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FUDCon: Fedora Users and Developers Conference

FUD: An acronym for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A typical tactic used by the opponents of open source to prevent its widespread adoption.

Con: In opposition or disagreement with; against.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, workshops, and hackfests in which contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.

FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.

Upcoming FUDCons

Past FUDCons

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

Premier Fedora Events calendar

History of FUDCons & thoughts for the future.

Quarter 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Ongoing
Mar-May (Q1) Boston Boston Boston
Brussels
Berlin
1 FAD
(Berlin)
1 FAD
3 FADs NA Ambassador FAD
India/APAC/Australia?
India/APAC
NA Ambassador FAD
Jun-Aug (Q2) Karlshrue Online experiment --> Classroom Boston Porto Alegre
Berlin
4 FADs
Milan?
Pune?
Zurich?
India/APAC FAD?
Sep-Nov (Q3) London 1 FAD Brno
2 FADs
3 FADs Pune?
EMEA Ambassador FAD
LATAM
LATAM
EMEA Ambassador FAD
Dec-Feb (Q4) Delhi 1 FAD Raleigh Boston
3 FADs
Toronto
2 FADs
NA
LATAM Ambassador FAD
NA
LATAM Ambassador FAD

Organizing a FUDCon

For organizers, we have an information page with tips on how to plan a FUDCon.

For a list of information about potential locations, please see (and/or edit) this page.

FUDCon design

We are in the middle of an Events FAD 2010 to discuss the design of FUDCon in the future. See design discussions at FUDCon design.