Hello everyone, Last year we organized the first edition of FOSDEM junior. We are pleased to announce that we will be back this year. FOSDEM Junior is a collaboration between FOSDEM, Code Club, CoderDojo, developers, and volunteers to organize workshops and activities for children during the FOSDEM weekend. The FOSDEM organizers were gracious enough to give us more room than last year, so we now have two rooms for both days of FOSDEM. This enables us to accommodate a greater number of activities and allow individual activities to extend beyond the one-hour default we had last year. ## Call for participation We are looking for activities for children from age 7 to 17. These activities are for children to learn and get inspired about technology. Last year's activities included microcontrollers, embroidery, plotting, game development, mobile application development, Raspberry Pi's, and Java development. If you are still unsure if your activity fits this devroom, feel free to reach out so we can assist you. We anticipate that most projects that organized activities last year would like to return, so make sure you submit your proposal early. It is important for the children to remain inspired when they return home. So make sure that you give the children something after your activity. This can either be that they can continue working on their project that they worked on during the activity, or in the form of goodies or certifications. Also, if necessary, include information about where the children and their guardians can find resources and tutorials about your project. This is another step towards making sure they continue their technical journey when they return home. Each room has a maximum capacity of 48 seats, but will be capped at 30 children per activity by the Devroom managers. This is to ensure there is enough seating for both children and their guardians. ## Submission process Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit by the 1st of December 2024. If you already have an account from a previous year, you should reuse it so all recorded FOSDEM contributions are associated with your profile. When submitting your proposal, select 'FOSDEM junior' from the track drop-down menu. Write the desired duration and maximum capacity into the proposal so we can take that into account when planning. Also, please include if you need additional volunteers available during your activity. We can ask for volunteers through our networks. When the full schedule is published, all activities will be registered on the Code Club profile: https://codeclub.org/en/clubs/c0468f47-a1a4-43b6-b7f0-170a7d98b30c. Children and volunteers than will be able to sign up for each individual activity during the weekend. ## Requirements The conference language is English. All content must relate to Free and Open Source Software. By participating in the event you agree to the publication of your recordings, slides and other content provided under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By participating in FOSDEM you are required to adhere the Code of Conduct: https://fosdem.org/2025/practical/conduct/ ## Please consider volunteering Regardless if you submit an activity, please consider volunteering if you plan on attending the devroom. Our aim is to have a good mix of languages spoken by the volunteers in order to cater to all children who sign up for the activities. You will be able to sign up as a volunteer on the Code Club profile: https://codeclub.org/en/clubs/c0468f47-a1a4-43b6-b7f0-170a7d98b30c. When the full schedule is published, volunteers will be asked to sign up for each individual activity. ## Devroom managers Current Devroom managers are Bart Mathijssen and Peter Mathijssen. You can use the dedicated email address to contact us: junior-devroom-manager at fosdem.org.