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GUADEC is our largest conference for GNOME users and developers, held annually in different cities around Europe. In 2013, GUADEC was held in the city of Brno, Czech Republic, from August 1st to 8th.

There was keynotes from Ethan Lee, Matt Dalio, Cathy Malmrose, and the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors, who discussed important topics in the GNOME Community.

Hundreds of contributors participated in GUADEC 2013, including volunteers, interns, and the employees of many companies. The schedule had high quality talks on various topics such as application sandboxing, input methods, Pitivi, Evolution, Wayland porting, GTK+, and geolocation, two sessions of lightning talks, work sessions and parties.

The GNOME community also used the conference to meet with partners and make exciting plans for the future.