Hello everyone, We are happy to announce that the former FOSS Educational Programming Languages Devroom has been renamed to Educational Devroom and will again be held in 2025. While previous years primarily focused on programming languages, we would like to broaden the scope of this devroom to include open source learning tools and concepts in education. ## Call for participation We are seeking presentations discussing topics such as programming languages and environments, coding competitions, educational foundations, learning materials, learning management systems, and more. If you are unsure if your presentation fits this devroom, feel free to reach out so we can assist you. It is important to remember that free software is both a movement and an idea. These ideas can be expressed by creating and contributing to open-source software, as well as how you choose to educate people about technology. ## Submission process Please submit your proposals at https://fosdem.org/submit by the 1st of December 2024. If you already have an account from a previous year, you should reuse it so all recorded FOSDEM contributions are associated with your profile. When submitting your proposal, select 'Educational' from the track drop-down menu. Write the desired duration including question and answer into the proposal so we can take that into account when planning. We may decide to give shorter slots so that more speakers can participate. ## Requirements The conference language is English. All content must relate to Free and Open Source Software. By participating in the event you agree to the publication of your recordings, slides and other content provided under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). By participating in FOSDEM you are required to adhere the Code of Conduct: https://fosdem.org/2025/practical/conduct/ ## Please consider volunteering Regardless if you submit a talk, please consider volunteering if you plan on attending the devroom. Every small contribution counts, even just half an hour, so if you want to help make our devroom a success, please let us know so we can stay in touch and plan. ## Devroom managers Current Devroom managers are Bart Mathijssen and Peter Mathijssen. You can use the dedicated email address to contact us: educational-devroom-manager at fosdem.org.