Following his speech the day before at the University of Munich, TDF Chair Florian Effenberger and admin team member Alexander Werner, together with a group of students, had the chance of meeting Richard Stallman. It was a fun day getting input from the President of the Free Software Foundation, who alongside many others, are a key member of our Advisory Board. The picture below shows the group enjoying some Italian ice cream. 😉
From October 17th to 19th, the LibreOffice Conference takes place in Berlin, Germany, with one additional community meeting day on October 16th.
People living outside Europe and the “Schengen area” may require a visa to participate. Based on our experience, depending on the country of origin, applying for such a visa can be a lenghty, tedious task. We therefore recommend everyone to act already now so required documents can be provided in time. Bureaucratic delays of several months (!) have happened in the past for certain countries, with the reasons out of the organizers’ responsibility, so therefore the sooner you act, the better it is. Unfortunately, although rarely, it already happened that people could not participate because they sent in their visa request too late. So, again, act NOW.
We have compiled some details on this topic already at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Events/Berlin2012_Conference#Visa_Information
My colleague Stefan Weigel will take care of the formalities. In case you have questions regarding the visa, or want to receive a letter of invitation, please contact him directly at
We are trying to make the process as easy as possible, and are looking forward to meeting you in Berlin this fall!
As previously announced, the next LibreOffice Conference will take place from
October 17th to 19th
in Berlin, Germany
with the Call for Papers currently running (http://conference.libreoffice.org), and the final program to be announced in early September.
All three days of the conference are open for the general public. In addition, on
October 16th
i.e. one day before the official Conference
we will, in good tradition, host the so-called Community Meetings. While they are not per se private, they are – in comparison to the rest of the Conference – mainly targetted towards existing project members, and take place in form of meetings and workshops rather than lectures.
Currently planned are meetings for the following groups:
If you are part of any of those groups, committees or bodies, we strongly recommend planning your trip so you can attend on October 16th already. The Community Meetings serve the purpose to meet your fellow colleagues and friends, discuss the successes of the last twelve months, and plan the achievements of the next year.
Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!
Three days in Berlin focused on LibreOffice, open standards and interoperability
Call for papers is open until 15th August
Berlin, 21st June 2012. Today the LibreOffice project announces details of the LibreOffice Conference, taking place in Berlin from 17th-19th October. “Open standards, interoperability and free software are becoming more and more important in the political and public discourse, and will play a central role in this year’s conference program,” says Jacqueline Rahemipour, from the organizing association Freies Office Deutschland e.V. and member of the organizing committee.
In addition, the project announced that the Call for Papers is immediately open until 15th August. Users and developers are invited to submit papers fitting one of the topics listed below. The submissions will then be reviewed by a committee, and the final program will be made available in early September. Topics for this year are:
“The decision to hold this years conference in Berlin was made by an overwhelming majority of the community. Following the founding of The Document Foundation in February, we are proud to also have the LibreOffice Conference come to Berlin. This is a major event, not only for those involved in the project, but also for the everyone interested in the use of free office software and open standards”, explains Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board at The Document Foundation.
Further details regarding the Call for Papers can be found on the Conference website.
Links
LibreOffice Conference: http://conference.libreoffice.org
Freies Office Deutschland e.V.: http://www.frodev.org
The Document Foundation: http://www.documentfoundation.org
Media Contacts
The Document Foundation
Florian Effenberger
E-Mail: floeff@documentfoundation.org
Phone: +49 8341 99660880
Mobile: +49 151 14424108
Freies Office Deutschland e.V.
Jacqueline Rahemipour
E-Mail: jrahemipour@frodev.org
Dear Community,
we are pleased to announce that the next LibreOffice Hackfest, the event where developers from all over the world gather to work on the code, discuss and have a good time, will take place
November 23-25
in Munich, Germany
For the second time already, the LiMux project team of the city of Munich invited us, and we are proud and honoured to be their guests.
More details on the agenda, the venue and travel information will be published over time.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
And for those attending LinuxTag in Berlin this week, LibreOffice and TDF will have a booth there, and in Friday’s office track, several exciting talks will be held by members of our community.
This is another reminder to cast your vote for the Hackfest, since we would like to fix and announce the date soon.
The available options are listed in this poll: http://www.doodle.com/sz6eehwtn57f765a
