On 09/02/12 19:19, Philip Paeps wrote:
On 2012-02-09 16:27:19 (+0100), Mathias Huber<mhuber@linuxnewmedia.de> wrote:
for a news item in Linux-Magazin, could you estimate the attendance figures for 2012? What were they in 2011?
We've been guessing "about 5000" for a couple of years. That's also what we print on the t-shirts and in other publications. We can't get exact numbers because people are free to turn up (or not) as they please. The 5000 number was guestimated based on a number of factors and seems to be a reasonable reflection of reality.
How many more rooms were available through the use of building K?
We had one extra large auditorium and six extra smaller devrooms. But mainly the K building gave us a lot more space to put stands and a much nicer environment for the stands themselves. I'm sure they're happy to be out of their dark corridors!
Some more detailed numbers: Last year we had 25 devrooms over 2 days, in 14 physical rooms. This year, we had 27 devrooms over 2 days, in 18 physical rooms. (some are 2 days, see http://fosdem.org/schedule) In K, there is an auditorium (800 ppl) + 6 rooms (~85 ppl capacity). We used this opportunity to increase the number of hacker rooms (1 in H,K,AW) and BoF rooms (2 in AW) as well. The amount of talks increased from ~330 talks (~200 hours) to ~430 talks (~270 hours). We also did 4 more main track talks than the years before (an extra hour Saturday evening, and an extra hour Sunday midday). Admittedly, that's a lot. Kind regards, Tias
Is the date for 2013 already set?
Not yet. We are trying to schedule a debriefing meeting with ULB in the next week or two. We'll try to get the dates sorted out then, but we may need to wait until summer if ULB has no view on their calendar yet...
- Philip