<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>All,<br></div><div><br></div><div>We are excited to announce the <span class="gmail-il">call</span> for <span class="gmail-il">participation</span> for the <span class="gmail-il">Rust</span>
 Devroom for FOSDEM 2025. The Devroom will be held on Saturday, 1 February, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline for talk 
proposals is December 1, 2024.<br></div><div><br></div><div>FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas<br>
and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open<br>
source software from all over the world gather at the event in<br>
Brussels.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://rust-fosdem.github.io/" target="_blank">https://<span class="gmail-il">rust</span>-fosdem.github.io/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Important Dates</div><div>============<br><span class="gmail-il">Call</span> for <span class="gmail-il">participation</span> closes: 1 December 2024<br>Devroom schedule available: 15 December 2024<br>Devroom day: Saturday 1 February 2025</div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">About the <span>Devroom</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">===============</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap" id="m_4004074061974490019m_2513577471880082785gmail-docs-internal-guid-82334cf9-7fff-fab6-ffb1-015474be5ded"><span><span class="gmail-il">Rust</span></span> is a systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents segfaults, and guarantees thread safety. It is rapidly growing in production usage and applicable in many use cases. This, along with being a purely community-driven language, makes it important to provide a venue for people to come together to discuss <span><span class="gmail-il">Rust</span></span>, how to best use it, and how to further enhance the community.</span></span></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_4004074061974490019m_2513577471880082785gmail-docs-internal-guid-da9e1725-7fff-608d-b390-6cb3f25982cd"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></span></font></p></div></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Suggested Topics</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">==============</span></font><br>* <span class="gmail-il">Rust</span> as a modern and evolving language<br>    * New features and language initiatives<br>    * Architecting large projects<br>* <span class="gmail-il">Rust</span> usage across FLOSS projects (Linux, Tor, VLC, Gnome, Firefox, etc.)</div><div>* Rust usage in FOSS (Linux, Redox, Android, etc.)</div><div>* Projects written in <span class="gmail-il">Rust</span> (show and tell)<br>* Tooling<br>    * Build tools (cargo, clippy, rustfmt, <span class="gmail-il">rust</span>-analyzer, etc.)<br>     * Packaging libraries and executables written in <span class="gmail-il">Rust</span><br>     * Profiling, FFI, etc.<br>* Documentation and education initiatives<br>* Community initiatives<br>    * How to contribute<br>    * RFC process<br>    * Promoting inclusiveness for minority or under-represented groups</div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Proposals</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">========</span></font></div><div><p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with
sufficient background material to be clear to the <span><span class="gmail-il">Rust</span></span> community.</span></font></p>

<p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please be aware of the fact that <span>Devroom</span> talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting
a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available.</span></font></p>

<p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Submissions must include:</span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">

* Abstract<br>* Session type<br>* Session length<br>* Expected prior knowledge / intended audience<br>* Speaker bio<br>* Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional)<br>* Links to previous talks by the speaker</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><a href="https://fosdem.org/submit" target="_blank">https://fosdem.org/submit</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Note
 that there is a gorgeous new submission system this year (pretalx) and 
if you had an account on the previous submission system you may need to 
make a new account.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-il">Contact</span></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">======<br>The organizers of the <span>Devroom</span> can be reached by sending email to</span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:rust-devroom-manager@fosdem.org" target="_blank"><span><span class="gmail-il">rust</span></span>-<span>devroom</span>-manager@fosdem.org </a><br></span></font></div><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div><div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><div><font face="Helvetica">Sounds interesting? Submit your talk proposal and we will hopefully see you in Brussels!</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica"><br></font></div><div><font face="Helvetica">On behalf of the organisers,</font></div><div><font face="Helvetica">-- Ewan Higgs</font></div></pre></div></div></div></div></div></div>