Hi, The Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom will take place on Saturday, 1st February 2020 at FOSDEM, in Brussels, Belgium at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Call for Participation ---------------------- We are opening the call for participation to our devroom, with the deadline for talk proposals set to Saturday, 1st December 2019 23:59:59 UTC. Devroom Scope ------------- The devroom will focus on various topics related to the open source firmware, BMC and bootloaders including security issues. It will help to get together all interested people in one room, present and discuss current developments and issues haunting the community. Additionally, it will foster awareness among attendees about pre-OS topics. Possible topics: GRUB, TrustedGRUB, iPXE, TrenchBoot, coreboot, LinuxBoot, SeaBIOS, UEFI, OVMF, TianoCore, IPMI, OpenBMC, u-bmc, TPM, attestation, security of firmware, BMC, bootloaders and related topics and technologies. Ideal submissions are actionable and opinionated. Submissions may be in the form of 25 minutes talks, panel sessions, round-table discussions, or Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions. Dates ----- Submission Deadline: 01-Dec-2019 @ 23:59:59 UTC Acceptance Notification: 08-Dec-2019 Final Schedule Posted: 15-Dec-2019 How to submit -------------- Visit https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 1) If you do not have an account, create one here 2) Click "Create Event" 3) Enter your presentation details 4) Be sure to select the Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom track! 5) Submit What to include --------------- - The title of your submission - A 1-paragraph abstract - A longer description including the benefit of your talk to your target audience, including a definition of your target audience - Approximate length/type of submission (talk, BoF, ...) - Links to related websites/blogs/talk material (if any) Administrative Notes -------------------- We will be live-streaming and recording the Open Source Firmware, BMC and Bootloader devroom. Presenting at FOSDEM implies permission to record your session and distribute the recording afterwards. All videos will be made available under the standard FOSDEM content license (CC-BY). If you have any questions, feel free to contact the devroom organizers: Daniel Kiper (daniel.kiper at oracle.com) and Piotr Król (piotr.krol at 3mdeb.com). Daniel & Piotr