Camp KDE 2009: Akademy's Satellite Campus
by Kristin Shoemaker - Oct. 29, 2008Comments (0)- Related Blog Posts
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The KDE project has announced the date and some detail regarding its first annual Camp KDE event. This developer conference was conceived at the KDE 4 Release Event that took place earlier this year in Mountain View, California, and aims to get developers all over the world more involved in the KDE project.
Camp KDE is not a competitor to the longstanding Akademy event. It is, instead, scheduled six months apart from Akademy, and halfway across the globe, so that more developers are able to attend and collaborate.
Camp KDE runs from the 17th to the 23rd of January, in Negril, Jamaica. Though details are still sketchy, the conference should be self-contained within the Travellers Beach Resort there and discounted room rates should be available to attendees.
The basic schedule is posted, with the usual keynotes and presentations, and several days of Bird of Feather discussions and Hackathons planned. Topics of the BoF discussions and keynote speakers have not been announced, and registration is not yet open, but any interested in attending might want to keep a close eye on this, seeing as the event isn't too far in the future, and could fill up quickly.
Camp KDE is sponsored by iXsystems and Google (Google also hosted the KDE 4 Release Event). The Camp KDE organizers hope that these sponsors will offer presentations and talks at the conference, and welcome further sponsorship from any interested organizations or individuals. They also welcome anyone interested in helping with the event organization to contact them.
Sometimes it feels as though there are almost too many developer events and conferences. It seems, though, this event is a wise move for the KDE project. It offers a more "hands on" experience to developers that may not be able to attend Akademy due to its timing or location. Though KDE expects there will be developers who attend both conferences, each will have a positive, strong impact because they aren't likely to have the same attendee demographic. It's a good way to open the project to a broader developer base, and share ideas face to face. And for those in the northerns region of the Americas, spending a cold January week in Jamaica hacking software and talking open source on the beach doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.
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