Mini-debconf in Cambridge, UK. Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th November 2017

This page is for the 2017 event! Jump to the 2023 event.

The Plan

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The Location

We have space provided by Arm at their offices in Cambridge, UK. (Postcode: CB1 9NJ)

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Sponsors

Please thank the following nice people:

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Arm are hosting the conference, providing infrastructure etc. for us.

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BrightSign are sponsoring food for us.

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Codethink are sponsoring food for us.

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Tiger Computing are sponsoring food for us.

Getting there

Cambridge is easy for access by

Once you're in Cambridge, there there are several ways to get to Arm. It's a couple of miles from the city centre or railway station, so it's walkable if you're keen or you might prefer something else.

Accommodation

There are many Debian people who live in and around Cambridge, so we have lots of locals to help show people around and arrange free accommodation / crash space for a lot of visitors.

Arm is in the SE corner of Cambridge, next to Cherry Hinton, a couple of miles from Cambridge City centre.

If you'd prefer a hotel or B&B over dossing/crash space, here's a map showing accommodation locations and prices where known. No URLs yet.

There are 3 hotels and 18 B&Bs within reasonable distance. Mostly clustered on Cherry Hinton Rd, about halfway between Arm and the town centre. The closest hotel is the Holiday Inn Express but it's a km or so from any evening facilities. The Sorrento is about the same distance. Hotels are £66-100, B&Bs £40-55.

There are loads more (mostly expensive) hotels in the middle of town.

Catering

We're planning on eating at the Arm campus each lunchtime. On Thursday and Friday the normal Arm canteen will be open and there is a wide range of food on offer to suit most tastes.

On Saturday and Sunday we'll order in sandwiches, pizza or similar. There are plenty of shops within 10 minutes' walk if you would prefer to do something different, of course.

For other evenings, we'll most likely organise into smaller groups at the time - 40+ people in one pub is likely to be difficult! Cambridge is quite a cosmopolitan city with all sorts of restaurants - ask if you need recommendations.

Talk to us

We'll be using the IRC channel #debconf-cambridge on irc.debian.org for chat during the mini-conf, and especially for anybody watching video and wanting to join in. We're on Twitter; connect to us @MiniDebConfCamb

Sprint sessions - Thursday and Friday

We will be hosting these in the ARM3 Training Rooms. Each day we will have our room available from 09:00 to 17:30-ish. Look for the front desk in the reception area at the front of ARM3; we plan to have people there from 08:30 each day. Turn up and sign in directly in ARM3 please. BE AWARE that Arm is desperately short of parking space on site, so please do not plan to drive and park here for Thursday and Friday - there will be no spaces available for us.

We will end up working on the Arm ports and other Arm-related topics at the very least, but there's no reason to just stick to those. All are welcome!

Lunch for Thursday and Friday is sponsored by ?BrightSign.

Please ensure that you hand your name badge in as you leave the site - this is essential to help us track who is still around.

Talks - Saturday and Sunday

We will relocate upstairs in ARM3 to the Lecture Theatre for the weekend sessions. Please turn up from 08:30 onwards. Again, we'll have a front desk in the reception area there. Parking should be easy over the weekend with a mostly-empty campus.

Talk slots are 60 minutes long, but talks should fit into 55 minutes maximum, including questions, demos, dance routines, whatever. If talks run shorter, we will leave a gap and stick to the schedule, for the sake of any external participants who might be watching via video feed.

Please ensure that you hand your name badge in as you leave the site - this is essential to help us track who is still around.

Also: if you have something you'd like to talk about but not big enough for a full slot, please feel free to sign up for a lightning session slot on the day on either Saturday or Sunday.

If you have talk ideas, please mail Steve or Jo.

Saturday schedule

Times are in UTC.

Sunday Schedule

Times are in UTC.

Video

We will have some of the lovely DebConf Videoteam in Cambridge, streaming live and recording presentations for posterity. They will also have a sprint before the mini-DC.

The videos are archived:

https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2017/mini-debconf-cambridge/

and if you want to ask questions remotely, join IRC - see below.

Lightning talks

To schedule a lightning talk, please talk to our lovely Front Desk people during the conference. Standard rules are:

Photos

If you take photos, please feel free to add links here yourself!

Group photo

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Copyright 2017 Andy Simpkins CC BY-SA 4.0

Codes of Conduct and Anti-harassment

Debian and Debian event organisers are committed to a safe environment for all participants. All attendees are expected to treat all people and facilities with respect and help create a welcoming environment. If you notice behaviour that fails to meet this standard, please speak up and help to keep this event as respectful as we expect it to be.

