Boston Summit 2006

The 6th Boston Summit will be held on Columbus Day Long Weekend (October 7-9) in Boston, MA, USA at the MIT Media Lab.

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? Meet up with open-minde-- nevermind.

• Directions to the MIT Media Lab - how to find the venue.

• Maps of the inside of the Media Lab - how to find your way around the venue.

On Saturday and Sunday, lunch will be sponsored by a mysterious benefactor. Thank you, mysterious benefactor! On Monday, we will be hunters and gatherers in the wilds of Cambridge. Thank you, evolutionary memory!

Note: There is no coffee provided. Repeat: No coffee.

Contacts

If you need help, or a good time, call:

• Chris Blizzard: +1 617 416 8430 (photo movie)

• Jeff Waugh: +61 423 989 818 (photo movie)

During the conference, you can find attendees in #boston on irc.gnome.org, and might find the boston-social mailing list useful.

Schedule

The Media Lab will be open from 9am-6pm each day of the conference. There will be an open door on the Ames Street side. Each of the three days will include an opening session from 0900-1030 and then a closing session from 1600-1730. This is a chance to coordinate the day and figure out what kinds of cool things we might want to hack on.

Saturday

Morning

Afternoon

Sunday

Morning

Afternoon

Monday

Planning

• Propose a hackfest or BOF session - got a project to hack on or a plan to put in motion? Let us know!

• Embedded hackfest for developers working on mobile, handheld and embedded platform/software

• Accessibility summit for developers working on GNOME accessibility

• Text Layout summit for developers of Pango, Qt, ICU, Graphite, fontconfig, fonts, and related technologies