FOSDEM 2020 Schedule

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Schedule

Keynotes

Like almost every other conference, FOSDEM invites speakers to gently start the day with talks concerning slightly less technical, but nevertheless interesting topics from the Open Source realm. The closing keynote at the end of the conference helps everyone digest the vast amount of insightful information collected over the weekend.

For this edition, the keynotes are as follows:

Title Speaker(s) Day When Room Welcome to FOSDEM 2020 FOSDEM Staff Saturday 09:30 - 09:55 Janson

The Linux Kernel: We have to finish this thing one day ;)

Solving big problems in small steps for more than two decades

Thorsten Leemhuis Saturday 10:00 - 10:50 Janson

FOSSH - 2000 to 2020 and beyond!

maddog continues to pontificate

Jon 'maddog' Hall Sunday 16:00 - 16:50 Janson

FOSDEM@20 - A Celebration

The cliché of constant change

Steven Goodwin Sunday 17:00 - 17:50 Janson Closing FOSDEM 2020 FOSDEM Staff Sunday 17:50 - 18:15 Janson

Main tracks

The main tracks consist of series of talks that are organised by topic, where the FOSDEM program committee selects suggestions and actively invites speakers on those topics.

For this edition the main tracks are:

Track Saturday Sunday Community and Ethics K.1.105 (La Fontaine) - Containers and Security K.1.105 (La Fontaine) - Databases K.1.105 (La Fontaine) K.1.105 (La Fontaine) Freedom - Janson History Janson - Internet Janson - Miscellaneous - K.1.105 (La Fontaine)

Developer rooms

The vast majority of events (talks, hacking sessions, open discussions) are held in so-called developer rooms ( devrooms ), which are organized and managed by open source projects themselves, or even associations between several such projects on a common topic in order to foster collaboration.

Here is the list of the devrooms that are present at this edition of FOSDEM, in alphabetical order:

Lightning talks

The lightning talk is a very popular format, used at many conferences, where speakers have a mere 15 minutes at their disposal to showcase an open source project, an idea, or a concept thereof.

While that brief lapse of time may seem awkward, it almost always leads the presenters to concentrate on the absolute essence and what is really important, which is why it is often a much appreciated approach, as is the wide variety of the topics.

There are currently 42 lightning talks in the schedule .

Stands

In the hallways of the different buildings, FOSDEM visitors will find the many stands set up by individual projects. These offer a unique chance to get in touch with developers or project members, and discover at a glance what they do.

A list of projects that will be present with a stand can be found on theFOSDEM stands page.

Certification Exams

Several certification organizations provide FOSDEM visitors with the opportunity of taking certification exams during the conference.

Further details are available on thecertification page.

The following types of exams are available at FOSDEM 2020, in alphabetical order:

Session Room Day When

LPI

LPI Exam Session 1 UB4.132 Saturday 13:00 - 15:00 LPI Exam Session 2 UB4.132 Saturday 15:30 - 17:30 LPI Exam Session 3 UB4.132 Sunday 09:30 - 11:30

LibreOffice

LibreOffice Exam Session 1 UB4.132 Sunday 12:00 - 13:00 LibreOffice Exam Session 2 UB4.132 Sunday 13:30 - 14:30 LibreOffice Exam Session 3 UB4.132 Sunday 15:00 - 16:00

The FOSDEM Fringe

The FOSDEM Fringe consists of independent events involving free and open source software taking place in the days around the FOSDEM weekend. Why not extend your trip?

Further details are available on theFOSDEM Fringe page.

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