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=== Travel ===
=== Travel ===
There are several ways to get to Brno.
There are several airports around Brno;
# Fly directly to Brno's airport (BRQ) (Check SmartWings and Ryanair for direct flights)
whichbudget.com can be used to see which budget airlines operate flightes to a destination;
# [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromPragueToBrno|Fly to Prague (PRG) and travel to Brno (BRQ)]]
for your convenience, the airport names below are linked there; http://skyscanner.net can help you finding non-direct connections. For information about booking the train or bus tickets, follow the links in the rightmost column.
# [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromViennaToBrno|Fly to Vienna (VIE) and travel to Brno (BRQ)]]
 
# [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromBratislavaToBrno|Fly to Bratislava (BTS) and travel to Brno (BRQ)]]
{|
! Airport (code, people transported/year) !! Distance from Brno !! By bus (time, price one way) !! By train (time, price/price back !! Detailed instructions
|-
| [[http://whichbudget.com/en/cheapflights.php?to=BRQ| '''Brno''']] (BRQ, 0.5 mil.) || 0 km
|| || ||
|-
| [[http://whichbudget.com/en/cheapflights.php?to=BTS| '''Bratislava''']] (BTS, 2 mil.)
|| 130 km
|| 2:00 (2 hours) EUR 9 (CZK 220) || 1:25, EUR 7.70 (CZK 185)
|| [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromBratislavaToBrno| Bratislava -> Brno]]
|-
| [[http://whichbudget.com/en/cheapflights.php?to=VIE| '''Wien, Vienna''']] (VIE, 18 mil.)
|| 150 km
|| 2:40, CZK 310 (EUR 13) || 1:25, EUR 27/EUR 9
|| [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromViennaToBrno| Vienna -> Brno]]
|-
| [[http://whichbudget.com/en/cheapflights.php?to=PRG| '''Prague''']] (PRG, 13 mil.)
|| 210 km
|| 2:30, CZK 200 (EUR 8.50) || 2:40, CZK 314/175 (EUR 13.20/7.30)
|| [[FUDCon/FUDConBrno2008/Travel/FromPragueToBrno| Prague -> Brno]]
|}
 
There are no relevant discounts for return tickets for train/or bus, so you can freely choose different airports for each direction, if the airlines do not offer a return discount.
 
Note also that though the train ticket from Vienna to Brno is very expensive, the ticket for the opposite direction can be obtained quite cheeply.


=== Pre-Registration (Deadline: Friday August 15) ===
=== Pre-Registration (Deadline: Friday August 15) ===

Revision as of 13:59, 31 July 2008

FUDCon Brno 2008

Brno, Czech Republic :: September 5 - 7, 2008

For questions, please contact MaxSpevack, RadekVokal, and MarekMahut

General Information

Location

Friday, September 5

Hackfest day 1.

BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM

START: 10:00 AM

END: 6:00 PM

Saturday, September 6

BarCamp with sessions, talks, and presentations. Social Event in the evening! This is the most important day of the FUDCon!

BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM

OPENING REMARKS: 10:00 AM

SESSION PITCHING: 10:30 AM

SESSION #1: 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM

SESSION #2: 12:10 PM - 1:00 PM

LUNCH: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

SESSION #3: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

SESSION #4: 2:55 PM - 3:45 PM

SESSION #5: 3:50 PM - 4:40 PM

SESSION #6: 4:45 PM - 5:35 PM

CLOSING REMARKS: 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM

SOCIAL EVENT: 7:30 PM - ???

Sunday, September 7

Hackfest day 2.

BREAKFAST: 9:30 AM

START: 10:00 AM

END: 4:00 PM

Sessions

If you will pitch a session at the BarCamp on Saturday, give your name and brief description here.

  • Max Spevack - Fedora Websites team, and how you can help.
  • Dimitris Glezos - Transifex: Upstream-friendly cross-community translations -- Towards v1.0
  • Martin Sivak - FirstAidKit: how to simplify boring diagnose and repair tasks
  • Peter Vrabec - SecurityAudit: what is it about, sectool and plugin development
  • Luca Foppiano - Func: fedora unified network controller
  • Marco Mornati - Symbolic: easy large scale environments control
  • Jeroen van Meeuwen - Configuration Management with puppet, puppetmanaged.org
  • Jeroen van Meeuwen - Custom spins and compose tools
  • Jeroen van Meeuwen - Community Services Infrastructure
  • Francesco Ugolini - Ambassadors Project and its localization (or, How to improve community interaction)
  • Jaroslav Řezník, Lukáš Tinkl - KDE 4 & developers
  • Jonathan Roberts - Fedora Marketing, where to go next
  • Alan Pevec - oVirt - Virtualization Management for Fedora
  • Any topic that is interesting to you!

Hackfest topics

Information for attendees

Lodging

  • Approximately 50 beds are booked in Hotel Imos (google maps) - studios (2+2) - two double bed rooms with shared kitchen and bathroom. Direction from the hotel to University (Approximately 10 to 15 minutes by public transport, tram #1, ticket for 15CZK)

Travel

There are several airports around Brno; whichbudget.com can be used to see which budget airlines operate flightes to a destination; for your convenience, the airport names below are linked there; http://skyscanner.net can help you finding non-direct connections. For information about booking the train or bus tickets, follow the links in the rightmost column.

