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Fedora Events: FOSDEM 2009 in Brussels, Belgium

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What to do if you are attending

First, sign up here.

Name Group Saturday Sunday Description Languages
FredericHornain Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Event Owner EN, FR
MaxSpevack Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker EN
JoergSimon Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png FedoraLogistic, Booth EN, DE
ChitleshGoorah Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker and Booth personnel EN, FR
GeroldKassube Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, DE
FabianAffolter Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, DE, FR
PierrosPapadeas Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel & Logistics EN, EL
KostasAntonakoglou Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, EL
ChristosBacharakis Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, EL
ChristophWickert Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker and Booth personnel EN, DE
FrancescoCrippa Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker and Booth personnel EN, IT
Robert Lazzurs Cobbler/Koan Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker and Booth personnel EN
JasperCapel Cobbler/Koan Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker EN, NL
Simo Sorce FreeIPA Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker EN
ThomasCanniot Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, FR
Raphael Pinson Augeas Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker EN
Robert Scheck Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, DE
MarekMahut Fedora Note.png Note.png Booth assistance EN, FR, CZ, SK, PL
XavierLamien Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, FR
PierreYvesChibon Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, FR
PabloMartin-Gomez Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, FR, ES
MaximeCarron Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, FR
LucaFoppiano Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, IT
LorenzoVillani Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth personnel EN, IT
Tomeu Vizoso Sugar Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker ES, EN, PT, CZ
GregDeKoenigsberg Fedora/Sugar Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Speaker EN
AlasdairKergon Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth EN
JensKuehnel Fedora Checkmark.png Checkmark.png Booth EN, DE
HenrikHeigl Fedora Note.png Note.png Booth EN, DE
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Next, add your information to the Accommodation page.

Finally, see the list (below) of things we need and volunteer for the booth or for a speaking slot.

Booth and Dev Room organization

Things we need:

  • Fedora 10 CDs (Max)
    • Fedora 10 i686 DVDs - not know number yet (Marek)
  • Fedora tshirts (Max)
  • Fedora posters (Joerg)
  • Blue table cloth (???)
  • OLPC (Pierros will bring one XOC2 with F10 borrowed from Glezos, Joerg will bring one XOB4, JensKuehnel will bring an XOC2)
  • Other swag -- buttons, etc. (???)
  • Stickers
    • Fedora Logo stickers (~1500 Pierros)
    • Few fedora stickers (Marek)
  • Pamphlets or flyers (???)
  • Hardware
    • Power Cords (Kostas will bring 3 5-socket power strips)
    • Networking
      • Some patch and crossover ethernet cables (Pierros)
      • A 5-port switch just in case for network sharing (Pierros)
    • Notebooks with F10 for Demo (Kostas, Pierros)
    • if needed Laptop + Beamer from Fedora EMEA e.V. (Joerg)

Speakers in the Dev Room

Saturday Feb 7

  • 12:00 - RPM Packaging -- Christoph Wickert
  • 13:00 - Fedora Electronics Lab -- Chitlesh Goorah
  • 14:00 - Fedora-fr Next Challenges -- Thomas Canniot
  • 15:00 - Free IPA -- Simo Sorce
  • 16:00 - Sugar and Fedora -- Tomeu Vizoso & Greg DeKoenigsberg
  • 17:00 - Augeas -- Raphael Pinson

Sunday Feb 8

  • 10:00 - 15:00 -- CentOS talks.
  • 15:00 - Cobbler & Koan -- Robert Lazzurs & Jasper Capel
  • 16:00 - Func & Symbolic -- Luca Foppiano & Francesco Crippa

Location & Schedule

Friday, 6 February

There will be a FOSDEM beer event on Friday night before FOSDEM (6 February 2009).

Saturday, 7 February and Sunday, 8 February

Attendance and Parking is free

ULB Campus Solbosh
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50
1050 Bruxelles

Location ULB

ULB campus

The event is easily reachable by public transportation. For details, see below. If you are afraid of getting lost, the following links might help you:

More information

Mailinglist: fosdem at lists.fosdem.org. We will inform you when news about FOSDEM is available.

For Spouses or partners

Spouses/partners: enjoy a guided tour of Brussels while your favourite geek attends FOSDEM !

This year, FOSDEM hires professional guides to offer a guided tours of Brussels for the spouses or partners.If he or she would like to accompany you, and is not interested in the FOSDEM conference, this will make the stay worthwhile. Brussels is a city with a rich historical past, and a cosmopolitan present.

The tours will take place both afternoons of the conference. The first one will give an introduction of the heart of brussels, and the other one will cover different views of the city, and make sure you're back well on time.

The guides are from the organization Brukselbinnenstebuiten.

Please register