FOSDEM offers open source and free software 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 sixteenth edition will take place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st January 2016 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, stands and lightning talks. Main Tracks ----------- Previous editions have featured main 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 reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges accommodation for accepted main track speakers. Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit This year, submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with those received by 16 October. Questions or remarks? Contact us at program@fosdem.org. Key dates: 16 October - deadline for first batch of main track proposals 30 October - final deadline for main track proposals 2 November onwards - main track talks announced (in batches) Developer Rooms --------------- Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source and free software 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. Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at https://fosdem.org/devroom which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at devrooms@fosdem.org. Key dates: 9 October - deadline for developer room proposals 19 October - accepted developer rooms announced 2 November (or earlier) - developer rooms issue Calls for Participation 18 December (or earlier) - developer rooms publish complete schedules Stands ------ FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity to display their work during the event. At its 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 To apply, please fill out the form at: https://fosdem.org/stands which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands@fosdem.org. Key dates: 13 November - deadline for stand proposals 30 November - accepted stands announced 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 or free software 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://fosdem.org/submit Please select "Lightning Talks" in the "track" field. Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks@fosdem.org. Key dates: 27 November - deadline for lightning talk proposals 14 December - accepted lightning talks announced All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC.