LinuxTag 2014

Dates/Location

May 8th till 10th 2013 at Berlin, Germany

Event Description

LinuxTag is a free software expo and conference with an emphasis on Linux. It is relatively large, in 2011 over 11.500 visitors from around 30 nations, claiming that it is the largest expo of this kind in Europe. The LinuxTag byline is as always "where .COM meets .ORG". This includes both representatives from not-for-profit/community projects and from companies.

This year, the organizers want to try out a new concept:

• LinuxTag is part the Berlin Web Week, together with Droidcon re:publica 14 and other events;
• therefor, it is no longer at Messe Berlin fairground but at | Station Berlin, an abandoned post railway station.
• and it's three instead of four days, but with evening program until 10:00.
• It's more of a conference than an exhibition and more exclusive than in previous years;
• that's why tickets have become very expensive.

For more info, check out the information for visitors.

Event Owners

• Christoph Wickert

Fedora Representatives

(in order of addition)

#	Name	I want to work at the booth	I need a hotel	I need travel funding	Funding Request #	Arrival	Departure	Comments
1	Christoph Wickert
2	Aleksandra Fedorova
3	Jens Kühnel
4	Jiří Eischmann				#376	Wednesday evening	Sunday
5	Christian Jantz
5	Dominic Hopf					Friday evening	Sunday afternoon
x	Your name							=yes, =no

Accommodation

aletto Jugendhotel Schöneberg

Grunewaldstr. 33
Schoneberg-Tempelhof
Berlin, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 30 21003680

Transport

to the hotel

From Berlin Spandau station take

• U7 to Rudow
• get off at Eisenacher Straße
• and walk Grunewaldstraße back a bit. The hotel is on the right hand.

From Berlin Südkreuz station take

• bus M46 to Zoologischer Garten
• get off Grundwaldstraße
• The hotel is on the right hand next to the bus stop.

From Berlin Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) central station take

• S75 to Westkreuz
• get off at Zoologischer Garten
• take bus M46 to U Britz-Süd
• get off Grundwaldstraße
• The hotel is on the opposite side of the street.

From Tegel Airport take

• Bus X9 or 109
• get off at Jakob-Kaiser-Platz
  • take U7 to Rudow
  • get off at Eisenacher Straße
  • and walk Grunewaldstraße back a bit. The hotel is on the right hand.
• or get off the bus at Zoologischer Garten
  • take bus M46 to U Britz-Süd
  • get off Grundwaldstraße
  • The hotel is on the opposite side of the street.

to LinuxTag

Take subway U1 or U2 and exit at Gleisdreieck. Follow the signs to LinuxTag and Droidcon.

Fore more directions, please refer to the LinuxTag website.

Tickets

• There are urban rail trains ("S-Bahn"), underground ("U-Bahn"), trams ("Metro-Tram, mainly in the former eastern part of Berlin), local trains ("Regional-Express", "Regional-Bahn") and buses.
• Berlin has 3 different tariff zones: A, B and C. Nearly all destinations are within Berlin AB.
• A single Berlin AB ticket is 2,60 EUR. It's valid for 2 hours, you can use all urban, underground and local trains, trams and buses and change as you like.
• You can also buy a 4-trip ticket for 8,80 EUR.
• A day pass is 6,70 EUR, a week pass 28,80 EUR.
• There also is the "Berlin Welcome Card", valid either 2, 3 or 5 days. More expensive than the day/week pass but gives you free entrance to some sightseeing spots and museums. Don't buy, unless you plan to go there!

More info on the BVG website

Tickets

• Tickets are 149,-- EUR but include free catering all day.
• Projects get 2 free tickets and can purchase additional "Community tickets" for 50,-- EUR. Ask Christoph if you need one.
• Saturday is 'community day' and the single-day ticket is available for 10,-- EUR
• Fore more info, please refer to the LinuxTag website

Booth

Missing Items
If you can provide any of the missing items, add your name and move it from "still needed" to "available at the booth".
If something is missing but you cannot provide it, add it to the "still needed" section so others can bring it.

Items available at the booth

• Roll-up banner (Jiri)
• Roll-up banner (Christoph)
• F20 media (Christoph + Jiri)
• Tablecloth (Jiri)
• some Swag (Jiri)
• WeTab (Christoph)
• Demo-Laptop (Christoph)
• Power-plugs (Christoph)

Items still needed

• more power-plugs!
• display (maybe Christoph can bring one from work)

Event Schedule

Event program with all talks and workshops

Wednesday, 7th

• TBD dinner

Thursday 8th

• 08:00 Doors open for exhibitors (We need to build up our booth!)
• 09:00 Doors open for visitors
• 18:00 Exhibition closes
• 19:00 - 24:00 BuddyNight joined social event of LinuxTag and Droidcon
• 22:00 Doors close

Friday, 9th

• 08:30 Doors open for exhibitors
• 09:00 Doors open for visitors
• 18:00 Exhibition closes
• 22:00 Doors close

Sunday, 11th

• 08:30 Doors open for exhibitors
• 09:00 Doors open for visitors
• 18:00 Exhibition closes
• 22:00 Doors close
• 22:00 After LinuxTag Chillen @ c-base ???

Sunday, 12th

• leave

Event Budget

LinuxTag 2013 currently has $4000 (~2870 EUR) allocated in EMEA budget.

Rough estimate of the costs:

• tbd,-- EUR hotel
• 65,-- EUR travel Jiri
• 200,-- EUR travel Aleksandra
• 100,-- EUR contributors dinner
• TBD

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• ~TBD EUR

Refer to the trac ticket for details.