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FUDCon Milan 30 Sep to 02 Oct 2011
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Location

Milan, Italy

Milan, the capital of Lombardy, has a population of 1.3 million people. It is the biggest industrial city of Italy with many different industrial sectors. It is a magnetic point for designers, artists, photographers and models. Milan has an ancient city centre with high and interesting buildings and palazzos, which is why so many people from all over the world want to see the city of glamour.

Milan is recognized as a world fashion and design capital, with a major global influence in commerce, industry, music, sport, literature, art and media, making it one of GaWC's major Alpha world cities


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Venue

Università degli Studi di Milano Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences (Informatics and Communication Building)

   Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione
   Università degli Studi di Milano
   Via Comelico, 39-41
   20135 Milano
   Italy

Dates

September 30 through October 2, 2011

Pre-registration

Instructions
Please add your name to the list if you will attend. Also, please indicate the following:
  • Put an X in the $$$ column if you need funding to attend, and visit the FUDCon ticket tracker to make a funding request. Funding requests without a ticket will not be considered. We have a limited budget and will work hard to fund as many people as possible. We'll use these answers to help figure out budgeting for the event. We are making arrangements for attendees from other geographic regions to encourage specific initiatives such as future FUDCon events, but preference may otherwise be given to people in EMEA.
  • Put a V in the Veg column if you would like vegetarian fare for any meals that we provide during the event. If you prefer vegan fare, please mark that column VV. We will do our best to make sure everyone is accommodated!
  • Put your T-shirt size in the Size column, so we can have an idea about what sizes to have available. (Use a W to note a women's size if needed.)
  • Roomsharing:
    1. If you want or need to share a room, mark yes in the "Roomshare?" column.
    2. Once you have a roommate, both of you should mark your roommate's name in the block as well.
    3. If you need a roommate, look for someone with just a yes in the column, and contact them via email. If you encounter any problems, let the organizers know.
Use the Comments section for anything else you think organizers need to know, or to offer or ask for space or rides.
Fedora means freedom — registration is free and open to everyone.
You can pre-register anonymously, but now is a great time to create a Fedora account if you don't have one! For those new to Fedora, you can register in the Fedora Account System and follow the instructions there to complete the CLA (soon to be FPCA). This process usually takes less than 5 minutes.

