FOSDEM 2022

[yorik]

FOSDEM 2022 is coming! Like last year, it will be fully virtual. Like last year, there is an "Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design" room, where traditionally FreeCAD is more than welcome. So, anyone interested in submitting a talk? Here is what I got from KiCAD's Seth, who is managing the room:

# FOSDEM 22
We are pleased to announce the Call for Presentations for the Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design devroom at FOSDEM 2021, on Saturday, 5 February 2022.

FOSDEM website: https://fosdem.org/2022/
FOSDEM Code of Conduct: https://fosdem.org/2022/practical/conduct/

We hope you'll join us for a full day of talks, demos and interesting discussions on designing, modeling and testing physical objects using Open Source tools. This year's event will be fully virtual (:sad trombone:) and will feature multiple channels for talks, Q&A as well as hallway discussions (:happy dance:).

We welcome any talk proposals about the creation of physical objects.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Open Hardware projects
- Circuit Design
* Printed circuit board design tools
* Circuit simulation
- 3d modeling and analysis
* Solid modeling tools
* Meshing, modeling and transforming physical representations
* Finite element analysis
- 3d printing
* 3d slicing tools
* Motor control
- Machine design and integration
* ECAD/MCAD integration
* Thermal analysis
* Wire modeling
- Physical Model Data storage
* Data representation and optimization
* Version control in hardware data storage
* Collaborative and team-based hardware design techniques

Slots will be allocated for short (20 minutes), long (40 minutes) talks and in-depth (60 minutes). This includes question time, for which
you should budget at least 20% of your time.

Speakers need to specify their preferred format. Both include time for questions and answers.

Depending on the number of submissions, submitters may be asked to utilize an alternate time format.

## The submission process

Please submit your proposals at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM22

If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in
and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already have one.

Please include the following information with your submission:

- Abstract
- Preferred Session length
- Speaker bio
- Link to any hardware / code /slides for the talk

When you submit your proposal (creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "Open Source Computer Aided Modeling and Design" in
the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal may go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a
suggested duration. Keep in mind that much of the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please allot at least 20%
of the talk time for questions and answers.

## Important dates

- Call for papers available: 29 November 2021
- Call for participation closes: 28 December 2021
- Devroom schedule available: 1 January 2022
- Talk recording uploads due: 20 January 2022
- Devroom day: Saturday 5 February 2022 (09:00 to 17:00)

## Recordings

Because this year's conference will be fully virtual, all talks must be pre-recorded. These will be verified for sound and video quality prior to the conference.

Each accepted talk will have a dedicated chaperone to help you through the process of recording, encoding and uploading your talk.

The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY).

So, anyone interested? It would be great to have one or two (or more?) kick-ass FreeCAD talks there this year. Teaming up to do a joint presentation together with other users is also great, so if you'd like to do something but don't feel comfortable doing it alone, post something here, someone else might be interested in joining!

[drmacro]

Hmm...I've recently been watching the Mango Jelly series on Curves workbench.

Not sure what he could do in 20 minutes, but if he is willing, it could be a good session.

In general though, even a Q&A with you, werner, and/or abdullah would be good publicity/pr.

Or maybe Chris_G and Mango Jelly on Curves.

Just musing...

[chennes]

A "What's new in FreeCAD 0.20" short presentation might be interesting.

[drmacro]

A "What's new in FreeCAD 0.20" short presentation might be interesting.

Indeed

[Meetlat]

Reminder, Realthunder speaks about his branch in about 40 minutes here: https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/freecad_link/

[paullee]

Thanks for the reminder ! Good to watch live !