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FUDCon: Fedora User and Developer Conference

FUD: An acronym for Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A typical tactic used by the opponents of open source to prevent its widespread adoption.

Con: In opposition or disagreement with; against.

FUDCon is the Fedora Users and Developers Conference. FUDCon is a combination of sessions, talks, and workshops, and hackfests in which community contributors work on specific initiatives. Topics include infrastructure, feature development, community building, general management and governance, marketing, testing and QA, packaging, etc.

FUDCon is always free to attend for anyone in the world.

Upcoming FUDCons

Past FUDCons

Organizing a FUDCon

For organizers, we have an informational page with tips on how to plan a FUDCon, as well as optional follow-up surveys.