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
Akademy 2015 is announced to be taking place in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain from the 25th to 31st July
For more details see the announcement on the dot: A Coruña, Spain hosting Akademy 2015
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Talk Recordings Available Videos of all of the Akademy Talks are now available online to watch in your own time.
You can access them from the Schedule: https://akademy.kde.org/2014/conference-schedule From here, if you click on a talk, you will see that there are links (the videos are here) and files (the slides will be here if they have been uploaded).
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Akademy 2015 videos available Video recordings of the Akademy talks are now available in a low quality version to enable them to be released quickly. Higher quality version will be available later.
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Upcoming Event: 12 February 2021 at 17:00 UTC - Fireside Chat with Luis Falcon about MyGNUHealth
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If you are new to KDE & Akademy, you will first need a KDE identity Account
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How to contribute and jump start your career in Free Software with the KDE Community The event has ended. You can view the slides and recording.
Join us for a hybrid event, either online or in-person at the University of Macedonia in Greece.
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How to contribute and jump start your career in Free Software with the KDE Community This is a workshop on how you can make a difference in the world of free software by getting involved with the KDE Community. Learn about our vision and community structure and discover our impact on today's world. You will also hear from our community members on skill development, career growth, volunteering, and personal growth.
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Mockup of Akademy t-shirt front Pre-ordering is no longer available. However there will be a small number of t-shirts available for anyone who has not pre-ordered.
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Mockup of Akademy 2018 t-shirt by Jens Reuterberg Following on from previous years we have the option for buying an official Akademy 2018 t-shirt. Attendees can pre-order a t-shirt, pick it up at Akademy and pay a reduced price.
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