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# Name $$$ Veg Size Roomshare? Hotel Booked Country Comments (extra line for badge)
1 Jared Smith No L Yes, Robert Scheck No USA Badge: jsmith
2 Dennis Gilmore No XXL Yes, Tom Callaway No Australia Badge: dgilmore
3 Gerold Kassube X No XXXL Yes, Fabian No Germany Badge: geroldka
4 Robert Scheck X No XXL Yes, Jared Smith Yes Germany Badge: rsc
5 Rahul Sundaram X No XL Yes No India Badge: mether
6 Kamil Páral No M Yes, Josef Skládanka No Czech Republic Badge: kparal
7 Josef Skládanka No L Yes, Kamil Páral No Czech Republic Badge: jskladan
8 Caius Chance X No TBD Yes No Loc: Australia Nat: British Badge: kaio
9 Jaroslav Reznik No XXL Yes No Czech Republic Badge: jreznik
10 Fabian Affolter X No XL Yes, Gerold No Switzerland Badge: fab
11 Christoph Wickert X Yes L Yes, Bert Desmet No Germany Badge: cwickert
12 Zoltan Hoppar X No XXL Yes, Gergely Rakosi No Hungary Badge: zoltanh721
13 Gergely Rakosi X No XXXL Yes, Zoltan Hoppar No Hungary Badge: rgeri77
14 Gent Thaçi X No XXL Yes, Truong Anh Tuan No Kosovo Badge: gent
15 Truong Anh Tuan X No L Yes, Gent Thaçi No Vietnam Badge: tuanta
16 Vittorio Memmo No XL No No Italy Badge: vmemmo
17 Bertrand Juglas No XL No Yes France Badge: bertux
18 Guillermo Gómez X No L Yes, Jeroen van Meeuwen No Venezuela Badge: gomix
19 Peter Robinson No L No No UK / Australia Badge: pbrobinson
20 Abdel Martínez X No S Yes, Gianluca Sforna No Panama Badge: potty
21 Constantin Drabo X No XL Yes, Pavel Zhukov No Burkina Faso Badge: pandaconstantin
22 Michal Toman No L Yes No Czech Republic Badge: mtoman
23 Peter Vrabec No L Yes No Czech Republic Badge: pvrabec
24 Ondřej Vašík No XXL Yes No Czech Republic Badge: ovasik
25 Alexander Kurtakov No XXL No No Bulgaria Badge: akurtakov
26 Marek Goldmann No M No Yes Poland Badge: mgoldmann / JBoss / BoxGrinder
27 Jeroen van Meeuwen Hell No XL Yes, I survived Guillermo Gómez last time No United Kingdom Badge: Was it as good for me as it was for you?
28 Kévin Raymond No L Yes, ? No France Badge: shaiton
29 Pierre-Yves Chibon X No L No No France Badge: pingou
30 Federico Simoncelli X No M Yes, Antonino Gennaro No Italy Badge: fsimonce
31 Marcus Moeller No M No No Switzerland Badge: mmoeller
32 Marcela Mašláňová No S Yes No Czech Republic Badge: mmaslano
33 Francesco Crippa No XL Yes No Italy
34 Michelle O'Riordan Yes S Yes No Ireland B
35 Adam Banoczki No M No Hungary Badge: tiarise
36 John McDonough What?? XXL Yes, w/Deirdre Blackhurst Yes U.S. Badge: jjmcd
37 Deirdre Blackhurst No S Yes, with John McDonough Yes U.S. Badge: Deirdre
38 Stefano Frontori No M No No Italy Badge: sfrontori
39 Robyn Bergeron No S No No United States Badge: Ask me about PromotionalKittenBaskets
40 Tom Callaway Yes XXL Yes, Dennis Gilmore No USA Badge: spot
41 Radek Vokal No L Yes No Czech Republic Badge: rvokal
42 Gabriele Turchi No L No NA Italy
43 Mauro L. R. Pesce No XXXL No No Italy Badge: heikebruhns
44 Marco Olivo No XL No No Italy Badge: MacGyver
45 Vinzenz Vietzke No XL Yes, with Katrin Eberhardt Yes Germany Badge: vinz
46 Katrin Eberhardt No S Yes, with Vinzenz Vietzke Yes Germany Badge: Kaddi
47 Adrian Joian X No L Yes, with Nicu No Romania Badge : Ajoian
48 Nicu Buculei Hell No XL Yes, with Adrian No Romania Badge : "nicubunu, perv photographer"
49 Veaceslav Mindru No XXL No No Czech Republic/R. Moldova Badge : "efiop"
50 Vadim Grinco No XL Yes Yes Czech Republic Badge: No, I will not fix your computer!
51 Marco Mornati No L Yes, Fabrizio Lapiello No France Badge: mmornati
52 Jaromír Hradílek No M No No Czech Republic Badge: jhradilek
53 Florian Nadge No XXL No No Czech Republic Badge: fnadge
54 Petr Kovar No M No No Czech Republic Badge: pkovar
55 Andreas Thienemann No XXL Yes Yes DE/NL Badge: Hello, my name is ixs ;-)
56 Gianluca Varisco No XXL NO No IT Badge: gvarisco
57 Sandro Mathys No S Yes No CH Badge: red
58 Lucia Losi No L No No Italy Badge: llosi
59 Alessandro Colombo No M No No Italy Badge: acolombo
60 Karsten Wade No XL No No US Badge: quaid
61 Malakai Wade No M womens No No US Badge: malwade
62 Saskia Wade No S womens No No US Badge: saskia
63 Alexjan Carraturo No XXL NO No IT Badge: axjslack
64 Marina Latini No S womens NO No IT Badge: deneb
65 Giuseppe Moscato No M No No Italy Badge: peppeska
66 Michele Bursi X No M Yes, Marco Emanuel palazzotti No Italy Badge: tuxwet
67 Marco Emanuel palazzotti X No XL Yes, Michele Bursi Italy
68 Davide Panelli No M Italy
69 Giorgio Brioni No M No No Italy Badge: gbrioni
70 Beatrice Rizzo Manganaro No Italy
71 Paolo Mezzano No Italy
72 Ajit Pal No M India
73 Paolo Mezzano No Italy
74 Ettore Bernuzzi No XL Italy
75 Antonino Gennaro X No Yes, Federico Simoncelli Italy
76 Eros Colangelo No L No No Italy Badge: ecolangelo
77 Fabrizio Lapiello X No Yes, Marco Mornati Italy
77 Emmanuel Seyman X No XL No No France Badge: eseyman
78 Lorenzo Dallavalle No M No No Italy Badge: dallavalo
79 Carlo Pesatori No XXL No No Italy Badge: peza
80 Andrea Novati No XXL No No Italy Badge: anovati
81 Manuele Suzzani No L No No Italy Badge: msuzzani
82 Pasquale Campitiello No M No No Italy Badge: pas.campitiello
83 Alessandro Lorenzi No XXXL NO No IT Badge: alorenzi
84 Roberto Cipollini No M NO No IT Badge: robcip
85 Pavel Zhukov X No L Yes, Constantin Drabo No Russia Badge: landgraf
86 Gianluca Sforna X No M Yes, Abdel Martínez No Italy Badge: giallu
87 Christos Bacharakis X No L Yes, probably with Pierros Papadeas No Greece Badge: cmpahar
88 Marco Colombo No M No No Italy Badge: TheMule
89 Jindrich Novy No L Yes No Czech Rep. Badge: Italian Spiderman
90 Riccardo Vianello No L No No Italy Badge: ric
91 Massimiliano Pippi Yes XL No No Italy Badge: masci
92 Pierros Papadeas No XL Yes, with Christos Bacharakis No Greece Badge: ppapadeas (liknus)
93 Dan Horák No L Yes No Czech Republic Badge: sharkcz
94 Karsten Hopp No L No Yes Germany Badge: Kick_
95 Will Woods Yes S No No USA Badge: will@beefymiracle.org
96 Dominic Hopf X No L Yes, TBD No Germany Badge: dmaphy
97 Bert Desmet No L Yes, Christoph Wickert No Belgium Badge: biertie
98 Michal Fojtik No XL Yes, TBD No Czech Republic Badge: mfojtik
99 Francesco Vollero No L No No Czech Republic Badge: fvollero
100 Michal Ingeli V/VV L No, couch surf? No Slovakia Badge: ksyz, the drunk photographer
101 Arrigo Avi No XL No No Italy Badge: arrigo.avi
102 Dmitry Mukha X No L Yes No Belarus Badge: Bioinformatics junky
103 Marco Sillitti No L NO No IT Badge: canc3r
# Name $$$ Veg Size Roomshare? Hotel booked Country Comments (extra line for badge)

