[FOSDEM] CfP for FOSDEM 2024, Debuggers and Analysis tools devroom

[Guinevere Larsen]

Hi All,

We are excited to announce that the call for proposals is now open for
the Debuggers and Analysis Tools developer room at the upcoming FOSDEM
2024, to be hosted on Saturday, February 3rd 2024 in Brussels, Belgium.

This devroom is a collaborative effort and is organized by dedicated
people from projects such as GDB, SystemTap, Valgrind, GNU Poke,
Elfutils, binutils, Libabigail, and the like.

Important Dates:

    1st December 2023    Submission deadline
    8th December 2023    Acceptance notifications
    15th December 2023   Final Schedule announcement
    3rd February 2024    Conference dates

## CFP Introduction

This devroom is geared towards authors, users and enthusiasts of Free
Software programs involved with debugging and analyzing ELF programs
using all the binary information available (including DWARF data).

The goal of the devroom is for developers to get in touch with each
other and with users of their tools, have interesting and hopefully
productive discussions, and finally what is most important: to have
fun.

The format of the expected presentations will cover a range that
includes:

     * Talks oriented towards developers of these projects
     * Presentation / Introductory Workshops for users of these programs
     * Activities oriented towards collaboration & standardization between
       these programs


All presentation slots are 25 minutes, with 15 minutes recommended for
presentations, and 10 minutes for Q&A. This way we can have 8 slots and
bio breaks, covering many topics!

### What is FOSDEM?

**FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas
and collaborate.**

Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software
from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.

FOSDEM 2024 will take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 February 2024.
It will be an in-person event at the **ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels,
Belgium, Europe.**
If you aren't there, you can watch the live streams from the main
tracks and developer rooms.

### Important stuff:

- FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
- [FOSDEM website](https://fosdem.org/)
- [FOSDEM code of conduct](https://fosdem.org/2024/practical/conduct/)
- [FOSDEM Schedule](https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/)

### Desirable topics:

In this devroom, we're interested in any projects that directly reads
binary
files and analyses or manipulates them directly. Some projects and tools
that fit the devroom are:

- GDB
- LLDB
- Ghidra
- Valgrind
- Dyninst
- GNU poke
- Binutils
- SystemTap
- Elfutils
- Libabigail
- Radare2

And any other debugging or binary analysis tool or framework
projects that might be of interest to Free Software enthusiasts.

### Topic overlap

There are over 50 developer rooms this year, and multiple main tracks,
so there may be overlap with some other events.
If the topic would fit more than one devroom, you are free to choose
which to
submit to, but we encourage you to consider the focus of the talk, and
see which
devroom is best matched.

Full list of devrooms
[here](https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-08-devrooms-announced/).

### How to submit your proposal

To submit a talk, please visit the [FOSDEM 2024 Pretalx
website](https://pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2024/cfp).

Click **Submit a proposal**. Make sure you choose the "Debuggers and
analysis tools" devroom in the track drop-down menu (so that we see it
rather than another devroom's organisers)

### What should be in your submission

- name
- short bio
- contact info
- title
- abstract (what you're going talk about, supports markdown)

Optional:

- description (more detail description, supports markdown)
- submission notes (for the organiser only, not made public)
- session image (if you have an illustration to go with the talk)
- additional speaker/s (if more than one person presenting)

Afterwards, click "Continue".
The second page will include fields for:

- Extra materials for reviewers (optional, for organisers only)
- Additional information about the speaker (optional).
- Resources to be used during the talk

All presentations will be recorded and made available under Creative
Commons licenses. In the Submission notes field, please indicate that you
agree that your presentation will be licensed under the CC-By-SA-4.0 or
CC-By-4.0 license and that you agree to have your presentation recorded.

For example:

     "If my presentation is accepted for FOSDEM, I hereby agree to
license all
     recordings, slides, and other associated materials under the Creative
     Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License.

     Sincerely,

     <NAME>."

Once you've completed the required sections, submit and we'll get
back to you soon!

### Things to be aware of

* The reference time will be Brussels local lime (CET)
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels>
* There will be a Q/A session after the talk is over.
   Please make sure that you will be available on the
   day of the event.
* If you're not able to attend the talk in-person, live stream links
   will be available on the FOSDEM schedule page:
<https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/>.
* FOSDEM Matrix channels are specific to each devroom,
   the general link is: </#/#fosdem:fosdem.org>
* **Matrix bridge to the LibreSOC IRC channel**:
<https://matrix.to/#/#_oftc_#libre-soc:matrix.org>
* FOSDEM 2024 FAQ: <https://fosdem.org/2024/faq/>

### Contact

If you have any question about this devroom, please send a message to
debuggers-and-analysis-devroom-manager at fosdem dot org.

Organizers of the devroom can also be reached on IRC at
#dadevroom at irc.libera.chat

-- 
Cheers,
Guinevere Larsen
She/Her/Hers