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



Folks,
I did get a small monitor, which I will bring tomorrow as well as a powers trip
Lars

On 27 Jan 2015, at 16:26, Tamas K Lengyel <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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