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[CFP] Python devroom
by Eric Gazoni 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hello everyone, Thrilled to announce that we will be running the Python devroom again at FOSDEM 2020, hosted in Brussels, Belgium. This year’s edition will take place on the 1st and 2nd of February, with the Python devroom being available on Saturday. If you have not heard about FOSDEM before or are looking for more information, you can visit the official website at www. fosdem.org. As per usual, we are looking for multiple Pythonistas to help us shape the devroom schedule. We are now open for receiving your proposals! With over 8000 participants, FOSDEM is the perfect place to share your story and meet fellow Python enthusiasts. You can check the Python-FOSDEM website (https://www.python-fosdem.org) or the Belgium Python mailing list ( https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/belgium) to stay updated. Good luck to everyone applying. We’re looking forward to meeting you all at FOSDEM 2020! [ABOUT FOSDEM] Official website: https://fosdem.org/2020/ FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised 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 organisers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. [ESSENTIAL INFORMATION] The devroom will be held on 01/02/2020, running from 9AM to 5PM Submission link: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 Talk format: 20min of content + 5min of questions If you have submitted for previous FOSDEM editions, remember to use your already existing account on Pentabarf. Financial aid can be requested to FOSDEM organizers for presenters traveling from outside Europe. [SUBMITTION GUIDELINES] If you would like to give a talk, present a project or show off some coding skills, we are looking forward to receiving your application. Submission platform: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 Deadline: 24/11/2019 Announcement of selected talks: 08/12/2019 The sooner we can start planning a draft schedule the better, so please submit your application ASAP. Be sure to properly fill your Pentabarf profile (Person) with: - your name - a short speaker bio - your contact information (for the organizers) Then submit your talk (or event) - title and subtitle of the presentation - presentation description - other relevant details (other publications, video of previous talks, ...) Keep in mind presentations must be related to Python. Next to this, all presentations will be streamed live under the FOSDEM content licence and presented on the hallway screens in case the room is full. 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, discussions, 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 and securing Python - Data science [PENTABARF NOTES] If you ever find yourself in doubt: - "talks" are named "events" in Pentabarf - Track must be "Python devroom" - Duration must be "00:25:00" - Event type must be "Lecture" - Abstract is the text that goes in the FOSDEM booklet [SOCIAL EVENT] Every year, we have the tradition to crash somewhere to eat and drink while discussing Python things. Like last year we will try to book for the event well in advance, more details will follow on the mailing list and the website. [VOLUNTEERS] We will also call for volunteers to help us run the event and help us with the devroom operation. You can get in touch with the organizers on the Python-Belgium mailing list (https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/belgium) [ORGANIZERS] You can reach out directly to the organizers if you have a specific request or question: - Eric Gazoni: eric at adimian.com - Jens Roelant: jens at adimian.com [USEFUL LINKS] - https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/belgium - https://www.python-fosdem.org/ - https://fosdem.org/2020/ - http://python.be/ - https://www.python.org/psf/ - https://www.meetup.com/nl-NL/Belgium-Python-Meetup-aka-AperoPythonBe/

