Promo/Events/Release Parties/4.8
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- 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
Denmark
Copenhagen
- Date: Friday 27th of January
- Time: 17:00 or 19:00
- Place: Brewpub, Vestergade 29, 1456 København K
- Organizer: Martin Schlander (cb400f on irc) (martin at sslug dk)
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Martin Schlander (QuickFeed: yes)
- Sune Vuorela (QuickFeed: yes)
- Morten Sjøgren (QuickFeed: yes)
- Alexander Færøy (QuickFeed: yes)
- What are you doing?
- 17:00 - 18:45: QuickFeed at the Brewpub restaurant (optional, 320 DKK)
- 19:00 - ?: Have a few beers and a lot of fun at the Brewpub pub section while talking about KDE and other interesting things
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
- Jonathan Kolberg
- Patrick von Reth
- Florian Jacob
- What are you doing?
- have nice food and drinks
- talks? (Who wants to give one?)
- have fun
- What’s about keysigning?
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
- David Weber
- Burak Aktas
- Martin Aumüller
- Ralf Engels
- What are you doing?
- Party
- please bring drinks, finger food will be provided, but some awesome salad or cake is a good idea. Please coordinate with M & M :)
- keysigning eventually?
- Party
Berlin
- Date: 26th of January
- Who is interrested? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Olivier Goffart
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!)
- Efstathios Iosifidis (diamond_gr at freemail teleia gr)
- Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas
- Antonis Tsiapaliokas
- 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: 27-1-2012
- Time: 18:00
- Place: LinuxTeam ATEI Larisas Lab
- Organizer: Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas (terietor at gmail com)
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Giorgos Tsiapaliwkas
- Antonis Tsiapaliokas
- Eirini Karapetsa
- Dimitris Papapoulios
- More people will attend..
- What are you doing?
- Giorgos will have a talk about KDE SC 4.8 and KDE el
- Have foods,drinks and a nice cake
- 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!
The Netherlands
Culemborg
- Date: 27 January (Friday)
- Time: 19:00 - 22:00
- Place: KovoKs, Randweg 3-b, 4104 AC Culemborg (directions)
- Organizer: Alexander van Loon (a dot vanloon at alexandervanloon dot nl) and Tom Albers
- Other info:
- Please mention if you want to eat along with the pizzas so we know how much should be ordered. Please give a small financial contribution so we can pay for the drinks.
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Alexander van Loon
- Tom Albers
- Sebastian Kügler
- Heinz Wiesinger
- What are you doing?
- Sebastian will give a presentation and demo of Plasma Active
- Pizzas and drinks will be taken care of.
Slovenia
Ljubljana
- Date: January 31 (Tuesday)
- Time: 19:00 — 22:00
- Place: Kiberpipa, Kersnikova 6 (link to map)
- Organizer: Jure "JLP" Repinc ([email protected])
- More info:
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Jure Repinc
- Andrej Vernekar
- Miha čančula
- What are you doing?
- 3 presentations
- food and drinks
- handing out small goodies
- have fun
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)
- Raúl Sánchez Siles
- Rafael Rodríguez
- Athanasios-Ilias Rousinopoulos
- What are you doing?
- have nice food and drinks
- have fun
Barcelona
- Date: Friday, January 27th
- Time: 22:00 (to be confirmed, will make the reservation once we know who comes)
- Place: Sant Andreu Jabugo. Plaça Palmeres 5, 08030 Barcelona
- 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
- 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/)
- Miquel Sabaté Solà
- Albert Vaca Cintora
Alfons Callado Pallarès
- What are you doing?
- have nice food and drinks
- have fun
Málaga
- Date: January 27th (Friday)
- Time: 21:30
- Place: La Garrafa restaurant.
- Organizer: Agustin Benito Bethencourt & Antonio Larrosa ([email protected])
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come (or mail me at [email protected]))
- Antonio Larrosa
- Agustin Benito Bethencourt
- Alberto Barrionuevo
- Alberto Salmerón Moreno
- Alvaro Manuel Recio Perez
- What are you doing?
- have nice food and drinks
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
- Oliver Summermatter
- 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 :)
South America
Brazil
Teresina
- Date: 27 January
- Time: 19:00
- Place: Ateliê do Chef
- Organizer: Aracele Torres ([email protected])
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Aracele
- Chicão
- Lucas
- What are you doing?
- Beer and Pizza and KDE Stuff!
São Carlos
- Date: To define
- Time: To define
- Place: To define
- Organizer: Filipe Saraiva ([email protected])
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- What are you doing?
Florianópolis
- Date: To define (probably on 27th)
- Time: To define
- Place: To define
- Organizer: Domingos Teruel ([email protected])
- Who is coming? (Add yourself here if you want to come!)
- Domingos Teruel
- What are you doing?
- Beer, 'Salgadinhos', Install and KDE Stuff!
- Have a lot of fun!
Rio de Janeiro
- Date: To define (probably on 27th)
- Time: To define
- Place: To define
- Organizer: Diogo Leal ([email protected])
- Who is coming?
- Diogo Leal
- Tomaz Canabrava
Argentina
Corrientes
- Date: 27/01/12
- Time: 20:00 - 04:00
- Place: BioWare Informatica - Hipolito Irigoyen (link to map: comming soon)
- Organizer: Martín - Jorge
- Who is coming?
- What are you doing?
- Talk about 4.8 and install it
- Have a few beer with paninis