Maemo Summit 2009

Content will be the second most important aspect of the conference, after the social aspect of getting the Maemo community together.

Friday, October 9
9:30   Doors open

10:00   Welcome - Opening of Summit  by Peter Schneider, Head of Maemo Marketing @ Nokia

10:15    '''Maemo 5 and the N900 by Ari Jaaksi, VP - Maemo Devices @ Nokia

11:00   Changing PC & Mobile Landscape; Why Linux will play a Critical Role  by Jim Zemlin, Executive Director @ Linux Foundation

11:30 Break

11:45   Nokia Nseries Devices on Maemo by J-P. Sipponen, Director - Maemo Products @ Nokia

12:15   Harmattan Highlights - Developer Opportunities by Janne Heikkinen, Director - Maemo Product Planning @ Nokia

13:00 Lunch - Maemo Expo opens

14:15 Why the Maemo Community matters to Nokia - Alan "Qole" Bruce of Maemo Community Council interviewing Ari Jaaksi, VP - Maemo Devices @ Nokia

15:00     Expert streams

20:00   Maemo Party coordinated by Jussi Mäkinen.

Sunday, October 11
See the submission queue for current proposals under consideration.

Registration
Register for the summit:

Free entrance! Registration needed to grant you food, drinks, a maemo.org shirt and a seat.

300 participants expected: developers and engaged users, community members and curious newcomers, from many countries.

Principles for defining the schedule

 * Defaulting to three tracks for Users (Transformatorhuis - big), App Developers (Machinegebow - medium) and Platform Developers (De Kapel - small). Exceptions can be made of course but the idea is that each profile should have a suggested session to go at any time.
 * Keynotes and Lightning Sessions are organized in Transformatorhuis without other activities at the same time.
 * The tiny lovely Oostelijk Meterhuis is available for longer sessions with 25 people or less e.g. a 2h workshop. De Kapel can also serve that purpose if needed.

Timeline

 * Decide on conference infrastructure and put it in place: DONE: Using Wiki
 * Decide on process for getting content: DONE: Call for content + committee to choose presentations
 * Issue call for content if necessary: DONE: Call for content issued, we need to do some more communication work & get proposals
 * Deadline for content proposals: September 13
 * Presenters notified: On going

Suggestions

 * I think that 2009 will be Fremantle year, so I expect a summit focused on:
 * New technologies showcase (i.e., what can be done with clutter?)
 * New hardware features
 * And I would add one or two roundtables to talk and discuss:
 * What's next?
 * What about past hardware? What about third party development?
 * Would you like a Maemo App Store?
 * —jsmanrique


 * Mer would like to talk about bringing as much of Fremantle as possible to older devices and how it works with Nokia and the community. Would there be interest in:
 * Talks about Mer?
 * Mer's development SDK/processes?
 * Hands-on Mer development sessions?
 * Mer/Maemo/Garage/Nokia integration (although this is already a fast moving target)
 * -- lbt 21:04, 17 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Please, do not put similar themes overlapping on simultaneous tracks. For example, UI Design, UX panel and OpenGL would have the same audience although the presentations are from different point of view. (As an application developer, I would participate in all of those!) Try to organize the themes more sequentially.
 * --hhedberg 06:29, 2 July 2009 (UTC)


 * There does not appear to be time blocked up front for "meet and greet"... is it assumed we will do this informally prior to the event? Maybe the evening before?
 * --texrat 16:34, 4 September 2009 (UTC)


 * I will hold a "Opt BoF", where we talk about the next steps related to the Fremantle /opt hack for giving more space to installed packages.
 * --mvo 22 Septempter 2009