| Thursday |
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Transportation |
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Van Loading |
Thu, 18:00 - 22:00 |
5/10 |
Kortenberg (not ULB) |
| |
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| Friday |
| |
Buildup |
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Buildup (arrival 12 noon) |
Fri, 12:00 - 21:00 |
25/25 |
Infodesk K |
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Outdoor Signage Buildup |
Fri, 12:30 - 19:00 |
8/12 |
Infodesk K |
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Buildup (arrival 1pm) |
Fri, 13:00 - 21:00 |
17/25 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Buildup (arrival 2pm) |
Fri, 14:00 - 21:00 |
5/25 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Buildup (arrival 3pm) (NOT NEEDED) |
Fri, 15:00 - 21:00 |
17/25 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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Video build-up |
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VOC build-up (Time change, 10am) |
Fri, 10:00 - 12:00 |
5/4 |
NOC |
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Video build-up - AW Building |
Fri, 12:00 - 20:00 |
5/4 |
AW Building |
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Video build-up - H Building |
Fri, 12:00 - 20:00 |
6/5 |
H Building |
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Video build-up - K Building |
Fri, 12:00 - 20:00 |
6/5 |
K Building |
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Video build-up - U Building |
Fri, 12:00 - 20:00 |
9/8 |
U Building |
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| Saturday |
| |
Cloak room |
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Cloak Room |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
4/5 |
Cloakroom K Building |
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Cloak Room |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
Cloakroom K Building |
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Cloak Room |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
3/3 |
Cloakroom K Building |
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Cloak Room |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
3/4 |
Cloakroom K Building |
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Cloak Room |
Sat, 17:00 - 19:00 |
4/4 |
Cloakroom K Building |
| |
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Food Courier |
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Food Courier |
Sat, 12:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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| |
Heralding |
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Heralding: Welcome to FOSDEM 2026 |
Sat, 09:30 - 09:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: FOSS in times of war, scarcity and (adversarial) AI |
Sat, 10:00 - 10:50 |
4/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: Wayland compositors for fun and profit |
Sat, 10:30 - 10:55 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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Heralding: KDE at 30: Still looking ahead |
Sat, 11:00 - 11:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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|
Heralding: Evolving Git for the next decade |
Sat, 11:00 - 11:50 |
4/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: Linux on the Desktop – Why Digital Sovereignty Starts Here |
Sat, 12:00 - 12:25 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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Heralding: Mercurial, 20 years and counting: how are we still alive and kicking? |
Sat, 12:00 - 12:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: The Great Migration |
Sat, 12:30 - 12:55 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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Heralding: The challenges of FLOSS Office Suites |
Sat, 13:00 - 13:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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Heralding: An Efficient Git Workflow For High-Stakes Projects |
Sat, 13:00 - 13:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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|
Heralding: Libreboot: Free Your BIOS Today! |
Sat, 14:00 - 14:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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|
Heralding: Pull requests maintainers will love to review |
Sat, 14:00 - 14:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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|
Heralding: Running Wikipedia on Bare Metal, Open Source, and a Healthy Dose of Caching |
Sat, 15:00 - 15:25 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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Heralding: How to keep Open Source open without leaving our communities open to threats |
Sat, 15:00 - 15:25 |
2/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: What happened to RubyGems and what can we learn? |
Sat, 15:30 - 15:55 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: What do we mean when we say Sovereign AI? |
Sat, 15:30 - 15:55 |
4/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: Zero-Downtime Upgrades: PostgreSQL and OS/glibc at Global Scale |
Sat, 16:00 - 16:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
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|
Heralding: Lightning lightning talks 1 |
Sat, 16:00 - 16:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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|
Heralding: Adversarial Interoperability - Writing a Microsoft Bob application |
Sat, 17:00 - 17:25 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: How to Make Package Managers Scream |
Sat, 17:00 - 17:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
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Heralding: raylib: a 12-year adventure as a solo-maintainer |
Sat, 17:30 - 17:55 |
3/6 |
Janson |
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Heralding: Code, Compliance, and Confusion: Open Source in Safety-Critical Products |
Sat, 18:00 - 18:50 |
4/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: The Big FOSDEM Quiz of the Year |
Sat, 18:00 - 18:50 |
4/6 |
Janson |
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| |
Infodesk |
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Infodesk H |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
7/7 |
Infodesk H |
|
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Infodesk Online |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
2/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
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Infodesk K |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
5/6 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Infodesk K |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