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CfP for Open Source Design Devroom
by Amit Nambiar 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hi, Please find the Cfp for the Open Source Devroom for FOSDEM 2020 below (between '---'). It's formatted with markdown. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. --- [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org) is the Free and Open source Software Developers’ European Meeting, a free and non-commercial two-day weekend event that offers all open source contributors a place to meet, share ideas, learn and collaborate. After 5 successful years we will host another design devroom at FOSDEM 2020! The Open Source Design devroom will take place on __Sunday, February 2nd__, at *Université Libre Brussels*. The exact room will be confirmed in the coming months. This will be a full day of talks about design work on free, libre and open source projects. We invite you to send in your submissions about design work on free, libre and open source projects. We mean ‘design’ in the broadest sense: user research, interface and interaction design, information architecture, visual design, typography, illustration, iconography, spatial, accessibility (and anything you can think of) – all in the context of open source projects, which we believe introduces unique challenges. Designers and developers working with designers (or on a design-minded project) are welcome to submit proposals. Possible topics include: - FOSS design tools - Unique challenges that open source brings - Design techniques and deliverables - Design/engineering collaboration approaches - User engagement and design research activities - Project case studies In the past we’ve had talks about getting designers involved in open source, accessibility in open source, application design and development, beyond logos, architectural font digitisation and design and lots more. If you’re interested in seeing all previous talks, have a look at the schedule, and videos for previous years (links below). Recording and licensing of talks The talks in the Open Source Design devroom will be audio and video recorded, and possibly streamed live too. By submitting a proposal you consent to be recorded and agree to license the content of your talk under a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license. ## What and how to submit Submission format: 20-minute presentations Submission deadline: 1st December 2019 ## How to submit All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool 4 at [ https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20/](https://penta.fosdem.org/sub… When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, when asked for the ‘Track’, you must select the ‘Open source design devroom’. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous year, *please reuse it*: create an account only if you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair: contact [ amit.lzkpa@gmail.com](amit.lzkpa@gmail.com) ## Open Source Design The Open Source Design Devroom is co-ordinated by the Open Source Design community. Check out the links below to learn more about us - [Website](https://opensourcedesign.net/) - [Discourse Forum](http://opensourcedesign.net/) - [Github](https://github.com/opensourcedesign) - [FOSDEM 2019]( https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/open_source_design/) - [FOSDEM 2018]( https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/open_source_design/) Examples of past talks - [Component-based Design System and Development]( https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/component_based_design_syste… ) - [UX at Tor](https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/ux_at_tor/) - [Breaking Down Language Barriers]( https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/localizing/) - [The real cost of not doing user research]( https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/cost_of_not_doing_user_resea… ) --- It would be great if you can send an acknowledgement. Thank you. Amit Nambiar

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[CFP] Game Development devroom @ FOSDEM 2020
by Rémi Verschelde 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

[ Note: this CFP is also posted on https://godotengine.org/article/cfp-game-development-room-fosdem-2020 ] We are happy to announce that we will be organizing a Game Development devroom at FOSDEM 2020! The event will take place on 1st and 2nd of February at the usual venue in Brussels, Belgium. The devroom will last for a full day (most likely Saturday, but not set in stone yet). ## About the Game Development devroom Open source is often neglected in the game industry—and the reverse is also true: game development is often neglected in open source. We want to present that it is possible to combine the two. In particular, Godot being an open source game engine is a proof of that. We want to present open source tools to make games. That not only include engines but also asset-making tools. There are many industry-grade open source tools which are growing in use in the gamedev world (Godot, Phaser, FNA, libGDX, etc.). Software as Blender, Krita, GIMP, Ardour, LMMS, etc. can be applied to any kind of game. More importantly, we want to present games made with those tools. We want to hear the benefits, the insights, the hurdles, the challenges, the sleepless nights and everything. Real examples are always a great inspiration for other game developers, even (or maybe especially) when things don't go perfectly. Talking about changing tools is welcome too (either from proprietary to open source, or between FOSS solutions), as we can hear a perspective about the differences between them. Also, we want to hear about open source games. What are the issues with those and the benefits, and whether it can be a viable business model. ## Call for participation This is the point where we ask you to participate. Even though we from Godot are organizing the room, we want to hear from people using other engines and tools as well. There's no discrimination, we want to hear experiences from everybody (even if are you moving out of Godot for some reason). We ask you to submit the proposals through FOSDEM's pentabarf system at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20. If you already have an account, please use the same as they show speakers' participation across the editions. We'll be using that system to organize the schedule. Please take your time to fill up the fields, especially the descriptions, as that will be shown on FOSDEM website and booklets. The topic can be anything related to open source together with game development, be it tools or games. The time slot for presentations is 25 min including questions (if you think your topic would fit better in a longer time slot, feel free to contact us to discuss it – see email below). We also plan a 1-hour session in the middle of the day to have several lightning talks of 10 min each, so you can apply for this too if you prefer this format. Please submit the proposal at the latest on December 1st. FOSDEM has a hard limit on December 14th, but we want some leeway to properly arrange the schedule. We can't guarantee participation after our deadline. If you have any doubts or want to volunteer to help us organizing (manning the camera, helping speaker transitions, moderating audience questions, etc.) you can let us know by sending a message to contact at godotengine dot org. ## Audience We naturally want people to watch the presentations. Entrance to FOSDEM is free and doesn't require registration. If you want to meet fellow game developers in the open source world, this is the opportunity. Note that barring any technical difficulties, the talks should be recorded and made available under a Creative Commons license on the FOSDEM website shortly after the event. See you all in Brussels! Game Development devroom organizers: George Marques Julian Murgia Rémi Verschelde

