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CFP for NoSQL Devroom
by Carol Huang 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

Hi all, * * We're pleased to announce the call for participation for the NoSQL devroom, returning after a great last year. * * NoSQL is an encompassing term that covers a multitude of different and interesting database solutions. As the interest in NoSQL continues to grow, we are looking for talks on any open source NoSQL database or related topic. * * Speaking slots are 25 or 50 minutes. To propose a talk please go to: <http://bit.ly/nosql-devroom-2013> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM14 Be sure to specify the length of your talk and select the NoSQL track. * * As FOSDEM is a friendly open source conference, please refrain from slagging matches about each other’s projects. Keep it respectful, keep it non-commercial, and remember that all decks are subject to approval. * <http://bit.ly/nosql-devroom-2013>* If you do not want to give a talk yourself but have ideas for NoSQL topics, send them to the mailing list at nosql-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org. Know someone who might be interested in the devroom? Please forward them this email on our behalf. Want to help out but don’t know how? Contact us! * * The devroom is scheduled for Sunday, February 2nd and has approx 80 seats. The call for proposals is open until Dec 13th and speakers will be notified by December 20th. The final schedule will then be announced by January 10th. * * Any changes will be announced on the mailing list: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/nosql-devroom * <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/nosql-devroom>* Cheers, Carol { name : "Carol Huang", title : "Community Marketing Manager", company : "MongoDB", location : "New York, NY", twitter : ["@MongoDB <https://twitter.com/mongodb>", "@<https://twitter.com/10gen> thisiscaroltoo <https://twitter.com/thisiscaroltoo>"] }

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FOSDEM 2014 - CfP: Microkernels / Component-based OSes devroom
by Julian Stecklina 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FOSDEM 2014 - CfP: Microkernels / Component-based OSes devroom Fellow Operating System Hackers, built on the success of the microkernel devroom in the last years, FOSDEM 2014 [1] will host a devroom for developers of open-source microkernel- and component-based operating systems. The devroom is scheduled for Sunday, February 2nd, 2014. We are looking for talks in all areas related to microkernels and component-based operating systems. Possible subjects include, but are not limited to: - introduction of a specific OS or framework, - design of subsystems and general architecture of an OS, - hardware support, - success stories, experiences and lessons learned, - security and robustness, - improving the toolchain, - maintainance and testing, - higher-level languages for OS implementation, - community building. To submit a talk, please create an account at the conference's submission system [2] and select the devroom as the talk's track. Should there be any problems, please send a mail to the devroom mailing list [3]. In your submission, be sure to include: - Title and approximate length of the talk (in the General tab), - the correct track (also in the General tab), - a short abstract (in the Description tab). Talks should not exceed 45 minutes. To help us schedule, please indicate whether your talk is flexible in its length. Please submit your proposals before December 1st. We will announce acceptance and hopefully a rough schedule before Christmas. Of course, there are other ways to contribute and make this event a success, for example by doing a demo of your system. Small devices are no problem, but please check back with us, if you plan to bring larger equipment. Please forward this Call for Participation to anyone interested in participating! See you in Brussels, Julian Stecklina [1] http://fosdem.org/2014 [2] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/ [3] https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/microkernel-devroom -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlJVRToACgkQ2EtjUdW3H9k18wCg2Bk9GUuSoB/zoInMyj4Vtmgw 19UAoJQNcTh5funOqyg6ezRz7RY9sEeI =/Kfk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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VoIP and XMPP/Jabber rooms 2014?
by Daniel Pocock 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

