FOSDEM 2010

FOSDEM 2010 Announcement

FOSDEM 2010 will take place at at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February 2010.

This page is for organizing GNUstep's participation in the event. This includes the organization of a developer meeting the Friday before FOSDEM.

Organizers

Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf
t.b.d.

Who will attend FOSDEM

One of the main reasons people attend the event is that you can meet, and talk directly to, other developers, whom you would otherwise meet only virtually (on mailing lists, emails, newsgroups, IRC etc.). We expect many lead developers and contributors to be present, so if you have never met them, you shouldn't miss this occasion!

The following is a list of people of GNUstep fame who have confirmed (or denied) that they will be able to join us at the GNUstep meeting at FOSDEM 2010:

Name	Presence	Friday 5. Feb	Saturday 6. Feb	Sunday 7. Feb	Special comments / topics
Lars S.-Helldorf	Yes	likely	Yes	Yes
Nicola Pero	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Nicolas Roard	likely	likely	likely	likely
Gerold Rupprecht	likely	likely	likely	likely
Nikolaus Schaller	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	mySTEP (embedded), Simple Web Kit
Fred Kiefer	likely	likely	likely	likely
Richard Frith-Macdonald	Yes	maybe	Yes	Yes	GNUstep-base, server software
Riccardo Mottola	likely	maybe	likely	likely
David Chisnall	likely	maybe	likely	likely	Etoile,libobjc,base
Quentin Mathé	likely	likely	likely	likely	Étoilé

Dev-Room Presentations and Events

deadline for the papers is Sunday 2010-01-10

The room at out disposal will be AW1.117 (capacity is 31 seats; in the building "AW"), -- on Sunday 2010-02-07 from 09:00 to 17:00

Note: The FOSDEM organizers strongly recommend a granularity of 15 minute blocks. So if a talk is just 15, 30 or 45 minutes long - fine! But we should have 15 minutes breaks between the talks so that the visitors have enough time to find a seat and the presenters have enough time to get ready

Day	Time Slot	Author	Title	Slides
Sunday
Sun. Feb 07, 2009	09:00 - ??:??	t.b.d.	t.b.d	t.b.d.
Sun. Feb 07, 2009	??:?? - ??:??	t.b.d.	t.b.d	t.b.d.
Sun. Feb 07, 2009	??:?? - 17:00	t.b.d.	t.b.d	t.b.d.

Suggested Hotels

Thanks to Nikolaus Schaller who has done some initial research as follows:

Argus Hotel Brussels (Belguim) (good experiences from last year)

6, Rue Capitaine Crespel
B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgique
Tel +32 2 514 07 70
Fax +32 2 514 12 22
reception@hotel-argus.be
Rate: 65/night - but you have to ask for the 'GNUstep/FOSDEM' discount
has free Internet ;-)

Normal prices are here:

http://www.hotel-argus.be/ukrates.htm

but there are discounts available:

http://www.hotel-argus.be/ukpromotions.htm

and we'll ask for even better discounts for a group booking (we need to know who's will be there for that!)

Some people booked that hotel: Nicolas, Marcus, Helge ,Lars.

Sun Hotel in Brussels (Belguim) (not recommended)

Rue du Berger, 38
1050 Brussels (near Porte de Namur)
Tel : +32(0)2 511 21 19
Fax : +32(0)2 512 32 71
sunhotel@skynet.be
www.hotels-belgium.com/brussel-al/sunhotel.htm

50 EUR/Single room with breakfast
22 rooms total
3km distance to University

has internet access, will make breakfast room available for developers after 11:00 am. Two electrical plugs for breakfast room, so need extension cord with additional plugs. Ask for first or second floor rooms close to reception for good wifi connections.

Hotel Sabina in Brussels (Belgium)

Rue du Nord 78
B-1000 Brussels
Tel: (32)2 218 26 37
Fax: (32)2 219 32 39

(very good rating by visitors) 63 EUR/Single with breakfast 8 single only + 16 double rooms 4,2km distance

Hotel Mozart in Bruxelles (Belgium)

Rue Marché aux Fromages 23
B-1000 Brussels
Tel +32 2 502 66 61
Fax +32 2 502 77 58
Email Hotel.mozart@skynet.be

http://www.hotels-belgium.com/brussel-center/mozart.htm

70 EUR/Single room NO breakfast WLAN

51 rooms total 4,2km distance

We are open to other suggestions. Please take into account distance to the University and access to public transportation.

A quick introduction to Brussels: http://wikitravel.org/en/Brussel