From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: Re: FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 07:22:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20150926052222.GA20708@thebird.nl> References: <20150925045338.GA15591@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38813) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZfhyP-0001k2-1x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:24:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZfhyL-0005s7-T8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:24:37 -0400 Received: from mail.thebird.nl ([95.154.246.10]:59459) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZfhyL-0005rk-Ly for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:24:33 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150925045338.GA15591@thebird.nl> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel Would it be worth contacting the other GNU projects that use Guile? Can someone put this announcement on the Guile mailing list? Pj. On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 06:53:38AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote: > FOSDEM Dev track deadline Oct. 9th. The more talk proposals we have > for Guile/Guix, the better: > > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/TalkProposals > > If you have an idea for a talk on Guile/Guix, please add it before > coming Monday. Even if you are not sure you can make it. We may find > someone else to give the talk! Dave, how about your static web > publishing system, and the the deployment stuff? > > We also need non-Guix talks! How about a Guile talk on monads, or > Guile as part of other GNU projects? The language dev tracks tend to > be interesting, let's make ours exciting! > > Pj. > > ----- Forwarded message from Alasdair G Kergon ----- > > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:14:38 +0100 > From: Alasdair G Kergon > To: fosdem@lists.fosdem.org > Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation > User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i > > FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to > meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly > developer-oriented, the event brings together some 5000+ geeks from > all over the world. > > The sixteenth edition will take place on Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st > January 2016 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. > > We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, > stands and lightning talks. > > Main Tracks > ----------- > Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security, > operating system development, community building, and many other > topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should > cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers > reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges > accommodation for accepted main track speakers. > > Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using > Pentabarf: > https://fosdem.org/submit > > This year, submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with > those received by 16 October. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at program@fosdem.org. > > Key dates: > 16 October > - deadline for first batch of main track proposals > > 30 October > - final deadline for main track proposals > > 2 November onwards > - main track talks announced (in batches) > > Developer Rooms > --------------- > Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work > together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics > relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Content may be > scheduled in any format, subject to approval. Popular formats include > presentation tracks, hacking sessions and panel discussions. > Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries > are strongly encouraged. > > Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at > https://fosdem.org/devroom > which contains further information. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at devrooms@fosdem.org. > > Key dates: > 9 October > - deadline for developer room proposals > > 19 October > - accepted developer rooms announced > > 2 November (or earlier) > - developer rooms issue Calls for Participation > > 18 December (or earlier) > - developer rooms publish complete schedules > > Stands > ------ > FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity > to display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can > share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, > and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. > > What we offer: > > - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with > developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. In some > cases, a second table may be possible, if you have a good reason to > need two. > - two chairs per table > - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional > sockets, please bring them yourself) > - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access > > To apply, please fill out the form at: > https://fosdem.org/stands > which contains further information. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands@fosdem.org. > > Key dates: > 13 November > - deadline for stand proposals > > 30 November > - accepted stands announced > > Lightning talks > --------------- > Lighting talks are short - 15 minutes - talks on a wide variety of > topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open > source or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage > topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. > > Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: > > https://fosdem.org/submit > > Please select "Lightning Talks" in the "track" field. > > Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks@fosdem.org. > > Key dates: > 27 November > - deadline for lightning talk proposals > > 14 December > - accepted lightning talks announced > > All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC. > > _______________________________________________ > FOSDEM mailing list > FOSDEM@lists.fosdem.org > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > --