Hey all, I'm excited to announce the CFP for the Kotlin DevRoom @ FOSDEM 2023. You can find the most up-to-date CFP here: https://github.com/Kotlin-FOSDEM/cfp I'm pasting here below as well, Nicola --- Hello fellow Kotliners, We're back with another edition of the Kotlin DevRoom @ FOSDEM 2023. We are extremely proud to offer the Kotlin open-source community a space to meet and be represented. And this year, we can't be more excited to share that, after 2 years of virtual devroom, we'll be back in person in 2023! Looking forward to meeting with you all on the 4th/5th of February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Here you can find the CFP (Call For Papers) for submitting your talks and have the opportunity to deliver a talk during the Kotlin DevRoom. The deadline for submitting is December 4th 2022, please read below for more details on how to apply. ## About FOSDEM From: https://fosdem.org/2023/about/ FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community, for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to: - get in touch with other developers and projects - be informed about the latest developments in the free software and open source world - attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers - promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organizers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship. # About the Kotlin DevRoom The Kotlin DevRoom is a co-located conference-within-a-conference that gives us the opportunity to come together and chat, hack, and share stories about Kotlin usage in the FLOSS ecosystems. The DevRoom will take place on Saturday 4th of February 2023, at ULB (Campus Solbosch - https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1632534522) in Brussels, Belgium. Join us to enjoy a full day of talks, demos, and interesting discussions about Kotlin! ## How to submit We welcome any talk proposals about Kotlin-related projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - the Kotlin Language - Android app development with Kotlin - Kotlin Multiplatform - Kotlin/Native - Kotlin/JS - Coroutines - Functional Programming - Kotlin Scripting - IoT - Data Science - Libraries and Frameworks in Kotlin - Compiler plugins and optimizations - Jetpack Compose - Developer Tooling We are looking for proposals for 25 minute talks (suggested 20 minute talk + 5 minute Q&A). We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the community. Please be aware of the fact that DevRoom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal, you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available. Submissions must include: - Abstract - Expected prior knowledge / intended audience - Speaker bio - Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) - Links to previous talks by the speaker (optional) Please submit through https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23 If you already have an account from a previous year, please reuse it. When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select 'Kotlin Devroom' as the 'Track’. Create a Pentabarf account if, and only if, you don't already have one from a previous year; please double-check if you have an account you can reuse! If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair and please contact us (see below). ## Important dates - Call for papers available: November 8th 2022 - Call for participation closes: December 4th 2022 - Devroom schedule available: around December 15th 2022 - Devroom day: February 4th 2023 Are you excited for our first Kotlin DevRoom? Submit your talk proposal and we will hopefully see you in Brussels! ## Code of Conduct Following the release of the updated code of conduct for FOSDEM, we'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times. FOSDEM CoC can be found online here: https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/ ## Call for Volunteers We are also looking for volunteers to help run the devroom. We need assistance with introducing speakers, helping set up the tech for their talk, as well as helping with Q&A. Please join the #fosdem channel (https://kotlinlang.slack.com/messages/fosdem) on Kotlinlang Slack to participate. ## Contacts Please reach out to us on the #fosdem channel (https://kotlinlang.slack.com/messages/fosdem) on the Kotlinlang Slack (sign up here: https://t.co/kwvW0nQzRf?amp=1) if you have any question about the DevRoom, the submission process, or similar. On behalf of the organizers, — Nicola Corti