We are pleased to announce this Call for Participation (CfP) for the first Android Open Source Project devroom at FOSDEM 2025

FOSDEM 2025 will be over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of February in Brussels, Belgium. FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

• get in touch with other developers and projects
• be informed about the latest developments in the free software world
• be informed about the latest developments in the open source world
• attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers
• to promote the development and benefits of free software and open source solutions
• Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship

Format

The AOSP Devroom will be running on the morning of Saturday 1st February

We are looking for talks that are either:

• 10 min (short introduction of project/topic)
• 25 min (normal slot)

Note that we allow 5 minutes between talks to allow speakers to change over

Because we only have half a day we anticipate that at least 50% of the time will be dedicated to short presentations

Proposals

Please use this link to submit a proposal: fosdem.org/submit

The CfP deadline is 22:55 UTC Sunday, 1 December 2024.

Speakers will be notified by Sunday 15th December

When submitting a proposal, please:

• select as the Track “Android Open Source Project devroom”
• include a title and an abstract. Please be concise, but clear and descriptive
• indicate whether you want a 10 or 25 minute slot
• specify additional speaker email (if any). The co-speaker will need to create an account in order to be visible on the agenda
• use the “Links” field to highlight any work you have done previously in this area
• write a short bio section describing yourself. This will be visible on the schedule and is important for FOSDEM visitors to understand your background and what to expect from you. A bio is required
• make sure you have up to date contact info

Topics

We are looking for talks including, but not limited to, these topics:

• Getting and building the AOSP code base
• Booting Android, including secure boot and boot time optimisation
• The Linux kernel within Android
• Porting Android to new hardware
• Creating secure and maintainable Android systems
• Getting reliable information about AOSP
• Learning about AOSP
• Extending the AOSP community
• Anything else you think would be of interest to a room full of AOSP developers

Code of Conduct

We’d like to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the FOSDEM Code of Conduct and we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all times

If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to confirm that you accept the FOSDEM CoC. If you have any questions about the CoC or wish to have one of the devroom organizers review your presentation slides or any other content for CoC compliance, please email us and we will do our best to assist you

Thanks!

Chris Simmonds