Promo/Events/Release Parties/4.7

This page is for KDE SC 4.7 release party listings. Please follow the following template for readability and keep it sorted.

If you have question email lydia at kde org or kde-promo at kde org.

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• Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within one week of release (27. July))
• Time: 00:00UTC/00:00LOCAL - 00:00UTC/00:00LOCAL
• Place: 12 Krazy Ave, Krazytown, Krazyland (link to map)
• Organizer: Luis (email)
• Other info:
  • Bring your own beer!

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

• What are you doing?
  • Melissa will give a talk about 4.7
  • have a few beer
  • have fun

Europe

Germany

Karlsruhe

• Date: 29.7.
• Time: 19:00
• Place: Vogelbräu Karlsruhe (ask for the table reserved for Pintscher)
• Organizer: Lydia (lydia at kde org)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Lydia
  • Andreas (ademmer at opensuse dot org)
  • Martin
  • Volker
  • Sven
  • Gregor
  • Michael (plans to be there)

• What are you doing?
  • have a few beer
  • have fun

France

Toulouse

• Time: July the 27th, at about 8pm
• Place: Le paradis du fruit - 16, bd de Strasbourg - 31000 Toulouse
• Organizer: Jean-Nicolas (morice-net on irc) (jeannicolasartaud at gmail com)
• Details: [KDE 4.7 release webpage]

• Who is coming? (Add yourself [on the form] if you want to come!)
  • Kévin Ottens
  • Jean-Nicolas Artaud
  • Find the list at the bottom of [this page]

• What are you doing?
  • eat healthy food and drink fruit cocktails
  • have fun and drink beer, for those that don't like cocktails
  • discuss about some future events around KDE

Poland

Warsaw

• Time: July the 23th, at about 10am
• Place: Warsaw University of Technology
• Organizer: Marcin Karpezo (@sirmacik), Paweł Bąk (@kichawa), Karolina Pomarańska and Michał Woźniak (@rysiek) - contact us via kontakt at archcon dot pl
• Details: [Conference website (so far in Polish)]

• Who is coming?
  • Add yourself [on the form] if you want to come!

• What are you doing?
  • we'll have fe presentations about FLOSS and its place in business world
  • Paweł'll present new features in KDE 4.7
  • then we'll have nice party

Asia

India

Bangalore

• Date and Time: [Doodle poll]
• Time: tbd
• Place: tbd in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Organizer: Tushar Mehta (mehtatus at gmail dot com)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Tushar Mehta
  • Phaneendra Hegde
  • Vamsi Krishna Brahmajosyula
  • Yuvraj Tomar
  • Pritam Ghanghas

• What are you doing?
  • have fun
  • Would like to meet other KDE people
  • have talk with them
  • have nice food ;)
  • exchange ideas and thoughts

North America

USA

Farmville, Virginia

• Date and Time: July 27th
• Time: 6:30pm-10:30pm
• Place: 1411 High Street
• Organizer: Robert Marmorstein (rmmarm AT sdf DOT lonestar DOT org)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Robert and Beth Marmorstein

• What are you doing?
  • Hanging out and meeting other KDE enthusiasts
  • Eating food (snacks, maybe pizza)
  • Playing board games (or Linux LAN games)
  • Showcasing new features of KDE 4.7

• Other info:
  • Farmville is about 1 hour west of Richmond, VA, 1 hour east of Lynchburg, VA, and about an hour and a half south of Charlottesville, VA. If you live in the Raleigh-Durham area in NC, we are only about two and a half hours north.
  • My wife and I don't drink, so please no alcohol. If you want to grab a drink afterward, there are several places in town that would be great for an "afterparty".

South America

Brazil

Salvador, Bahia

• Date and Time: July 28th
• Time: 5:00pm - 22:00pm
• Place: Largo da Dinha (Rio Vermelho)
• Organizer: Sandro Andrade (sandroandrade AT kde DOT org)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Sandro Andrade
  • Luis Paulo
  • Mateus Ataide
  • Heider Sassou
  • William

• What are you doing?
  • Enjoy the sunset
  • Food (acarajé, abará)
  • Beer
  • Random conversations