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Akademy 

Akademy is the annual world summit of KDE, one of the largest Free Software communities in the world. It is a free, non-commercial event organized by the KDE Community.

Akademy 2022
by Akademy Team Creative Commons License

The conference is expected to draw hundreds of attendees from the global KDE Community to discuss and plan the future of the Community and its technology. Many participants from the broad free and open source software community, local organizations and software companies will also attend.

Akademy features a 2-day conference with presentations on the latest KDE developments, followed by 4 days of workshops, Birds of a Feather (BoF) and coding sessions. It is an opportunity to meet key KDE contributors, learn about the latest features and enjoy the great atmosphere. You will meet developers, artists, translators, upstream and downstream maintainers, users, and free and open software industry leaders from all over the world.

Akademy 2024 is a hybrid event, in Würzburg, Germany & online from Saturday 7th - Thursday 12th September

Getting around in Vienna

The best ways to get around in Vienna are public transport, bike and walking. Public transport The public transport system in Vienna consists of the following transport methods: Read More

Getting around Milan

Effective from the 15th July 2019, a new Integrated Fare System (STIBM) will come into force replacing the previous Integrated Fare System of the Milanese Area (SITAM). We invite you to look at New Integrated Fare System page. Read More

Getting around Thessaloniki

Bus lines to/from the venue, University of Macedonia (https://oasth.gr/en) The University of Macedonia is conveniently located in the city centre, with the following bus stops in 2’ min walking distance: Read More

Getting around Würzburg

Puclic transport in Würzburg consists of trams and buses. Tickets can be bought from machines or from the bus driver. Machines are generally available at every tram stop and a few bus stops. Please note that you will need cash in order to buy a ticket from the bus driver. Alternatively you can use the FAIRTIQ app to buy tickets. Compared to other public transport providers in Germany it's not possible to use the DB app to buy a ticket instead it will you offer the much more expensive Bayernticket. Read More

How to get to the venue

From Rialta From city center From train station From bus station By car From the airport From Rialta You can use Rialta bus which stops in front of Computer Science Faculty. You can walk (about 20 mins) Show map By car (about 10 mins) Show map From city center You can take E Universidade or UDC (depending on the bus) bus line which stops in front of Computer Science Faculty. Frequency on July: From 7:40 to 15:00 every 10 minutes. From 15:00 to 23:00 every 20 minutes. Read More

How to Join

Interact & Watch the Talks Use the button above to enter the Akademy space on KDE's Matrix event platform. Read More

I'm going to Akademy banners

Use these banners to promote Akademy on your websites, blogs, social media headers, or any other platform. There are three different sizes to choose from. If you decide to use the banners, it would be great if you could link them to the Akademy website to help attract more visitors. Read More

KDE Merchandise

Normally at Akademy we have a wide range of KDE and related merchandise available from Freewear to purchase at the info desk With this year being online you can still order from freewear.org/kde Read More