I am thrilled to announce that Europe's largest free software
conference, FOSDEM, will in 2023 and for the first time feature a
Haskell devroom (specialist track). The Call for Participation is
open now, until 2022-11-28. Read on for more info!
FOSDEM 2023 will be held on 4 & 5 February 2023, in Brussels. For
more information see the official site: https://fosdem.org/2023/.
The Haskell devroom will take place on Sunday 5 February, from
13:10 to 17:00 UTC+1. Presentations will be also be streamed live
and published afterwards.
## Key Dates
2022-11-28: Submission Deadline
2022-12-12: Announcement of selected talks
2023-02-04..2023-02-05: FOSDEM conference
2023-02-05: Haskell Devroom
## About the Haskell devroom
Haskell is a statically typed functional programming language. Its
vibrant community spans industry, academia and the hobbyist realm.
The Haskell devroom welcomes people new to Haskell or functional
programming, as well as intermediate or experienced Haskellers.
The Haskell devroom will:
- Advocate the Haskell programming language, and its community, to a
wide audience of free software developers and users.
- Promote and support participation in free software projects that
use Haskell.
- Teach Haskell (more broadly, functional) programming techniques,
and introduce important libraries, frameworks or developer tools.
## Call for Participation
We invite proposals for talks, tutorials and demos on topics
including:
- Introductory talks teaching functional programming concepts and
Haskell programming
- Practical advice for Haskell programming: developer tools, package
ecosystem, Haskell in production.
- "Show and tell" session for people to introduce Haskell projects
they are involved with, and invite contributions.
- Experience reports: share about problems you tackled using
Haskell, and the outcomes.
- What is going on in the Haskell community? Where and how you can
get involved?
Sessions will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes, including
questions. You are welcome to propose shorter sessions (for example
a demo, short talk or Q&A).
This is an in-person event. Presenters must be able to attend to
deliver their presentation.
## Code of conduct
Speakers and attendees must abide by the FOSDEM Code of Conduct[1].
Also, because this is a Haskell community event we expect
participants to follow the Haskell Foundation Guidelines for
Respectful Communication[2].
[1] https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/
[2] https://haskell.foundation/guidelines-for-respectful-communication/
If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to
confirm that you accept the FOSDEM Code of Conduct. If you have any
questions about the Code of Conduct or wish to have one of the
devroom organizers review your presentation slides or any other
content for compliance, please email us and we will do our best to
assist you.
## How to submit
Submit proposals through the FOSDEM Pentabarf submission tool[3].
If you do not already have an account, you need to create one.
[3] https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM23
Go to "Create Event" and select the "Haskell devroom" track.
Ensure you fill the following fields:
- Event title
- Track ("Haskell devroom")
- Duration (including questions; <= 30 minutes)
- Event type
- Short abstract
- Full abstract
- Submission notes (if any)
You can use the Submission notes to mention:
- Any special requirements
- Anything else you want the organisers/reviewers to know
In the "Person" profile section please provide your:
- Name, nickname (optional), image
- Short Biography
- Email address
- Phone number (in case we need to contact you during the conference)
Presentations will be live-streamed and recordings published under
the CC-BY licence. By submitting you consent to having your
presentation recorded and broadcast/published under the CC-BY
licence.
## People and contacts
The Haskell devroom organisers are:
- Fraser Tweedale
- Troels Henriksen
Thanks to David Christiansen and the Haskell Foundation for
supporting this event.
If you need to reach the Haskell devroom organisers or program
committee, email