FOSDEM 21 - Emulator Development Room CFP

We are pleased to announce the opening of the Call for papers for the inaugural edition of the FOSDEM emulator development room.

Due to obvious reasons, the upcoming FOSDEM 21 will take place online.

Unfortunate as that might be for some of us, it will also give some travel weary and/or shy -speakers the chance to participate.

What is FOSDEM?

Stolen Borrowed from the website:

FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels. In 2021, they will gather online.

Important stuff:

• FOSDEM is free to attend. There is no registration.
• FOSDEM website
• FOSDEM code of conduct
• Emulator devroom schedule

Desirable topics

Really anything goes, but here are some ideas(for inspiration):

• Console emulator development
• Computer emulator development
• Hardware emulation
• OS emulation development
• Virtual Machine development
• Emulation legality
• Emulation history
• ...

Desirable speakers

We honestly don't care. Experienced speakers are very welcome, but hobbyists and/or first time speakers are also more than welcome.

How to submit your proposal

To submit a talk, please visit the FOSDEM 2021 Pentabarf website (we're not sure whether pentabarf means barfing in 5 directions, or in 5 colors).

Create an event and click on Show all in the top right corner to display the full form.

What should be in your submission

• name
• short bio
• contact info
• title(funny titles are appreciated)
• abstract(what you're gonna talk about)
• duration (25 min or 50 min)

Important Dates

• December 28th: submission deadline
  • FAQ - is the submission deadline final?
    • Technically speaking, you can submit talks till pentabarf closes, which should be somewhere in January
    • However, talks submitted before the 29th get a higher precedence
• January 6th: announcement selected talks
• ASAP: announcement selected talks
• January: speakers are contacted to pre-record sessions
• February 6th: FOSDEM!(with live Q&A during recorded talks)

Contact us

• Mahmoud Abdelghany
• Christophe Creeten
• Niels Renard
• sorry, but the others are too shy ¯\(ツ)/¯