Hi, I just heard about he lack of any dedicated VoIP and XMPP devroom at FOSDEM 2014 I don't want to criticize the FOSDEM organisers or their decision, it is a huge task to manage such an event and all the projects that participate are very commendable. I have enjoyed attending FOSDEM for many years and I hope to do so again in 2014. However, for the wider community of real-time communications developers, there are some important points that I would like to raise: - In 2013, like previous years, both the XMPP and Telephony devrooms were a huge success, thanks to the efforts of all those who participated, especially the speakers and devroom managers, of whom all did substantially more than myself. - Telephony and XMPP groups have traditionally had dinners and other side events at FOSDEM every year, many people see it as an excellent place to meet and engage with the wider community and each other. - Interest in free and open real-time communications (RTC) technology is at an all time high. The reason for this hardly needs to be mentioned. I would like to think it was due to FOSDEM 2013 running a panel on the topic in the main track. My own free communications software web sites all saw a spike in activity after FOSDEM - but since the media took an interest in this topic in June, many websites like Lumicall have been constantly running hot. It is an area of demand that the free software community would do well to tap into. - The community of free and open communications software developers need to be particularly pro-active to ensure interoperability between free software solutions. Face-to-face (and beer-to-beer) communications is a crucial part of this. One thing that comes to mind is the possibility of organising a follow-up to the 2013 panel in the main track. We posed the question "can we replace Skype in 2013?" and I regularly receive emails asking me whether it was a promise. There has been progress and there are several great speakers who could potentially come and talk about that, it could be any one of those individuals or another panel. Another possibility is that we can look to expand off-site in 2014, especially if free real-time communications developers can find a local business or other venue that is willing to let us use some kind of meeting room. There is nothing to prevent people doing that, but it would be interesting to have some feedback from FOSDEM organisers as well, for example, could the schedule include events organised in a satellite venue? Given that FOSDEM rooms often have to turn people away due to the event's immense popularity, a DIY expansion may be the ideal solution, not just for this topic. For those who are interested, the FSF Europe Free-RTC mailing list might be a good place to discuss such possibilities: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/free-rtc and I would invite people to join us there. Thanks again to the FOSDEM team for your efforts for 2014 Regards, Daniel

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Accepted developer rooms
by Philip Paeps 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

We are pleased to announce the list of developer rooms that will be organised at FOSDEM 2014. Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. The individual developer room organisers will issue their calls for participation in the next few days. Watch this space. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Day(s) Topic | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Both Distributions | | Both Embedded | | Both Graphics | | Both Legal issues | | Both Virtualisation | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Saturday Ada | | Saturday BSD | | Saturday Configuration management | | Saturday Desktops | | Saturday Game development | | Saturday High-performance computing and computational science | | Saturday Java | | Saturday Mozilla | | Saturday MySQL | | Saturday Open document editors | | Saturday Perl | | Saturday PostgreSQL | | Saturday Smalltalk | | Saturday Wikis | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sunday Automotive development | | Sunday Energy-efficient computing | | Sunday Go | | Sunday Graph processing | | Sunday Internet of things | | Sunday JavaScript | | Sunday LLVM | | Sunday Microkernel and component-based operating systems | | Sunday NoSQL | | Sunday Python | | Sunday Software-defined radio | | Sunday Testing and automation | | Sunday Valgrind | | Sunday Wine | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information _______________________________________________ devrooms mailing list devrooms(a)lists.fosdem.org https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/devrooms ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information

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Go devroom CFP
by Andrew Gerrand 04 Oct '13

04 Oct '13

I've published a CFP for the Go devroom at FOSDEM 2014: https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/Fosdem2014 Cheers, Andrew

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PaaS devroom?
by Marc-Elian Bégin 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hi, I'm not sure I'm sending this to the right mailing list. If not, could you please help me find the right one? I'm interested in a PaaS devroom but I'm not sure how to get about doing that? Or are there already people proposing something similar I could rally with? Cheers, Meb

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Call for participation: lightning talks and stands
by Wynke Stulemeijer 15 Sep '13

15 Sep '13

There is still time to submit main track presentations. The deadline for proposing developer rooms has now passed. Please see our previous call for participation for more information on submitting main track proposals: https://fosdem.org/2014/news/2013-08-06-call-for-participation/ We now also invite proposals for lightning talks and stands. Lightning talks Lighting talks are short - 15 minutes - talks on a wide variety of topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open source topic can apply. We particularly encourage topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM14 Please be sure to select "lightning talks" in the "track" field. Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks(a)fosdem.org. Stands FOSDEM offers open source projects the opportunity to display their work during the event. At their stand, a project can share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. What we offer: - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. In some cases, a second table may be possible, if you have a good reason to need two. - two chairs per table - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional sockets, please bring them yourself) - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access Further practical considerations: - The offer for stands is open to open source projects and communities - There is no cost or fee for the stands - The stand should be occupied by at least two people for the duration of the conference. Submission details: Send your request via email to stands(a)fosdem.org. Please include at least the following information: - Project name - Stand description - Project URLs - Your name and relation to the project - Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal? - Optionally, if requesting two tables, motivation for the second table Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands(a)fosdem.org. Key dates: * 15 September - deadline for developer room proposals * 1 October - deadline for main track proposals - accepted developer rooms announced * 20 November - deadline for stands and lightning talks * 15 December - accepted stands and lightning talks announced Kind regards, Wynke Stulemeijer.

