Online version: https://github.com/FreeRTC/fosdem/blob/master/2023/cfp.md # FOSDEM - Real Time Communications devroom CfP ## Overview [FOSDEM] is one of the world's premier meetings of free software developers, with over five thousand people attending each year. FOSDEM 2023 takes place 4-5 February 2023 and it will be an in-person event once again! This document contains information about: - Real-Time Communications developer room (devroom) - speaking opportunities - volunteering ## Call for participation - Real Time Communications (RTC) The Real-Time devroom is about all things involving real-time communication, including: XMPP, SIP, WebRTC, telephony, mobile VoIP, codecs, peer-to-peer, privacy and encryption. **We are looking for speakers for the devroom and volunteers who can help manage the scheduling and live Q&A sessions.** The devroom will take place for half a day, likely on Sunday. To discuss the devroom, volunteer or ask questions, please join the [Free-RTC mailing list]. ### Key dates - 14th December: Submission deadline - 21th December: Announcement of selected talks - 4-5 February: Conference date ### Speaking opportunities Note: if you used FOSDEM Pentabarf before, please use the same account/username. Please use the [Pentabarf] system to submit a talk proposal for the devroom. On the "General" tab, please look for the "Track" option and choose "Real Time Communications devroom". ### First-time speaking? FOSDEM devrooms are a welcoming environment for people who have never given a talk before. Please feel free to contact the devroom administrators personally if you would like to ask any questions about it. ### Submission guidelines The Pentabarf system will ask for many of the essential details. Please remember to re-use your account from previous years if you have one. In the "Submission notes", please tell us about: - The purpose of your talk - Any other talk applications (devrooms, lightning talks, main track) - Availability constraints and special needs You can use HTML and links in your bio, abstract and description. If you maintain a blog, please consider providing us with the URL of a feed with posts tagged for your RTC-related work. We will be looking for relevance to the conference and devroom themes, presentations aimed at developers of free and open source software about RTC-related topics. Please feel free to suggest a duration between 20 minutes and 55 minutes but note that the final decision on talk durations will be made by the devroom administrators based on the number of received proposals. As the two previous devrooms have been combined into one, we may decide to give shorter slots than in previous years so that more speakers can participate. Please note FOSDEM aims to record and live-stream all talks. The CC-BY license is used. ## Volunteers needed To make the devroom run successfully, we are looking for volunteers. Please reach out to the organizers! ## Spread the word and discuss If you know of any mailing lists where this CfP would be relevant, please forward this document. If this devroom excites you, please blog or microblog about it, especially if you are submitting a talk. If you regularly blog about RTC topics, please send details about your blog to the planet site administrators: - All projects https://planet.freertc.org planet@freertc.org - XMPP https://planet.jabber.org ralphm@ik.nu - SIP https://planet.sip5060.net planet@sip5060.net Please also link to the Planet sites from your own blog or web site as this helps everybody in the free real-time communications community. ## Contact For any private queries, contact us directly using the address **fosdem-rtc-admin@freertc.org** and for any other queries please ask on the [Free-RTC mailing list]. The devroom administration team: - Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <s@saghul.net> - Daniel-Constantin Mierla <miconda@gmail.com> - Lorenzo Miniero <lminiero@gmail.com> - Ralph Meijer <ralphm@ik.nu> [FOSDEM]: https://fosdem.org [Free-RTC mailing list]: http://lists.freertc.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss [Pentabarf]: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23/ -- Saúl