceph, Gluster, OpenEBS, CORTX or Longhorn - Your work on or with SDS related projects like OpenStack SWIFT or Container Storage Interface - Management tools for SDS deployments - Monitoring tools for SDS clusters ** Important dates: - Dec 10th 2023: submission deadline for talk proposals - Dec 15th 2023: announcement of the final schedule - Feb 3rd 2024: (tentative) Software Defined Storage dev room Talk proposals will be reviewed by a steering committee: - Niels de Vos (IBM) - Jan Fajerski (Red Hat) - TBD We also welcome additional volunteers to help with making this devroom a success. Please submit talks at https://fosdem.org/submit. - Important! Select the "Software Defined Storage devroom" track. Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement. If you have any further questions, please write to the mailing list at storage-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org and we will try to answer as soon as possible. Thanks!

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[CfP] Identity and Access Management deveroom at FOSDEM 2024
by Alexander Bokovoy 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hi! This is a call for proposals for the Identity and Access Management Devroom: https://iam-devroom.github.io/fosdem-2024/ # Identity and Access Management Devroom @ FOSDEM'2024 [FOSDEM 2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/) will have a [identity and access management devroom](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/identity_and_access_managem…. The IAM devroom is planned to be run at **Sunday, February 4th, 2024** in Brussels, Belgium at [ULB](http://www.ulb.ac.be/). ## Our topics this year This is the Identity and Access Management Devroom and we invite you to submit a talk that is relevant to operating systems' identity and access management in the free software and open source world. We don't exclude any relevant submission, for ideas and suggestions please check the previous edition of IAM devroom at [FOSDEM 2018](https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/identity_and_access_ma… Suggested topics: - Security: algorithms and protocols for IAM/IdM; passwords and password alternatives - Federated and social identity; leveraging external identities in applications - Audit, compliance, monitoring - User experience, desktop integration - Free software IAM/IdM offerings - IAM/IdM deployment reports and more. Don't be shy and show how your project helps to improve our lives. ## Submissions Submissions require a small abstract and a short speaker description and must be submitted [via the Pretalx system](https://fosdem.org/submit) no later than **1st of December 2023**. Suggested duration for a timeslot to apply for is **25 minutes** (20 min presentation + 5 mins questions). The schedule shall be finalized by **15 December 2023**. Note that this is a new submission system and accounts from pentabarf were not migrated: Presenters will have to create a new account. Instructions: * Go to [https://fosdem.org/submit](https://fosdem.org/submit) * Register a new account * Create a new event with your title and abstract and some information about you * Be sure to set the event track to "Identity and Access Management devroom" * Subscribe to the [iam-devroom@lists.fosdem.org](https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/iam-devroom) mailing list for announcements ### Organizers * You! - any help with organizing is highly appreciated! * Alexander Bokovoy (ab(a)samba.org) * Iker Pedrosa (ipedrosa(a)redhat.com) -- / Alexander Bokovoy

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[CfP] Open Hardware and CAD/CAM devroom at FOSDEM 2024
by Seth Hillbrand 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

