I would *love* to speak at FOSDEM, but I'll be working closely with client all throughout February and will not be available to get away, even for a weekend.
But if anyone else here wants to talk about FreeDOS at FOSDEM, please do! I'll even help with slides, if I can. Jim On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 4:31 PM Pau Garcia Quiles <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > Call for Participation for the Retrocomputing DevRoom at FOSDEM 2020 > ends in 5 days. Hurry up if you want to talk at the largest open > source event in Europe! > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Pau Garcia Quiles <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 11:48 PM > Subject: FOSDEM 2020 - Retrocomputing DevRoom Call for Participation > To: <[email protected]> > > > Hello, > > FOSDEM is a free software event that offers open source communities a > place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renowned for being > highly developer-oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from > all over the world. It is held in the city of Brussels (Belgium). > > FOSDEM 2020 will take place during the weekend of February 1st-2nd > 2020. More details about the event can be found at > http://www.fosdem.org. > > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > After success in the past two years, the Retrocomputing DevRoom will > be back in 2020, with talks about usage of older computing hardware > and software in modern times. > > Presentation topics could include but are not limited to: > - Emulation of old systems to run videogames, legacy software, etc > - New software, hardware or related to be used with classic systems > - Open source software emulation/simulation > - Open hardware > - Operating systems/executives for retrocomputers/retrosystems > - Uses of retrocomputing today > - Other retrosystems topics > - Opportunities in retrocomputing > > You are not limited to slide presentations, of course. Be creative. > > However, FOSDEM is an open source conference, therefore we ask you to > stay clear of marketing presentations. We are not afraid of technical > stuff: devrooms are a place for development teams to meet, discuss, > hack and publicly present their project’s latest improvements and > future directions. > > If you will have special needs for your talk (e. g. because you will > need to plug some sort of a system, you need sound, etc), please note > that clearly in your proposal so that we can provide it. > > You can use the Wikipedia definition of retrocomputing as a reference > definition to see if you talk qualifies, although it is not exclusive: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing > > > IMPORTANT DATES > - 30 November 2019: submission deadline for talk proposals > - 14 December 2019: announcement of the final schedule > - 1 February 2020: Retrocomputing DevRoom > > > USEFUL INFORMATION > > Use the FOSDEM Pentabarf tool to submit your proposal: > https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM20 > > - If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it. Please > reuse your account from previous years if you have already created it. > - In the "Person" section, provide First name, Last name (in the > "General" tab), Email (in the "Contact" tab) and Bio ("Abstract" field > in the "Description" tab). > - Submit a proposal by clicking on "Create event". > - Important! Select the "Retrocomputing DevRoom" track (on the > "General" tab). If you do not select a track, then nobody, from any > track, will look at your submission! > - Provide the title of your talk ("Event title" in the "General" tab). > - Provide a description of the subject of the talk and the intended > audience (in the "Abstract" field of the "Description" tab) > - Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short > list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the > "Full description" field in the "Description" tab > - Provide an expected length of your talk in the "Duration" field, > including discussion. The default duration is 30 minutes. > - Slides are NOT required at the moment of submission > > Please note neither FOSDEM nor the Retrocomputing DevRoom will > reimburse any expenses you incur. > > > RECORDING OF TALKS > > The FOSDEM organizers plan to have live streaming and recording fully > working, both for remote/later viewing of talks, and so that people > can watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. This requires > speakers to consent to being recorded and streamed. > > If you plan to be a speaker, please understand that by doing so you > implicitly give consent for your talk to be recorded and streamed. The > recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM > content (CC-BY). > > Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement. > > > CONTACT > > The Retrocomputing DevRoom is managed by Pau Garcia Quiles and > François Revol ([email protected]). > > A mailing list of speakers, audience and the curious is available, > please subscribe at: > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/retrocomputing-devroom > > > -- > Pau Garcia Quiles > http://www.elpauer.org > > > -- > Pau Garcia Quiles > http://www.elpauer.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
