Hello everyone, We are excited to announce the Call for Participation for the FOSDEM 2025 APIs: GraphQL, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI & Friends Devroom. ## What is the APIs & Friends Devroom? A platform for developers, technologists, and enthusiasts to come together to discuss, learn, and collaborate on topics around APIs and Open Source. Open collaboration is a driving force behind APIs and open-source projects, and we look forward to talks on community-driven technologies such as OpenAPI, GraphQL, AsyncAPI, gRPC and webhooks. ## Suggested Topics We welcome submissions about, but not limited to: - Your favourite Open Source project: tooling, frameworks, SDKs, API gateway, etc. - Topics related to API standards such as OpenAPI, GraphQL, JSON Schema or AsyncAPI. - API Design Principles: best practices for designing clean, efficient, and developer-friendly APIs. - Topics related to versioning, authentication, rate limiting, and error handling. - Real-world API Use Cases. - Developer Experience and API Documentation. ## Important Dates - Sunday Dec 1st 2024: Submission deadline (Closes at midnight Brussels time) - Sunday Dec 15th 2024: Announcement of selected talks - Sunday Feb 2nd 2025: Devroom at 1pm! ## Recording Please be aware of the fact that, barring any technical difficulties, devroom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal you agree to be recorded and to have your talk made available from the FOSDEM video platform. ## How to submit a talk - Talk submissions can be 20 to 25 minutes, allowing a short Q&A time to fill the rest of the 30 minute slot - Shorter (lightning) talks should be 10-12 minutes and should indicate "lightning talk" in the description. - Go to [FOSDEM pretalx](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025/cfp) website. - Select ‘APIs: GraphQL, OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and friends’ from the ‘Track’ field. ## Code of Conduct The code of conduct for FOSDEM is available at https://fosdem.org/2025/practical/conduct/ ## Questions You can reach the devroom organisers at: api-devroom-manager AT fosdem.org -- Jem Gillam Operations Manager they/them Timezone: London, UK Graphile Ltd is a limited company registered in England and Wales, company number: 11171700, registered address: Tremain House, 8 Maple Drive, Kings Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, SO33 7NG.