GNOME will be present at FOSDEM 2020 which takes place this weekend in Brussels, Belgium, from February 1 – 2. FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings for Free Software enthusiasts and contributors.
GNOME will be hosting a booth in the K-building where attendees can meet contributors, test the latest version of GNOME, and pick up some of the latest GNOME merch designs.
On Saturday, GNOME will be hosting our famous social evening – GNOME Beers! Gathering at Bonnefooi starting at 7:30pm, we’d love you to come along and socialize, meet staff, and chat with core contributors. Additional details about GNOME’s presence at FOSDEM including more info about the social event is available on GNOME’s FOSDEM wiki page.
The GNOME.Asia Committee is inviting interested parties to submit proposals for hosting the GNOME.Asia Summit during the second half of 2020.
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 twelve years, GNOME.Asia Summit has been held in many cities throughout Asia, including Gresik, 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 January 17th, 2020. 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 second week of February 2020.
The conference might require availability of facilities for 3-5 days, including a weekend, during the second half of 2020. 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 2020 Organizers:
The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GUADEC 2020 will take place between the 22nd – 28th of July in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Zacatecas is a city and municipality in Mexico, located in the north-central part of the country. Set in a valley and surrounded by mountains, the city, which had its start as a Spanish mining camp in the mid-16th century, has a rich interesting history and is a very pleasant city to visit, featuring several interesting attractions.
The foundation is confident that the organizing team will do their best to make GUADEC 2020 a great experience for every party involved.
To stay up-to-date with the latest conference deadlines and registration dates, news, activities and more follow @GUADEC and @GNOME on Twitter.
Whether you wish to present your work, take part in the workshops, or simply attend the talks, the GNOME Foundation hopes to see you in Zacatecas!
The GNOME Foundation is very excited that Linux Application Summit 2019 is about to start in Barcelona, Spain.
Linux App Summit 2019 (or LAS) is a joint collaboration between GNOME and KDE which will feature 3 days of talks from prominent members of the Linux developer community from Tuesday 12th November to Thursday 14th November, and Birds of a Feather sessions on Friday 15th.
Linux App Summit which is primarily is a conference focused on spreading information and encouraging the development of the Linux application ecosystem.
The full schedule and more information about Linux Application Summit including the list of speakers is available at the official website.
The GNOME Foundation also thanks all of the sponsors and individuals who made the Linux App Summit possible.
The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference, will be held in Zacatecas, Mexico in 2020, and in Riga, Latvia in 2021.
GUADEC brings together hundreds of users and developers every year to further the GNOME Project, and it is one of our longest-standing and most noteworthy events. For the first time, GUADEC is moving outside of Europe. Neil McGovern, the GNOME Executive Director, said “Recognizing our flagship conference as something that should move throughout the world is important. We hope to not only make it easier for people from North, Central, and South America to attend, but to help kick-start local participation in the GNOME project.”
Zacatecas, the capital of the state of the same name, is a city in the Bajío in Mexico. Its historical center has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As well as its historical location, Zacatecas has high quality conference venues which are supported by the regional government.
Further, we are pleased to announce GUADEC 2021 will be held in Riga, Latvia. Also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Riga is the financial, creative, and cultural center of Latvia. Not only the capital and the largest city in Latvia, Riga is also the largest city in the Baltic States. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava River.
The GNOME Foundation looks forward to hosting GUADEC 2020 in Zacatecas and GUADEC 2021 in Riga. To stay up-to-date with the latest conference deadlines and registration dates, news, activities, and more, follow @GUADEC and @GNOME on Twitter.
Whether you wish to present your work, take part in the workshops, or simply attend the talks, the GNOME Foundation hopes to see you in Zacatecas and Riga!
The GNOME Shell 2019 Hackfest which took place in Leidschendam, Netherlands have concluded.
During the Hackfest various discussions was held and work was done to improve Wayland integration with GNOME Shell, mixed DPI densities, Xwayland-on-demand, and more!
Thanks go out to the Revspace Hackerspace for the venue. Reports from the Hackfest is available on the wiki . The Hackfest was considered as a great success as much progress on the GNOME the Shell was done.