Airport (code, people transported/year) Distance from Brno By bus (time, price one way) By train (time, price/price back Detailed instructions
[Brno] (BRQ, 0.5 mil.) 0 km
[Bratislava] (BTS, 2 mil.) 130 km 2:00 (2 hours) EUR 9 (CZK 220) 1:25, EUR 7.70 (CZK 185) Bratislava -> Brno
[Wien, Vienna] (VIE, 18 mil.) 150 km 2:40, CZK 310 (EUR 13) 1:25, EUR 27/EUR 9 Vienna -> Brno
[Prague] (PRG, 13 mil.) 210 km 2:30, CZK 200 (EUR 8.50) 2:40, CZK 314/175 (EUR 13.20/7.30) Prague -> Brno

There are no relevant discounts for return tickets for train/or bus, so you can freely choose different airports for each direction, if the airlines do not offer a return discount.

Note also that though the train ticket from Vienna to Brno is very expensive, the ticket for the opposite direction can be obtained quite cheeply.

Pre-Registration (Deadline: Friday August 15)

No. Name Which nights do you need hotel? Comments
1 MaxSpevack Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
2 JeroenVanMeeuwen yes
3 GianlucaVarisco yes -
4 JensKuehnel yes -
5 DimitrisGlezos Thu, Fri, Wed 10/9, Thu 11/9 Need to be in Brussels Sun-Tue
6 LucaFoppiano yes -
7 SandroMathys yes -
8 JonathanRoberts Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun -
9 RadekVokal no -
10 AdamTkac no -
11 MarcelaMaslanova no -
12 IvanaVarekova no -
13 FabianAffolter Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun -
14 LubomirRintel no -
15 MartinSivak no -
16 DanHorak no -
17 MartinKoci no -
18 MarekMahut no will help with organization
19 MatejCepl no will help with organization, living in Prague
20 AlexanderTodorov yes -
21 OndrejVasik no -
22 AdamPribyl Fri-Sat, Sat-Sun (2 nights) -
23 JoergSimon yes -
24 OliverFalk yes Can only attend on Friday
25 FrancescoUgolini fri and sat -
26 AntonArapov no -
27 AndreaModestoRossi yes 80% sure to attend
28 FrancescoCrippa yes -
29 ThomasWoerner yes -
30 DominikMierzejewski yes planning to attend
31 MartinNagy no -
32 HaraldHoyer yes -
33 AdrianPilchowiec no 90% sure to attend
34 MichalSchmidt no -
35 VitFoukal no -
36 Ivan Stojmirov no -
37 JaroslavReznik no -
38 JiriMoskovcak no -
39 MarcoMornati yes -
40 ChristosBacharakis Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun -
41 JanPazdziora no -
42 David Kovalsky no -
43 Chris Ward no -
44 MichalNowak no -
45 Lukas Petrovicky no -
46 Jakub Hrozek no can attend from Fri afternoon onwards
47 MilosJakubicek no -
48 JanBusta no -
49 TomasSmetana no -
50 Eduard Benes no -
51 Phil Knirsch yes Depends on travel budget
52 Hans de Goede Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun? Planning to attend
53 Jhutar no -
54 Marek Kasik no -
55 Zbysek Mraz no -
56 Michal Marciniszyn no -
57 Oldrich Plchot no -
58 Simone Pucci yes -
59 JanKratochvil no -
60 ZdenekPrikryl no -
61 Petr Muller no -
62 Vadim Grinco no -
63 Karel Volny no -
64 Lukáš Tinkl no -
65 KarolTrzcionka Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun? planning to attend
66 Alan Pevec Fri,Sat -
67 PatrikCevela Yes -

Information for Organizors

Meetings

There is a weekly organization/planning meeting in #fedora-meeting on Freenode every Tuesday at 13:00 UTC (15:00 CEST).

Current action items

  • Update travel information on wiki (MarkeMahut)
  • Internet access -- we'll use university network (RadekVokal)
  • Fedora Live DVDs (MarekMahut)
  • Publicity on Fedora Planet & mailing lists (MaxSpevack)
  • Email/invitation to europe (europe-list) offices (MaxSpevack)
  • Talk to Denise Dumas about RH travel budget(MaxSpevack)
  • Check out rooms at the University (RadekVokal & MarekMahut)
  • Figure out how much of hotel bill can be paid from FUDCon budget (MaxSpevack)
  • Food for Friday, Saturday, Sunday
    • Detailed list of needs for each day (MaxSpevack)
    • Get price quotes based on list (RadekVokal)
  • Social Event for Saturday night
    • Determine budget for event (MaxSpevack)
    • Figure out location (RadekVokal)
  • Projectors from the RH office (MarekMahut)
  • Tshirts (MaxSpevack & NicuBuculei)
  • Advertisement flyer
    • English text (MaxSpevack)
    • Czech text (RadekVokal)
    • Ask Art Team to make it look good (MaxSpevack)
  • Publicity at universities or other places in Brno & Prague
    • sci.muni.cz (MarekMahut)
    • fi.muni.cz (MarekMahut)
  • Travel subsidies and sponsorships (MaxSpevack)
  • Confirm number of rooms with hotel (MaxSpevack & RadekVokal)
  • Banner ad for FUDCon on RH Europe website

Budget

  • 20k USD = 12.5k EUR = 290k CZK
    • Travel estimate 4,000 EUR
    • Hotel estimate 4,000 EUR
    • Food estimate 3,000 EUR
    • Tshirts estimate 1,500 EUR
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