Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend

May 30-31 + Friday night party (29th).
IT University of Copenhagen (see map & pictures & more pictures)

The Maemo and Mozilla projects are organizing a joint developer camp in Copenhagen the last weekend of May. If you are working on Fennec, Fennec add-ons or Maemo 5 applications this call is for you!

The meeting is open and free, although is needed for planning purposes. Registration - Who is coming.

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Focus areas

This hands-on developer meeting is all about getting software ready for end users. Both Fennec and Maemo 5 will be in beta stage and approaching their final releases. Code, test, fix, improve... and have fun!

Schedule

To be defined according to the needs. If you want to have a session requiring the auditorium or one of the 3 rooms available please post your proposal in the discussion page.


Accommodation

Hotel Cabinn Scandinavia

We have booked 40 rooms (single or shared) at the Hotel Cabinn Scandinavia. The rate is 75 EUR per night (including breakfast) which is very very decent for Copenhagen. The hotel is 2 minutes walk from the metro station going to the venue and has free Internet connection.

The sponsored participants are hosted in this hotel. Other participants are encouraged to book here your rooms as well. There is an Accommodation wiki page where you can see how the rooms are organized.

If you get the notice of fully booked, there are more Cabinn hotels in Copenhagen (see map).

Sleep in Heaven

  • For the budget traveller who doesn't mind sleeping in dorm beds in shared rooms.
  • Sleep in Heaven is a youth hostel and you have to be between 16 and 35 years old to stay there.
  • Homepage, price range is from 17.47 EUR per night (rated by number of beds in room) (+ 5.5 for bedlinen and 5.5 for breakfast)
  • Features: Free wifi, free locker, booking online in advance, etc.
  • Roughly 27 minutes by public transport from the venue to the hostel. Metro (M1, M2) nearby venue will put you within 1km distance of the hostel.
  • Address: Struenseegade 7, 2200 København N

Sponsorship

We have some budget to support travel and accommodation expenses of key developers able to make a difference in the Danish Weekend.

Selection criteria:

  • Developers of Fennec add-ons, Fremantle Stars and the Mer project. Link to your projects and get references from lead developers.
  • Developers of cool software for average users available in Fremantle Extras-devel.
  • Other key Maemo contributors with high karma and a concrete development plan for the weekend.

Apply for sponsorship. Sooner is better.

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