FOSDEM 2011

= Introduction =

FOSDEM 2011 (the Free and Open Source Software Developers' Europe Meeting) will take place on 5th and 6th February 2011 in Brussels, Belgium.

This year, as in previous years, the XMPP Standards Foundation will have both a devroom and promotional booth. Previous FOSDEMs have provided us with a good platform for raising the profile of XMPP and spreading knowledge of XMPP projects and initiatives throughout the open source community.

FOSDEM 2011 will be bracketed by XMPP Summit 10 on the Friday 4th and Monday 7th February which, this year, will be taking place just outside of Brussels at facilities kindly provided by Cisco. Head over the the Summit 10 page for more details.

= Getting involved in FOSDEM 2011 =

The XSF needs your help to make FOSDEM a success. You can get involved in three ways:

Give a Devroom Talk
From 13:00 to 19:00 on the 5th February we'll have access to a devroom to host tutorials, demonstrations, presentations and "lightning talks". The XMPP devroom is usually very popular, attracting a large, technically literate audience (so no marketing fluff allowed!)...

If you want to see the sort of talks we've seen in the past, then head over the the pages for Summit 8/FOSDEM 2010 and Summit 6/FOSDEM 2009.

There will be 8 or 9 slots for devroom talks available. The format is 15 minutes for the talk, 15 minutes for Questions and Answers. If you're interested in giving a talk, please contact XSF Board Chairman Mike Taylor.

As talk subjects are accepted they'll be inserted into a table below.

Help out with the Booth
In the past, the Jabber / XMPP community has had a booth in the hallways of one of the ULB classroom buildings. Unfortunately, this year we neglected to make a request, so this year we are boothless!

Sponsor
It is traditional for the XSF to hold its annual dinner on the evening of FOSDEM Sunday. Sponsorship from individuals or organisations to help reduce the costs to attendees is always appreciated. As sponsors step forward they'll be listed below.

If you or the organisations you work for would like to sponsor the dinner (no donation too small), then please contact XSF Board Member (and dinner organiser) Florian Jensen.

Attending the Dinner
The location of the XSF Dinner is yet to be decided. In part the venue will be decided by the number of expected attendees so, if you think you might be attending, please inform Florian Jensen as soon as possible.