Annual GNOME Events

This is a list of regular events GNOME should attend, so people can plan in advance to be there, and figure out what to do there.

See also this Events Calendar from Linux Magazine.

Note: GUADEC or the GNOME Summit are not included - we have those covered already.

Europe

February

Linux Solutions

• Paris, France

• http://www.solutionslinux.fr/en/index.php

• costs € for exhibition space.
• Closing date for presentations is at the start of September

FOSDEM

• Brussels, Belgium

• http://www.fosdem.org/

• /../FOSDEM

Open Source World Conference

• Malagà, Spain

• http://www.opensourceworldconference.com/

April

Libr'east

• Near Paris, France

• http://idile.org/libreast/

May

Linux World Expo & Conference

• Milan, Italy

• http://www.linuxworldexpo.it/

• May 24-26, 2005

GnomeEvents/LinuxTag

• Germany, Berlin

• GnomeEvents/LinuxTag

June

EuroPython

• Göteborg, Sweden.

• http://www.europython.org/

• Talk submission deadline currently unclear

July

UKUUG Summer Conference

• Leeds (?)

• http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2004/

• abstracts due 12 March 2004

Rencontres Mondiales du Logiciel Libre (RMLL)

• France

• http://lsm.abul.org/

September

Linux World Expo & Conference

• Moscow, Russia
• Sep 7-9, 2005

FrOSCamp

• Zurich
• Sep 17-18, 2010

• http://froscamp.org/

October

Linux World Expo & Conference

• London, UK

• http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.uk/

• Oct 5-6, 2005

Journées du Logiciel Libre (JDLL)

• Lyon, France

• http://www.aldil.org/agenda/journees/

• Oct 14-15, 2005

Practical Linux

• Gießen, Germany

• http://www.practical-linux.de/

• 2004: Presentation of GNOME 2.8

Linux-Info-Tag

• Dresden, Germany

• http://2004.linuxinfotag.de/

• 2004: Presentation GNOME 2.8

Berlinux

• Berlin, Germany

• http://www.berlinux.de/

• 2004: Presentation GNOME 2.8

Systems Fairs

• Munich, Germany

• http://www.systems-world.de/

EuroOSCon

• Amsterdam, Netherlands

• http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess

November

Linux World Expo & Conference

• Utrecht, Netherlands

• http://www.linuxworldexpo.nl/

• Nov 9–10, 2005

Linux World Expo & Conference

• Frankfurt, Germany

• http://www.linuxworldexpo.de/

• Nov 15-17, 2005
• 2004: Presentation GNOME 2.8

• Note: Deadline for 2005 submissions: June 13, 2005 !

December

Journée du Libre de Montpellier

• Montpellier, France

• http://www.all.asso.fr/

Chaos Communication Congress (CCC)

• Berlin, Germany
• european hacker conference

• http://www.ccc.de/congress/2004/

• in 2004, presentation of GNOME Germany about GNOME 2.8
• always between christmas and new year

North America

February

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Mexico City, Mexico
• February 2006

SoCal Linux Expo

• Los Angeles, USA

• http://www.socallinuxexpo.org

• 11 - 12 February 2006

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference

• San Diego, USA

• http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etech/

• too late for this year. Keep in mind for 2005 conference.

March

Open Standards/Open Source for National and Local eGovernment Programs in the U.S. and EU

• Washington DC, USA

• http://www.egovos.org/

• Bill Haneman et al. speaking about accessibility, Leila Chucri talking about the Sun desktop, Nat Friedman on the Enterprise Linux Desktop

California State University, Northridge Conference on Technology and Disabilities (CSUN)

• ???????

Innotech Conference

• Portland, OR

• http://pdx.innotechconference.com/home/home.html

• This is a CIO conference in general, and is a good place to find contacts in the government and corporate sectors.

April

Real World Linux

• Toronto, Canada

• http://www.realworldlinux.com/

• submission date for 2004 is past (was 15 Nov 2003).
• Desktop usage is one area they look at. Audience is management and senior technology professionals.

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Boston, USA
• April 3-6, 2006
• Corporate Trade Show
• Booth materials, speaker on state of GNOME, apply for awards in advance
• Last attendence: Tim got together the booth, Michael spoke, Luis printed liveCDs. HP provided posters, LTSP provided hardware.
• Notes about future organizers: Needed printed material to hand out badly. CDs sold well at $5 a pop.

LinuxFest Northwest

• Bellingham, Washington

• http://linuxnorthwest.org/

• approx. 700 attendees

May

OSCon

• Portland, OR
• Good attendance from other non-profits, good business presence. Not very desktop oriented, but good networking opportunities.

Linux World Conference & Expo

• New York, USA
• May 25-26, 2005

• http://www.linuxworlexpo.com/

June

Freenix and UseLinux conferences

• Boston, USA

• http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix04/

• paper submissions deadlines have passed (was 16 Dec 2003).

July

Ottawa Linux Symposium and DesktopCon

• http://www.linuxsymposium.org

• Ottawa, Canada
• Community Conference

• Contact: ajh@linuxsymposium.org

• last year, GNOME-related talks from Luis, Jody, Nat, Havoc and Jim (Freedesktop BOF).
• abstracts due sometime in January 2004.
• Needs speakers, may be interested in distributing a liveCD

O'Reilly Open Source Convention

• http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess

• proposals due Feb 9, 2004

• Edd Dumbill has a list of ideas for presentations at http://usefulinc.com/edd/blog/contents/2003/12/19-oscon/read

August

Linux World Expo & Conference

• San Francisco, CA
• Aug 9–11, 2005
• Corporate Trade Show
• Booth, need to apply for awards in advance

South America

April

Fórum Internacional Software Livre

• Porto Alegre, Brasil

• http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/

October

Encuentro Linux

• Iquique, Chile
• Oct 20–22, 2005

November

Forum do GNOME

• Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil

• http://www.forumgnome.com.br/

Segundo Encuentro Linux UA

• November 16-17, 2007
• Talca, Chile

• http://talca.uautonoma.cl/encuentro/

• Among others: Pedro Villavicencio, Claudio Saavedra, Fernando San Martin

Australia

January

linux.conf.au

• http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ (or http://linux.conf.au/)

• Adelaide, Australia
• in 2004 much GNOME (and peripherally related) involvement: James Henstridge, Malcolm Tredinnick, Jeff Waugh, Havoc Pennington, Keith Packard, Glynn Foster spread between the main conference and a couple of the preceding mini-conferences.

March

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Sydney, Australia
• March 28-30, 2006

August

Australian Unix Users Group (AUUG) Annual Conference

• Melbourne, Australia

• http://www.auug.org.au/events/2004/auug2004/

• abstracts for tutorials and main conference due 7 May 2004.

Asia

February

Linux Asia

• New Delhi, India

• http://www.linuxasia2004.com/

• speaker registration closes Jan 22, 2004 (?? - maybe).

March

Asia Open Source Software Symposium

• Hanoi, Vietname

• http://www.asia-oss.org/

April

Linux World Expo & Conference

• Shanghai, China
• Apr 26-27, 2005

• http://www.linuxworldchina.com/

June

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Tokyo, Japan
• Jun 1-3, 2005

• http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/lw/

August

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Beijing, China
• August 24-26, 2005

• http://www.linuxworldchina.com/

Unknown

Bangalore conference repeat

• from December 2003

Africa

September

Linux World Conference & Expo

• Cape town, SA
• Sep 14-16, 2005

• http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.za/