FOSDEM

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Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting
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GenreFree and open-source software development conference
Location(s) Brussels
Country Belgium
Inaugurated2000 (2000) (as OSDEM), 2001 (2001) (as FOSDEM) [1]
Previous event 3-4 February 2024
Next event 1-2 February 2025
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FOSDEM is well attended, nobody is allowed in once a talk is full FOSDEM 2015 full sign 1.jpg
FOSDEM is well attended, nobody is allowed in once a talk is full

Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) is a non-commercial, volunteer-organized European event centered on free and open-source software development. It is aimed at developers and anyone interested in the free and open-source software movement. It aims to enable developers to meet and to promote the awareness and use of free and open-source software.

Contents

FOSDEM is held annually, usually during the first weekend of February, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles Solbosch campus in the southeast of Brussels, Belgium.

Richard (RichiH) Hartmann and Basti Schubert explain the organization of FOSDEM with free software, 02/2023.

History

FOSDEM was started in 2000 [2] under the name Open Source Developers of Europe Meeting (OSDEM) by Raphael Bauduin. Bauduin said that since he felt he lacked the brains to properly contribute to the open-source community, he wanted to contribute by launching a European event in Brussels. Bauduin teamed up with Damien Sandras. [3] The team repeated the event. The F (of FOSDEM) was added at the request of Richard Stallman. [4]

The event has been held annually in February since then, with growing numbers of visitors, talks and tracks. It is organized thanks to the help of many volunteers.

The conference attracted about 4,000 visitors as of 2011. [5] By 2013 this grew to 5,000 attendees. [6] Since 2017, FOSDEM attendance is estimated at over 8,000 visitors. [7] [8]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FOSDEM 2021 and 2022 were held entirely online. [9] [10]

Organization and format

FOSDEM advertises itself as a free event that takes place over two weekend days: "You don't need to register. Just turn up and join in!" The 2024 edition of the conference had as many as "948 speakers, 875 events, and 67 tracks" in "35 rooms". [11]

Full conference history

Jimmy Wales at FOSDEM, 2005 Jimbo-wales---fosdem-2005.jpg
Jimmy Wales at FOSDEM, 2005
FOSDEM 2010 Fosdem2010-bowyer.jpg
FOSDEM 2010
FOSDEM 2015
FOSDEM 2017 FOSDEM 2017 in Room J.jpg
FOSDEM 2017
View from the speaker's desk towards the audience during the opening keynote at FOSDEM 2024 FOSDEM 2024 welcome.jpg
View from the speaker's desk towards the audience during the opening keynote at FOSDEM 2024

FSF Award

The Free Software Foundation's ceremony for the Award for the Advancement of Free Software was held at FOSDEM from 2002 to 2006 (for the awards for 2001 to 2005). [45] [46]

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References

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  2. ↑ "FOSDEM 2018 – About FOSDEM". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. ↑ "FOSDEM 2007 over". Archived from the original on 2015-02-01. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  4. ↑ "Fosdem 2002: Fosdem organiser interview" . Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  5. ↑ "About FOSDEM". FOSDEM. 2011. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "About FOSDEM 2013". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  7. ↑ "Home - FOSDEM 2017". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  8. ↑ "Home - FOSDEM 2024". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  9. ↑ "FOSDEM 2021 Online". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  10. ↑ "FOSDEM 2022 Online". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  11. ↑ https://fosdem.org/2024/
  12. ↑ "Track: Keynotes" . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  13. ↑ "Keynotes". Archived from the original on 10 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  14. 1 2 "Tracks". Archived from the original on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  15. ↑ "Lightning talks". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  16. ↑ "Certification Exams". Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  17. ↑ "Beer Event". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  18. 1 2 "Main Tracks 2012" . Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  19. ↑ "Devrooms 2012" . Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  20. ↑ "Lightning Talks 2012" . Retrieved 14 December 2012.
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  22. ↑ "FOSDEM 2013 – Tracks". Archive.fosdem.org. 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  23. ↑ "FOSDEM 2014 – Home". Fosdem.org. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  24. ↑ "FOSDEM 2014 accepted developer rooms". Fosdem.org. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  25. ↑ "FOSDEM 2015 – Home". Fosdem.org.
  26. ↑ "FOSDEM 2015 Keynote speakers". Fosdem.org.
  27. ↑ "FOSDEM 2016". FOSDEM.org.
  28. ↑ "FOSDEM 2016 Keynote speakers". FOSDEM.org.
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  30. ↑ "FOSDEM 2017". FOSDEM.org.
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  32. ↑ "FOSDEM 2017 developer rooms". FOSDEM.org.
  33. ↑ "FOSDEM 2018". FOSDEM.org.
  34. ↑ "FOSDEM 2018 Keynote speakers". FOSDEM.org.
  35. ↑ "FOSDEM 2018 developer rooms". FOSDEM.org.
  36. ↑ "FOSDEM 2019". FOSDEM.org.
  37. ↑ "FOSDEM 2019 Keynote speakers". FOSDEM.org.
  38. ↑ "FOSDEM 2019 developer rooms". FOSDEM.org.
  39. ↑ "FOSDEM 2020". FOSDEM.org.
  40. ↑ "FOSDEM 2020 developer rooms". FOSDEM.org.
  41. ↑ "FOSDEM 2021". FOSDEM.org.
  42. ↑ "FOSDEM 2022 - Home".
  43. ↑ "FOSDEM 2023 - Schedule". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
  44. ↑ "FOSDEM 2024 - Schedule". fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
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