Re: FOSDEM 2016: Call for Participation

[Pjotr Prins]

Excellent :)

On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:08:49PM -0500, Christopher Allan Webber wrote:
> If there's interest in it, I signed up for a second talk about expanding
> the Guile community, kind of based on my overly-exuberant email to
> guile-devel last night.  I'm not sure if anyone would be interested in
> that!  But it's something I really care about.
> 
> Pjotr Prins writes:
> 
> > 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 <address@hidden> -----
> >> 
> >> 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
> >> 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 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> 
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