* GNU Guile devroom call for talks @FOSDEM 2017 We are excited to announce that we have a GNU Guile devroom at FOSDEM on February 4th 2017. The call for talk proposals is open! We are excited because FOSDEM is one of the most important free software conferences and is hosted annually at [[https://fosdem.org/2017/practical/transportation/][Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium]]; the devroom will host up to 80 people. FOSDEM is fantastic, check last year's schedule for [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/day/saturday/][Saturday]] and the GNU Guile Devroom [[https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/gnu_guile/][track]]. Submissions for talks are due on November 18th, 2016. ** Topics GNU Guile is the preferred extension system for the GNU Project which features an implementation of the Scheme programming language, a dialect of Lisp. Especially technical talks are invited on topics concerning GNU Guile and applications that use Guile (such as GNU Guix, Lilypond and Gnucash). In the talks both experienced Guile programmers and newbies should be addressed. FOSDEM is a great opportunity to attract people interested in GNU Guile and Lisp. Examples of (already) [[https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/TalkProposals][proposed]] talks could be 1. A friendly introduction to GNU Guile and GNU Guix 2. Guile programming and optimisation 3. Network freedom live at the REPL 4. Adding GNU/Hurd support to GNU Guix and GuixSD 5. Game programming with GNU Guile 6. Web programming with GNU Guile 7. Shepherd the systemd replacement 8. Programming language support in GNU Guix 9. Virtual environments and targets such as CONDA in GNU Guix 10. Software distribution using Gnunet 11. Latest Guile developments 12. Latest GNU Guix developments 13. Getting started with guile-wiredtiger ** Submit talk Feel free to submit your own topic or even run with one of these. The most interesting talks will be selected. Talks will be about 20 minutes (including setup and Q&A). Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Submit your proposal here: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 If you submitted a talk to a previous FOSDEM, you should already have an account, so make sure that you log in with your existing account. You should only need to create an account if you have not submitted a talk to FOSDEM in recent years. After you have your account configured (you will receive a confirmation email), create the event, and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to display the full form. When submitting your talk make doubly sure to select "GNU Guile devroom" as track (if you don't we won't find it), and include the following information: * The title and subtitle of your talk * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * Links to related websites/blogs etc