Camp KDE 2009 Takes Shape: Presentations Announced
by Kristin Shoemaker - Dec. 01, 2008Comments (0)- Related Blog Posts
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In October, I wrote about Camp KDE. This event was planned to complement Akademy, the traditional developer gathering for the KDE team, giving those unable to attend the former event (and specifically developers in the Americas) a better opportunity to gather and discuss projects.
Late last week, the Camp KDE 2009 presentation selections were announced. In addition to the presentations, the meeting will feature the traditional keynote addresses and birds-of-feather meetings.
The presentations that were selected are quite diverse. Some don't seem KDE-specific (such as Jeff Mitchell's presentation about why companies should hire open source programmers, and Zack Rusin's talk about graphics acceleration), while others focus on KDE and associated applications in a variety of settings (Sebastian Kugler will discuss Plasma on small formfactor devices, Orville Bennett will present on KDE and Macs, and Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas will talk about KDE and business applications). The diversity in the chosen topics certainly wasn't unintentional, but it's encouraging to see this variety in the event's first year.
The individual presentations (the full list can be found on Wade Jolson's Komandeering Developers Everywhere blog) have not yet been scheduled, but will take place the first two full days of the conference (January 17-18th). Camp KDE will be held January 16th-January 23rd in Negril, Jamaica. Registration should open shortly, and travel and lodging information is currently available. At least one Camp KDE sponsor, KDE e.V., is offering partial travel subsidies, with funding priority going to presenters, BoF leaders, event organizers and core contributors.
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