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= Introduction = | |||
FOSDEM 2012 (the [http://www.fosdem.org Free and Open Source Software Developers' Europe Meeting]) will take place on 4th and 5th February 2012 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 2012 will be bracketed by [http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Summit_11 XMPP Summit 11] on the Friday 5th and Monday 6th February which, this year, will be taking place just outside of Brussels at facilities kindly provided by Cisco. Head over the the [http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Summit_11 Summit 11 page] for more details. | |||
= Getting involved in FOSDEM 2012 = | |||
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 [http://xmpp.org/participate/the-xmpp-summit/xmpp-summit-10/ Summit 10/FOSDEM 2011], [http://xmpp.org/participate/the-xmpp-summit/xmpp-summit-8/ Summit 8/FOSDEM 2010] and [http://xmpp.org/participate/the-xmpp-summit/xmpp-summit-6/ Summit 6/FOSDEM 2009]. | |||
If you're interested in giving a talk, please introduce yourself on the summit@xmpp.org mailing list. | |||
As talk subjects are accepted they'll be inserted into a table below. | |||
{| border="1" | |||
|- | |||
! Speaker | |||
! Topic | |||
|- | |||
| Dave Cridland | |||
| Welcome to XMPP | |||
|- | |||
| Remko Tronçon, Peter Saint-Andre, Kevin Smith | |||
| Everything you ever wanted to know about XMPP but were afraid to ask | |||
|- | |||
| Winfried Tilanus | |||
| HelpIM - Mistakes made and lessons learned | |||
|- | |||
| Peter Saint-Andre | |||
| Network Information Sharing | |||
|- | |||
| Dave Cridland | |||
| Plastique | |||
|} | |||
== Help at the Realtime Lounge == | |||
This year, we've an enormous stand that needs filling with people. We're aiming to showcase exciting and inventive XMPP-based projects, and we need your help both to provide things to demo, and hang about answering questions from the crowds. | |||
== Sponsor == | |||
It is traditional for the XSF to hold its annual dinner one evening after FOSDEM. This year, we've moved from Sunday to Saturday, and we'll have a bus leave from FOSDEM to take us. We always aim to make the dinner - including drinks - free to XSF members. 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) [http://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Florian_Jensen_for_Board_2011 Florian Jensen]. | |||
The location of the XSF Dinner is the usual place. Spaces are limited, so if you think you might be attending, please inform Florian Jensen as soon as possible. |
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