BRUSSELS 4 FEBRUARY - 5 FEBRUARY SEE YOU NEXT YEAR 8000+ hackers 600+ lectures lightning talks devrooms beer Please remember that all FOSDEM FIRST AID WELCOME TO THE 17TH EDITION OF FOSDEM participants are here by invitation of the conference organisers and the A Red Cross first aid team is present ULB. We expect all participants to during the weekend. This team is follow this Code of Conduct during the located behind the large auditorium on conference and related events. This the second level of the K building. includes conference-related social events at off-site locations, and in In an emergency, you can phone related online communities and social the infodesk on +32 2 788 74 74 media. Participants asked to stop any unacceptable behaviour are expected to comply immediately. Conference participants violating this Code of FRINGE EVENTS Conduct may be expelled from the conference and/or banned from formal The FOSDEM Fringe consists of participation in future events. independent events involving free and open source software taking place in INFODESK CODE OF CONDUCT the days around the FOSDEM weekend. They are organised independently of In this booklet, you will find useful In order to keep FOSDEM a fun, Please bring any concerns to FOSDEM. information about the conference and interesting and positive experience for the immediate attention of our the venue. If you have any questions, everybody, we expect participants to coordinating team, by phone the volunteers at the infodesks will be follow the guidelines below. +32 2 788 74 73 or email The list of events can be found on the happy to help you. The main infodesk [email protected] FOSDEM web site at fosdem.org/2017/ is located in building K. A secondary fringe FOSDEM aims to be a free, open infodesk can be found in building H. and cooperative event. This means Staff and volunteers also roam we expect collaboration from all Thank you for your help in making around the campus and can be the FOSDEM participants, and for FOSDEM a success and pleasant for recognised by their bright yellow everybody to behave respectfully all the people involved. and orange T-shirts.There is a handy towards all others, including those that map on the back of this booklet, are different or think differently from pointing out the locations of all yourself. buildings, rooms, and the infodesks. TABLE OF CONTENTS Please be helpful, considerate, friendly and respectful towards all 05 General information other participants and respect the 07 Getting around environment. We don’t condone harassment or offensive behaviour 08 Developer rooms at our conference. We consider it 09 Stands against our values as human beings. 10-15 Floor plans We’re voicing our strong, unequivocal 16-20 Sponsors support of exemplary behaviour by all participants. 22 Surroundings 4 FOSDEM 2017 FOSDEM 2017 5 GENERAL INFORMATION DONATIONS NETWORK The accessible routes and the location of the lifts are not always obvious FOSDEM is free to attend. Best-effort wireless network coverage but FOSDEM staff and volunteers will The event is organised by volunteers is available everywhere on campus. be happy to show you around. We and funded entirely by sponsors, To encourage you to support IPv6 in reserve a limited number of seats at the sale of T-shirts, and individual your applications our main “FOSDEM” the front of both main track rooms donations. ESSID does not support IPv4 natively. for developers with hearing or visual There are transition measures in impairments. We cannot make advance In order to keep the event free, we place to reach IPv4-only hosts over reservations in every developer room, kindly ask you to buy a T-shirt and/ IPv6 (DNS64 and NAT64). If you but accommodations can usually be or to make a donation at one of the cannot live without native legacy IP made on the spot. infodesks. Your donation supports connectivity for some reason, you FOSDEM 2017 and future editions. can use the dual-stack “FOSDEM- CLOAKROOM Depending on the amount you donate, ancient” ESSID. Please consider fixing you will receive one or more of the your application or service though. Do you want to get rid of heavy bags, following along with our gratitude: or are you tired of carrying your coat or ONLINE SCHEDULE umbrella around with you? Store them T-shirts are available in male sizes: free of charge at our staffed cloakroom during the event. Simply follow the S, M, L, XL, XXL. The full conference schedule signs in the K building. is available on our website: In female sizes: fosdem.org/schedule/ S, M, L, XL, XXL. LOST PROPERTY There are third-party applications It is not possible to get a refund for any reason. for just about every smartphone