Re:FOSDEM 2023 is live now
by ghaff on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:50AM
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FOSDEM is a networking and socializing event with some presentations on the side. And, yes, trying to attend a specific schedule of presentations in a bunch of different rooms is a recipe for frustration. The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day.
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Re:FOSDEM 2023 is live now
by capableweb on Saturday February 04, 2023 @11:01AM
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> The last couple of times I've gone I've done some combination of socializing and hanging out in one room for half the day.
Same here. I pick one talk every day I "have to watch" and spend the entire day in the same room, considering the others talks as happy accidents but the best is the mix of people you meet.
I have used both strategies and yes, picking a track and staying there in the room has a much higher success than trying to run between talks. There is just too many people, and popular talks (those with famous projects as part of the title) has a tendency to create full rooms with long lines.
On the positive, there are around 20 parallel tracks going on. There are almost as many tracks as there are talks on other conferences.