OsmoCon 2018 Outlook ==================== :author: Harald Welte :copyright: 2018 by Harald Welte (License: CC-BY-SA) :backend: slidy :max-width: 45em == OsmoCon 2017 Preparation * Planning started in October ** http://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/openbsc/2017-October/011332.html * Schedule planning in December, with little particiopation ** http://osmocom.org/issues/1887 * event announcement too late (Feb 01) * travel grant funding arrived way too late (March 27) * 14 days ahead of the event we were about to cancel ** almost no registrations until that point * talk submissions came in way after schedule was full == OsmoCon 2017 Experience * venue was full, actually overbooked * talks were good * recordings were excellent * strong sysmocom presence, but some diversity ** Fairwaves, Facebook, On-Waves, Rhizomatica == OsmoCon 2017 Feedback Attendees informed us * one day is too short * very uni-directional, not much interaction * schedule too full ** consequence of talk submissions too late ** consequence of only one day == OsmoCon 2017 Retrospective * I didn't like the venue too much ** hard to get air into the room ** to crowded with no separate room during breaks ** non-functional WiFi ** no-frills, 1990ies FOSS community feeling may not appeal to everyone * OsmoCon + OsmoDevCon back-to-back ** is lots of stress ** leaves no time to meet up with OsmoCon attendees one day aftewards ** caused OsmoDevCon to be one day shorter == OsmoCon 2018 Changes * larger venue * not a youth hostel but a real hotel * two days instead of one * not together with OsmoDevCon but 6 months later * early-biard pricing should make people order tickets sooner * formal CfP process with submission deadline, ... == EOF End of File