If you are harassed and requests to stop are not successful, or notice a disrespectful environment, the organisers want to help. Please contact us at antiharassment@debian.org. We will treat your request with dignity and confidentiality, investigate, and take whatever actions appropriate. We can provide information on security, emergency services, transportation, alternative accommodations, or whatever else may be necessary. If mediation is not successful, organisers reserve the right to to take action against those who do not cease unacceptable behaviour.

See the DebConf Code of Conduct and the Debian Code of Conduct.

Participants

Please fill in the table below with your details, including if you're planning on joining us for the hack/sprint sessions on Thu/Fri, the talks on Sat/Sun or both. If you have any special food requirements, make sure you let us know so we can help plan for catering. Please list all people individually, no "+1"s as we'll be using the list here to generate name badges etc. If you're struggling to create a wiki account or to log in to add yourself here, please mail Steve and he'll help.

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

01

SteveMcIntyre

93sam@debian.org

Sledge

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

587979573442684E

Y

Y

Y

Y

02

?JoMcIntyre

joanne@einval.com

Randombird

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

2B99275E9EA6BD5E

Y

Y

Y

Y

03

Andrew Shadura

andrewsh@d.o

andrewsh

Thu

Mon

certainly

?

?

Y

Y

Y

04

?LeifLindholm

leif@eciton.net

unixsmurf

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

?

?

?

?

05

?JonathanWiltshire

jmw@debian.org

jmw

Wed

Sun

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

06

VipulAgarwal

va@vagarwal.net

vagarwal

Sat

Sun

Yes

3A740339DA6402DC

N

N

Y

Y

07

?ReubenThomas

rrt@sc3d.org

rrt

Sat

Sun

Yes

4C8EF3DA3FD37230

N

N

Y

Y

08

Keith Edmunds

talk to jmw

-

?FriEve

Sat

Yes

-

N

N

Y

N

09

Thomas Stewart

thomas@stewarts.org.uk

Pelalil

Sat

Sun

Yes

85C85556CD617CF2

N

N

Y

Y

10

Sam Morris

sam@robots.org.uk

-

Sat

Sun

Yes

1855D20B42025CDA

N

N

Y

Y

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

11

DanielSilverstone

dsilvers@digital-scurf.org

Kinnison

Thu

Sun

Yes

3CCEBABE206C3B69

Y

Y

Y

Y

♫ ♪ ♬

12

EdwardMacnaghten

eddy@edlsystems.com

eddymac

Thu

Sun

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

13

AndySimpkins

rattusrattus @ d.o

rattusrattus

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

BB41D45770EF06F7

TBC

TBC

Y

Y

?VideoTeam

14

?JaneSimpkins

jane-debian @ koipond.o

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

FrontDesk

15

?IsabelleSimpkins

via Jane

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

FrontDesk

16

Phil Morrell

debian@emorrp1.name

emorrp1

Sat

Sun

No

453F8D999F113609

N

N

Y

Y

Low dairy, no peanuts

17

ChrisBoot

bootc@d.o

bootc

Wed

Sun

Yes

F5C83C05D9CEEEEE

Y

Y

Y

Y

Tree nut allergy

18

?ThomasLange

lange@d.o

Mrfai

Thu

Sun

Yes

2BF8D9FE074BCDE4

Y

Y

Y

Y

19

LucyWayland

aardvark@fnord.org.uk

Aardvark

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

B1E1F0A4DD24BF75

Y

Y

Y

Y

Pesco-veggie

Coffee goblin

20

?AndersRoxell

anders.roxell@gmail.com

roxell

Fri

Sun

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

21

MatthewVernon

matthew@debian.org

Sat

Sat

Yes

12F4D21C8F6A63C8

N

N

Y

N

22

Javi Merino

vicho@d.o

vicho

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

07B48452768D3824

N

N

Y

Y

23

NicolasDandrimont

olasd@d.o

olasd

Mon 20th

Mon 27th

Yes

B8E5087766475AAF

Y

Y

Y

Y

24

Mark Holmes

j.m.holmes@me.com

3arn0wl

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

?

