<story><title>FOSDEM 2024 Schedule</title><url>https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>weinzierl</author><text>Here are two FOSDEM guides, I found interesting when researching my trip.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petersouter.xyz&amp;#x2F;fosdem-survival-guide&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petersouter.xyz&amp;#x2F;fosdem-survival-guide&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bytemark.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;my-guide-to-fosdem-europes-biggest-open-source-developer-conference&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bytemark.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;my-guide-to-fosdem-eu...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will be the first time at FOSDEM for me, so I cannot confirm or deny much, but I&amp;#x27;ve definitely heard from multiple sources that it  &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; very crowded. If want to attend a certain talk you absolutely have to arrive early.&lt;p&gt;I have not booked a hotel yet, so if you know a good place to stay, especially near the venue, pointers would be appreciated. 
My contacts are in my profile.&lt;p&gt;Finally a shoutout to the Rust crowd, links to the track and the Dev Room:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fosdem.org&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;schedule&amp;#x2F;track&amp;#x2F;rust&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fosdem.org&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;schedule&amp;#x2F;track&amp;#x2F;rust&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rust-fosdem.github.io&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rust-fosdem.github.io&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Galanwe</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been to FOSDEM since around 2011. My advice to you is to not try to over optimize your schedule and the tracks you want to attend.&lt;p&gt;Overall the format of 1h makes for rather lightweight presentations, nothing really goes in depth, so watching the videos is good enough.&lt;p&gt;You should rather see it as a way to have social interactions with the maintainers of libraries you like, go to dev rooms, hangout in the cafeteria, have a good time with nerd friends, etc.</text></comment>
<story><title>FOSDEM 2024 Schedule</title><url>https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>weinzierl</author><text>Here are two FOSDEM guides, I found interesting when researching my trip.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petersouter.xyz&amp;#x2F;fosdem-survival-guide&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;petersouter.xyz&amp;#x2F;fosdem-survival-guide&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bytemark.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;my-guide-to-fosdem-europes-biggest-open-source-developer-conference&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.bytemark.co.uk&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;my-guide-to-fosdem-eu...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will be the first time at FOSDEM for me, so I cannot confirm or deny much, but I&amp;#x27;ve definitely heard from multiple sources that it  &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; very crowded. If want to attend a certain talk you absolutely have to arrive early.&lt;p&gt;I have not booked a hotel yet, so if you know a good place to stay, especially near the venue, pointers would be appreciated. 
My contacts are in my profile.&lt;p&gt;Finally a shoutout to the Rust crowd, links to the track and the Dev Room:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fosdem.org&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;schedule&amp;#x2F;track&amp;#x2F;rust&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fosdem.org&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;schedule&amp;#x2F;track&amp;#x2F;rust&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rust-fosdem.github.io&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rust-fosdem.github.io&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Timshel</author><text>&amp;gt; If want to attend a certain talk you absolutely have to arrive early.&lt;p&gt;For popular tracks the trick used to be to arrive for an earlier less popular talk. Does not really work anymore, past 10 you&amp;#x27;ll probably never enter the PG or Rust tracks unless you spend more than 1 hour waiting outside.&lt;p&gt;Good news is streaming is really good so a fallback is to stay at the cafetaria and just stream. 
Lightning rooms usually have some space too :).&lt;p&gt;Edit: disclaimer my last Fosdem was in 2020 ^^</text></comment>