Conferences/FOSDEM 2008

= Intro =

The 2008 edition of FOSDEM (the Free and Open source Software Developers' Europe Meeting) will take place at the ULB, Brussels, Belgium over the weekend of February 23-24 2008.

Here is the plan for the Jabber/XMPP community...

We don't have a FOSDEM "devroom" this year so we will focus on a booth at FOSDEM on Saturday. Jabberites will also be encouraged to attend various FOSDEM talks on Saturday.

On Sunday and Monday (hours and location to be determined) we will hold an "devcon" at the Atlas Hotel in Brussels.

If you want to help out with the booth or attend the devcon, leave your name below. If you do not have an account at this wiki, contact Alexander Gnauck and he will create an account for you.

= Booth =

The booth is a great way to talk to people interested in our technologies. If you are interested in manning the booth (if only for a few hours), contact [xmpp:ralphm@ik.nu Ralph Meijer].

Booth volunteers:


 * Peter Saint-Andre
 * Alexander Gnauck
 * Florian Jensen
 * [xmpp:intosi@ik.nu Edwin Mons]
 * Solarius

= XMPP Devcon =

If you would like to participate in the XMPP devcon, please leave your name below.


 * Alexander Gnauck (AG Software / XSF Board)
 * Dafydd Harries (Collabora / OLPC)
 * Florian Jensen (Flosoft.biz)
 * Claus E. KrÃ¤mer (Flosoft.biz)
 * Robert McQueen (Collabora / OLPC)
 * Ralph Meijer (Mediamatics Lab / XMPP Council)
 * Edwin Mons (iRex Technologies) (tentative)
 * Micka&#235;l R&#233;mond (Process-one / XSF Board)
 * Peter Saint-Andre (XSF)
 * Jakob SchrÃ¶ter (gloox)
 * Kevin Smith (Psi / XMPP Council)
 * Solarius
 * Pavel &#352;imerda

= Other Events =

On the evening of Friday February 22 we will join the world-famous FOSDEM Beer Event -- don't miss out on that!

We will also hold a dinner on Sunday, February 24 for devcon participants.

= Communications =

Join the FOSDEM-discuss list for more frequent updates.

= Accommodation =

We will stay at the Atlas Hotel. It's located at Rue du Vieux MarchÃ© aux Grains 30 in Brussels close to the city center.

The XMPP Standards Foundation will pay the hotel costs of any XSF member who participates in the devcon. The XSF may ask that you share a room with another XSF member, but we will pay for up to four nights' stay at the Atlas hotel.

Room shares and room reservations for XSF members.

For non XSF members the room rates are:

Breakfast and taxes included. Free wireless Internet.

Join the FOSDEM discussion list to discuss room sharing and logistics information with other participants.