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Web Performance devroom CfP
by Gilles Dubuc 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Hi, Here's our CfP: https://github.com/wikimedia/fosdem20-web-performance-cfp We will publicize that github project link directly, it would be nice if that's what you link to as well from the FOSDEM site. Thanks!

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Call for Participation: Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom at FOSDEM 2020
by Tom Marble 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

########################################################################### Call For Participation Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom at FOSDEM 2020 CONFERENCE DATE: Saturday & Sunday 1-2 February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium DEVROOM DATE: Saturday 1 February 2020 CFP DEADLINE: Sunday 17 November 2019 at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) SPEAKERS NOTIFIED: Sunday 24 November 2019 (on or before) Quick CFP Overview (TL;DR) ========================== Hackers, developers, contributors and lawyers alike are encouraged to submit on any FOSS-related policy or legal topic. What's NEW this year is that in addition to talks we are also hoping to host lively debates and some live collaboration (think unconference) sessions. A great way to understand many sides of an issues is debate, and we're adding debates this year as an official part of the agenda in our DevRoom! Submit to one or more of: 1. Debate position: pro/con Please enter a "talk" proposal with the prefix "DEBATE: " followed by the debate topic. In the abstract, state your position. Include all relevant affiliations in your bio ("Person" description in Pentabarf). Submitting for a debate means you are willing to be (part of) the team representing your position. You may propose participating in a debate position that you do not necessarily agree with but would enjoy arguing for. Possible debate topics include (but feel free to propose your own): * Are open source "sustainability" solutions the answer or a trap? * Are venture capital funded enterprises helping FOSS? * Have companies destroyed FOSS in the name of the community? * Are corporate GPLv2 cure commitments helpful? * Should FOSS licenses be enforced at all? What means are acceptable if so? * Do FOSS compliance companies have a pernicious effect on FOSS? * Are open source trade associations a menace or simply a natural evolution for FOSS? * Should FOSS licenses be designed to advance general public policy or social goals? * Should upstream projects be responsible for handling backporting of security updates? * Do contributors deserve the right to hold their own copyrights, or should their employers have them? * Do patent non-aggression pacts stabilize FOSS or distract from the fundamental scourge of software patenting? * Do the existing Free Software Definition and Open Source Definitions serve the needs of the public? * Should for-profit companies be licensing authorities? * Bill of Materials for FOSS: does this actually help with compliance issues? The organizers ask that submitters strive to overcome any shyness or nervousness about participating in a debate. We realize it is an unprecedented format for FOSS conferences, but we believe it will breathe new life into discussions on FOSS policy topics, and we also believe it will be a lot of fun. Please join us in this exciting experiment! We will collate submissions and join people up on topics they wish to debate and get everyone in touch for plenty of pre-event prep. Debates will be moderated by one of the organizers. 2. Talk proposal We seek proposals for 25 minute talks that address issues of software freedom project policies and legal issues that extend beyond and/or are orthogonal to technical issues faced by projects. For ideas about talk topics see the background information below. 3. Collaboration Topic Please enter a "talk" proposal with the prefix "COLLAB: " followed by the collaboration topic from below (or suggest a new one) Submitting for a collaboration topic means you would like to actively participate in this topic. * How can we give users standing in free/open software/hardware? How can we motivate end users to care about FOSS if they can't express their preference? What tools do we have beyond the "court of public opinion"? Can we invent a NEW legal hack? * Extensions of FOSS principles to other domains (e.g. hardware, data) have not enjoyed the success of the software domain: what could we do better? * How can the myriad of governance organizations better serve community needs? You can respond to this CFP by creating a user account on Pentabarf and creating one (or more) talk proposals by November 17, 2019. See details below. CFP Details =========== Copyright law provides many of the basic legal underpinnings of Open Source and Free Software. Patent and trademark law and legal frameworks relating to data privacy and security also have significant relevance to Free Software development. Governance and policies around free software projects (beyond mere outbound licensing) set the rules for collaboration and can be critical to a project's success. Our community has substantial expertise in