[dot] Akademy 2006 is in Dublin this September

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From: Adriaan de Groot <groot at kde.org>
Dept: top-of-the-morning
Date: Wednesday 15/Mar/2006, @08:25

Akademy 2006 is in Dublin this September
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   The yearly KDE World Summit, Akademy, has found a home for 2006 on
the emerald isle. This year, the multi-day event for developers of the
leading Free Desktop will be held from September 23nd to 30th 2006 in
beautiful Dublin [http://www.visitdublin.com/], capital city of 
Ireland. Our hosts will be Ireland's oldest university, Trinity College
[http://www.tcd.ie/]. As in previous years, there are three sub-events:
a contributors conference, the KDE e.V. [http://ev.kde.org] annual
general assembly and a week long hacking session that offers the
opportunity to discuss all sorts of things face-to-face. We also look
forward to the chance to mingle with local KDE enthusiasts
[http://www.kde.ie].

     "We are looking forward to meeting and sharing ideas with so many
developers of quality Free Software from the KDE community" says Glenn
Strong, Trinity College Computer Science Lecturer and Chairman of the
Irish Free Software Organisation.
 [http://www.ifso.ie/]
     This year, based on a popular vote by the KDE e.V.'s members,
Akademy will be hosted by Trinity College Dublin, one of Dublin's four
universities. A team led by Marcus Furlong
[https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~furlongm/] will organise the conference. From
September 23nd to 30th 2006, KDE enthusiasts from around the world will
converge to share experiences, code and perhaps ale.

     "The School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College
is pleased to welcome the KDE Akademy conference to Dublin this year,
and hopes the event will be constructive for all KDE contributors, and
that everyone enjoys and benefits from their stay in Dublin" said Dr.
David Abrahamson, Head of the School of Computer Science and Statistics,
Trinity College.

     The preliminary schedule for Akademy 2006 is as follows:

    *      Friday 22nd: Arrival
    *      Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th: KDE Contributors Conference
    *      Monday 25th: KDE e.V. Membership Meeting (members only, see
      the e.V. members page [http://ev.kde.org/members.php] for how to
      join)
    *      Tuesday 26th to Saturday 30th: Hacking session & workshops
    *      Sunday 1st: Departure

     A formal call for papers will be put up in due time, but you may
wish to start thinking of posters, position papers, experiences and case
studies to write up for the (peer reviewed) conference part of Akademy.
For the hacking sessions, figure out who you need some quality
face-to-face time with and convince them to come too!