We are pleased to announce the CfP for the Open Hardware and CAD/CAM devroom at FOSDEM 2024, 3-4 February 2024, Brussels, Belgium. The devroom will take place on Sunday, 4 February 2020, at [ULB (Campus Solbosch)] (https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1632534522) We hope you'll join us for a full day of talks, demos and interesting discussions on designing, modeling and testing hardware using Open Source tools. We welcome any talk proposals about the design and creation of physical objects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Circuit Design * Printed circuit board design tools * Circuit simulation - 3d modeling and analysis * Solid modeling tools * Meshing, modeling and transforming physical representations * Finite element analysis - 3d printing * 3d slicing tools * Motor control - Machine design and integration * Open Hardware projects * ECAD/MCAD integration * Thermal analysis * Wire modeling - Physical Model Data storage * Data representation and optimization * Version control in hardware data storage * Collaborative and team-based hardware design techniques Slots will be allocated for short (20 minutes) and long (40 minutes) talks. Speakers need to specify their preferred format. Both include time for questions and answers. Depending on the number of submissions, submitters may be asked to utilize an alternate time format. Important Dates Submission Deadline: 8 Dec 2023 Acceptance Confirmation: 10 Dec 2023 Schedule announcement: 15 Dec 2023 The submission process ---------------------- Please submit your proposal at https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp before 8 Dec 2023. Please note that we are no longer using the Pentabarf system. Allow a little extra time in your submission process to account for any hiccups along the way! Please include the following information with your submission: - Abstract - Preferred Session length - Speaker bio - Link to any hardware / code /slides for the talk When you submit your proposal, make sure you choose "Open Hardware CAD/CAM" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal may go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Keep in mind that much of the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please allot at least 20% of the talk time for questions and answers. Recordings ---------- The talks will be recorded and live-streamed during FOSDEM20. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Only presentations will be recorded, not informal discussions and whatever happens during breaks between presentations. We require affirmative consent to this license. Please include the following statement in your submission notes: --- 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> --- More information ------------ Subscribe to the [Open Hardware mailing list]( https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/open-hardware-devroom) to submit ideas, ask questions and generally discuss the event. Alternatively, for quicker feedback, this year, we are hosting a Signal app group that you can join at https://signal.group/#CjQKIBJxaUb2g4cT98RxIl5epPWH_YYJjfQ4uy_KxL3bVh-4EhDBB…

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[CfP] Call for participation: Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI at FOSDEM 2024
by Andrey Miroshnikov 09 Nov '23

09 Nov '23

Hi All, We would like to announce that the call for participation is now open! # Call for Participation This email is a Call For Participation in the **Libre-SOC, FPGA and VLSI Devroom** at FOSDEM 2024. Devroom date: 3rd February in Brussels, Belgium CFP deadline: **Friday, 1st December 2023 00:00 (CET, UTC+1).** Final speaker confirmation on Friday, 15th December. *(We will aim to get a complete list of speakers a week before that).* ## CFP Introduction This devroom covers topics mostly related to hardware design (FPGA and VLSI/ASIC). Libre-SOC is a major project in the open-hardware/free-software space, and will be sharing progress made so far in areas of efficient SVP64 assembler, formal verification, and general PowerISA development (proposed advanced biginteger instructions, etc.) Libre/Open VLSI, very excitingly, has begun to take off, recently. NLnet sponsors several VLSI-related projects (Cell Libraries, HDL, VLSI tools), Efabless and Skywater bring 90nm, 130nm, 180nm MPWs to the masses. Please distribute widely to interested parties: anything related to VLSI and Open Tape-outs is welcome. We are looking for any libre or open source topic relating to hardware design, including but not limited to: - Chip Design - VLSI and FPGA Hardware Design - Libre/Open Processors in FPGA and/or ASIC - ISA design and usage We accept the normal 30 min slot, which gives the speaker about 20-25 min, and 5 min for Q&A. ### 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: This devroom welcomes anything related to making an ASIC, or designing one, or using FPGAs, or developing an FPGA Board, or developing tools and techniques that make VLSI ASIC design easier, we'd love to hear from you. Here's a list of topics: - Open Hardware projects - ISA and Architecture design * Simplified Vector extensions - VLSI ASIC Design and Manufacture * Libre/Open DIY Foundries (nanoscale 3D printing) * Libre/Open VLSI tools and toolflow * Libre/Open VLSI Cell Libraries * VLSI Simulation and Verification - VLSI Tools in use or in development * Silicon-proven (QFlow, coriolis2, OpenLANE) * Under development (LibreEDA, other) * Advances in Algorithmics in Place and Route and Layout - FPGAs * Libre/Open FPGA designs * FPGA toolchains and Reverse-Engineering * FPGA workflow - VLSI RTL and HDL * Advanced and innovative alternative HDL tools * Formal Correctness Proofs * Testing methodologies * Hardware Trust (and how to break it) - Software Engineering as applied to Hardware * Continuous Integration for VLSI * Automated tool development (RTL to GDS-II) * Automated testing ### Topic overlap There is quite a lot of overlap this year with: * [Open Hardware and CAD/CAM](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-hardware-and-cadcam/), * [Embedded, Mobile and Automotive](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/embedded-mobile-and-auto…, * [Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/open-source-firmware-bmc…, It is entirely up to you as a speaker which devroom you choose: one of the reasons for this devroom is to show the recent developments within Libre-SOC (and similar PowerISA based SoCs), however we are happy for others with relevant projects/developments to join in. 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 right 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 (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) - abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown) - duration 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: - License (any license approved by OSI is acceptable). See the OSI approved list here: <https://opensource.org/licenses/> - Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only) - Additional information about the speaker (optional). - Resources to be used during the talk 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/> ### Important Dates - **December 1st: submission deadline** - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? - Yes. The new submission system is stricter, and thus the, 1st of December is the final date. - ASAP: announcement selected talks (15th Dec or earlier) - February 3rd: FOSDEM! (with live Q&A during recorded talks) ### Contact us - [Andrey Miroshnikov](mailto:andrey at technepisteme.xyz) - "octavius" on #fosdem and #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC - [Sadoon Albader](mailto:sadoon <sadoon(a)albader.co>) - "sadoon[m]1" on #libre-soc Libera.Chat IRC - [Luke Leighton](mailto:lkcl at lkcl.net) - "lkcl" or "mwfc" on #fosdem Libera.Chat IRC ### Libre-SOC Information - [Libre-SOC homepage](https://libre-soc.org) - [Copy of this CfP](https://libre-soc.org/conferences/fosdem2024/fosdem2024_cfp/) Thanks, Andrey