GNOME Asia Summit 2019 will take place this weekend in Gresik, Indonesia.
The main focus is primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also applications and platform development tools are covered. 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.
Our executive director Neil McGovern and our director of operations Rosanna Yuen will keynote the summit.
More information about Asia Summit 2019 including a schedule and the full list of speakers can be found on the official website at https://2019.gnome.asia/
GNOME Asia Summit 2019 which will take place between 13-14th October in Gresik, Indonesia.
The main focus is primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also applications and platform development tools are covered. 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.
More information about the GNOME 2019 Summit including a schedule, the list of speakers and venue information is available on the official website at https://2019.gnome.asia/.
The Foundation is looking forward to meet everyone who makes it to Gresik.
GNOME’s main conference, GUADEC, will run from tomorrow, Friday, August 24th to Tuesday, August 28th in Thessaloniki, Greece. Thessaloniki is Greece’s second-largest city located in the North of the country.
GUADEC 2019 will feature 3 days of presentations, and afterwards there are 2 days reserved for BOFs or Birds of a feather sessions and workshops.
GUADEC represents an important opportunity for the community, partners and individuals to come together, discuss ideas, solve problems and get work done. It is no understatement that the community is excited about the event.
More information about GUADEC including the schedule for the conference and information about social events is available at guadec.org
The GNOME Foundation is very thankful for the sponsors, the organizers and individuals who make GUADEC possible.
GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 invites you to participate as a speaker at the conference on the 12th and 13th of October 2019 in Gresik, Indonesia.
GNOME.Asia Summit is the featured annual GNOME conference in Asia. It focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, but also covers applications and the 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.
Topics of Call for Proposal (CFP)
GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 will invite talks/workshop relevant to GNOME and FLOSS. We welcome proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers alike.
The possible topics include, but not limited to:
Contributing to GNOME
Latest developments
Writing applications for GNOME 3
UI design
QA and testing
Accessibility
Human Interface Engineering (Icons and Graphic Design)
Marketing/Engagement
Asia success stories / Local GNOME Projects
GNOME and Education
FOSS outreach programs, including Google Summer of Code
Developing GNOME on mobile devices (smart phones, tablets)
Developing GNOME on embedded systems or open hardware
Contributing to Linux and F/LOSS
Linux kernel and development
The development and promotion of open-source operating systems
About Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, and other distributions
The development and promotion of other open-source projects
Open Source Enlightenment and Related Story
The Knowledge and Spirit of Open Source
Open Source stories of your own
How to optimize the process and improve efficiency with the help of open-source tools
How to engage non-technical clightning talksontributors in Open Source Projects
How to engage more female contributors in Open Source Projects
Emerging Technologies
Artificial Intelligence
DevOps with AI
Deep Learning
AR & VR
Big Data
Distributed systems
Open Source DevOps
We are also interested in other topics related to Free/Libre and Open Source Software which are not listed above.
Type of Session You can choose from 2 of these sessions:
Standard session. Standard session will be scheduled for 45 mins (35 mins talk + 10 mins Q&A). The session could be a technical talk, panel discussion, or BOF. If you need more time or additional resources, feel free to get in touch with the organizing team.
Lightning talk session. This session is a 5 mins presentation for demonstrating your work or promoting an interesting topic.
Submission Criteria Please provide a short abstract of your proposal (under 150 words). Include your name, biographical information, a photo suitable for the web, a title, and a description of your presentation. Please submit your proposal to the following submission form. The reviewing team will evaluate the entries based on the submitted abstracts and available time by following the schedule.
Submission timeline: July, 15th to August, 31th 2019
Confirmation of paper acceptance: September, 11th 2019
Travel sponsorship There will be an opportunity for speakers and GNOME Foundation members to request sponsorship by the GNOME Foundation. Please submit your applications to the GNOME Travel Committee. For further information please refer to this guide https://wiki.gnome.org/Travel
We are waiting for your proposal. All interested contributors are highly encouraged to send in talks. More information about GNOME.Asia Summit 2019 is available at https://asiasummit.gnome.id
