<div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"># FOSDEM 22<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">We are pleased to announce the <span>CfP</span> for the Open Source Computer Aided<br>Modeling and Design devroom at FOSDEM 2021, on Saturday, 5 February 2022.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FOSDEM website: <a href="https://fosdem.org/2022/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://fosdem.org/2022/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">FOSDEM Code of Conduct: <a href="https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/</a><br><br>We hope you'll join us for a full day of talks, demos and interesting<br>discussions on designing, modeling and testing physical objects using<br>Open Source
tools. This year's event will be fully virtual (:sad trombone:) <br>and will feature
multiple channels for talks, Q&A as well as <br>hallway discussions (:happy dance:).<br><br>We welcome any talk proposals about the creation of physical objects.<br><br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Open Hardware projects <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Circuit Design<br> * Printed circuit board design tools<br> * Circuit simulation<br>- 3d modeling and analysis<br> * Solid modeling tools<br> * Meshing, modeling and transforming physical representations<br> * Finite element analysis<br>- 3d printing<br> * 3d slicing tools<br> * Motor control<br>- Machine design and integration<br> * ECAD/MCAD integration<br> * Thermal analysis<br> * Wire modeling<br>- Physical Model Data storage<br> * Data representation and optimization<br> * Version control in hardware data storage<br> * Collaborative and team-based hardware design techniques<br><br>Slots will be allocated for short (20 minutes), long (40 minutes)<br>talks and in-depth (60 minutes). This includes question time, for which</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">you should budget at least 20% of your time.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Speakers need to specify their preferred format. Both include time for<br>questions and answers.<br><br>Depending on the number of submissions, submitters may be asked to<br>utilize an alternate time format.<br><br>## The submission process<br><br>Please submit your proposals at<br><a href="https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22</a><br><br>If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of<br>having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in<br>and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already<br>have one.<br><br>Please include the following information with your submission:<br><br>- Abstract<br>- Preferred Session length<br>- Speaker bio<br>- Link to any hardware / code /slides for the talk<br><br>When you submit your proposal (creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make<br>sure you choose the "Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design" in<br>the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal may go unnoticed.<br>Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a<br>suggested duration. Keep in mind that much of the value in these<br>meetings comes from the discussions, so please allot at least 20% <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">of the talk time for questions and answers.<br><br><br>## Important dates</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>- Call for papers available: 29 November 2021<br>- Call for participation closes: 28 December 2021<br>- Devroom schedule available: 1 January 2022</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Talk recording uploads due: 20 January 2022<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- Devroom day: Saturday 5 February 2022 (09:00 to 17:00)<br><br><br>## Recordings<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Because
this year's conference will be fully virtual, all talks must be
pre-recorded. These will be verified for sound and video quality prior
to the conference.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Each
accepted talk will have a dedicated chaperone to help you through the
process of recording, encoding and uploading your talk. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM<br>content (CC-BY). </div></div></div></div></div>