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Re: [Publicity] Xen Booth and Talks @ FOSDEM - draft schedule for your review



On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 4:17 PM, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tamas, Robert, Mihai,
>
>> are we going to have a monitor/projector available at the booth
> I wasn't originally planning to bring a monitor due to difficult logistics 
> and it is too late to have one shipped (and it costs more to ship it and 
> back). I already need to get the booth and boxes of T-Shirts from the hotel 
> to the event venue, which is always a nightmare at FOSDEM. I could just buy 
> one in Brusseles and bring it back, but will need to check whether I can 
> expense it (I can get one for 150 Euro's) and whether I can find one on 
> Thursday evening.

Sure, it's not an issue if we don't have it, was just checking if its
something that just happened to be available. If you need help
carrying stuff, I could lend a hand Saturday!

>
> FOSDEM is fairly low key and there is no way to secure any equipment. Most 
> booths only hand out (or sell) T-Shirts. Remember: It is an entirely 
> community organised event, with no event logistics support. But it is 
> probably the largest FOSS event in the world in terms of attendees.
>
> In the past we never had a problem attracting a crowd: we always had a pretty 
> decent crowd at our booth.

Looking forward to it ;)

Cheers,
Tamas

>
> Regards
> Lars
>
> On 27 Jan 2015, at 15:06, Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lars,
>> beside power, are we going to have a monitor/projector available at
>> the booth? I'm expecting an expo-style event where people are walking
>> by and such. As I'll only have my laptop with me it would be more
>> eye-catching if people could actually see a slideshow from a distance
>> ;) I assume the answer is no based on the pictures from last year but
>> I figured I double-check.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tamas
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>>>> This looks fine.  I am copying Mihai Dontu on this thread since he (and 
>>>> most likely Andrei Lutas) will be representing Bitdefender @ FOSDEM.
>>>> Can you share with him any logistics he may need to consider given we are 
>>>> jumping in late?
>>> Apart from organising accommodation and travel there is no logistics. 
>>> FOSDEM is free and there is no registration.
>>> Just bring what you need for the demo. Power will be available.
>>> Also I have no problem if you wanted to hand out some swag.
>>> Best Regards
>>> Lars
>>>
>>> On 20 Jan 2015, at 18:14, Robert KRAUSS <rkrauss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Lars,
>>>>
>>>> This looks fine.  I am copying Mihai Dontu on this thread since he (and 
>>>> most likely Andrei Lutas) will be representing Bitdefender @ FOSDEM.  Can 
>>>> you share with him any logistics he may need to consider given we are 
>>>> jumping in late?
>>>>
>>>> Mihai, can you connect with Tamas, share notes and see what if anything we 
>>>> should consider prior to this weekend?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Robert
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Lars Kurth [mailto:lars.kurth.xen@xxxxxxxxx]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:41 AM
>>>> To: Robert KRAUSS; lambert.olivier@xxxxxxxxx; tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx; 
>>>> Tim Mackey
>>>> Cc: publicity@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: Xen Booth and Talks @ FOSDEM - draft schedule for your review
>>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I put a draft schedule together at 
>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SBX3QwwnAvC-mOMW6AiGEE-0VyPFC5ytMmD9x5M8a1k/edit?usp=sharing
>>>> Feel free to edit; I just made up the schedule. Feel free to make the demo 
>>>> title punchier Shorter slots are also OK, if 1.5 hours are too long.
>>>>
>>>> I copied the content below also. Once I get ACKs, I will take the below 
>>>> and make some hand-outs
>>>>
>>>> Please confirm whether you are happy with your demo slots and whether you 
>>>> will be able to make it. If not, please
>>>>
>>>> @Robert: besides the demo, you may also benefit from connecting with 
>>>> @Tamas at the event. You have been contributing code to similar areas of 
>>>> code. Please confirm, as you were no sure about the coolness of the demo.
>>>>
>>>> @Olivier: I put the Sunday demo after your talk, but gave you enough time 
>>>> to walk over
>>>>
>>>> @Tim: I know you have not posted to the list yet, so I am taking the 
>>>> conversation we had as an ACK
>>>>
>>>> Xen Activities at FOSDEM
>>>>
>>>> Saturday,
>>>> Jan 31st                Talk                                               
>>>>                                                                            
>>>>                   Room                            Contact
>>>> 9:00 - 10:00    Xen Project Booth build-up, expect the booth to get busy 
>>>> at 13:00                                       K (Level 1, Stand 21)   
>>>> Lars Kurth
>>>> 13:00 - 14:30   Xen Orchestra demo : New Features Demo                     
>>>>                                                      K (Level 1, Stand 21) 
>>>>   Olivier Lambert
>>>> 14:30 - 16:00   Xen and BitDefender: hypervisor/memory introspection Demo  
>>>>                                              K (Level 1, Stand 21)   Mihai 
>>>> or Andrei (TBD)
>>>> 15:00 - 15:40   OpenStack and Xen - Deploy your OpenStack cloud on the Xen 
>>>> hypervisor                           UD2.120 (Chavanne)      Stefano 
>>>> Stabellini
>>>> 15:05 - 15:50   FreeBSD/Xen status update - Current status and future 
>>>> development of FreeBSD/Xen        AW1.121                         Roger 
>>>> Pau Monne
>>>> 15:30 - 17:00   XenServer: provisioning a VM using Packer which is then 
>>>> configured via Ansible                  K (Level 1, Stand 21)   Tim Mackey
>>>> 17:00 - 18:30   Xen's built-in Virtual Machine Instrospection capabilitues 
>>>>                                                      K (Level 1, Stand 21) 
>>>>   Tamas K Lengyel
>>>> 19:00           Program ends
>>>>
>>>> Sunday,
>>>> Feb 1st         Talk                                                       
>>>>                                                                            
>>>>           Room                            Contact
>>>> 10:00           Xen Project Booth opens                                    
>>>>                                                                      K 
>>>> (Level 1, Stand 21)   Lars Kurth
>>>> 11:30 - 13:00   XenServer: provisioning a VM using Packer which is then 
>>>> configured via Ansible                  K (Level 1, Stand 21)   Tim Mackey
>>>> 12:20 - 13:00   Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse- Containers, KVM, Xen, and 
>>>> Security                             UD2.120 (Chavanne)      Ian Jackson
>>>> 13:00 - 14:30   Xen's built-in Virtual Machine Instrospection capabilitues 
>>>>                                                      K (Level 1, Stand 21) 
>>>>   Tamas K Lengyel
>>>> 14:30 - 16:00   Xen and BitDefender: hypervisor/memory introspection Demo  
>>>>                                              K (Level 1, Stand 21)   Mihai 
>>>> or Andrei (TBD)
>>>> 15:00 - 15:40   Xen Orchestra: a web UI for Xen and XenServer - Handle 
>>>> modern IaaS needs ...            UD2.120 (Chavanne)      Olivier Lambert
>>>> 16:00 - 17:00   Xen Orchestra demo : New Features                          
>>>>                                                              K (Level 1, 
>>>> Stand 21)   Olivier Lambert
>>>> 16:40 - 17:00   CentOS Virt SIG - Community virtualization packages on an 
>>>> immutable core                        UD2.120 (Chavanne)      Lars Kurth
>>>> 17:00           Booth teardown                                             
>>>>                                                                      K 
>>>> (Level 1, Stand 21)   Lars Kurth
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>>
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