Month: January 2023

Call for GUADEC 2024 (Outside of Europe) – Bid Proposals

The GNOME Foundation invites bids for hosting GUADEC 2024.

GUADEC is the largest annual gathering of GNOME users and developers, and we’re looking for locations outside of Europe for the 2024 conference. Bring GUADEC to your city next year! 

If you are interested in submitting a bid to host GUADEC 2024 in your city, please send an intention to bid by end of the day on Feb 8th, 2023. Bids will be due on Feb 28th, and you can talk to the Foundation Board and previous GUADEC organizers to find out more about what is involved.

Your bid should demonstrate that:

  • The location is easily accessible by plane or train
  • You have a motivated local team with a few core members, preferably with experience in event organization
  • A suitable venue is available to host the event
  • There are affordable accommodations and places to eat
  • There is a local industry and government support
  • Rough Cost Estimation for the conference budget.

Deadlines

  • Intention to bid: 8th of February 2023
  • Bid submission: 28th February 2023

Intentions to bid and bid submissions should be made by e-mail to board@gnome.org. Both intentions and bids should also be added to: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2024/Bids

Bids from previous years are available for reference. If you need more time to finalize your bid please contact kprogri@gnome.org.

Organizing GUADEC is a large undertaking but local teams will have help from Foundation Staff members and Engagement Team contributors!

You can find more information on what’s involved in putting together a GUADEC bid at: https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/HowTo/Bid, including an overview of the sorts of things you should include in the proposal.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Foundation board at board@gnome.org.

GUADEC 2023 will be held in Riga, Latvia.

We’re happy to announce that GUADEC 2023 will take place between the 26th and 31st of July in Riga, Latvia. This year GUADEC will be held as a hybrid event and attendees will be able to join virtually or in person at our venue in Riga.

The call for proposals and registration will be open soon. Please check guadec.org for more updates in the upcoming weeks.

If you or your company would like to sponsor GUADEC 2023 please contact us at sponsors@guadec.org.

About Riga

Riga sits on the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the River Daugava. It is the capital of Latvia and the largest city in both the country and the Baltics. Riga is home to many museums and concert halls and is considered a cultural center. The city is known for its wooden buildings, Art Nouveau architecture, and medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

About GUADEC

GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters together for a week of talks and workshops.

About GNOME

GNOME is a free and open-source software environment project supported by a non-profit foundation. Together, the community of contributors and the Foundation create a computing platform and software ecosystem, composed entirely of free software, that is designed to be elegant, efficient, and easy to use.

Call for GNOME.Asia 2023 Bid Proposals

The GNOME Foundation invites bids for hosting GNOME.Asia 2023.

GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop but also covers applications and platform development tools. The summit brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments, and businesses to discuss the present technology and future developments.

If you are interested in submitting a bid to host this year’s event in your city, please send an intention to bid by end of the day on the 15th of February. Intentions should be submitted by email to board@gnome.org.

GNOME.Asia organizers are available for any questions at asia@gnome.org.

Your bid should demonstrate that:

  • The location is easily accessible by plane or train
  • You have a motivated local team with a few core members, preferably with experience in event organization
  • A suitable venue is available to host the event
  • There are affordable accommodations and places to eat
  • There is a local industry and government support

Your bid should also include:

  • A rough cost estimate for the conference budget

Please use wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2019Summit as an example of how bids should look.

Deadlines

  • Intent to bid: Feb 15, 2023
  • Bid submission: March 1, 2023

Bid submissions are due by end of the day on the 1st of March and should be made by e-mail to board@gnome.org. If you need more time to finalize your bid or assistance please contact asia@gnome.org, we are happy to help you.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the Foundation Board at board@gnome.org.

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