Fosdem:2017
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FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Software Developers' European Meeting) is a free event offering open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renowned for being highly developer-oriented and brings together 5000+ geeks from all over the world. No registration necessary. More info…
Practical Information
Fosdem 2017 is taking place in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday February 4th and 5th. See http://fosdem.org/ . Mozilla's presence at Fosdem is organized as a Mozilla Reps Event.
Registration
As a Free event, no formal registration is needed to attend Fosdem. If you are a Mozilla Rep or have an Mozillians.org profile, you can say you are attending on the Event page.
For practical purposes, if you want us to know you are in the area, please add yourself to the event page mentioned here above.
Sponsorship for Travel and Accommodation
All volunteers and community members who are official speakers in the by Mozilla DevRoom and a limited number of Mozilla volunteers helping with our participation at the event will be eligible for sponsorship. Here is the [1] to help run the booth and other practical stuff.
Mozilla staff (including speakers) who are interested in attending FOSDEM must book their own travel and hotel.
Mozilla DevRoom
Every year Mozilla developers and contributors have a dedicated room (ie. Mozilla DevRoom) in which to hold talks and sessions.
This year, Mozilla will have:
- room UD2.218A on Saturday from 10:30 to 18:45;
- 363 seats;
- power (C/E plugs) ;
- a video projector (VGA);
- best-effort shared wireless Internet;
- video recording equipment.
Schedule
The schedule will be announced by mid-December, check the schedule on the official FOSDEM page where the selected talks are beginning to appear. Speakers have been contacted already.
Mozilla Booth
There will be a booth manned by Mozilla volunteers on the second level of building K. Unfortunately, and this is different from previous years, we have only been assigned one table which will be our booth. The goal, however, reamins the same and is three-fold:
- to evangelize and answer questions
- to recruit new volunteers;
- distribute merchandise.
In general, if you notice that someone has been at the stand for a while, please don't hesitate to switch places with him/her! Also, please help to keep the place clean and tidy!
Where is it located?
TBA
Food, Beverages, and Saturday evening party
(To be confirmed)Breakfast will be served for sponsored Mozillians staying in one of the hotels Mozilla has secured for the event.
Any other food or drink expenses (including room service and in-room minibar charges and lunch at FOSDEM) are at the expense of the Mozillian.
Friday Beer Event
To be announced
Saturday night Party
Historically, a dinner for Mozillians has often been organised on the Saturday night of FOSDEM. For the last couple of years though, Mozillians are encouraged to meet and dine with folks from other open projects. Please watch this space for suggestions.
Getting Around in Brussels (MAP)
A practical Google map is available with all the relevant spots for Mozillians during their stay in Brussels.
Traveling by air to Brussels
Brussels Airport
…the airport is less than 20 minutes from the city centre. From 6am till nearly midnight, the AIRPORT CITY EXPRESS train brings you to Midi, Central and North stations four times per hour. A one-way ticket costs 8.60 €. The city express train is located in the basement (level -1) of the terminal building itself.
When returning to the airport after the event, don't lose or throw away your train ticket too early since the Airport station is equiped with automatic gates.
There is also a Bus service (Airport Line 12 or 21) but it doesn't go straight to the hotel. If you take that bus, get off at Schuman and take the metro from there to Gare Centrale. The cost is 4.50 € if you buy it at the airport bus station (level 0, platform C) or 6.00 € in the bus. The same ticket is valid in the metro or any public transport in Brussels.
Brussels South Charleroi Airport
Some low-cost flights (Ryanair, Wizzair, …) are operated from there. It is approximately one hour away from the city centre. A shuttle bus (1 hour, €14) will bring you from there to Brussels South Railway station. For your return flight, it is recommended that you take this shuttle bus 3 hours prior departure.
Traveling by train to Brussels
If you are traveling by train to Brussels, it is best for you to get off at the Central Station stop.
Most High-speed trains (TGV, Thalys, Eurostar, ICE) stop at Brussels South (Gare du Midi) instead. From there, you can either find a local train to Central Station, or take the Tramway/Metro (line 3 or 4 to De Brouckère, then metro line 1 or 5 to Gare Centrale).
Hotel
Most Mozilla speakers and staff will be staying at the Atlas Hotel.