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Community devroom CFP
by laura.czajkowski＠gmail.com 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

FOSDEM 2024 In Person – Community DevRoom Call for Participation! Key dates / New updates - Conference dates 4-5 February, 2023 In person - Community DevRoom date: TBC - Submission deadline: Friday 1st December - Announcement of selected talks: Thursday 15th December - You must be available in person to present your talk - Talk submissions should be 30 mins and this should include Q&A time. IN MORE DETAIL The Community DevRoom will be back at FOSDEM 2024. Our goals in running this DevRoom are to: - Educate those who are primarily software developers on community-oriented topics that are vital in the process of software development, e.g. effective collaboration - Provide concrete advice on dealing with squishy human problems - FOSS Projects are made up of people and, in turn, these people form a community of practice, or purpose. - This devroom will provide concrete, useful advice on how to best enable volunteer contributors, community leaders, and folks just starting their journeys with open source to be successful, with the intended outcome that more free and open source software gets written and used. TALK TOPICS Here are some topics we are interested in hearing more about this year: - Establishing good community governance practices to ensure an equal playing field for all contributors - Deep diving into the rise of open source practices and OSPO creation in academia and government - Mapping the landscape for sustaining open source communities when many large corporations have discontinued their investments in open source over the past year - Exploring the impact of licensing changes on the open source ecosystem, community, and businesses - Applying the transferable skills we have learned as open source community participants to other areas, e.g. what should I explore doing next if working in the open source space is no longer a viable option for me due to ongoing layoffs - Creating local-first communities and authentic and sustainable connections with contributors who are not able to attend in person - Sustainability in FOSS from a community perspective, e.g. keeping contributors motivated and able to pay their bills and addressing maintainer burnout - Self-care in our communities, for both community members and community leaders, e.g. how are we all dealing with burnout and the ongoing impact of the pandemic - Community Management best practices Amongst many others….Again, these are just suggestions. We welcome proposals on any aspect of community building! HOW TO SUBMIT A TALK - Head to the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx <https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp> 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 Community from the drop down list - Abstract - Description - Add any other details as needed to the Submission notes. - New Feature ( optional) : Session Image Use this if you want an illustration to go with your proposal. Please do not upload files larger than 10.0MB! - 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 <https://opensource.org/licenses/> 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 If you need to get in touch with the organisers or program committee of the Community DevRoom, email us at community-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org Shirley Bailes <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirleybailes?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_mini…>, Laura Czajkowski <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauraczajkowski/>and Leslie Hawthorn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliehawthorn?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_min…>,- Community DevRoom Co-Organizers Thanks Laura

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[CfP] Software-Defined Radio and Amateur Radio Devroom 2024
by Marcus Müller 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

