<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<br><br>We're happy to announce that the call for participation in the FOSDEM 2024<br>devroom for Public Code and Digital Public Goods has opened.<br><br>It's a devroom dedicated to everyone developing public code - open source<br>code that implements public policy, used for the public good, and by public<br>organizations like governments, public administrations and state<br>corporations. Digital public goods (DPGs) are open-source software, open standards, <br>open data, open AI systems, and open content collections that help meet<br>the Sustainable Development Goals.<br><br>The devroom will take place on Saturday, 3 February 2024 in Brussels.<br><br>We're looking for contributions that fit within the main theme of<br>the devroom. Below are some questions to inspire your proposal:<br><br>* have you tried to replicate or co-develop with another public<br>organization? what did you learn along the way?<br>* do you have any procurement or governance models (or hacks!) that<br>helped you use, reuse or co-develop public code or a digital public good?<br>* are you working on or using an amazing DPG or public code project with <br>strong reuse potential that everyone should know about?<br><br>If you have another idea for a talk that you think would fit, please don't<br>hesitate to let us know! We hope that this will be an opportunity for<br>everyone to meet and exchange ideas about public code and digital public<br>goods around the world.<br><br>We offer two types of talk slots:<br>- 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A)<br>- 5 minute lightning talks, perfect for presenting your project, but other lightning talk <br>topics are also welcome!<br>Please specify in the Submission notes field which type you're applying for.<br><br>We welcome submissions from projects that have never been to FOSDEM<br>before, as well as from 'old timers'.<br><br>= Submission process =<br><br>Please submit your proposals at [1] before 1 December 2023.<br><div id="gmail-magicdomid893" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">Head to the FOSDEM 2024 pretalx website. This has replaced Pentabarf!</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid894" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Follow the instructions to create an account.</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid895" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Once logged in, select “submit a CFP”.</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid896" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet1" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 1.5em;padding:0px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Your submission must include the following information:</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid897" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet2" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 3em;padding:0px;list-style-type:circle"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Proposal title</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid898" class="gmail-ace-line" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><ul class="gmail-list-bullet2" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 3em;padding:0px;list-style-type:circle"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><span class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:18.75px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Track - Select Public Code and Digital Public Goods from the dropdown list</font></span></li></ul></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid899" class="gmail-ace-line" styl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