Boston Summit 2009
The 9th annual Boston Summit will be held on Columbus Day Long Weekend (October 10-12) in Boston, MA, USA at the MIT Sloan.
The Boston Summit is a three-day hackfest for GNOME developers and contributors. It is not primarily aimed at users or new contributors, but if you want to jump right into the deep end, it's a fantastic way to meet everyone and get involved. Unlike traditional conferences, the Boston Summit is all about getting developers together and getting things done. While there are some non-hacking sessions, they are geared heavily towards many-to-many, interactive discussion and planning, rather than one-to-many presentations.
Tell us you're coming - add your name to the list to let us know that you're planning to participate.
Beer Summit - after a hard day of hacking, kick back and relax at Flat Tops
http://twitter.com/gnomesummit for updates
Travel
This year the travel committee has a limited budget to send a couple of people to the Summit. Please go to the Travel Committee page for instructions on how to submit a request for sponsorship. If you require a visa to travel to the United States, the travel committee will also issue you a letter inviting you to the conference. This letter should be submitted with your visa application to the appropriate consulate or visa agency.
Schedule
Propose a hackfest or BOF session - got a project to hack on or a plan to put in motion? Let us know! These proposals will inform the content and structure of the event.
What time does it start on the 10th in the morning? -- word on the street is 9AM.
Got a meeting time? Mark it here:
Saturday
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Hall
9 AM
Opening
10 AM
11 AM
GTK 3 / GTK+ CSD
12 PM
Clutter 1.2
1 PM
Lunch
2 PM
Usability Kit
3 PM
GS Design
4 PM
GS + Empathy (kickoff)
5 PM
Session Switching
Outreach
5:30 PM
GTK+ Resolution Independence & GTK+ 3 theming
Telepathy
Outreach (cont)
6:30 PM
Sunday
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Hall
9 AM
10 AM
Geolocation
GNOME Goals
11 AM
GLib/DBus & GObject Introspection
Snowy
12 PM
GSettings
Documentation
Metacontacts (GS/Empathy/...)
1 PM
Lunch
2 PM
GS Getting Involved & Tech
3 PM
GS Browsers
4 PM
git-bz + Splinter & Sysadmin Stuff
Gtk+ Font Dialog Usability
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
8 PM
Monday
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Hall
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
Telepathy (surgery/Q&A/etc)
12 PM
libmodel (Data Model)
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
Getting There
Check the MIT Sloan instructions and this map. Note that the event will be hosted in the E51 building.
During the conference, you can find attendees in #boston on irc.gnome.org, and might find the boston-social mailing list useful.
Suggestions
Please add your thoughts to last year's suggestions page!