Dear Friends of Free and Open Source Radio! FOSDEM 2024, the Free and Open Source Developer’s Meeting taking place in Brussels, Belgium, 3. & 4. February 2024, will once again feature a track on FOSS-powered Radio; this year, there will be a combined Amateur Radio and SDR Devroom: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/radio/ In case you're wondering what Amateur Radio and Software-Defined Radio are, we have a small introduction below. See the "Recommended Topics" section! We invite developers and users of Free Software from these fields and to contribute to this event by presenting their projects, ideas and their work. Please read our Call for Presentations below: See you in Brussels! Bastien, Marc and Marcus Submit Your Presentations! ===================== To suggest a talk, go to https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp "Submit a proposal" and fill in the fields; make sure it's in the Software Defined Radio and Amateur Radio track! Content and Shape of Presentations ---------------------------------- Please aim for your talk to be 20 to 25 minutes long, which leaves enough time for questions & answers within a 30 minute slot. Should you definitely need more time, we can combine time slots; but please reach out to us before submitting your overlength talk proposal! The final schedule will be available through Pretalx and the official FOSDEM website. Notice that the reference time will be Brussels local time (CET). In the Software Defined Radio and Amateur Radio devroom, we aren’t constrained to holding slideshow presentation – bring your demo, your prototype! However, since this is a software community conference, please refrain from offering marketing-style presentations. Give the radio experts something to chew on! We like the nitty-gritty technical details. Travel Aid ---------- If you are a young person, and cannot afford to travel to Brussels and stay there, please do contact us as early as possible with an itemized estimate of your financial needs, and remark that you've done so in your proposal's "Submission Notes". The International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 has generously offered to assist financially for up to two contributors. Recommended Topics ------------------ Topics discussed in the devroom include, but are not limited to: - SDR frameworks and the tools that make them useful - New SDR-based developments in ham radio modes - Cellular/telecom software - Amateur radio operator software tooling - Free / Open radio hardware - Wireless security research - Entertaining wireless hacks - SDR & ham radio in mass and higher education - Satellite, spacecraft and interplanetary communication Software-Defined Radio is the technology of enabling radio signals to be processed and generated algorithmically, typically within general purpose processors, but also within FPGAs and GPUs; Free and Open Source (FOSS) Software Radio allows these algorithms to be inspectable and improvable. With the advent of ubiquitous IoT, sky-filling satellite megaconstellations and 5G/6G as standards designed with commercial Software Radios in mind, wireless is an exploding field of interest in the FOSS realm. Ham Radio, also known as amateur radio, is more than just a hobby orbiting the usage of radio communication – it's a passion that merges the realms of electronics, human interaction, and communication. At its core, ham radio is about establishing connections: with people, with technology, and with the world at large. It is a free and open community effort at heart! Important Dates =============== - Submission Deadline: 1. December 2023 - Announcement of selected talks: 15. December 2023 - Conference: 3. & 4. February 2024 Organizer's Contacts ==================== - Software-Defined Radio & Amateur Radio Matrix Space: https://matrix.to/#/#fosdem2024:c1.uba.be - Devroom Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#sdr-and-ham-radio-fosdem24:gnuradio.org - Amateur Radio Program Committee: Bastien Cabay, ON4BCY <on4bcy(a)uba.be>, Marc Balmer, HB9SSB <marc(a)msys.ch> - Software-Defined Radio Program Committee: Marcus Müller <mmueller(a)gnuradio.org> You can also find this announcement on https://gnuradio.org/news/2023-11-08-FOSDEM24-CfP should you want to share it.