N

N

Y

Y

25

StefanoRivera

stefanor@d.o

tumbleweed

Sun 19th

Tue 28th

Yes

51106DF5CD92D072

Y

Y

Y

Y

26

PhilHands

phil@hands.com

fil

Thu

Sun

Yes

D04BA3A00125D5C0

Y

Y

Y

Y

27

Guus Sliepen

guus@d.o

guus

Mon 20th

Mon 27th

Yes

3F490DEB871EF9FA

Y

Y

Y

Y

28

Wookey

wookey@d.o

wookey

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

FB863251A86F9E47

Y

Y

Y

Y

29

James Cowgill

jcowgill@d.o

jcowgill

Sat

Sun

Yes

AEED6158020EAFFF

N

N

Y

Y

30

?EdwardBetts

edward@4angle.com

edward

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

9605A1098C63B92A

N

N

Y

Y

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

31

LouisPhilippeVeronneau

pollo@debconf.org

pollo

19th

27th

Yes

7AEAC4EC6AAA0A97

Y

Y

Y

Y

Coming for the videoteam sprint

32

Ivo De Decker

ivodd@d.o

ivodd

Mon

Sun

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

33

JamesClarke

jrtc27@d.o

jrtc27

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

B193770C186A1C7D

N

N

Y

Y

34

Niels Thykier

niels@thykier.net

nthykier

Wed 22nd

Mon 27th

yes

054B BB9F 7D80 6442

Y

Y

Y

Y

35

?JulianGilbey

jdg@debian.org

jdg

Sun

Sun

yes

59D03CC92BA0FEAE

N

N

N

Y

bring my own

36

?DavidLeggett

david-debian at asguard . org dot uk

Serbitar

Sat

Sun

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

Likely to bring cake

37

?MikeCrowe

mac ta mcrowe dotcom

mac

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

?E69E606C22D84704

N

N

Y

Y

No cheese

38

?RebeccaPalmer

rebecca_palmer@zoho.com

rnpalmer

Lives in

Cambridge

?

?

Y

Y

Vegan

39

GuillaumeTucker

gtucker@collabora.com

gtucker

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

84C533B16770F683

Y

?

N

N

Vegetarian

40

?VivekDasmohapatra

vivek@etla.org

fledermaus

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

E016D87C776DA51F

N

N

Y

Y

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

41

BenHutchings

benh@d.o

bwh

Wed

Sun

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Vegan

42

NattieMayerHutchings

nattie@d.o

nattie

Sun 19

Sun

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

43

NeilMcGovern

neilm@d.o

Maulkin

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

0x7F55BB12A40F862E

N

N

Y

Y

44

?DavidMcBride

david+debian@dwm.me.uk

dwm

Lives in

Cambridge

Cancelled :(

0x755DB828469F7FD8

N

N

N

N

45

IanJackson

ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk

iwj

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

46

?RichWareham

rich.debian-wiki@richwareham.com

rjw57

Lives in

Cambridge

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

47

?JulienCristau

jcristau@d.o

jcristau

22nd

26th

yes

7B27A3F1A6E18CD9588B4AE8310180050905E40C

y

y

y

y

48

?VincentSanders

vince@d.o

kyllikki

yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

Enforced Veggy

49

AdamBarratt

adsb@d.o

adsb

Wed

Sun

Yes

7203630E2C8E727251684FEBC5CE5DC2C542CD59

Y

Y

Y

Y

50

CyrilBrulebois

kibi@d.o

kibi

Wed

Sun

Yes

B60EBF2984453C70D74CF478FF914AF0C2B35520

Y

Y

Y

Y

#

Name

E-Mail

Nick

Arrival

Departure

Confirmed

(Long) PGP ID

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Dietary reqs (NOT prefs!)

Notes

51

Christian Dreihsig

christian.dreihsig@t-online.de

n30dg

Wed

Mon

Yes

Y

Y

Y

Y

52

Sebastian Humenda

shumenda at gmx dot de

moomoc

Thu (evening)

Sun

Yes

Y (late)

Y

Y

Y

53

Neil Williams

codehelp@debian.org

codehelp

Sat

Sun

Likely

Y

54

Punit Agrawal

punit@d.o

punit

Sat

Sat

Yes

BD9E4CEC13FC34495682074EF5392FD213FBFEDD

Y

55

Martin Michlmayr

tbm@d.o

tbm

Sun

Sun

Yes

N

N

N

Y

56

Christopher J. Walker

chrisw@chiark.greenend.org.uk

Chris

Sat

Sun

Yes

N

N

Y

Y

57

John Sturdy

jcg.sturdy@gmail.com

John

Sat

Sun

Yes

N

N

Y

Y


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