The first edition of the Robotics and Simulation devroom at FOSDEM 2025 is a wrap! 
We had a ton of fun, inspiring and motivating talks, great speakers and for most talks a full room with a queue outside.
Thanks to all the attendees, speakers, devroom organizers, the FOSDEM team and volunteers!
See you all next year!
i survived (again). #fosdem gave me some hope for society again. besides #learning an uncountable amount of things. it started right away meeting @_elena finally #irl , a very crowded #mastodon stand with an amazing team behind the desk. ran into @Sascha directly after. thanks to @evan to organise the amazing #devroom for the #socialweb
i attended as many sessions as i was able to ;) from #UN #IDG to @matrix . where i was even invited to have an hour at their stand.
we got also some interest for @haufegroup and also the @acccgn by @micheal who had also his first #fosdem #fosdem25 
so it ended like always with a wonderful and professional coreo of the #FosdemDance ;)
https://videos.librescrum.org/w/cgUEqAUEMzQNBTKYfkcYNd
Service announcement about the #devroom Funding the FOSS Ecosystem in room K.3.601.
The schedule has changed: the talks of Emmy Tsang and Amy Parker have been swapped.
So now it's at 11.50 - 12.20 Storytelling, networking, and strategy: three keys to successful fundraising by Amy and the talk Funding the FOSS Ecosystem is at 12.30 - 13.00.
#FOSDEM
I'm speaking at #FOSDEM in the #PostgreSQL #devroom (UA 2.220) about Row-Level Security (and how you can make it actually work)! You can also watch online here at 16:00 CET:
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5282-row-level-security-sucks-can-we-make-it-usable-/
Hurts to see so many friendly faces in that video stream and to have to follow it remotely 
Talk by Ilya Zverev about #15minutesCities
Being able to do most of your things in a 15 minutes transit distance from your home is a great quality of life and environment indicator for a city.
He talks about how to measure this metric and identify which cities and neighborhoods are 15-minutes compatible.
By @zverik at #fosdem in the #geospatial devroom.
Talk by Maxim Van de Wynckel about #indoorMapping problems: #positioningSystem #beacons
and tools #OpenHPS #SemBeacon
By @maximvdw at #fosdem in the #geospatial devroom.
The #toolthedocs #fosdem #devroom is filling up pretty quick. Nice.
End Of 10 at #FOSDEM!
#KDEEco 's Call To Action against #eWaste driven by Windows
BoF *Sun 2 Feb 14:00* Room H.3242
Global #FreeSoftware campaign to raise awareness of #Windows 10 EoL and how independent software keeps devices in use & out of the landfill!
Same day just before, learn how #FOSS enables a circular digital economy *11:55-12:05* #Energy #DevRoom H.2214
#EndOf10 #OptGreen #KDE 
#OpenSource #Sustainability #Environment
The schedule for the "Funding the FOSS Ecosystem" devroom at FOSDEM is live!
With 11 interesting talks we cover a broad spectrum exploring how to ensure the longevity and security of FOSS projects. There are talks about funding strategies, mechanisms & reflections on the funding ecosystem. Here you can have a look at the lineup: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/funding/
We hope to see you at #FOSDEM !
The #devroom is organized by @sovtechfund @fsfe @linuxfoundation @PrototypeFund Probabl & NLnet.
#FOSS
Are you working on the next robot army or think we all live in a simulation and you have proof?
Maybe you can make drones dance 
or simulate soccer games 
?
In any of these cases, please submit your proposals for the first FOSDEM Robotics and Simulation devroom before December 1st, 2024.
Formats:
* 20 mins + 5 mins for Q&A or
* 5 min lightning talk 
Find the CfP here: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003576.html
'Open Source In The European Legislative Landscape and Beyond'
Just a few days left to submit your #proposal if you wish to take part in the EU-Policy #devroom
The devroom will take place on Sunday 2nd February 2025 for the full day.
If you wish to discuss the impact of past, ongoing, and upcoming EU laws affecting the Open Source community.
Deadline for submission: 1st December
Please visit our website:
https://lnkd.in/dbcyB634
FOSDEM 2025 - First Robotics and Simulation Devroom - Call for Papers is online.
Calling all robot and simulation enthusiasts, researchers, engineers and developers:
Please submit your proposals related to #robotics and/or #simulation before December 1st, 2024.
Formats:
* 20 mins + 5 mins for Q&A or
* 5 min lightning talk
Find the CfP here: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003576.html
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗢𝗦𝗗𝗘𝗠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱!
Once again, we will organise a half-day track at Europe's largest #OpenSource conference #FOSDEM. We welcome you to give a talk about anything open* in the wide space of #railway and #transportation.
Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2024
All information and links for submissions: https://github.com/OpenRailAssociation/FOSDEM/blob/main/2025-cfp.md
We are looking forward to interesting proposals and meeting you in Brussels next year!
CfP for the #RetroComputing #devroom at #FOSDEM:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003591.html
Also, there won't be an #Emulation devroom this year, but maybe your proposal can fit here 
The Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM is back after a hiatus! We're gathering your geospatial insights for talks on 1-2 February 2025 in Brussels. Whether it's FOSS GIS, geodata visualization, OpenStreetMap, or urban planning, we want to hear from you.
Spread the word, and let's bring the geospatial community together.
Submit your proposals by 1 December 2024!
Details and submission info here: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003597.html
