Hi all, The Open Media devroom will again be organised at FOSDEM 2018, and we are looking for propositions of talks and panels. FOSDEM is one of the largest (5,000+ hackers!) gatherings of Free and Open Source Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). This year, the Open Media devroom will take place on: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 # About the Open Media devroom The Open Media room will focus on all Free & Open Source media projects, including software and hardware, spanning from building audio & video applications, through standards, formats, codecs, video analytics and search to Web video, IPTV, broadcasting and radio practices and much more. If you're interested in video, image or audio technologies, and the breadth of available open source technologies and communities for media - the Open Media room is for you! For more information about the previous year sessions: https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/open_media/ # CFP Guidelines The deadline for submission is: December 1st 2017 (Friday). * To submit your proposal, visit: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18 * A typical presentation will last for up to 20 minutes, with an additional 5 minutes Q&A and 5 minutes for speaker switching/prep in between. Panel discussions may last up to 35 minutes. (Feel free to ask if you want to have a longer or a shorter slot.) IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select **”Open Media devroom”** track for your submission. * You will need to create an account (or use your account from previous years) and then go to "create event”, and add the details of your presentation. * Selected talks will be notified by December 15th 2017. * All sessions will be recorded and be made available under CC-BY licence by FOSDEM at https://video.fosdem.org/ . # Your submission must include the following information * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive). * select **”Open Media devroom”** as the track. * 1 paragraph detailing what the talk will discuss, and why attendees should attend it. * A longer description if you have more details to share. * Links to related material/websites/blogs etc. # Community The official communication channel is the Open Media devroom mailing-list. Join the list at: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/open-media-devroom You may also be interested to check out the list of Open Source resources collected by the European Broadcasting Union at: https://ebu.io/opensource And please don't hesitate to contact us for more information! Christophe, Ben, Frans and Kieran, On behalf of the Open Media devroom.