{"id":8015,"date":"2015-04-08T08:50:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/?p=8015"},"modified":"2015-04-08T08:50:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T08:50:46","slug":"owncloud-contributor-conference-2015-dates-announced-registration-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/de\/blogs\/owncloud-contributor-conference-2015-dates-announced-registration-open\/","title":{"rendered":"ownCloud Contributor Conference 2015 Dates Announced, Registration Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/conf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/big.png\" alt=\"ownCloud Contributor Conf banner\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8095\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIt is 2015 and you all must have been waiting for it&#8211;the announcement of the dates for the ownCloud Contributor Conference! Well, here goes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The ownCloud Contributor Conference 2015 will take place from Friday August 28 until Thursday September 3 at the TU Berlin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Like <a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/blog\/owncloud-contributor-conference-was-awesome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last year<\/a>, the conference consists of an extensive hackathon where we will be working on making ownCloud more awesome, sharing ideas, inspiration and knowledge and welcoming new contributors into our community! On Saturday and Sunday we gather for a series of lightning talks and workshops. Go-<a href=\"https:\/\/conference.owncloud.org\/conference\/oCC2015\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">register<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>The Program<\/h2>\n<p>Making ownCloud better means working on the code &amp; design, so we start on the 28th of August with a hackathon that lasts until Thursday the 3rd of September.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th we are going to take a bit of a break to listen to keynotes and short talks. The lightning talks are to demonstrate work progress like \u201cwhat\u2019s new in the News app,\u201d to introduce new APIs and to share knowledge like \u201chow to improve the design of your app\u201d or \u201ccommon security mistakes.\u201d If you want to get a taste of what the talks are like, you can watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLtZe22ggl2YCfEzrHbFCylXGLGYtsHm96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">videos of the talks on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oCgroupPic2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7374\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oCgroupPic2-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"ownCloud Contributor Conference Group Picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the afternoon and on Sunday we will have workshops to teach each other more advanced skills and to help new contributors learn the ropes. Think about subjects like \u201cwriting your first ownCloud app,\u201d \u201cwriting better PHP\u201d and so on. Meanwhile, hackathon rooms will be open and we\u2019ll keep them open for full coding mode until the end of Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear your opinion on what subjects you&#8217;d like to have covered &#8211; share your ideas with us on these polls on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus or Diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody interested in contributing to and improving ownCloud, be it through coding, design, testing, documentation or translating should absolutely <a href=\"http:\/\/conference.owncloud.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">join us<\/a>. Implementing creative, unique ideas or just fixing that annoying problem \u2013 that is how ownCloud got where it is and that is how we move forward.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMAG0995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-8018 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMAG0995-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0995\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Entry, registration, hotel<\/h2>\n<p>The ownCloud Contributor Conference is free and open. We would really appreciate it <a href=\"https:\/\/conference.owncloud.org\/conference\/oCC2015\/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">if you would register<\/a> in order to help us plan for the event. We will put some hotel options <a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/conf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on the site<\/a> soon so you have a nice place to sleep between all the coding and talking.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the hack-a-thon attracted over 100 ownClouders. This year, tell your friends about the event and bring them \u2013 let\u2019s grow that number even more! Promote the #owncloudconf over your social media accounts, talk to people at your local geek hangouts, ping enthusiasts on IRC\u2026 Find banners for blogs <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/owncloud\/promo\/tree\/master\/Contributor%20Conference\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in our github repo<\/a>. There is also a PDF of a poster you can print for at your office, a meetup or a local hacker space.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get some cool promotional materials including some of those ownCloud Contributor Conference posters to hang up at your local hack space or LUG, use <a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/wp-content\/themes\/owncloudorgnew\/assets\/files\/request_form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this request form<\/a> to get us your address. In the \u2018event details\u2019 section, just note some details about where you want to hang up the posters and put down the fliers! Note that we can unfortunately only ship to EU and USA.<\/p>\n<h4>Example code<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/conf\"><\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n&lt;a href=\"https:\/\/owncloud.com\/conf\"&gt;&lt;img src=\"https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/owncloud\/promo\/master\/Contributor%20Conference\/ownCloud%20Contributor%20Conference%20460x70.png\" alt=\"ownCloud Contributor Conference site\" width=\"460\" height=\"70\" \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is 2015 and you all must have been waiting for it&#8211;the announcement of the dates for the ownCloud Contributor Conference! 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