this area yet there are few venues to discuss these matters in a forum open to all. Hackers, developers, contributors, lawyers, policy experts, and community leaders all possess expertise in these matters. This DevRoom seeks proposals for three types of content: (a) 25 minute talks, (b) debate positions, or (c) collaboration topics in an unconference format. Sessions should address issues of software freedom project policies and legal issues that extend beyond and/or are orthogonal to technical issues faced by projects. Such topics could include, but aren't necessarily limited to: * Who controls the copyright, trademark, or patent licensing, release plans, CLA administration, or security bug reporting policies of your project, and why? What challenges have you faced in these policy areas and how are you seeking to change it? * How is your project governed? Do you have a non-profit organization, or a for-profit company that primarily controls your project, or neither? Do you wish your project governance was different? Who decided your governance initially? What politics (good and bad) have occurred around your governance choices and how have you changed your policy? Does your project have a "shadow governance", whereby technical governance is open and fair, but some entity has its own opaque political structure that influences your project? Are you worried that your project might and you don't know? Are you exploring any new solutions for governance? Do you want to ask questions of a room full of experts about your project's governance? * How do ethical issues intersect with your project? How do those issues interact with software freedom? How can we protect user's rights in the current legal and technical landscape? Are there ways to mitigate the hold that click through terms of service have over the average person's use of software? Are privacy regulations like GDPR having any appreciable impact on software freedom? * Legal topics of all sorts and their interaction with software freedom culture and work remain welcome, and could include: How does your project make use of legal advice? What legal advice do you give projects and what topics do you put first on the list to worry about in projects? Discuss in detail a legal and/or policy issue your project faced and how your community dealt with it. What lessons did you learn? Are some of your developers afraid to discuss legal or quasi-legal issues without their lawyers, or their employers' lawyers, present? How has that impeded or helped your project? Are your lawyers really your lawyers (e.g., do corporate lawyers for companies in your community influence the direction of the project even though not all contributors work for that company)? * Contribution and engagement policies: how does your project engage new contributors and what policy decisions did your project make to welcome new contributors? What legal issues or policy concerns has your project faced historically in its community engagement efforts, and what did you learn from these experiences? * How does money affect your community? How is funding of developers handled in your project? What policies do you set to welcome volunteers to join a community where most developers are paid? Does your project have policies that forbid funding developers directly? Does reliance on volunteer labor lead to lack of diversity since only the affluent can participate? If you had unconstrained resources at your disposal, what would you change about the funding structure of your project? Given the resources you have, what have you tried to change? Have you succeeded or failed? Would more money in the ecosystem hurt or help your project? * How do projects handle conflicts of interest and make sure that relevant interests of contributors are disclosed in important decision making discussions? * Strategies and plans for addressing harassment, exclusionary and/or discriminatory behavior in FLOSS communities. Do you have a Code of Conduct? Have you needed to enforce it? Was it successful in improving behavior and diversity in your community? What strategies do you use to you handle toxic people in your community? * Talks on license compliance, licensing business models, and anything akin to, or building upon, what you've seen in our DevRoom before are of course welcome. (URLs to talks from previous years are below.) Regarding topic relevancy, here's the only "don't": please don't propose introductory talks; there are other venues appropriate for those. FOSDEM is the meeting place of experts in Open Source and Free Software project governance, law, and policy. This DevRoom is for intermediate to advanced topics surrounding just about anything you might call a "legal" or "policy" issue for your project! NOTE: your topic might be an even better fit for the Community DevRoom. We are collaborating with the Community DevRoom organizers to avoid topic overlap and encourage you to see their CFP which will be posted here: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2019q4/thread.html In short, proposals for this DevRoom should focus on specific policy and legal questions in FOSS. If your proposal does not cover a specific policy or legal issue, then the Community DevRoom may be more appropriate. Should I