Boston Summit 2008
The 8th annual Boston Summit will be held on Columbus Day Long Weekend (October 11-13) 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.
Places to stay - got a couch, or need one? Want to share a hotel room? Meet up with open-minde-- nevermind.
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 11th 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
Introspection
11 AM
Accessibility
12 PM
1 PM
Semantic Desktop
Cross-plat
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
Sunday
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335
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Hall
9 AM
10 AM
Gnome shell
Stable GNOME Components
Introspection Hackfest
11 AM
Summary of the GUI Hackfest
12 PM
1 PM
Canvas Death Match
2 PM
3 PM
Lightning Talks (Slides from Natan's talk available here.)
4 PM
JavaScript bindings
5 PM
6 PM
7 PM
Monday
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335
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Hall
9 AM
10 AM
Netbook Discussion
11 AM
12 PM
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!