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Use this page to track the events you have been to or are planning to attend. This page is meant to:
[[File:Mascot konqi-commu-journalist.png|thumbnail|right|Meet [[Konqi]] at the events!]]
This page contains everything related to KDE events and their promotion.


*keep track of the status of what's going on for upcoming events  
==Regular major events==
*keep a record of who helped/organized with past events so we have people to contact next year about the event
*serve as a historical record to make it easy to report to the e.V. what events we attended


Be sure to also notify the [http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo KDE-Promo mailing list] of any new events so that they can be added to our main events calendar at [http://events.kde.org http://events.kde.org].  
Check out the list of [https://phabricator.kde.org/T17089 events for 2024] that the KDE Promo team is planning as well.


== Europe/UK  ==
===KDE events===


{| border="1"
*[https://community.kde.org/Akademy Akademy]
|-
Once a year, hundreds of members of the community meet at Akademy to present their work, plan future projects, build community and get work done.
! Event
! Location
! Start Date
! End Date
! Status
! Organizers
|-
| [[Promo/Events/FOSDEM/2010|FOSDEM]]  
| Brussels, Belgium
| February 6nd, 2010
| February 7th, 2010
| Stall and devroom to organise
| <br>
|-
| [[Promo/Events/CeBIT/2010|CeBIT]]
| Hannover, Germany
| March 2nd, 2010
| March 6th, 2010
| Applied for booth
| <br>
|-
|
[http://www.froscon.de/en/home/home.html FrOSCon]<br>


| Germany<br>
===External events===
| Aug 21, 2010<br>
| Aug 22, 2010<br>
| Eckhart has gotten us a booth<br>
| Eckhart Wörner<br>
|-
| [http://wiki.froscamp.org/Welcome FROSCamp]<br>
| Zürich, Switzerland<br>
| Sept 17, 2010<br>
| Sept 18, 2010<br>
| KDE and Amarok will each have a booth next to each other<br>
| Myriam and Markey<br>
|-
| [http://www.kieler-linuxtage.de/ Kieler Linux und OpenSource Tage]<br>
| Kiel, Germany<br>
| Oct 1, 2010<br>
| Oct 2, 2010<br>
| We have a booth and two talks (marble and kde 4.5 news).
Anyone else interested in helping at the booth please let Bastian know.<br>


| Bastian will manage this one together with Julian.<br><br>
* [https://fosdem.org/ FOSDEM]↗, Brussels, Belgium (yearly)
|}
** About: FOSDEM is the biggest free and non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers with a place to meet.
** Coordination: [[/FOSDEM|FOSDEM]]
* [https://qtworldsummit.com/ Qt World Summit]↗, Berlin, Germany (yearly)
** About: QtWS is an annual gathering of Qt partners and customers.
** Coordination: [[/QtWorldSummit|Qt World Summit]]
* [https://foss-north.se/ FOSS-North]↗, Gothenburg, Sweden (yearly)
** About: FOSS-North is a free / open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective.
** Coordination: [[/FossNorth|FOSS-North]]
* [https://openrheinruhr.de/ Open Rhein Ruhr]↗, Rhein Ruhr region, Germany (yearly)
** About: ORR is an exhibition and congress about free software in the Ruhr Valley.
** Coordination: [[/OpenRheinruhr|Open Rheinruhr]]
* [https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/ SCaLE]↗, California, United States (yearly)
** About: SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America.
** Coordination: [https://phabricator.kde.org/tag/kde_promo/ Promo Team Board]


== <br> España  ==
==Upcoming events you can be part of==


{| border="1"
If you want to help spread the word about KDE, here you can find a list of upcoming events to participate in. Add your own event and ask for help on the mailing list, or offer to help someone who is already organising an event.
|-
! Event
! Location
! Start Date
! End Date
! Status
! Organizers
|-
| [http://es.kde.org/news.php#itemBaltasarenLANParties LAN&nbsp;Parties]<br>
| <br>
| July 17, 2010<br>
| July 18, 2010<br>
| <br>
| Baltasar Ortega<br>
|-
| [http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/malaga10/?q=en Open Source World Conference]<br>
| Málaga<br>
| October 27, 2010<br>
| October 28, 2010<br>
| Antonio submitting a paper<br>
| Antonio Larrosa, Agustín Benito Bethencourt<br>
|}


== <br> North America  ==
Check [[/Upcoming|Upcoming Events]]


{| border="1"
==Past events we attended==
|-
! Event
! Location
! Start Date
! End Date
! Status
! Organizers
|-
| [http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/ South East Linux Fest (SELF)]
| Spartanburg, SC
| June 11, 2010
| June 13, 2010
| Registered booth, attained speaker slot for Celeste<br>
| Justin Kirby, Celeste Paul<br>
|-
| [http://www.communityleadershipsummit.com/ Community Leadership Summit]<br>
| Portland, Oregon<br>
| July 17, 2010<br>
| July 18, 2010<br>
| Staffed booth<br>
| Lydia, Jeff, Valorie<br>
|-
| [http://www.oscon.com/ OSCON]<br>
| Portland, Oregon<br>
| July 19, 2010<br>
| July 23, 2010<br>
| Staffed booth<br>
| Lydia, Jeff, Valorie<br>
|-
| [http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon LinuxCon]<br>
| Boston, MA<br>
| Aug 10, 2010<br>
| Aug 12, 2010<br>
| Leo is organizing a booth. @zeltak on identi.ca offered to help<br>
| Leo Franchi<br>
|-
| [http://fosslc.org/drupal/summercamp2010 FOSSLC Summer Camp]
| Ottawa, Ontario
| Aug 14, 2010
| Aug 14, 2010
| Aaron Seigo presenting 2 talks
| Aaron Seigo
|-
| [http://ohiolinux.org/ Ohio Linux Fest]<br>
| Columbus, OH<br>
| Sept 10, 2010<br>
| Sept 12, 2010<br>
| Registered booth<br>
| Klaatu, Mackenzie<br>
|-
| [http://utosc.com/ Utah Open Source Conference<br>]
| Salt Lake City, Utah<br>
| Oct 7, 2010<br>
| Oct 9, 2010<br>
| Registered booth<br>
| Jeremy Whiting, Ryan Rix<br>
|-
| [http://onlinux.ca/ Ontario Linux Fest]<br>
| Toronto, Ontario<br>
| Oct 23, 2010<br>
| Oct 23, 2010<br>
| call for papers closes Sept 30th, 2010.<br>
| Troy mentioned he would attend but has not registered yet<br>
|}


