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 2024 by Akademy Team
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 2025 is a hybrid event, in Berlin, Germany & online from Saturday 6th - Thursday 11th September
Vienna from Kahlenberg by Clemens Pfeiffer After 2 days of talks and 2 1/2 days of BoF it's time to take your eyes away from the beautiful code that makes up our software and go to look at the beautiful city of Vienna from above. The daytrip of Akademy 2018 will lead us to Kahlenberg, a 484 m high hill. But don't worry, you don't need to hike up (except you want).
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This years daytrip will be to Lake Como, we will be leaving after the mornings BoFs etc.
Buses (free) will depart from near Milano Greco Pirelli Station at 1300 and drop you off at via dell'Imbarcadero in Varenna (near the ferries).
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DAY TRIP - Wed Oct 5 This years day trip will be to Montserrat massif after the mornings BoFs.
Register for Day Trip
Buses (free if you register for the day trip here will depart from Avinguda Diagonal with Carrer de John Maynard Keynes at 12:00 sharp (please be there at 11:50, it's a 10 minutes walk from the venue). It will be a black bus with "Almeda" written on it. The bus will drop you off at the parking lot of the Montserrat Abbey (~45 minutes of bus trip). It is recommended you get some sandwich or similar with you for lunch and of course some water :).
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Akademy E-Banners are here! This year's official banners for people going to #Akademy2023 were created by Andy B.
Feel free to use it in your blog posts, on your website, as a header image on your social media profiles, or wherever you want to promote Akademy and let people know you'll be attending!
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Although this year's Akademy is virtual, that is not stopping the fun! On the line-up for Akademy's social events is Escape Games. There will be 6 games times held in total during the conference.
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Barcelona is currently the second largest city in Spain, and the capital of Catalonia, with an history over 4.000 years. Barcelona offers a large variety of buildings, monuments, museums, beaches and so on...
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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:
UBahn (subway) Schnellbahn (city train) Straßenbahn (tramway) Autobus (city bus) Overview plan (includes UBahn & Schnellbahn): Plan
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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.
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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:
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