Akademy 2017 

Civitas This year's recommended accommodation is Residencia Civitas (Promotional Video). Civitas is a students dormitory with enough space for all Akademy attendees. Single room: 32.75 € per night, breakfast included 42.10 € per night, breakfast and evening dinner included Read More

KDE is dedicated to providing an enjoyable Akademy experience for everyone. As a community, we value and respect all people, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ability, shape, size or preferred desktop environment. We will not tolerate vilification, abuse or harassment in any form. Read More

The 2017 CfP has now closed and is no longer accepting submissions Akademy is the KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE or Qt, this is your chance to present your work and ideas at the Conference from 22nd-27th July in Almería, Spain. The days for talks are Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd July. The rest of the week will be BoFs, unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Akademy is organized by KDE e.V. To contact the Akademy organizing team, please email The Akademy Team. For other matters, contact the KDE e.V. Board. The IRC channel for the event is #akademy on freenode or via our Akademy Attendees Telegram group which are bridged together. You are welcome to sit in the channel or just pop in and ask questions. You may not always get a quick answer as the channel is not monitored constantly so please stick around for an answer.

Day Morning Afternoon Evening Thu 20th Akademy-es Fri 21st KDE e.V. AGM (eV members only) Akademy-es 20:00 - Welcome Party at Civitas (food & drinks) Sat 22nd Main Talks Sun 23rd Main Talks Mon 24th BoFs, Workshops & Meetings Tue 25th BoFs, Workshops & Meetings Wed 26th BoFs, Workshops & Meetings Daytrip Thu 27th BoFs, Workshops & Meetings Fri 28th Conference finished with most attendees leaving today or doing tourist activities

Sponsorship Brochure By sponsoring this event, you will receive substantial exposure and reach top technical people from around the world. We expect around 200 attendees, including Free Software professionals and enthusiasts such as developers, translators, designers, and other community members, company representatives, journalists, students and educators from around the world. Read More

Sponsorship Opportunities A big thank you to our sponsors who help to make this event happen! There are still sponsorship opportunities. If you are interested, please see Sponsoring Akademy 2017 for more information, including valuable sponsor benefits. Read More

Almería Airport (LEI) Almería Airport has frequent connections to Madrid (Iberia) and almost daily ones to Barcelona (Vueling). It also has flights to other European airports such as London–Gatwick, Amsterdam, Brussels, etc. Read More

Map OpenStreetMap link Auditorio (red square between Aulario I and Aulario II) We will have the rooms of track 1 here. Aulario IV We will have the rooms of track 2 in the room named "Salón de Grados". The registration will be in the hall. The BoFs will be in several rooms in this building. The KDE e.V. AGM will also be in the room named "Salón de Grados". Read More