Submit? ================ However, do consider that what may seem elementary to you may in fact be an intermediate topic in this area. In particular, while we expect to receive submissions from lawyers, we've found in our careers that non-lawyers often know just as much (and often more) about these topics than lawyers. Developers and other Free Software project participants who regularly face complex policy and legal questions are strongly and particularly encouraged to submit proposals. Historically, some of the most lively and intriguing talks in this DevRoom's previous years have been from developers who have been thrust (often due to circumstances beyond their control) into dealing with legal and policy issues for Open Source and Free Software. Look at past talks in our DevRoom for inspiration: https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2014/schedule/track/legal_and_policy_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/legal_issues/ https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/legal_issues_devroom.html Separately you may be interested in Conservancy's Second Annual Copyleft Conference which occurs the Monday after FOSDEM. For more information please see: https:// copyleftconf.org If your proposal is a talk (not a debate proposal), and is related to Copyleft please consider submitting your talk to CopyleftConf. CFP Schedule And Submission Details =================================== Submit proposals NO LATER THAN 17 November 2019 at 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth) Please use the following URL to submit your talk to FOSDEM 2020: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 and follow these steps: * Select as the Track "Legal and Policy Issues devroom". * Include a title. (Note that "Subtitle" entry doesn't appear on all conference documents, so make sure "Title" can stand on its own without "Subtitle" present.) Shorter and more concise is better! * Include an Abstract of about 500 characters and a full description of any length you wish, but in both fields, please be concise, but clear and descriptive. * Indicate a 25 minute time slot. If you select any other time amount, your submission is very likely to be rejected. * Use the "Links" sub-area to your past work in the field you'd like to share. Particularly helpful are recordings (audio/video) of your past talks on the subject or past papers/blog posts you've written on the subject. * You are encouraged to enter biographic information under the "Person" section (e.g. you may upload an image, enter your background in the "Description" tab, and sites of interest under the "Links" tab). * State that you agree to CC BY-SA-4.0 or CC BY-4.0 licensing of your talk in the "Submission Notes" field. Add a statement such as this: "Should my presentation be scheduled for FOSDEM 2020, I hereby agree to license all recordings, slides and any other materials presented under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International license. * Also in the notes field, confirm your availability to speak on Saturday, 1 February 2020 in Brussels. (You may include time slots of non-availability on Saturday, but this may negatively affect acceptance decisions.) Failure to follow these instructions above (and those on the FOSDEM 2020 site) may result in automatic rejection of your talk submission. However, if you have trouble with submission via the official system, please do contact <fosdem-legal-policy at faif.us> for assistance. Diversity Statement ------------------- The organizers of this DevRoom are committed to increasing the diversity of the free software movement. To that end, our CFP process takes demographic information into account in order to build a program that features as many different voices and perspectives as possible. If you are comfortable doing so, please share any demographic information about yourself in the "Submission Notes". Such disclosure is not mandatory by any means. No Assurance of Acceptance -------------------------- The organizers (listed below) realize many of our friends and colleagues will respond to this CFP. We welcome submissions from all, but an invitation from any of us to submit is *not* an assurance of acceptance. We typically must make hard decisions. This year, our DevRoom is one day, so unfortunately we expect that most proposals will be rejected. Please, submit your best possible work and put effort into crafting your submission to give yourself the best chance of acceptance. About the DevRoom Organizers ============================ The co-organizers of the FOSDEM 2020 Legal and Policy Issues DevRoom are (in alphabetical order by surname): - Richard Fontana, Senior Commercial Counsel, Red Hat - Bradley M. Kuhn, Policy Fellow and Hacker-in-Residence at Software Freedom Conservancy - Tom Marble, Creative Technologist, Informatique, Inc. - Karen Sandler, Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy, pro bono counsel, Adjunct Lecturer-In-Law Columbia Law School, Visiting Scholar/Faculty team of Center for Research in Open Source Software, University of California Santa Cruz You are welcome to contact us all at <fosdem-legal-policy at faif.us> with questions about this CFP. ###########################################################################

