Fosdem:2012
FOSDEM 2012 will take place in Brussels, Belgium at the Université Libre de Bruxelles on 4-5 February, 2012.
What and Where is FOSDEM?
FOSDEM is probably the most developer-oriented European Free and Open Source conference. It is taking place in Brussels, Belgium on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 February 2012. Apart from having many invited speakers, the conference offers developer rooms, stands and lightning talks to projects from the Free and Open Source community. More info…
FOSDEM will take place at the ULB Campus Solbosh.
ULB Campus Solbosh
Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50
1050 Bruxelles
(see map)
Registration
All participants who are official speakers in the by Mozilla DevRoom will be eligible for sponsorship.
Mozilla DevRoom
Every year Mozilla developers and contributors have a dedicated room (ie. Mozilla DevRoom) for the 2 days, in which to hold talks and sessions.
Schedule
The schedule is currently under construction.
If you want to propose a talk, just add it to the Proposals page.
Mozilla Booth
There will be a booth manned by Mozilla volunteers in the main conference building. The goal is two-fold:
1) to evangelize and answer questions
2) distribute merchandise.
If you would like to volunteer to help man the booth, make sure to sign-up in the chart below. 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!
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Food, Beverages, and Saturday evening party
Breakfast will be served for 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.
Saturday night dinner
An informal dinner for Mozillians will be organized on Saturday, 4 February at 20:00.
Dinner sign-up
If you plan to attend the Mozilla dinner and join in on the fun afterwards, please make sure to add your name to the sign-up form.
NB: because space is limited, people who have NOT signed-up will not be allowed entry - Mozilla bouncers at the door will see to that :)
Friday Beer Event
As every year, there will be a FOSDEM beer event on Friday night before FOSDEM.
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
…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 2,60 € second class and 3,90 € first class. The city express train is located in the basement (level -1) of the terminal building itself.
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.
Hotel
Other accommodation options
Other great accommodation options exist in Brussels. There are local residents renting couches and private rooms for as little as $30. Also some have reviews.
WiFi
At Fosdem
At FOSDEM, a FREE WiFi network called "FOSDEM" will be very "strong" and there should not be any ambiguity about which network to use. Most 802.11 stacks will likely do the Right Thing[tm] automatically. :-)
Getting from the Hotel to FOSDEM
It takes about 35 min from downtown Brussels to FOSDEM by public bus.
From station GARE CENTRALE, take Bus 71 traveling towards DELTA. Get out at the station ULB. From there its a 9 minute footwalk. The total travel takes about 35 minutes.
A detailed map of the ULB campus and of the FOSDEM entrance, can be found here: http://fosdem.org/2012/maps/campus
Detailed instructions on how to get there by public transportation can be found here: http://fosdem.org/2012/transportation
Leaving FOSDEM to leave Brussels
From Sunday afternoon till Sunday evening, FOSDEM will provide free transportation by bus from the conference site (ULB Campus Solbosch) to the Brussels-South railway station which has the best connections to Brussels Airport and neighboring countries.
More info soon…
Sponsorship for Travel and Accommodation
More info soon…
Contact Persons
If ever you need anything during your stay in Brussels, or if you need more information, please don't hesitate to contact:
Benoit (Mozilla Belgium community)
benoit.leseul at gmail dot com
(+32) 498 31 67 45
William (Mozilla staff)
william at mozilla dot com
(+33) 626 051 784
IRC
We will set up the #FOSDEM Channel on irc.mozilla.org !
Streaming
TBD
The Aftermath
Photos, Blogposts etc. will be linked here.