Unconference

The unconference days will be held 31st July - 2nd August. They are being held at The Shed:

Address:

The Shed
John Dalton West
Manchester Metropolitan University
Chester Street
Manchester
M1 5GD

Location on Google maps and OpenStreetMap

Opening hours are 09:00 to 17:00.

Schedule and BoFs

Birds of a feather sessions (also known as BoFs) are sessions that any attendee can organise on a topic of their choosing. To organise a BoF, just add it to the schedule below and create a wiki page below this one, based on the BoF template.

It isn't always necessary to schedule a BoF in order to have a session on a topic. In addition to bookable BoFs spaces, there will also be a large open space for general hacking and ad hoc activities. There will also be opportunities to advertise activities that are happening on the day.

Unless otherwise stated, morning sessions start at 9:30 and afternoon sessions start at 13:30.

Area	31st July		1st August		2nd August
Area	Morning	Afternoon	Morning	Afternoon	Morning	Afternoon
Lovelace	Workshop - Making your first code contribution to GNOME	Workshop - How to distribute an app with Flatpak	Next steps for Flatpak and Flathub	Next steps for Flatpak and Flathub	Productivity apps
Babbage - area 1	GTK	GTK	VariableFonts, Text Rendering	VariableFonts, Text Rendering	BuildStream Workshop
Babbage - area 2	Engagement BoF		Engagement BoF	mutter / Wayland BoF	Langpacks Installation & i18n
Hack cave 1	Meson	Rust	Continuous	Builder
Hack cave 2	GJS	GnomeShell	Half & Quarter Tiling	Boxes	GJS
Hack cave 3	Workshop: Contributing to GNOME documentation and localization	Workshop: Contributing to GNOME documentation and localization	Workshop: Contributing to GNOME documentation and localization	Langpacks Installation & i18n

Note: each of the hack caves holds a maximum of around 10 people.

Facilities

The shed space is comprised of:

The work space - this is a flexible space that we can rearrange as we want. There is enough space for 2-5 tables, depending on how large we want them to be. There are power sockets suspended from the ceiling that can be pulled down.
Three "hack caves" - open booths that are off the main space. Each contains a table and has room for a maximum of about 10 people.
"Lovelace" - known as the research space - a room that's separated from the main space by a glass wall.
"Babbage" - known as the teaching space - a separate large room on the ground floor, with tables and chairs that can be arranged as we want.
Mezzanine - an informal area that's used as a breakout/lunch space. It's above the main space and has a small kitchen, seating, table football. This space is being used by a Masters project.

Equipment that's available:

3/4 mobile whiteboards
There's plenty of glass around that we can use whiteboard markers on
At least one big mobile TV (hasn't been confirmed that we can use this)
Power strips