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Call for participation : Collaborative information and content management applications at FOSDEM 2020
by Clément Aubin 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

Hi all, We are very happy to announce that the devroom "Collaborative Information and Content Management application" will take place once again at FOSDEM next year ! :D Tl;dr : join us in this devroom if you are interested in anything related to content or knowledge management. Last year, we got great participation presenting software solutions as well as protocols, tools and ideas to ease knowledge management. We hope to have the same kind of ambiance this year. You can access the original announcement here : https://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Events/Fosdem2020/DevRoom/CFP/. Below is a copy of the announcement. Thanks, Clément = Call for Participation = This is the call for participation in the FOSDEM 2020 devroom on Collaborative information and content management applications, to be held on Saturday 1st February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking for contributions under the form of conferences, talks or discussions covering the following main topics: * New projects presentation * Self-hosted platforms * Secure collaboration * Collaborative applications * Connectors & Integrations * Knowledge management techniques * Protocols for collaboration * … If you have any idea of a talk fitting into the subject of the devroom, please don't hesitate to let us know about it! We hope to provide an opportunity for everyone to meet and exchange about collaborative issues encountered while using Open Source solutions; present the some tools used for content management and discuss about global solutions for incentivizing collaboration. = Submission process = Please submit your proposals at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 before December 9th 2019. If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already have one. Please provide a bit of information about yourself under Person -> Description -> Abstract. When you submit your proposal (creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "Collaborative information and content management applications devroom" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal might go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Bear in mind that a lot of the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please be reasonable regarding the duration of the talk. = Important dates = December 9th 2019: deadline for submission of proposals December 15th 2019 or before: announcement of final schedule February 1st 2020, in the morning: devroom day = Recordings = The FOSDEM organizers hope to be able to live-stream and record all the talks. The recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Only presentations will be recorded, not informal discussions and whatever happens during breaks between presentations. 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.

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Open Research Tools & Technologies devroom call for papers
by Paul GIRARD 08 Oct '19

