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Today, Saturday 12 August 2017, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. With over 405 people attending from all over the world (see the DebConf17 group photo), and 169 events including 89 talks, 61 discussion sessions or BoFs, 6 workshops and 13 other activities, DebConf17 has ...

DebConf17, the 18th annual Debian Conference, is taking place in Montreal, Canada from August 6 to August 12, 2017. Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Collège Maisonneuve during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian ...

We are very pleased to announce that Google has committed support to DebConf17 as a Platinum sponsor. Google is one of the largest technology companies in the world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google has been ...

Today, the day preceeding the official start of the annual Debian Conference, is the Open Day at DebConf17, at Collège Maisonneuve in Montreal (Canada). This day is open to the public with events of interest to a wide audience. The schedule of today’s events include, among others: A Newbie’s Newbie ...

The DebConf17 orga team is proud to announce that over 120 activities have been scheduled so far, including 45- and 20-minute talks, team meetings, and workshops, as well as a variety of other events. Most of the talks and BoFs will be streamed and recorded, thanks to our amazing video ...

We are very pleased to announce that Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has committed support to DebConf17 as a Platinum sponsor. "Hewlett Packard Enterprise is excited to support Debian's annual developer conference again this year", said Steve Geary, Senior Director R&D at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "As Platinum sponsors and member ...

The Call for Proposals for DebConf17 Open Day has been published. You can now get sign in in this website and submit an event. The schedule will be published in June. We hope to see you in Montreal!

After much hard work on our website, we are proud to announce that you can now register for DebConf17! To register for DebConf17, visit our website at https://debconf17.debconf.org/register/. Please keep your registration information up to date. You can make changes at any time through our web ...

The Call for Proposals for DebConf17 has been published. You can now get sign in in this website and submit an event. The first batch of accepted proposals will be published in April. We hope to see you in Montreal!

We are very pleased to announce that Savoir-faire Linux has committed support to DebConf17 as a Platinum sponsor. "Debian acts as a model for both Free Software and developer communities. Savoir-faire Linux promotes both vision and values of Debian. Indeed, we believe that it's an essential piece, in a ...

Would you like to become a DebConf17 sponsor? Do you know of or work in a company or organization that may consider sponsorship? Please have a look at our sponsorship brochure (or a summarized flyer), in which we outline all the details and describe the sponsor benefits. DebConf is the ...

DebConf17 will take place in Montreal, Canada from August 6 to August 12, 2017. It will be preceded by DebCamp, July 31 to August 4, and Debian Day, August 5. We invite everyone to join us in organizing DebConf17. There are different areas where your help could be very valuable ...

As you may already know, next DebConf will be held at Collège de Maisonneuve in Montreal from August 6 to August 12, 2017. We are already thinking about the conference schedule, and the content team is open to suggestions for invited speakers. Priority will be given to speakers who are ...

Next year, DebConf will be held in Montreal, Canada, from 6 to 12 August 2017. For the days before DebConf the local organisers will again set up DebCamp, a session for some intense work on improving the distribution, and the Debian Day on 5 August 2017, aimed at the general ...