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[CFP] Emulator Development Room
by Mahmoud Abdelghany 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

for updates check: https://fosdem-emudev-room.github.io/fosdem24-emulator-devroom-cfp/ # FOSDEM 24 - Emulator Development Room CFP The Call for papers for the FOSDEM emulator development room is hereby open! Once again, the upcoming FOSDEM 24 will take place at the [Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/transportation/). ### What is FOSDEM? ~~Stolen~~/Borrowed from the website: _**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._ #### 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/) - [Emulator devroom schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/emulator_development/) ### Desirable topics Really **anything** goes, but here are some ideas (for inspiration): - Console emulator development - Computer emulator development - Hardware on hardware emulation - OS emulation development - Virtual Machine development - Emulation history - ... #### Topic overlap Some topics might be suitable or overlap with other rooms (such as the [Retro](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/retrocomputing/) & [Virtualization](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/virtualization-and-c… rooms). In such cases we might contact the speaker and point that out, but ultimately it is up to the speaker where the talk should land. #### Desirable speakers We honestly don't care. Experienced speakers are very welcome, but hobbyists and/or first time speakers are equally welcome. As long as you have passion and/or knowledge you care to share. ### How to submit your proposal Pentabarf is longer available, instead you can submit talks through [pretalx](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024). ### What should be in your submission - name - short bio - contact info - title (funny titles are ~~required~~/appreciated) - abstract (what you're gonna talk about) - duration ### Important Dates - **December 1st: submission deadline** - FAQ - is the submission deadline final? - Technically speaking, you can submit talks as long as pretalx will allow it - However, talks submitted before the 16th get a higher precedence - ASAP: announcement selected talks - February 3rd: FOSDEM! ### 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/](https://volunteers.fosdem.org/) to sign up. ### [Contact us](mailto:emulator-devroom-manager@fosdem.org) - [Mahmoud Abdelghany](https://twitter.com/blackbeard0x14e) - [Christophe Creeten](mailto:christophecreeten@hotmail.com)- [Niels Renard](https://twitter.com/nielsrenard) Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/) secure email.

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Call for participation: Virtualization and Cloud infrastructure Room at FOSDEM 2024
by Piotr Kliczewski 08 Nov '23

08 Nov '23

We are excited to announce that the call for proposals is now open for the Virtualization and Cloud infrastructure devroom at the upcoming FOSDEM 2024, to be hosted on February 3rd 2024. This devroom is a collaborative effort, and is organized by dedicated folks from projects such as OpenStack, Xen Project, KubeVirt, QEMU, KVM, and Foreman. We would like to invite all those who are involved in these fields to submit your proposals by December 8th, 2023. About the Devroom The Virtualization & IaaS devroom will feature session topics such as open source hypervisors or virtual machine managers such as Xen Project, KVM, bhyve and VirtualBox as well as Infrastructure-as-a-Service projects such as KubeVirt, Apache CloudStack, OpenStack, QEMU and OpenNebula. This devroom will host presentations that focus on topics of shared interest, such as KVM; libvirt; shared storage; virtualized networking; cloud security; clustering and high availability; interfacing with multiple hypervisors; hyperconverged deployments; and scaling across hundreds or thousands of servers. Presentations in this devroom will be aimed at developers working on these platforms who are looking to collaborate and improve shared infrastructure or solve common problems. We seek topics that encourage dialog between projects and continued work post-FOSDEM. Important Dates Submission deadline: 8th December 2023 Acceptance notifications: 10th December 2023 Final schedule announcement: 15th December 2023 Devroom: 3rd February 2024 Submit Your Proposal All submissions must be made via the Pretalx event planning site[1]. It is a new submission system so you will need to create an account. If you submitted proposals for FOSDEM in previous years, you won’t be able to use your existing account. During submission please make sure to select Virtualization and Cloud infrastructure from the Track list. Please fill out all the required fields, and provide a meaningful abstract and description of your proposed session. Submission Guidelines We expect more proposals than we can possibly accept, so it is vitally important that you submit your proposal on or before the deadline. Late submissions are unlikely to be considered. All presentation slots are 30 minutes, with 20 minutes planned for presentations, and 10 minutes for Q&A. 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>." 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.) Code of Conduct Following the release of the updated code of conduct for FOSDEM, we'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times. If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to confirm that you accept the FOSDEM CoC. If you have any questions about the CoC or wish to have one of the devroom organizers review your presentation slides or any other content for CoC compliance, please email us and we will do our best to assist you. Questions? If you have any questions about this devroom, please send your questions to our devroom mailing list. You can also subscribe to the list to receive updates about important dates, session announcements, and to connect with other attendees. See you all at FOSDEM! [1] <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17> https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp [2] virtualization-devroom-manager at fosdem.org

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