08 Oct '19

# Open Research Tools & Technologies devroom Saturday 1st of February 2020 from 10:30 to 19:00 ULB, Brussels, Belgium # CALL FOR PAPER web version : https://research-fosdem.github.io/ We invite developers or users of tools and technologies used in a research context to contribute to the FOSDEM 2020 conference. We understand research as the general process to produce knowledge such as scientific research, investigative journalism, NGOs fieldwork, etc. We seek talks about: - New software releases of research tools or technologies. - Feedback on open technology stacks used in research contexts (e.g., scientific research, journalistic inquiry, archive creation or publication, etc.) which collect, analyse, document, visualize, and/or share data. - Tool design and implementation for specific research contexts, e.g. how to hold an algorithm accountable to social scientists, how to foster better replicability and interoperability thanks to FLOSS, how to cope with biases of a chart for a data journalist, etc. - Issues and opportunities about bridging tech culture with research environments (research labs, libraries, newsrooms, museums, etc.). Talks will last around 20-40 minutes + 5-10 minutes Q&A, have to be in English, will be video recorded by the amazing FOSDEM staff and will be available on the FOSDEM video recordings archive. # HOW TO SUBMIT Deadline: 2020/12/01 23:59 CET Submissions must include: - Abstract - Session type (preferably developer room, or lightning talk) - Session length (20-40 min, 10 min for a lightning talk) - Expected prior knowledge / intended audience - Speaker bio - Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) - Links to previous talks by the speaker Submission process is managed in the Pentabarf system used by the FOSDEM conference. => Apply for a talk: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 /!\ By submitting a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available. When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the ‘Open Research Technologies Devroom’ as the ‘Track’. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous FOSDEM event, please reuse it. Create an account if, and only if, you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair: contact us at research-devroom[at]lists.fosdem.org # Our motivation The Open Research tools & Technologies devroom addresses FLOSS developers in a broad community concerned with research production and curation: scientists, engineers, journalists, archivists, curators, activists. The tools and technologies targeted are typically creating, handling or sharing knowledge artifacts: data, academic papers, books, collections, web contents, algorithms, artworks. This devroom provides a place and time to discuss the issues related to the creation and usage of open research technologies, with the ambition to foster discussions between designers, developers and users, bridging multiple knowledge-based communities together, and with the broader FLOSS community. The Open Research Tools & Technologies devroom aims to: - Allow knowledge-based tool developers to publicize their effort and become aware of other FLOSS projects. - Facilitate the pooling of coding efforts on (often poorly funded) tools. Create a network where otherwise isolated developers, research engineers can share common FLOSS concerns. - Provide social recognition for people who work in fields where designing and developing tools is less considered than usual outcomes (e.g. not publishing papers in research, not writing investigation in data journalism, etc). # Other devrooms might interest you Even if the FOSDEM is not science-specific, you might be interested by many other talks. Some developer rooms have a scope that resonates with research, for instance: - HPC, Big Data, and Data Science - Graph systems and algorithms - Open source design - Community Of course you will also be able to find high quality talks in your own area of expertise in the 50+ devrooms (Python, Java, Rust, PostgreSQL, etc.). Finally, you may appreciate the prestigious keynotes in the main amphitheater (to be announced). # Organizers Paul Girard, Sciences Po médialab, @paulgirard Mathieu Jacomy, Aalborg University TANT Lab, @jacomyma Achilleas Koutsou, G-Node, @achilleas-k Michael Sonntag, G-Node, @mpsonntag Paul and Mathieu were colleagues at Sciences Po médialab. Achilleas and Michael are colleagues at the German Neuroinformatics Node. We met because we submitted two very related “Open Science” proposals for FOSDEM 2020! Contact us: research-devroom[at]lists.fosdem.org -- Paul Girard Sciences Po médialab paul.girard(a)sciencespo.fr medialab.sciencespo.fr

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[CFP] Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment @ FOSDEM 2020
by Vernin Olivier 07 Oct '19

07 Oct '19

[FOSDEM] [CFP] Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment @ FOSDEM 2020 This is the call for papers for the FOSDEM 2020 CI/CD devroom, to be held on the 2nd of February 2020 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking for contributions in the form of presentations (50min) or lightning talks (20min). Possible topics include: * Project showcases, modern tooling * Stories from end-users (e.g. success / failure) about: * Continuous Integration * Continuous Delivery * Continuous Deployment * Interesting use-cases * Pipeline standardization * BoF sessions _Submitting talks_: Please submit your proposals by the 30th of November, 2019. _Presentation details:_ __ The default duration for talks will be 50 minutes including discussion. Feel free to request a shorter slot. Presentations can be recorded and streamed, sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. However, exceptions can be made on demand. Submissions will be accepted via the FOSDEM 2020 website <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20> Please make sure to include the following in your proposal: * Title and subtitle of your talk * A short abstract (one or two paragraphs) detailing what the talk will discuss, and why attendees should attend it. * A longer description if you have more details to share. * Select the "Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment devroom" track! * The duration of your talk (20 or 50 min, including time for Q&A) * Links to related material/websites/blogs (optional) If you have any issues or questions, contact ci-cd-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org _Important dates:_ * 30th of November, 2019: Submission proposal deadline * 15th of December, 2019: Final schedule announcement * 26th of January, 2020: Slide decks needs to be send to ci-cd-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org * February 2, 2020: Devroom day Location: ULB - Solbosch campus, Brussels, Belgium Talks will be recorded and published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY)

