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Railways and Open Transport Devroom at FOSDEM 2024 - Call for Participation

We are excited to announce that for the second time there will be a Railways and Open Transport devroom at FOSDEM, after its well-received debut in 2023. Together, we explore the space of Free and Open Source Software in the context of railways and public transport. We invite you to participate by presenting your work and projects in this space. Once again, this will be excellent opportunity to show what you are doing and discuss it with like-minded people from the community.

Note

FOSDEM is Europe's largest gathering of Free and Open Source Software developers and enthusiasts, with thousands of people attending and hundreds of talks taking place each year. FOSDEM 2024 will happen on the weekend of 3-4 February 2024 as an in-person event in Brussels at the ULB university.

Picture from the devroom in 2023

The Railways and Open Transport devroom in 2023 was very-well visited

Key dates

For the Call for Presentations process:

  • 1 December: CfP submission deadline
  • 15 December: Announcement of selected talks
  • 3 February: Railways and Open Transport devroom at FOSDEM, you must be available onsite to present your talk (tentatively between 10:30 and 14:30 local time)

Topics

We are interested in presentations on any topic related to Free and Open Source Software in the context of railways and public transport. Possible topics include:

  • Dealing with schedules, time tables, live information about trains and public transport
  • Simulation of network behavior, traffic, dispatching, schedules
  • Open approaches to transport interoperability and standards
  • Operation of infrastructure and vehicles, open source in a safety-critical environment
  • Information systems for trains, stations, infrastructure, ...
  • Geo software, mapping, navigation tools
  • Accessibility assistants for travelers
  • Railway games
  • Research topics, AI applications, AR, conversational UI
  • Booking, tickets, travel planning
  • ...

The audience is developers and enthusiasts of Free and Open Source Software. This includes a good number of railway fans and people active in related communities.

Submission process

Please submit your proposals at via the FOSDEM's new conference system by 1 December 2023, 00:00 (Europe/Brussels, UTC+1). The accounts from previous FOSDEM editions won't work, please create new ones.

Important notes:

  • Your on-site availability is required, we do not accept remote presentations.
  • Preferred talk length is 30 minutes including Q&A. We also welcome shorter talks. Please state the length of the talk in the submission notes.
  • The conference language is English.

Here is how you can submit a presentation to our devroom:

  1. Go to the event website: https://fosdem.org/submit
  2. If you already have an account, press "login" on the top-right corner. Otherwise, click "Go to CfP"
  3. Click "Submit a proposal" and fill in the form:
    1. Provide the proposal title. This will also be in the final program, so make it informative and attractive
    2. Select the Track: Railways and Open Transport
    3. Add a meaningful abstract. We recommend 1-2 paragraphs that shortly explains what you will be talking about and why people should join.
    4. Optionally, you can add a longer description. This will also be public once accepted.
    5. Add the length of your session in the submission notes. Optionally add any other information. The submission notes will only be visible for the organisers and could contain extra wishes.
    6. You may also add additional speakers by putting their email addresses in the box.
    7. Select an Open Source license under which the initiative or project you talk about is published.
    8. You may add extra review material, only visible to the organisers, e.g. images or a presentation.
    9. Optionally, you can also add extra contact information apart from your email address.
  4. Hit "Continue". Depending on whether you already logged in, you may now create a new account, log in with your existing one, or just be directed to the next step.
  5. Now, you can provide information about yourself:
    1. Upload a picture of yourself if you haven't already
    2. Add your name
    3. We recommend to add a short biography, telling us and the audience a bit more about yourself
    4. Regarding the availability, you don't have to add that. Our devroom will be on Saturday morning
    5. Click "Submit proposal!" and wait for our response. Thank you!

If you run into issues with your submission, please reach out to us so we can assist you. See below for contact details.

Recordings

The talks are usually recorded on-site. Any recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY-2.0). By submitting a proposal and agreeing to present in the Railways and Open Transport devroom, you give permission to be recorded.

How can I contact you?

The organizers of the devroom can be reached by sending email to railways-devroom-devroom-manager (at) fosdem.org. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any inquiry or suggestion for the devroom.

Max Mehl, Simon Clavier, Cornelius Schumacher, Loic Hamelin, Peter Keller - Railways and Open Transport devroom co-organizers