Promo/Events/FOSDEM/2012
KDE at FOSDEM 2012
FOSDEM 2011, 4-5 Febuary, ULB Campus Solbosch, Brussels, Belgium
- KDE will be part of the cross desktop devroom on Saturday and Sunday, talks needed, Pau Garcia i Quiles organising, see below
- KDE will have a stall
Devroom
Cross Desktop Room with Gnome, XFCE and Enlightenment
Saturday, Febuary 4, 11.00 - 19.00
Room Hosts - Pau Garcia i Quiles, Christophe Fergeau
Sunday, February 5, 9.00 - 17.00
Room Host - Pau Garcia i Quiles, Christophe Fergeau
The schedule is now available.
There will be some Qt and KDE-related talks at the Open Mobile Linux DevRoom
Stall
Please add your name if you can help on the stall over the weekend
| Helper Name | When available |
|---|---|
| Claudia Rauch | Saturday and Sunday |
| Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas | Saturday and Sunday |
| Antonis Tsiapaliokas | Saturday and Sunday |
| Jonathan Riddell | Saturday and Sunday |
| Agustin Benito | Saturday and Sunday |
| Dario Freddi | Saturday and Sunday |
| Ingo Klöcker | Saturday and Sunday morning |
| Martin Klapetek | Saturday and Sunday |
| David Edmundson | Saturday and Sunday |
Stall To Do
| What? | Who? | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Name badges | Jonathan Riddell | ordered |
| Work out what to demo | all | see below |
| Table cloths | claudia? | To be done |
| Posters | claudia and jonathan? | To be done, see below for ideas |
Equipment
| What? | Who? | Status |
|---|---|---|
| blu tac | Jonathan Riddell | ready |
| monitor | Jonathan Riddell | ready |
| computer | PAdams | to be installed |
| UK extension and 4 way adaptor | Jonathan Riddell | ready |
| laptop demo | Jonathan Riddell | to be installed |
| CDs | ordered for Bart Cernells | to confirm |
| Tablet | Claudia | to install |
Posters
| What? | Who? | Status |
|---|---|---|
| KDE | ? | ? |
| Plasma Active | ? | ? |
| Calligra | ? | ? |
| Project Neon | ? | ? |
Stall Demos
| What? | Who? | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Project Neon/Calligra/Owncloud? | JRiddell | my laptop, to be installed, .docx file to be found, owncloud to be setup |
| N9 | leinir | to bring, to install KDE bits/calligra |
| Kolab | Paul Adams | his computer, jriddell monitor, to be installed |
| Plasma Active | Claudia | her touchpad, to be installed/calligra active installed |
People and Accommodation
Let us know you're coming. We will book accommodation for KDE people who request it here. You may also find a hotel on your ow via booking sites such as hotels.com and laterooms.com.
Add yourself before End of 2011!
| Name | Flight No/train time | Please book me accommodation |
|---|---|---|
| Pau Garcia i Quiles | JAF5354 | No |
| Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas | arriving Friday,leaving Monday by airplane | No |
| Antonis Tsiapaliokas | arriving Friday,leaving Monday by airplane | No |
| Lydia Pintscher | arriving Friday, leaving Monday by train | Yes |
| Jonathan Riddell | arriving Friday, leaving Sunday by train | Yes |
| Alex Fiestas | arriving Friday, leaving Sunday or Monday | Yes (Single room) |
| Agustin Benito | arriving Friday, leaving on Monday | No |
| Dario Freddi | arriving Friday, leaving on Monday | No |
| Riccardo Iaconelli | arriving Friday, leaving on Monday | No |
| Daniele E. Domenichelli (+1 person) | arriving Saturday morning, leaving Monday | Yes (double room) |
| Martin Klapetek | arriving Friday morning, leaving Monday | No |
| David Edmundson | arriving Friday morning, leaving Sunday night | Yes |
| José Millán Soto | arriving Friday, leaving Monday | Yes |
| Ingo Klöcker | arriving Friday (17:35), leaving Sunday (14:25) | No |
| Aleix Pol Gonzalez | arriving Friday, leaving Monday | No |
Friday Drinks
FOSDEM will hold the usual beer event at Delirium again on the Friday evening. See you there, please try to wear something KDE to raise our visibility (also: a badge with your name will make identification easier!)
Saturday Night
Anyone know any vegan friendly restaurants? House party maybe?
Pataya might be a possibility it is a nice central Thai restaurant that some of us have been to before - Kenny
There is a small italian restaurant close to the Grand Place. I cannot remember the name but I can find it when I'm there. Inexpensive and very good food. - Pau
Post Event Review from 2011, to be considered for 2012
Awesome event, thanks all for helping. Add any thoughts so we can improve for next year:
- Stall had no large KDE sign, get a poster stand or cloth flag (hall of flags did good ones for Akademy 2007) with KDE logo for next year
- Better table cloths / KDE signs to go on front of tables.
- Saturday night was good but should plan ahead with printed directions. Schedule/book for 8pm, 7:30pm was unachievable.
- larger screens for demo machines would be cool (like openSUSE had), needs better transport. Perhaps hire locally or arrange for openSUSE to transport on their bus with their large ones??
- No way to sign up to Join the Game on the day, we should have forms and accept cash for this.
- print off crossdesktop dev room timetable to put on 2nd room door and stall (also any other KDE talks elsewhere)
- KDE stickers good but libreoffice looked very smart in jumpers, matching KDE jumpers would be awesome. The bright blue t-shirts work well, just need to be different to any on sale.
- Some kind of attract-mode animation / slideshow / deskcast to play on large screen(s) when not in use
- I have access to a digital projector (aka beamer), Mozilla were using one but I'm not sure how useful it was given the limited space.
- New t-shirt designs
- Wider variety of swag to give away or sell?
- Contact more distros in advance for KDE CD's to hand out, Fedora were keen as were Pardus, perhaps also Mageia and one of the *BSD's?
- KDE on Windows was very popular, perhaps talk to the Windows team about an installer CD to give away? I have been trying to find a sponsor but neither Microsoft USA nor Microsoft Spain are interested -- Pau
- Formal dressing (suits) at the stall? Postgres and others do that and it makes the project look more professional. Maybe a mixture of informal dressing and suits to make sure every visitor will feel comfortable?