Airports and their distance from lodging and venue

If you arrive to Milan by airplane, you are going to land at one of the following airports:

There are several services (public and private) that connect the Milan city center.

Few examples with updated prices:

  • From Orio Al Serio Airport to Milan Centrale Station: Shuttle Bus (1h, Single: 8.90 EUR, Return: 16 EUR)
  • From Malpensa Airport to Milan Centrale: Express Train (30', Single: 12 EUR)
  • From Malpensa Airport to Milan Centrale: Shuttle Bus (45': Single: 7.50 EUR, Return: 12 EUR)
  • From Linate Airport to Milan Centrale: Shuttel Bus (20', Single: 4 EUR)

Estimated costs of flights major airports that attendees will travel from

Paris London Amsterdam Frankfurt Berlin Brussels Madrid Prague New York Boston Chicago Los Angeles
Linate 59.98€ 49.08€ 137.99€ 209.88€ 135.41€ 136.99€ 166.63€ 136.19€ 583.92€ 478€ 580€ 799€
Malpensa 36.98€ 44.21€ 57.98€ 164.97€ 47.98€ 28.48€ 25.98€ 84.06€ 585.03€ 650€ 671€ 860€
Orio al Serio 51.98€ 80.00€ 39.98€ 49.98€ 61.98€ 28.98€

Lodging / Hotel

The preferred hotel for the FUDCon Conference is the UNA Hotel Mediterraneo. The majority of the conference attendees will be staying in this hotel.

The following two hotels are also somewhat close to the venue.

