There will be a Hackathon / DevSummit 10 - 12th of August 2018 in the Linuxhotel Villa Vogelsang in Essen, Germany. This event is conveniently placed before BSDCam, so developers who are travelling to Europe can come a few days earlier, spend the weekend hacking, and then head to Cambridge. Note that this is optional and each event can be visited separately or just one of them.

Aug 10th (Friday)

Aug 11th (Saturday)

Aug 12th (Sunday)

TBD

If you would like to run a working group, please add your name below:

Large Working Groups

Interest in knowledge transfer

Map of Linuxhotel and surrounding area.

Linuxhotel Villa Vogelsang is a hotel inside of a historical mansion. It is regarded as “one of the most unusual hotels in the Ruhr area”. The nine guest rooms and suites as well as two meeting and seminar rooms are equipped with extensive technical facilities to conduct meetings and seminars on the topics of Linux and free software. The hotel and seminar rooms and the surrounding park are networked via Ethernet and wireless LAN.

During work days the Linuxhotel offers Linux and free software courses (e.g. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, pf, etc).

The venue and surrounding area offers a lot of activities for partners and children, so consider bringing them along to spend the weekend there.

The Linuxhotel is located in the city of Essen. The next airports are Düsseldorf (DUS), Köln/Bonn (CGN) and Dortmund (DTM). Frankfurt/Main (FRA) is also an option, although a bit further south. From there you can reach Essen by train. Use this page (Google translate) to check how to get there. Contact lme@ for details.

A note on trains: Avoid the Cologne area, especially the Fair (German: Köln Messe). Many (but not all) trains from FRA go this way, but the ticket prices are astronomically high during this season. Try a route via Dortmund and take another train from there to Essen. Check the map on the Deutsche Bahn website to see which route the train is taking.

The Linuxhotel offers a maximum of 27 beds for accommodation. There are some single rooms but there are also double rooms for share. Please use the booking system below.

Camping in the park is also possible for a small fee.

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Non-exhaustive list of some non-FreeBSD activities (for families, significant others):

• Zoo Gelsenkirchen - Bleckstraße 64, 45889 Gelsenkirchen
• Kettlerhof - leisure park for kids - Rekener Str. 234, 45721 Haltern am See
• Grugapark - garden and animals - Virchowstraße 167, 45147 Essen
• Schloss Beck - leisure park - Am Dornbusch 39, 46244 Bottrop

Wireless all around the hotel and park, wired Ethernet in all hotel rooms, seminar rooms and even in the park.

Germany uses CEE 7 standards and Europlug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#CEE_7_standards_and_Europlug

Available at the hotel from 09:00 to 10:00.

On Saturday and Sunday we can order pizza or Doener for lunch or have barbecue in the park if the weather is good.

Depending on the arrival time of the participants we plan to do a welcome BBQ in the park when the weather is good on Friday evening.

In case of bad weather there's a restaurant which offers home cooking (i.e., solid, plain, but tasty meals like Schnitzel, etc.): http://www.hausgrossjung.de/

Most people seem to leave on Sunday afternoon, but we'll make sure that you get some kind of lunch before leaving.

• Linuxhotel
• Ruhr Metropolis
• VRR - Train and Bus (bus)
• Düsseldorf Airport (airports)
• Dortmund Airport (airports)
• Deutsche Bahn (railway)

Registration is open. Please register and pay by using the registration system. In the registration system, select the type of room that you want for Friday and Saturday. Pick the mandatory cleaning fee and don't forget about the free social event.

Enter yourself here as well for travel coordination to and from the event. Deadline for registration is July 30th, 2018.

Developers are welcome to invite guests to attend the developer summit, subject to their tolerance for ceaseless hours of kernel-hacking and availability of space at the venue.

Note: the rooms will be available at 6pm on Friday. If you arrive early, you can spend the time either in the park or in the chimney room. Power outlets and Wifi are available.

There are only a limited number of rooms, mostly twin and 3 bed rooms. The following is a preliminary room list.

Coming soon