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Hotel offer: FunKey
by Gerry Demaret 06 Sep '13

06 Sep '13

FunKey Hotel is a newly opened hotel in Brussels. For FOSDEM 2014, FunKey Hotel has decided to offer special prices for FOSDEM attendees, with the intent of turning it into a hotel dedicated to FOSDEM attendees during the first weekend of February. Their offer includes the following: * 25 Euro per bed, per night * Breakfast * Wireless network * 24/7 snacking and beverages * Free parking * The use of their Chromebook laptops * The use of their mobile phones (with unlimited calls in Belgium) They have the following fully equipped rooms available: * 9x 2-bed rooms * 18x 3-bed rooms * 7x 4-bed rooms The offer of 25EUR/bed/night is valid for Friday and Saturday night. It can be extended to Sunday if there are enough bookings. Please try to book as groups of 2, 3, or 4 friends or colleagues. It is also possible to book just one bed and share a room with people you don't know. If you are interested, all you have to do is send an e-mail to Guillaume at guillaume(a)funkeyhotel.com, indicating: * Your name(s) * How many beds you wish to book * If you wish to book both Friday and Saturday night, or only Saturday night * If you might be interested in staying Sunday night as well People wishing to book both Friday and Saturday night have priority until 2013-10-01. This means that Saturday night only bookings will only be confirmed after this date. Bookings for both Friday an Saturday night can be paid immediately and will be instantly confirmed. Payment must be made in advance and is nonrefundable. Guillaume will send you details on how to proceed after you have e-mailed him. You will have the possibility of paying either online with Visa, MasterCard or Bancontact (no American Express, Carte Bleue, Visa Electron or others) or by IBAN. If the hotel is sufficiently booked by FOSDEM attendees by 2013-11-01, it will be declared a dedicated FOSDEM attendee hotel and bookings will be permanently closed for non-FOSDEM attendees. FOSDEM guests will then be able to use the common spaces of the hotel (breakfast room, meeting rooms, ...) at their leisure during their stay, providing for a convivial atmosphere and an unforgetable experience! You can learn more about the FunKey here: http://funkeyhotel.com If you have any questions about this offer, please direct them to Guillaume at guillaume(a)funkeyhotel.com. Please note that this is an offer from a third party extended to FOSDEM attendees. FOSDEM organisers have no relationship with FunKey. We only forward their offer to our attendees.

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First time attendee
by Samantha Kosko 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

All: Hi... my name is Samantha and I am trying to finalize all of my companies plans for FOSDEM and we are all first time attendees. We have been selected to have a stand and the event and wanted to get some feedback on what we should do with giveaways and staff for the stand. We have a limited number of people in EMEA that can attend and I want to make sure that i am using my resources as best as I can. If anyone has any information they can help me with on this ... i would be forever thankful! -- Samantha Kosko Field Marketing Manager @ 10gen, The MongoDB Company Twitter: @sam_10gen Zerply: http://zerply.com/samantha-kosko/public We are hiring!

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Call for participation: main tracks and developer rooms
by Philip Paeps 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

FOSDEM offers open source developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer-oriented, the event brings together some 5000+ geeks from all over the world. The fourteenth edition will take place on 1 and 2 February 2014 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. We now invite proposals for main track presentations and developer rooms. Previous editions have featured tracks centered around security, operating system development, community building, and many other topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers travel expenses and arranges accommodation for accepted main track speakers. Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Content may be scheduled in any format, subject to approval. Popular formats include presentation tracks, hacking sessions and panel discussions. Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/ Developer room proposals should be emailed to <devrooms(a)fosdem.org> and be as detailed as possible. In particular, coordinators should indicate their affinity with the topic being proposed and provide a rough idea of the content they plan to schedule. Key dates: 15 September - deadline for developer room proposals 1 October - deadline for main track proposals - accepted developer rooms announced -- Philip Paeps Senior Reality Engineer Ministry of Information

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