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

Not every event at OsmoDevCon must be a formal lecture/talks.  Individual events can also be more like workshops or "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. Sponsors

We'd like to thank our confirmed sponsors:

|_.Status|_.Name|_.Logo|

|Gold|"Africa Mobile Networks":https://amn.com/|{{thumbnail(amn-square.png,size=200)}}|

|Silver|"sysmocom":https://sysmocom.de/|{{thumbnail(sysmocom.svg.png,size=200)}}|

We're happy to accept additional sponsors.

h2. Registration / Who

If you would like to attend, please add your name to the below _Requested_ list ASAP, *no later than March 7th, 2024*.  We will review your request and move you to the _Confirmed_ list if you are eligible.

sysmocom is taking care of all room reservations if you're listed below, irrespective on whether you pay for the room yourself or have your room sponsored.  *You do not need to make a room reservation yourself*.

h3. Requested

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

h3. Confirmed

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

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

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

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

|Hoernchen|Friday|Monday|Classic|No (sysmocom)|meat|

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

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

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

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

|@fixeria|Friday|Monday|Classic|No|none|

|@dexter|Friday|Monday|Classic|No (sysmocom)|none|

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

|Sec|Friday|Sun/Mon|?|No|no fish|

|@herlesupreeth|Friday(night)|Sunday (afternoon)|?|Partially (conf)|vegetarian|

|steve-m|Friday|Monday|?|Partially (conf)|none|

|acetcom|Thursday|Sunday|Deluxe|Yes|none|

|@lynxis|Friday|Monday|Classic|No (sysmocom)|vegetarian|

|ant|Friday|Monday|Deluxe|No|none|

|@roch|unknown|unknown|?|No|none|

|@manawyrm|Friday|Monday|Classic|Yes|none|

|@rafael2k|Friday|Monday|Classic|Yes|none|

h2. Costs

Sponsoring (see above) 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:

* hotel room rates

** EUR 129 per night for "Classic Plus":https://berlin.vandervalk.de/ubernachten/classic-plus-zimmer room, or

** EUR 139 per night for "Deluxe":https://berlin.vandervalk.de/ubernachten/deluxe-zimmer- room

* conference rates

** EUR 151 daily conference rate (fri/sat/sun)

** EUR 99 on monday

h3. Included (in conference package)

* conference room including projector, wired internet and wifi

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

* afternoon snack (sweet)

* lunch (3-course meal)

* dinner (3-course meal or buffet)

h3. Included (in room night)

* "Classic Plus" or "Deluxe" room as selectet

* breakfast buffet

* free parking

* complimentary access to pool and sauna

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|

|2|sBitx HF trx|@rafael2k|

|some|RF accessories|@rafael2k|