Since 2015 GUADEC has used a '3 core days' format (there were previously 4 core days).
Venue opening times are:
- Friday 07:00-20:00
- Saturday 08:00-20:00
- Sunday 09:00-20:00
After 18:00 on Saturday and Sunday there will be no facilities staff other than the security team.
Schedule
Slot |
Main room |
Second room |
|
Friday 28th July |
09:30 |
Info desk open |
|
10:00 |
Opening talk |
|
|
10:30 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
11:00 |
Break |
||
11:30 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
12:15 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
13:00 |
Lunch |
||
14:00 |
Keynote |
|
|
15:00 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
15:45 |
Break |
||
16:15 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
16:45 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
17:15 |
Lightning talks |
|
|
18:15 |
End of day |
||
Saturday 29th July |
09:30 |
Info desk open |
|
10:00 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
10:30 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
11:00 |
Break |
||
11:30 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
12:15 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
13:00 |
Lunch |
||
14:00 |
Panel |
|
|
15:00 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
15:45 |
Break |
||
16:15 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
16:45 |
GNOME Foundation AGM |
|
|
18:50 |
End of day |
||
Sunday 30th July |
09:30 |
Info desk open |
|
10:00 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
10:30 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
11:00 |
Break |
||
11:30 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
12:15 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
13:00 |
Lunch |
||
14:00 |
Keynote |
|
|
15:00 |
Long talk |
Long talk |
|
15:45 |
Break |
||
16:15 |
Short talk |
Short talk |
|
17:15 |
Lightning talks |
|
|
18:15 |
Closing |
|
|
18:30 |
End of day |
||
Timeline
Call for papers closes: April 23rd (done April 23rd)
Papers committee complete voting: May 1s (done May 7th)
Speakers notified by: May 7th (done May 20th)
Travel sponsorship agreed by: May 14th
Last year's schedule: https://2016.guadec.org/schedule/
Recent discussions: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/guadec-list/2016-July/msg00014.html and https://mail.gnome.org/archives/guadec-list/2015-November/msg00001.html
Things that will need to be done during the conference days:
- setting up banners, info desk, etc. (ideally day before)
morning briefing with volunteers, plus University IT staff & anyone else
- evening debrief