Akademy/Handbook

Akademy is KDE's annual event. This handbook covers basic information about the different parts of Akademy and how it is organized.

Goal

Primarily, Akademy is bringing the KDE Community together to:

• meet in-person and strengthen social ties
• exchange ideas
• get updates on the latest things happening in different areas of KDE
• make plans for the coming year

Secondary goals include:

• connect to local FOSS groups
• outreach to the KDE userbase
• attract new contributors

Organisation

Akademy is organized by KDE e.V. in collaboration with a local team.

• Core Team
• Volunteers
• Venue
• Program committee
• Graphics

Program

The Akademy program consists of various parts:

• Welcome event
• Talk program
• Workshops
• Trainings
• Sponsors dinner
• Board dinner
• Social event
• Day trip

Logistics

There are a lot of small pieces that go into running a conference. Do we have everything we need? What is our setup check list? That's all here.

• Akademy Equipment Inventory
• Production Checklist
• Technical Infrastructure