Osmocom Conferences (OsmoDevCon, OsmoCon, OsmoDevCall)

h1. OsmoDevCon2024

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This page is used to plan and coordinate regarding the Osmocom Developer Conference 2024

h1. Osmocom Developer Conference 2024

Contrary to [[OsmoCon]], the Osmocom Developer Conference 2024 ([[OsmoDevCon2024]]) is an event *by contributors for contributors*.

As such, the primary audience is people who have been contributing to at least one of the Osmocom projects.

It is *not targeted at users*.

Attendance requires registration (see below) and notification of acceptance.  The number of participants is *limited to about 25*.

h2. When

*May 3rd-6th, 2024*

Time: We will *start at 10am* in the morning, will take *lunch break around 1pm*, a *dinner break around 8pm* and have an open end at night. 

h2. Where

Contrary to our past OsmoDevCons (which have all been rather _low budget, grass roots_ events), @laforge felt that particularly after the long COVID-related break, it would be nice to do something slightly more fancy:  Stay together with the entire group for four days, in a conference hotel.  

The selected venue is "Van der Valk Hotel Berlin Brandenburg":https://berlin.vandervalk.de/ which is actually not in Berlin, but slightly south of Berlin, very near the BER airport.  The street address is _Eschenweg 18, 15827 Blankenfelde, GERMANY_

We will have a 120 square metre meeting room for our meetings. The conference/event hotel has many amenities including a garden as well as spa/sauna, indoor swimming pool, bar, etc.

h2. Format

The format of this workshop is not primarily formal lectures/talks.  It's more like "guided discussions", i.e. there are topics and each topic will get an "owner" who should introduce the topic and lead the discussion related to it.

h2. Registration / Who

If you would like to attend, please add your name to the below _Requested_ list ASAP, *no later than March 1st, 2024*.  We will review your request and move you to the _Confirmed_ list if you are eligible.

h3. Requested

|_.Name|_.Arrival|_.Departure|_.Requesting free of charge hotel+conference (volunteer)|_.Dietary preferences|

| Sec | ? | ? | No | no fish |

| PLEASE ADD LINES HERE |||||

h3. Confirmed

|_.Name|_.Arrival|_.Departure|_.Requesting free of charge hotel+conference (volunteer)|_.Dietary preferences|

|@laforge|Friday|Monday|No (sysmocom)|none|

|@keith|  Friday | Monday   | Probably, yet it is also difficult to 100% confirm b4 March 1st|vegetarian|

|nhofmeyr|Friday|Monday|No (sysmocom)|vegetarian|

|@tnt|Friday|Monday|Partially (conf)|I'll manage|

|@osmith|Thursday|Monday|No (sysmocom)|vegan|

|@pespin|Friday|Monday|No (sysmocom)|none|

|@jolly|Friday|Monday|No (sysmocom)|vegetarian|

|@fixeria|unknown|unknown|No|none|

|@dexter|unknown|unknown|No (sysmocom)|none|

|@iedemam|unknown|unknown|No|none|

h2. Costs

sysmocom (and likely other sponsors, as soon as we found some) will cover the accomodation (hotel room) for 3 nights as well as conference/catering costs for community members working on Osmocom for fun in their spare time .  Sysmocom of course will also cover everything for its own software development team.

However, anyone working professionally with/on Osmocom software for a company != sysmocom is expected to cover the costs, which are:

* EUR 137 per night in the hotel

* EUR 149 daily conference rate (fri/sat/sun) + EUR 97 on monday

h3. Included (in conference package)

* conference room including projector, wired internet and wifi

* unlimited coffe, tea and soft drinks, juice, mineral water 

* morning break snack (savoury)

* afternoon snack (sweet)

* lunch

* dinner

h3. Included (in room night)

* "Classic Plus" room

* breakfast buffet

* free parking

* complimentary access to pool and sauna

h2. Sponsors

confirmed sponsors:

* "sysmocom":https://sysmocom.de/

We're currently looking for additional sponsors.

h2. Schedule

TBD.

We intend to start at 10am on the first day, and finish around 3pm on the last day.

The latest tentative schedule can be seen at https://pretalx.sysmocom.de/osmodevcon2024/schedule/

h3. Video Recordings

Will likely be availble from https://media.ccc.de/b/conferences/osmocon/osmodevcon24

h3. Proposals / Call for Papers

Please make your submissions at https://pretalx.sysmocom.de/osmodevcon2024/cfp

h2. Avoiding dehydration during the day

Coffee, Tee and soft drinks, juice and mineral water are included in the conference package. Alcoholic beverages must be paid individually.

h2. Lunch

Included in the conference package each day, see above

h2. Dinner

Included in the conference package on Friday, Saturday and Sunday

h2. Travel

If you have difficulties covering your travel costs to OsmoDevCon, please contact laforge@gnumonks.org to determine if sysmocom or a third party can help you with covering that.

h3. Airports

Berlin only has one active airport during [[OsmoDevCon2024]]: Berlin Brandenburg International (BER).  It is best to take a cab for the ride to the hotel, as public transport  doesn't have a decent connection without changing multiple times.

h3. Train / Public Transport

The closest train station is Blankenfelde, served by S2 trains connecting from Berlin main station and Berlin Suedkreuz.  

From Blankenfelde train station it is a 12min bus ride to the hotel (Bus 792 to "Dahlewitz, Eschenweg Hotel")

h3. Car

The hotel offers complimentary parking for all hotel guests.  The hotel is easily accessible from Autobahn A10 _suedlicher Berliner Ring_

h2. Who brings what kind of equipment/supplies?

h3. Technical Equipment

|_.Qty|_.Description|_.Who|

|3|power strips with 10 outlets|@laforge|

|1|Fan-less 16-port Ethernet switch for main table|@laforge|

|plenty|Ethernet cabling in various length|@laforge|

|1|Duct Tape|@laforge|

|>=1|sysmoBTS (any model)|@laforge|

|>=1|nano3G|@laforge|

|>=1|RBS6402|@laforge|