[FOSDEM 2023] [CFP] Fast and Streaming Data DevRoom

 Welcome to the first edition of the Fast and Streaming Data DevRoom at FOSDEM 2023. Our DevRoom will be scheduled from 10:30 to 14:30 on Saturday February 4th. We will be accepting in-person talks only, with recordings for all the sessions.

About the Fast and Streaming Data DevRoom

10 years ago, working with Fast and Streaming data was very challenging and mostly limited to using Apache Spark or Apache Storm and the lambda architecture. Apache Kafka itself was not released until 2011. Since then, we have seen a huge evolution of the ecosystem, with whole families of products dedicated to working with fast and/or streaming data: Message Brokers, Stream Processing Engines, Analytical Databases, Time-Series Databases, Real-Time Dashboards, Streaming ML Engines, or Streaming SQL Engines.

Many of these tools have to face the same challenges: incomplete or out of order data, deduplication of events, ever-growing datasets, dealing with updates to already committed data, providing results in near-realtime, dealing with high availabity and upgrades when data is non-stop…

The devroom is a colocated conference-within-a-conference that gives us the opportunity to come together and chat, hack, and share stories about Fast and/or Streaming Data in FLOSS ecosystems.

The Fast and Streaming Data DevRoom is also an opportunity to identify potential collaborations across projects covering different aspects of the data lifecycle.

We want our Devroom to be a safe space for everyone, so we kindly ask all participants to follow the FOSDEM code of conduct https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/.

Call For Papers

We welcome submissions about, but not limited to, open source libraries, open source projects, or technical use cases explaining how one (or more) open source components are being used to power a real-life use case. Talks featuring more than one open source fast/streaming data project are encouraged.

If in doubt, think if the talk you want to submit would be appealing for an audience interested in fast/streaming data. If the answer is yes, please do submit.

We are aware some open source projects have also non-open source commercial offerings. This Devroom is only about the FOSS part of those projects, so please leave the commercial pitch outside of your proposals and presentations.

Diversity, junior developers, and first-time speakers

We actively encourage submissions from speakers from any backround and level of experience. We also welcome first-time speakers and, if needed, we will be happy to help you rehearse your talk before the event.

Format of the talks

We will be accepting submissions for 30 minutes talks, and for 10 minutes lighthing talks. (If we don’t get enough submissions, we might skip lightning talks)

You choose the format of your talk. It can be shell-driven, slide-driven, demo-driven, or a combination. If you prefer, you can also present without any screen at all, specifically for the lightning talks.

If you will be accepting questions, please take into account those should be included within your allocated time-slot.

Since we will have a mixed audience, all 30 minutes talks will need to feature an intro to make sure everyone can follow, but you are welcome to discuss internals of your project or to go as deep as you want into technical details.

Recording of all the talks

Please be aware of the fact that, barring any technical difficulties, Devroom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available.

How to submit your talk

If you would like to submit a proposal, you need to do it via the official FOSDEM website at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous FOSDEM edition, please reuse it.

Important dates

If you already know you want to submit a talk, please don’t wait until the deadline so we can dedicate more time to consider your submission.

Your profile

Be sure to properly fill your Pentabarf profile (Person) with:

Then follow Penta instructions to submit your talk (Create Event).

Your talk information

When submitting your talk, make sure to select the ‘Fast and Streaming Data Devroom’ as the ‘Track’.

Use the tabs on top of the Event page to provide all the information you think it is relevant. At the very least we would need:

Contact

If you need to get in touch with the organisers of this devroom, please email streaming-devroom-manager at fosdem.org

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank QuestDB for allowing the Devroom organisers to manage it during working hours, and for sponsoring their trips to FOSDEM

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About FOSDEM

Official website: https://fosdem.org/

FOSDEM is a free and non-commercial event organised by the community for the community. The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

Participation and attendance is totally free, though the organisers gratefully accept donations and sponsorship.

Code of Conduct

The code of conduct for FOSDEM is available at https://fosdem.org/2023/practical/conduct/

Should you need any assistance during the event you can reach out to the organiser at the door of the devroom, any FOSDEM staff member, or use the official FOSDEM contacts