Re: FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation

[Pjotr Prins]

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.
> 
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> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 22:14:38 +0100
> From: Alasdair G Kergon <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: [FOSDEM] FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation
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> 
> 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 address@hidden
> 
> 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 address@hidden
> 
> 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 address@hidden
> 
> 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 address@hidden
> 
> 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
> address@hidden
> https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem
> 
> 
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