<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hello everyone,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This year, the <a href="http://Matrix.org" class="">Matrix.org</a> Foundation is excited to host the first ever <a href="http://Matrix.org" class="">Matrix.org</a> Foundation and Community devroom in person at FOSDEM. Half a day of talks, demos and workshops around Matrix itself and projects built on top of Matrix.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We encourage people working on the Matrix protocol or building on it in an open source project to submit a proposal! Note that companies are welcome to talk about the Matrix details of their open source projects, but marketing talks are not welcome. This call for participation is only about the physical devroom. A separate CfP will be issued for the online devroom once there are more details about it.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Key dates are:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Conference dates 4-5 February, 2023 In person</div><div class="">- Matrix Devroom date: Sunday 5 morning in person, online devroom to be announced</div><div class="">- Submission deadline: Monday 5th December</div><div class="">- Announcement of selected talks: Thursday 15th December </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You must be available in person to present your talk for the physical devroom.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">## Talk Details</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The talks can follow one of thee two formats for the physical devroom</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">* 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A, for topics that can be covered briefly</div><div class="">* 50 min talk + 10 min Q&A for more complex subjects which need more focus</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We strongly encourage you to prepare a demo when it makes sense, so people can actually see what your work looks like in practice!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Of course, the proposal must respect the FOSDEM terms as well:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">> 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).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">## Submitting a Proposal</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Proposals must be<a href="https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23" class=""> submitted on FOSDEM's conference management system Pentabarf</a> before December 5 2022. If you are not used to Pentabarf, you can follow this <a href="https://eyskens.me/beginners-guide-to-pentabarf/" class="">beginners guide to Pentabarf</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We expect to receive more requests than we have slots available. The devroom organisers will be reviewing the proposals and accepting them based on the potential positive impact the project has on Matrix (as defined in by the Mission section of <a href="https://matrix.org/foundation" class="">https://matrix.org/foundation</a>).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If a project proposal has been turned down, it doesn't mean we don't believe it has good potential. Maintainers are invited to join the <a href="https://matrix.to/#/%23twim:matrix.org" class="">#twim:matrix.org</a> Matrix room to give it some visibility.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div></body></html>