  • Hotel Perugino
    • 3 Stars
    • Free WiFi Connectivity
    • ~40 EUR per room a day
    • 500m from the venue (5 minutes walking)
  • Best Western Hotel Major Milano
    • 4 Stars
    • Free WiFi Connectivity
    • ~100 EUR per room a day
    • 1km from the venue (15 minutes walking)

Transportation

ATM (Azienda Trasporti Milanesi) manages the public transport service of the city of Milan and of 85 towns in the province. It provides underground train, urban tramway, inter-urban tramway, urban bus and trolley bus, interurban bus and airport transfer services.

Metro services operate between 06:00-24:00 and cover three lines. After midnight, a night-time bus service substitutes for lines 1 and 3 of the underground.

There are numerous tram routes that cover Milan. Generally trams run from 06:00-24:00. However, routes 4, 5, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23, 24, 29, 30, 33 continue until about 02:00 on weekdays.

Packing List

  • Laptop with 802.11b/g wireless
    • Extension cord (and European power adapter, if from outside Europe)
    • Ethernet cable (for hotel and/or hackfest)
    • Optional: Bring a Fedora Friend Finder (power strip)
  • Credit card (VISA or MasterCard) or small amount of cash (ATMs are nearby the hotel and venue)
  • Your presentation slides or anything needed for the hackfest
  • Casual clothes for the event
    • Average highs near 19C, average lows near 6C
    • Optional: umbrella, there is occasional precipitation
  • International visitors:
    • Passport/visa and any other official documentation needed
    • Converters for power (reference link)

If staying at the hotel:

  • Optional: swimsuit, gym clothes.[1]

General schedule

Proposed Talks/Sessions/...

Proposed hackfest sessions

Session Name Description Audience Level Owner
Secondary Architectures Meeting discussion about processes/tools/..., exchange knowledge [1] secondary arch maintainers Dan Horák
Perl SIG meeting topic could be annual Perl rebuild if there's attendance (Perl) package maintainers Marcela Mašláňová
Ruby SIG meeting discuss future of Ruby packaging (Ruby) package maintainers Michal Fojtik
Fedora Docs Hack Fest Fedora Docs meeting Fedora docs contributors Florian Nadge

Proposed talks

Session Name Description Audience Level Owner
Secondary Architectures Presentation presenting Fedora on ARM and others [2] power users Dan Horák
Bug hunting & Static analysis common error patterns in C/C++, few wordsabout defensive programming, static & dynamic analysis developers/maintainers Ondrej Vasik
Reporting bugs - why & how? How to report bugs and increase chances of getting fixes users Ondrej Vasik
Coreutils Project overview, Fedora specific things, (-/un)common use of (un/-)common CLI utilities (power/CLI) users Ondrej Vasik
AutoQA Project overview & future plans of the automated testing framework in Fedora developers, maintainers Kamil Páral
AutoQA/ResultsDB Current status of the ResultsDB project (storage of AutoQA test results) with live demo. developers, maintainers Josef Skladanka
SCAP Verifying compliance with security policy and configuration settings with SCAP. admins, users Peter Vrabec
RPM and specfiles How to write specfile, filter provides, best practices developers Marcela Mašláňová and Jindra Nový
Retrace Server Project overview, why to use, current status in Fedora users Michal Toman
Java + Fedora. Powerful combination for software industry in companies How Java on Fedora is powerful tool for information system success in companies users + developers Constantin
DocBook and Publican A quick overview of DocBook and why Publican makes it so much easier. Including Publican demos. Beginner Jaromír Hradílek John McDonough

Social events

  • Friday Night (September 30th): Yguana Cafe, "Apertivio" starting from 7pm
  • Saturday Night (October 1st): FUDCon PUB and FUDCon Pizza (GiroPizza) starting from 9.30 pm

Administration

This event is run in general accordance with our other FUDCon events, which have their own set of pages for administration.

Planning meetings

FUDCon is planned openly and transparently. Anyone is welcome to attend and participate in the meetings. All attendees are expected to be polite and constructive. Planning happens through email and IRC:

  • Planning via email is done on the fudcon-planning list, which is open to participants to join.
  • Regular IRC meetings are held on Friday at 15:00 UTC (11:00am US-Eastern time) in #fudcon-planning[?].
  • IRC meeting agenda is set from the FUDCon planning Trac, using all tickets with the emea-meeting keyword set. To add something to the agenda, file a new ticket (if required) and add the emea-meeting keyword. Here is the current agenda.


  1. This doesn't mean clothing is optional if you swim or exercise!