== <br> South America/Brazil  ==
We keep a record of who organized and helped with past events. This way you can easily find people to contact and get information about the events, the organization process, the attendees, and any other aspect of event organization you may be interested in. The more information you have, the more successful the event will be.


{| border="1"
Check [[/Historic|Historic Events]]
|-
! Event
! Location
! Start Date
! End Date
! Status
! Organizers
|-
| [http://softwarelivre.org/fisl11 Fisl 11: International Forum on Free Software]<br>
| Porto Alegre - Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil<br>
| July 21, 2010<br>
| July 24, 2010<br>
| <br>
| Tomaz Canabrava, Sandro Andrade<br>
|-
| [http://http://festival.softwarelivre.org/ ENSL - Brazilian Northeastern Free Software Meeting]<br>
| Natal, Brazil<br>
| November 5, 2010<br>
| November 6, 2010<br>
| still 2009's, 2010's should<br>go here<br>
| Sandro Andrade<br>
|-
| [http://www.latinoware.org/ Latin-American Conference on Free Software]  
|
| November 10, 2010
| November 12, 2010
| <br>
| Sandro Andrade
|}


== <br> India/Asia  ==
==Materials for events==


{| border="1"
*[[/Booth_How_To|How to set up a KDE booth for a conference/trade show]]
|-
Information on how to set up a booth and represent KDE at an event.
! Event
 
! Location
*[[/Hosting a KDE event|How to host a KDE event]]
! Start Date
Hosting a KDE event requires some work to make it successful. On this page you will find the information that will help you promote the event, and a list of things to consider while preparing it. If you need more help, do not hesitate to ask us on the mailing list, or directly contact a person who already attended or organized a KDE event.
! End Date
 
! Status
*[[/Release_Parties|How to host a release party]]
! Organizers
Hosting a release party in your city is the easiest way to meet local members of the KDE community and have fun while celebrating the latest technology from KDE.
|-
 
| [http://foss.in/ FOSS.IN]  
*[http://community.kde.org/Promo/Material/PressKits Press Kits]
| Bangalore, India<br>
Here you can find more formal documents that could be handed out to the press for major events such as Akademy or the Desktop Summits.
| Dec 2010?<br>
 
| Dec 2010?<br>
*[http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/T-shirts Considerations when ordering T-shirts for events]
| need more info from Pradeepto<br>
| <br>
|}

Latest revision as of 22:11, 12 January 2024

Meet Konqi at the events!

This page contains everything related to KDE events and their promotion.

Regular major events

Check out the list of events for 2024 that the KDE Promo team is planning as well.

KDE events

Once a year, hundreds of members of the community meet at Akademy to present their work, plan future projects, build community and get work done.

External events

  • FOSDEM↗, Brussels, Belgium (yearly)
    • About: FOSDEM is the biggest free and non-commercial event organized by and for the community. Its goal is to provide Free and Open Source developers with a place to meet.
    • Coordination: FOSDEM
  • Qt World Summit↗, Berlin, Germany (yearly)
    • About: QtWS is an annual gathering of Qt partners and customers.
    • Coordination: Qt World Summit
  • FOSS-North↗, Gothenburg, Sweden (yearly)
    • About: FOSS-North is a free / open source conference covering both software and hardware from the technical perspective.
    • Coordination: FOSS-North
  • Open Rhein Ruhr↗, Rhein Ruhr region, Germany (yearly)
    • About: ORR is an exhibition and congress about free software in the Ruhr Valley.
    • Coordination: Open Rheinruhr
  • SCaLE↗, California, United States (yearly)
    • About: SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America.
    • Coordination: Promo Team Board

Upcoming events you can be part of

If you want to help spread the word about KDE, here you can find a list of upcoming events to participate in. Add your own event and ask for help on the mailing list, or offer to help someone who is already organising an event.

Check Upcoming Events

Past events we attended

We keep a record of who organized and helped with past events. This way you can easily find people to contact and get information about the events, the organization process, the attendees, and any other aspect of event organization you may be interested in. The more information you have, the more successful the event will be.

Check Historic Events

Materials for events

Information on how to set up a booth and represent KDE at an event.

Hosting a KDE event requires some work to make it successful. On this page you will find the information that will help you promote the event, and a list of things to consider while preparing it. If you need more help, do not hesitate to ask us on the mailing list, or directly contact a person who already attended or organized a KDE event.

Hosting a release party in your city is the easiest way to meet local members of the KDE community and have fun while celebrating the latest technology from KDE.

Here you can find more formal documents that could be handed out to the press for major events such as Akademy or the Desktop Summits.

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