28th birthday

KDE will celebrate its 28^th Anniversary on October 14, 2024.

Celebration

We would like you to host an event in your city during the month of October 2024. It can be a small get-together or a grand affair, or you can just meet over beverages and share pictures with us afterwards, of course there is no need to celebrate the same day.

Asia

India

Kochi

• Date: 26/10/24
• Time: 11:00 - 12:00
• Place: IBM India Software Lab, Brigade World Trade Center, Infopark, Kochi, India (https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1095581943)
• Organizer: Kochi FOSS group (Matrix: #kochifoss:matrix.org, Telegram: @KochiFOSS)
• Other info:
  • Kochi FOSS group organizes monthly meetups, we're gonna include a small celebration of KDE's 28 years in our October meetup
  • Since the event is inside Infopark, because of security issues we need a list of people attending beforehand, please join our communication groups in Matrix/Telegram/XMPP to register for the meetup

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Subin Siby (<mail [at] subinsb [dot] com>)
  • Vysakh Premkumar
  • ----

• What are we doing?
  • Showcasing our usage of KDE products
  • Have a group lunch afterwards the meetup

Kozhikode

• Date: 18/10/24
• Time: 19:00-20:00'
• Place: National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus P.O 673 601, Kozhikode
• Organizer: FOSSCell NIT Calicut @(mastodon: @[email protected], Web: https://www.fosscell.org/)
• Other info:Please note, this event is exclusively for individuals affiliated with NIT Calicut. We are unable to invite participants from outside the campus.

• What are we doing?
  • A talk on the usage of KDE products
  • Cake cutting
  • A casual round gathering afterward

short compilation video of the event

New Delhi

• Date: 19/10/24
• Time: 13:00 - 16:00
• Place: Essentia Office - C56/A28, Third Floor, C Block, Sector 62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201309
• Organizer: PyDelhi, Elixir Delhi, ILUG-D
• Other info:
  • PyLiXir - The October installment of monthly meetups in collaboration with Elixir Delhi and ILUG-D
  • Please note that RSVPs for the event are already closed. If you'd like to join, you can, but seating will be on a first come first serve basis, with preference being given to people who have RSVP'd
• What are we doing?
  • Some Python, Elixir, and Linux talks, followed by cake-cutting.

Europe

Germany

Berlin

• Date: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
• Time:
  • Dinner: 19:00-20:15
  • Party: 20:30-22:00+
• Places:
  • Dinner: Karabach Holzkohlegrill (Azerbaijan), Hermannstr. 198, 12049 Berlin, U8 Leinestrasse station
  • Party: 'Brauhaus Neulich' (website), Selchower Str. 20, 12049 Berlin

• Organizers:
  • Aniqa Khokhar [email protected]

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come; make sure Aniqa has your contact info or join https://matrix.to/#/#kde-berlin:kde.org so we can contact you when we finalize date/time/place!)
  • Aniqa Khokhar
  • Carl Schwan
  • Lydia Pintscher
  • Volker
  • Fabian Kosmale
  • Shinjo
  • Kieryn
  • Victoria
  • Joseph
  • Petra
  • Aleix
  • Jonah
  • Mathis
  • ...

• What are we doing?
  • Eat, drink, celebrate

Hungary

Budapest

• Date: 2024.10.14. Monday
• Time: around 18:00, TBD
• Place: Hackerspace Budapest

1056 Budapest, Bástya utca 12 Map/Térkép

• Organizer: mugli, aronkvh
• Who is coming?
  • Áron (aronkvh)
• Links:
  • https://hsbp.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=1938
  • https://mobilizon.fr/events/6a50ee75-88fd-47b4-b9d4-d3eb55f60b38
• What are we doing?
  • talking about KDE I guess
  • ----

North America

USA

Florida

• Date: 10/31/24
• Time: 18:00 - 20:00
• Place: TechFarms, Panama City, FL
• Organizer: Justice & Sam
• Who is coming?
  • Sam
  • Justice

• What are we doing?
  • eating konqi cookie cake and watching blender animations :O

An example of how you need to enter the information is given below :

Continent

Country

City

• Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within two weeks of the anniversary)
• Time: 00:00 - 00:00
• Place: Venue, City, Country (link to map)
• Organizer: ABC (email)
• Other info:
  • About Food/Beverages

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • ABC
  • ----

• What are we doing?
  • have a few drinks
  • ----