6/6 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Infodesk H |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
6/7 |
Infodesk H |
|
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Infodesk Online |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
1/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
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Infodesk K |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
4/6 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Infodesk H |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
4/4 |
Infodesk H |
|
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Infodesk Online |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
1/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
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Infodesk H |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
3/4 |
Infodesk H |
|
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Infodesk Online |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
2/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
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Infodesk K |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
3/5 |
Infodesk K |
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Infodesk K |
Sat, 17:00 - 18:30 |
5/5 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Infodesk H |
Sat, 17:00 - 18:30 |
2/3 |
Infodesk H |
|
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Infodesk Online |
Sat, 17:00 - 18:30 |
0/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
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| |
Video |
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Video team - H Building |
Sat, 08:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
H.2111 |
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Video team - K Building |
Sat, 08:00 - 13:00 |
5/4 |
NOC |
|
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Video team - AW Building |
Sat, 08:00 - 13:00 |
2/4 |
AW1.125 |
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VOC video team |
Sat, 08:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
NOC |
|
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Video team - U Building |
Sat, 08:00 - 13:00 |
7/8 |
UB4.228 |
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Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
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Camera Operator Janson |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 |
Sat, 10:15 - 11:00 |
2/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
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Camera Operator Janson |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
2/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
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Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
2/1 |
K1.105 |
|
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Camera Operator H2.215 |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Video team - U Building |
Sat, 13:00 - 18:00 |
5/8 |
UB4.228 |
|
|
Video team - K Building |
Sat, 13:00 - 18:00 |
2/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Video team - AW Building |
Sat, 13:00 - 18:00 |
1/4 |
AW1.125 |
|
|
VOC video team |
Sat, 13:00 - 18:00 |
4/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Video team - H Building |
Sat, 13:00 - 18:00 |
4/4 |
H.2111 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sat, 17:00 - 19:00 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sat, 17:00 - 19:00 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 |
Sat, 17:00 - 19:00 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
| |
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Volunteering |
|
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Runner |
Sat, 09:00 - 11:00 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Runner |
Sat, 11:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sat, 13:00 - 15:00 |
3/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sat, 15:00 - 17:00 |
3/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sat, 17:00 - 18:30 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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| Sunday |
| |
Cleanup |
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Cleanup - Group A |
Sun, 17:00 - 21:00 |
5/5 |
Infodesk K |
|
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Cleanup - Group B |
Sun, 17:30 - 21:00 |
17/25 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Cleanup - Group C |
Sun, 18:00 - 21:00 |
24/25 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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| |
Cloak room |
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Cloak Room |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
4/5 |
Cloakroom K Building |
|
|
Cloak Room |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
4/4 |
Cloakroom K Building |
|
|
Cloak Room |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
3/3 |
Cloakroom K Building |
|
|
Cloak Room |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
3/5 |
Cloakroom K Building |
|
|
Cloak Room |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
4/4 |
Cloakroom K Building |
| |
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| |
Food Courier |
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|
Food Courier |
Sun, 12:00 - 13:00 |
6/8 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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| |
Heralding |
|
|
|
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 08:45 - 10:30 |
1/2 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: Know Your Enemies: Live Exploit of a PHP Engine Security Breach |
Sun, 09:00 - 09:50 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Free as in Burned Out: Who Really Pays for Open Source? |
Sun, 09:00 - 09:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: The Hidden Life of Infrastructure: How Control Moves Through Code, Chips, and Nations |
Sun, 10:00 - 10:50 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Strategy for Trusting your Employer in Open Source: a Historical Approach |
Sun, 10:00 - 10:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 10:00 - 11:00 |
1/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
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/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 10:30 - 11:30 |
1/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: Who Pays Your Bills? Sustainability, Community and Business: The Open Source Triangle |
Sun, 11:00 - 11:25 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: Reverse Engineering the World's Largest Music Streaming Platform |
Sun, 11:00 - 11:50 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Who Funds the Egg? Cracking the FOSS Funding Paradox |
Sun, 11:30 - 11:55 |
