:android-wave: So here we are again!:android-wave: I’m extremely excited to announce that we’re going to have an in-person Kotlin DevRoom at FOSDEM :fosdem: 2023 🚀 You read it right! In-person! In Brussels! 🧇🍻🇧🇪 What is FOSDEM :fosdem: From: fosdem.org/2022/about FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community, for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet and get in touch. The Kotlin DevRoom :kotlin-intensifies: After 2 years of virtual, this year we’re going to have a dedicated Kotlin DevRoom in person, on Saturday 4th of February 2023 The CFP is open and will close on December 4th: https://github.com/Kotlin-FOSDEM/cfp (I’ll save you one click and will paste it below 👇 ) We’re also looking for helpers to support us doing the day. Feel free to ping either me or @mbonnin @Julien Salvi @Marco Gomiero @Holger Steinhauer [Mod]

# Kotlin DevRoom - FOSDEM 2023 - Call For Proposal 

Hello fellow Kotliners,

We're back with another edition of the Kotlin DevRoom @ FOSDEM 2023. We are extremely proud to offer the Kotlin open-source community a space to meet and be represented.

And this year, we can't be more excited to share that, after 2 years of virtual devroom, we'll be back in person in 2023! Looking forward to meeting with you all on the 4th/5th of February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.

Here you can find the CFP (Call For Papers) for submitting your talks and have the opportunity to deliver a talk during the Kotlin DevRoom. The deadline for submitting is December 4th 2022, please read below for more details on how to apply.

## About FOSDEM

From: [<https://fosdem.org/2023/about/](https://fosdem.org/2023/about/)>
FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organized by the community, for the community.

The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

- get in touch with other developers and projects
- be informed about the latest developments in the free software and open source world
- attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers
- promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organizers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship.

# About the Kotlin DevRoom

The Kotlin DevRoom is a co-located conference-within-a-conference that gives us the opportunity to come together and chat, hack, and share stories about Kotlin usage in the FLOSS ecosystems.

The DevRoom will take place on Saturday 4th of February 2023, at ULB ([Campus Solbosch](<https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1632534522))> in Brussels, Belgium.

Join us to enjoy a full day of talks, demos, and interesting discussions about Kotlin!

## How to submit

We welcome any talk proposals about Kotlin-related projects.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- the Kotlin Language
- Android app development with Kotlin
- Kotlin Multiplatform
- Kotlin/Native
- Kotlin/JS
- Coroutines
- Functional Programming
- Kotlin Scripting
- IoT
- Data Science
- Libraries and Frameworks in Kotlin
- Compiler plugins and optimizations
- Jetpack Compose
- Developer Tooling

We are looking for proposals for 25 minute talks (suggested 20 minute talk + 5 minute Q&A).

We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the community.

Please be aware of the fact that DevRoom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal, you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available.

Submissions must include:

- Abstract
- Expected prior knowledge / intended audience
- Speaker bio
- Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional)
- Links to previous talks by the speaker (optional)

Please submit through [<https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23)>

When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select 'Kotlin Devroom' as the 'Track'.

Create a Pentabarf account if, and only if, you don't already have one from a previous year; please double-check if you have an account you can reuse! If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair and please contact us (see below).

## Important dates

- Call for papers available: November 8th 2022
- Call for participation closes: December 4th 2022
- Devroom schedule available: around December 15th 2022
- Devroom day: February 4th 2023

Are you excited for our first Kotlin DevRoom? Submit your talk proposal and we will hopefully see you in Brussels!

## Code of Conduct

Following the release of the updated code of conduct for FOSDEM, we'd like to remind all speakers and attendees that all the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times.

FOSDEM CoC can be found online here: [<https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/](https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/)>

## Call for Volunteers

We are also looking for volunteers to help run the devroom. We need assistance with introducing speakers, helping set up the tech for their talk, as well as helping with Q&A. Please join [the #fosdem channel](<https://kotlinlang.slack.com/messages/fosdem>) on Kotlinlang Slack to participate.

## Contacts

Please reach out to us on [the #fosdem channel](<https://kotlinlang.slack.com/messages/fosdem>) on the Kotlinlang Slack ([sign up here](<https://t.co/kwvW0nQzRf?amp=1))> if you have any question about the DevRoom, the submission process, or similar.

On behalf of the organizers,
— Nicola Corti

Hey hey folks 🙂 Quick reminder that the CFP is still opened. Don’t be shy. Feel free to ask if you have questions or you need support preparing your first talk.

As FOSDEM being FOSDEM, any chance, they do have their own Mastodon instance?

Also, how are we on the CFP side?

@Holger Steinhauer [Mod] did you mean that for the private fosdem channel? 👀 😄

Fosdem is there of course https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem

Sweet

And there is a kotlin.social instance as well

Will create a kotlindevroom@fosstodon.org (if possible)

Noice

Hey all :android-wave: 😛arty-parrot: Quick reminder that the CFP is closing today 😛arty-parrot: https://kotlinlang.slack.com/archives/CNL8G48LA/p1667942036538549

Our agenda is starting to shape :android-eyes: https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/kotlin/

Hey all :android-wave: I’m super excited to share that the Kotlin DevRoom @ FOSDEM 2023 :fosdem: is tomorrow!!! We’ll be having 15 talk in agenda this year (which is so awesome): https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/track/kotlin/ I hope to see you all tomorrow in person starting from 10.30AM CET. For folks following online, we’ll live stream here: https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ub5230 For folks in Brussels, we’re having a Community Meetup tomorrow evening from 8PM. Please RSVP here: https://kotlin-fosdem.github.io/#meetup

And we're off!

Test

shameless plug 😀 https://twitter.com/joreilly/status/1621783217899438081?s=20&t=AGMH9dQK6hIXVWAzihPSoA

🔴 So folks we’re live 🔴 https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ub5230 😛arty-parrot: 😛arty-parrot: 😛arty-parrot: 😛arty-parrot: 😛arty-parrot:

Russel Wolf is live now 🎉

Alright folks. Let’s do this giveaway. Leave a message in this 🧵, post a picture with the hashtag #fosdemkotlin23 and tag us on Twitter (@fosdemkotlin) or Mastodon (@kotlindevroom@fosstodon.org) for our JetBrains license givewaway

Sorry I didn't have time for live questions. Feel free to DM me or thread here if you want to chat (or find me and say hi in person)

Love this slide

We found something at the speaker’s table. Who’s awesome stickers are these?

we lost the streaming video/audio, only slides are still there

Martin's waffles were wonderful also 👍

great talks, thanks @gammax for organizing that!

Thanks to everyone that organised this....really enjoyed all the sessions

Thanks to everyone! It was a really great event and a big opportunity to meet the community in person! :kotlin-intensifies-purple:

Thank you for the organisation and see you in the pub!

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