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[CFP] Monitoring & Observability devroom @ FOSDEM 2020
by Richard Hartmann 06 Oct '19

06 Oct '19

--- The same CfP can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gpa_4fMaVOv3srdh4zLCwF2KjjRIjJODAjrOyY7… in case you prefer nice formatting -- The Monitoring & Observability developer room is devoted to all things monitoring and enabling humans to grok computer, system, and other data. Presentation topics could include: * Anything regarding metrics/logs/distributed tracing/profiling * Application performance management * Monitoring tools and technologies * Using IT best practices in other fields. Maybe you’re managing wind farms? A brewery? And general directions could be: * Beginner-friendly content * Cultural aspects of building good monitoring * Success and failures Talks will have two durations: * 25 min followed by 5 min Q&A * 5min lighting talk Timeline & Selection * Important dates: * 2019-10-05: This CfP opens * 2019-11-26: Submission deadline for talk proposals * 2019-12-15: Announcement of the final schedule * 2020-02-02: Monitoring and Observability devroom (Sunday, 09:00-17:00) Talk proposals will be reviewed by a program committee (alphabetical order): * Carl Bergquist <Grafana Labs> * Brian Brazil <Robust Perception> * Ben Kochie <GitLab> * Richard “RichiH” Hartmann <SpaceNet> * Fabian Stäber <Instana> Submit your proposal * Use the FOSDEM’s pentabarf to submit your proposal at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission * If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it. Please reuse your account from previous years if you have already created one in the past. * In the "Person" section, provide First name, Last name (in the "General" tab), Email (in the "Contact" tab) and Bio ("Abstract" field in the "Description" tab). * Submit a proposal by clicking on "Create event". * Important! Select the "Monitoring and Observability" track (on the "General" tab). * Provide the title of your talk ("Event title" in the "General" tab). * Provide a description of the subject of the talk and the intended audience (in the "Abstract" field of the "Description" tab) * Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the "Full description" field in the "Description" tab * Provide an expected length of your talk in the "Duration" field. Either 25 or 5 min. Travel assistance Please note that as this is a community conference with a very tight budget, we cannot cover any travel or lodging costs. Recording of talks The FOSDEM organizers plan to have live streaming and recording fully working, both for remote/later viewing of talks, and so that people can watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. This requires speakers to consent to being recorded and streamed. By submitting an event, you give consent for you, your talk, and your content to be recorded and streamed. You also agree to share your slides in PDF and optionally other formats. The recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Code of Conduct We follow FOSDEM’s CoC: https://fosdem.org/2020/practical/conduct/. We also request respect towards the speakers, especially quiet entry/exit by attendees so that Q&A can run in parallel. If question is repurposed for commentary, we will shut it down. In short: Be excellent to each other -- Richard

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Call for Presentations: FOSDEM Security devroom 2020
by Jakub Jelen 04 Oct '19

04 Oct '19

Next FOSDEM [1] will, again, have a security devroom, this time on the topic of "Practial use of security technologies". We'd like to invite submissions of talks and presentations from developers, security researchers and other interested representatives of open source and free software and hardware projects. This is the call for talks and presentations that will take place in the Security devroom at FOSDEM 2020. Our topic this year: This covers security protocols and their usability, the usability of open source crypto libraries and applications from both developer and user side, pitfails of using crypto, security threats, vulnerabilities and their mitigations in real-world use cases. For up-to-date submission and event information: https://github.com/security-devroom/fosdem-2020 The security devroom will be held on Saturday 1st February 2019 in Brussels, Belgium at ULB. Feel free to forward this announcement to any relevant FOSS project mailing list. [1] https://fosdem.org/2020/

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