4/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: Fear and Loathing in the App Stores: when FLOSS principles collide with the Gatekeeper interests |
Sun, 12:00 - 12:25 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Building the next generation of open source contributors – Lessons from 30 years of Postgres |
Sun, 12:00 - 12:50 |
2/6 |
Janson |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 12:00 - 13:00 |
1/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: Open Source Design, the wake up call for developers! |
Sun, 12:30 - 12:55 |
3/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 12:30 - 13:30 |
0/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: CRA Integration – How FOSS compliance measures support CRA obligations, especially regarding documentation, security updates, and traceability. |
Sun, 13:00 - 13:25 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: FreeSewing: How to buy less, create more, and feel great about it |
Sun, 13:00 - 13:50 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Implementing the Cyber Resilience Act - engaging with open source |
Sun, 13:30 - 13:55 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: Automating translation of a bestseller to spark children's interest in coding |
Sun, 14:00 - 14:50 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: The Geopolitics of Code: From Digital Sovereignty to Global Fragmentation |
Sun, 14:00 - 14:50 |
2/6 |
Janson |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 14:00 - 15:00 |
1/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 14:30 - 15:30 |
0/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: From Drones to Data: Building an Open Mapping Ecosystem for All |
Sun, 15:00 - 15:25 |
1/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: The Hacker Folk Art of Esoteric Code |
Sun, 15:00 - 15:50 |
4/6 |
Janson |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 15:00 - 16:00 |
0/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: The Filesystem Diaries: Scaling Btrfs in an Enterprise |
Sun, 15:30 - 15:55 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 15:30 - 16:30 |
0/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: The Meshiverse OR The Revolution of the Little Radios |
Sun, 16:00 - 16:50 |
2/3 |
K.1.105 (La Fontaine) |
|
|
Heralding: Lightning lightning talks 2 |
Sun, 16:00 - 16:50 |
3/6 |
Janson |
|
|
/dev/random - H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
Sun, 16:00 - 17:00 |
1/1 |
H 2.115 (Ferrer) |
|
|
Heralding: Open Source Security in spite of AI |
Sun, 17:00 - 17:50 |
5/6 |
Janson |
|
|
Heralding: Closing FOSDEM 2026 |
Sun, 17:50 - 18:15 |
4/6 |
Janson |
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| |
Infodesk |
|
|
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|
|
Infodesk H |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
3/4 |
Infodesk H |
|
|
Infodesk Online |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
0/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
|
Infodesk K |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
3/5 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Infodesk K |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
5/5 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Infodesk H |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
3/4 |
Infodesk H |
|
|
Infodesk Online |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
2/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
|
Infodesk K |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
4/5 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Infodesk H |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
2/3 |
Infodesk H |
|
|
Infodesk Online |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
1/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
|
Infodesk H |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
2/2 |
Infodesk H |
|
|
Infodesk Online |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
2/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
|
|
Infodesk K |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Infodesk K |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
3/3 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Infodesk H |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
2/2 |
Infodesk H |
|
|
Infodesk Online |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
1/2 |
Matrix chat.fosdem.org |
| |
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| |
Video |
|
|
|
|
|
Video team - U Building |
Sun, 08:00 - 13:00 |
4/8 |
UB4.228 |
|
|
VOC video team |
Sun, 08:00 - 13:00 |
4/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Video team - AW Building |
Sun, 08:00 - 13:00 |
2/4 |
AW1.125 |
|
|
Video team - H Building |
Sun, 08:00 - 13:00 |
3/4 |
H.2111 |
|
|
Video team - K Building |
Sun, 08:00 - 13:00 |
3/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
0/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Video team - Building AW |
Sun, 13:00 - 18:00 |
1/4 |
AW1.125 |
|
|
Video team - H Building |
Sun, 13:00 - 18:00 |
3/4 |
H.2111 |
|
|
Video team - U Building |
Sun, 13:00 - 18:00 |
6/8 |
UB4.228 |
|
|
VOC video team |
Sun, 13:00 - 18:00 |
5/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Video team - K Building |
Sun, 13:00 - 18:00 |
2/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
1/1 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator Janson |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
1/1 |
Janson |
|
|
Camera Operator K1.105 |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
1/4 |
K1.105 |
|
|
Video tear-down - AW Building |
Sun, 18:00 - 20:00 |
3/4 |
AW Building |
|
|
Video tear-down - Building H |
Sun, 18:00 - 20:00 |
4/4 |
H.2111 |
|
|
Video tear-down - K Building |
Sun, 18:00 - 20:00 |
5/4 |
NOC |
|
|
Video tear-down - U Building |
Sun, 18:00 - 20:00 |
7/8 |
U Building |
|
|
VOC teardown |
Sun, 18:00 - 22:00 |
6/10 |
VOC in K building |
| |
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| |
Video: /dev/random |
|
|
|
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 /dev/random |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 /dev/random |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 /dev/random |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 /dev/random |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
1/1 |
H2.215 |
|
|
Camera Operator H2.215 /dev/random |
Sun, 16:30 - 18:30 |
0/1 |
H2.215 |
| |
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|
|
| |
Volunteering |
|
|
|
|
|
Runner |
Sun, 08:30 - 10:30 |
3/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sun, 10:30 - 12:30 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sun, 12:30 - 14:30 |
2/4 |
Infodesk K |
|
|
Runner |
Sun, 14:30 - 16:30 |
4/4 |
Infodesk K |
| |
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| Monday |
| |
Transportation |
|
|
|
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Van Unloading |
Mon, 18:00 - 22:00 |
6/10 |
Kortenberg (not ULB) |