Promo/Events/Release Parties/4.8

This page is for KDE SC 4.8 release party listings. Please follow the following template for readability and keep it sorted.

If you have question email [email protected] or [email protected].

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

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<Place>

• Date: DD/MM/YY (preferably within one week of release on 25th of January)
• Time: 00:00 - 00:00
• 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 4.8
  • have a few beer
  • have fun

Asia

India

Durgapur, West Bengal

• Date: 04/02/12
• Time: ~17:00
• Place: NIT Durgapur
• Organizer: Tirtha Chatterjee (wyuka) (tirtha DOT p DOT chatterjee AT gmail DOT com)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Smit Shah (Who)
  • Samikshan Bairagya (Samxan)

• What are you doing?
  • Who will give a workshop on developing for KDE 4.8
  • Who, wyuka and samxan will give a talk on the ways to get involved in the KDE community
  • Overnight hackfest (lots of fun + features + bugfixes)

North America

United States

Bellingham, Washington

• Date: Saturday 2012-01-28
• Start Time: ~14:00
• Place: 2601 North Park Drive [1]
• Organizer: Anthony Penzinski (anthony"在"penzinski.com)
• Purpose: As the SuSE people like to say, to "have a lot of fun".
• Details: Potluck meal, light drinking, stimulating conversation, strange eclectic music. Family friendly. Noob friendly. Microsoft friendly! ;^{)
• Parking: If you come in a car, there should be room to park along Broadway in front of the Roeder Home, and along North Park Drive.

New York City

• Date: Thursday 2011-12-29
• Time: ~18h30
• Place: Union Hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn
• Organizer: Jason Donenfeld (jason at zx2c4 dot com)
• Blog entry: [2]

Europe

France

Limoges

• Date: 26th of January
• Time: 18:00
• Place: IUT du Limousin (University of Limoges)
• Organizer: Ludovic Grossard (grossard at kde org) / alternatives87

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Sylvain Floury
  • Ludovic Grossard
  • Alix Mascret
  • Olivier Toussaint

• What are you doing?
  • talks (what's new in 4.8, highlights on some KDE softwares)
  • have fun
  • after that, have dinner together (gnu-bouffe as we say :) )

Toulouse

• Date: 25th of January
• Time: 20:00
• Place: Le paradis du fruit - 16, bd de Strasbourg - 31000 Toulouse
• Organizer: Jean-Nicolas (morice-net on irc) (jeannicolasartaud at gmail com)
• Details: [KDE 4.8 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

Germany

Karlsruhe

• Date: 28th of January
• Time: 19:00
• Place: Stövchen (table is reserved for Pintscher)
• Organizer: Lydia Pintscher (lydia at kde org)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Lydia Pintscher
  • Martin Gräßlin
  • Kai Uwe Broulik (also celebrating birthday that day, will maybe bring a cake or something)
  • Eckhart Wörner
  • Thorsten Zachmann (depends on the exact date if I can join)
  • Volker Lanz
  • Frank Karlitschek
  • Dennis Nienhüser
  • Manuel Nickschas

• What are you doing?
  • have nice food and drinks
  • talks? (Who wants to give one?)
  • have fun

Ulm

• Date: 27th of January
• Time: 19:00
• Place: Herrenkellergasse 4, Ulm (aka Hotel M & M)
• Organizer: Mark Kretschmann (kretschmann at kde org), Myriam Schweingruber (myriam at kde org)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Mark Kretschmann
  • Myriam Schweingruber
  • Manuel Nickschas

• What are you doing?
  • Party
    • please brink drinks, finger food will be provided, but some awesome salad or cake is a good idea. Please coordinate with M & M :)
    • keysigning eventually?

Greece

Thessaloniki

• Date: tba - likely weekend of 28/29th of January
• Time: tba
• Place: tba
• Organizer: Kostas Koudaras (warlordfff at opensuse dot org)

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

• What are you doing?

Athens

• Date: tba
• Time: tba
• Place: tba
• Organizer: Christos Loukas (commixon at gmail com)

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

• What are you doing?

Larissa

• Date: tba
• Time: tba
• Place: ATEI Larisas
• Organizer: Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas (terietor at gmail com)

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas
  • Antonis Tsiapaliokas

• What are you doing?
  • Have foods and drinks
  • Have a nice time

Italy

Torino

• Date: 26/01/12
• Time: tba
• Place: tba
• Organizer: Vincenzo Buttazzo (vbuttazzo DOT yahoo DOT com)

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

• What are you doing?
  • Talk about 4.8
  • Meet other KDE fans!

Spain

Madrid

• Date: January 20th (Friday)
• Time: 22:00
• Place: Pizza Marzano, Gran Vía, 69
• Organizer: Albert Astals Cid ([email protected])

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come (or mail me at [email protected]))
  • Albert Astals Cid
  • Javier Llorente
  • Rafael Fernández López
  • Jaime Torres Amate (y mujer)

• What are you doing?
  • have nice food and drinks
  • have fun

Barcelona

• Date: Friday, January 27th
• Time: 22:00
• Place: Not sure yet
• Organizer: Aleix Pol Gonzalez ([email protected])

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Aleix Pol Gonzalez
  • Víctor Blázquez Francisco
  • Josep Ma. Ferrer
  • Albert Astals Cid
  • Miquel Canes
  • Carlos Cabezas
  • Orestes Mas
  • David Gil (as I am new and nobody will know me, my blog is Expolio Intelectual)
  • Miquel Adroer (http://miquel66.caliu.cat/)

• What are you doing?
  • have nice food and drinks
  • have fun

Switzerland

Visp

• Date: January 27th (Friday)
• Time: arround 19:00
• Place: Restaurant Mühle, right beneath the main station
• Organizer: Mario Fux ([email protected])
• Info: After the LUGO General Assembly

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come (or mail me at [email protected]))
  • Mario Fux

• What are you doing?
  • have nice food and drinks
  • have fun
  • Probably some demo of the new software

Finland

Helsinki

• Date: 12/01/12
• Time: 18:00
• Place: Hiomotie 32, Helsinki, FI 00380
• Organizer: Laszlo Papp ([email protected])

• Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
  • Laszlo Papp
  • Juhapekka Piiroinen
  • Aapo Rista
  • Henri Ranki
  • Mike Bradshaw
  • Samu Voutilainen
  • Jason Robinson

• What are you doing?
  • Talk about KDE 4.8.
  • Have free food, drinks and sauna -> fun :)