The GNOME foundation is pleased to announce that GNOME Asia Summit 2019 will take place in Gresik, Indonesia between 11-13 October at the Universitas Muhammadiyah Gresik (UMG).

This city has been known to the world since 11th century as a strategic trade center. It is located on the western side of Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia.

The GNOME Asia 2019 Summit will consist of two conference days and one day of workshops, in order to encourage more contribution by GNOME.Asia participants to core areas of GNOME.

The event will be supported by local Free Software communities and the Foundation. For press inquiries please mail info@gnome.org

The GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 website will be released in the upcoming weeks with more information about the event. In the meantime, any questions about the conference can be sent to asia-summit-list@gnome.org, and interested sponsors can send queries to gnome-asia-committee-list@gnome.org. 

We also encourage those interested in the summit to follow @GNOMEAsia on Twitter, or our main @GNOME social media accounts, for more up-to-date information on various activities and key dates for the conference.

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GNOME will be present at FOSDEM 2019 which is taking place this weekend in Brussels, Belgium, February 2 – 3. FOSDEM which is one of the largest gatherings for Free Software contributors.

GNOME will be hosting a booth where attendees can test the latest version of GNOME, talk to contributors and more.

On Saturday 2th GNOME will be hosting a social evening event at the A La Bécasse pub where people are welcome. More details about GNOME’s presence is available on the on the main FOSDEM event wiki page, or by visiting the GNOME booth in the ‘K’ building.

In addition a GTK+ developer Hackfest is planned to be held in Brussels February 4-6, right after the main conference.

Stay tuned for updates!

We’re looking forward to see you.

Photo by Teemu Mäntynen CC BY-NC 2.0

The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting interested parties to submit proposals for hosting the GNOME.Asia Summit during the second half of 2019.

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

Over the last eleven years, GNOME.Asia Summit has been held in many cities throughout Asia, including Beijing, Ho-Chi-Minh City, Taipei, Bangalore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Beijing, Depok, New Delhi, and Chongqing.

The Committee’s preference is to find a new location each year in order to spread GNOME throughout Asia, and we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the process, but there is a definitive need for individuals to be actively involved and committed to the planning and execution of the event.

How to Submit a Proposal:

Interested parties are hereby invited to submit a formal proposal to the GNOME.Asia Committee. The deadline for the proposals is February 24, 2019. Please email your proposal to gnome-asia-committee-list@gnome.org. 

We might invite you to present your proposal in more details over our regular IRC meetings, or send you additional questions and requests. Results will be announced by the first week of April 2019.

The conference might require availability of facilities for 3-5 days, including a weekend, during the second half of 2019. Final event dates should avoid other key free software conferences or other events that may conflict. 

The key points that should be included in the proposal, and which will be used to decide among candidates, are.

• Local community support for hosting the conference.

• Venue details. Information about infrastructure and facilities to hold the conference should be provided.

• Preliminary schedule with main program & different activities.

• Information about how Internet connectivity will be managed.

• Lodging choices ranging from affordable housing to nicer hotels, and information about distances between the venue and lodging options.

• The availability of restaurants or the organization of catering on-site, cost of food/soft drinks/beer.

• The availability and cost of travel from major Asian and European cities.

• Local industries, universities and government support.

• Please provide a reasonably detailed budget (sponsorships, expenses, etc).

• Provide plans for local sponsorship.

• Provide plans to encourage student and youth participation.

Below, we have included resources for people interested in submitting a proposal. Please do not hesitate to contact the GNOME.Asia committee with any questions at gnome-asia-committee-list@gnome org.

 We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!

– GNOME.Asia Committee

Resources for Interested GNOME.Asia 2019 Organizers: 

[1] Wiki about GNOME Asia: http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia
[2] Check list: https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/SummitCheckList
[3] HowTo’s: https://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/HowToOrganizeGNOME.Asia%20Summit
[4] GNOME Foundation conference requirements: https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/Conferences
[5] Sample winning proposal: http://wiki.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2012Summit/Bids?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Proposal_of_HongKong_GNOME_Asia_Hackfest_2012_20120124.pdf

Please help us spread the word! If you haven’t already, please follow us on Twitter: @gnome_asia and @gnome, and on Facebook.

GUADEC, the largest annual gathering of GNOME users and developers, has now started in the lovely city of Almería, Spain.

GUADEC 2018 will feature talks on a wide range of subjects relevant to GNOME. In addition to the talks, hackfests, workshops, and birds of a feather (BOF’s) sessions will follow after the core conference days. Community members will come together and hack on projects relevant to GNOME.  Specific info regarding the BoFs and Hackfest sessions is available on the GNOME wiki.

There will also be a lot of fun with a range of social activities planned. Detailed info about GUADEC 2018 including schedule and venue locations is available on the GUADEC website.

The Foundation thanks all the sponsors and volunteers who make GUADEC possible!

The GUADEC organizers are pleased to announce that the registration for GUADEC 2018 is now open.

GUADEC  is the the largest annual gathering of GNOME developers and community members and will take place this year in Almería, Spain between July 6 – July 11. If you are planning to attend please register as soon as possible.

Parties with an interest in GNOME are strongly encouraged to attend. Travel and accommodation information is available on the GUADEC website.

We hope to see you in Spain!

Please follow GUADEC on Twitter for frequent updates about the conference.
A complete conference program is expected to be published soon.