<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><h1 class="page-header" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1.2em; margin-bottom: 0.4em; line-height: 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;"><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">The Call for Hosts for Akademy 2022 is now officially published</span></h1></div><span style="color: rgb(35, 38, 41); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);" class=""><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 38, 41); orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252);" class=""><br class=""></span></div>Akademy 2022 is on its way and, despite the continuing pandemic, we are aiming for some in-person aspect for our next conference.</span><br class=""><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">For the upcoming Akademy, we are looking to host it later in 2022, as we expect travel to be a bit more attainable and safe by then. Ideal dates would be in late summer or autumn 2022, specifically late August through October.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">If you are interested in hosting Akademy in your city, please send a letter of intent or interest before a full bid by the middle of October 2021. In addition, we ask that you assemble a team of at least 3 people before applying.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;" class="">Details of what to expect and what we are looking for are in the </span><a href="https://ev.kde.org/akademy/CallforHosts_2022.pdf" class="">Call for Hosts</a>[PDF]</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">If you have any questions or concerns we will be very happy to offer advice and a helping hand, so feel free to reach out anytime!</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 1em; color: rgb(35, 38, 41); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(252, 252, 252); text-decoration-thickness: initial;" class="">Please submit all letters of intents and bids to <a href="mailto:akademy-proposals@kde.org" class="">akademy-proposals@kde.org</a></p><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can also find the dot article here: <a href="https://dot.kde.org/2021/09/01/call-hosts-akademy-2022-now-officially-published" class="">https://dot.kde.org/2021/09/01/call-hosts-akademy-2022-now-officially-published</a> </div></body></html>