Lost one of your precious belongings? Donations are not tax-deductible. operating system. Check your Found something that looks like respective app store/market or someone lost it? Please go to EUR 25,00 EUR 50,00 EUR 100,00 see the list at the infodesk in the K building for fosdem.org/schedule/mobile/ assistance. FOSDEM T-shirt ACCESSIBILITY FOSDEM LOST ON CAMPUS? Hoodie While we don’t own the university Try our experimental wayfinder O’Reilly campus and have little control over its at nav.fosdem.org pocket book accessibility, we have tried to find ways O’Reilly for developers with physical limitations book to make the most of the event. All rooms except for AW1.121 and AW1.125 are accessible to wheelchair users. There are ramps and lifts. 6 FOSDEM 2017 FOSDEM 2017 7 CATERING GETTING AROUND There are three places on the campus where you can get food and/or drinks (see the map at the back for the exact locations). MEETING PEOPLE AND DOING THINGS PUBLIC TRANSPORT There are plenty of bars in the The cafeteria in the F building (between K and U) has comfortable seating and neighbourhood where you can pass the serves espresso, breakfast, sandwiches, beer and drinks during the event. The following STIB/MIVB routes call at time! “ULB” The food court has catering vans offering hot food including burgers, hot dogs, • Bus 71 De Brouckère – Delta KEYSIGNING sandwiches, vegetarian wraps, and waffles. The food vans will be located on the square • Bus 72 ADEPS – Devèze-ULB The keysigning will take place on Sunday between the F and U buildings. • Tram 25 Rogier – Boondael Gare at 14:00 in the corridor on the second level • Tram 94 Louise – Musée du Tram of the U building. Please bring the printed The second bar is located under Janson and offers sandwiches, drinks and loads of See the back cover for a map. and verified list, a pen, and appropriate beer. Please try to stay quiet while in there. People in Janson can hear you. In the area form of identification with you to FOSDEM. surrounding the campus there are many other shops and restaurants where you can get Be on time! Please be sure to complete food. See the surroundings map on page 22-23. TAXI your signing homework before Sunday, If you need a taxi, we suggest calling 30 April 2017, and upload new signatures Taxi Verts on +32 2 349 49 49. on your keys to a well-connected keyserver. Glass bottles should be put in the CASH POINTS The address of the venue is: There is a cash point on the campus, boxes located near some bins or ULB Campus Solbosch BOF ROOMS just past the main bar near the food in the designated container near 50, Av. Franklin D. Roosevelt stands, but experience shows that the lower level of the H building. If Small and cosy rooms intended for ad-hoc 1050 Bruxelles it runs out of cash quickly during you see people scavenging bottles, discussions, meet-ups, or brainstorming The location where taxis expect to pick FOSDEM. An alternative cash point can please report them to security, staff, sessions. Each seats approximately thirty you up is marked on the map on the be found at 466, Chaussée de Boon- volunteers, or infodesk immediately. people. There is deliberately no projector back cover. dael. To get there, leave the campus or recording equipment. Reservations are towards where the buses and trams CLEANUP made on a first-come, first-served basis. Signup sheets are available at the infodesk stop, and continue straight ahead until After FOSDEM is over, we will need FREE SHUTTLE BUSES in building H. Directions to the rooms can the third roundabout and turn left to clean up, and quickly. We would On Sunday afternoon, FOSDEM provides also be obtained there. there. You will find the cash point on greatly appreciate your help. This can a free shuttle bus service from the the left side of the street. be as simple as helping stands carry conference venue to Brussels South their equipment, grabbing a broom (Midi) railway station which has a regular HACKER ROOM and cleaning the floors, or lend a hand service to many popular destinations Need a break? Want to spend some quiet collecting all of FOSDEM’s gear. Simply within Belgium and to surrounding time coding? Need to recharge yourself talk to staff, volunteers, or infodesk. countries. Three buses will run at and/or your devices? There is a hacker DO US A FAVOUR... roughly 20-minute intervals from Av. room where you can sit back and do all GARBAGE & GLASS FEEDBACK Buyl. The journey takes approximately that. The hacker room is H.2111 in the 20 minutes. Based on previous upper H building. Please try to keep the campus clean! How are we doing? Are you enjoying experience, we expect the buses to be Throw your garbage into the bins.