Maemo Summit 2009

Content will be the second most important aspect of the conference, after the social aspect of getting the Maemo community together.

DRAFT Schedule

• Friday 9: Schedule coordinated by Peter @ Maemo Devices
  • Focus: Maemo 5, Harmattan, and ecosystem
  • Audience: Maemo engaged users and developers, also open to newcomers.
  • Confirmed speakers:
  • Ari Jaaksi, VP, Nokia, Maemo Devices on "Maemo - yesterday, today, and tomorrow"

• Friday night PARTY coordinated by Jussi @ Maemo Devices.

• Saturday 10: Community driven agenda TBD
• Sunday 11: Community driven agenda TBD

DRAFT Principles for defining the schedule

• Defaulting to three tracks for Users (Transformatorhuis - big), App Developers (Machinegebow - medium) and Platform Developers (De Kapel - small). Exceptions can be made of course but the idea is that each profile should have a suggested session to go at any time.
• Keynotes and Lightning Sessions are organized in Transformatorhuis without other activities at the same time.
• The tiny lovely Oostelijk Meterhuis is available for longer sessions with 25 people or less e.g. a 2h workshop. De Kapel can also serve that purpose if needed.

Checklist

• 3 days for the conference
• Who will organise the schedule? A committee, the organiser, the council?
• Lightning talks - a great success last year, we should have them again
• Do we need a call for content?
• If we have a call for content, what is the schedule for proposals & acceptance?
• Themes? It seems like the core themes will be Fremantle & Harmattan
• Schedule - what's the best way to handle planning & putting the schedule online? Wiki again? Or another solution?
  • Having used it in the past, I really like Expectnation, although it's not free software

Timeline

• Decide on conference infrastructure and put it in place: ASAP
• Decide on process for getting content: ASAP
• Issue call for content if necessary: Mid June
• Deadline for content proposals: Mid July
• Presenters notified: Early August

Suggestions

I think that 2009 will be Fremantle year, so I expect a summit focused on:

• New technologies showcase (i.e., what can be done with clutter?)
• New hardware features

And I would add one or two roundtables to talk and discuss:

• What's next?
• What about past hardware? What about third party development?
• Would you like a Maemo App Store?

—jsmanrique