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
Sponsorship Opportunities A big thank you to our sponsors who help to make this event happen! There are still sponsorship opportunities available. If you are interested, please see Sponsoring Akademy for more information, including valuable sponsor benefits.
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Sponsorship Opportunities A big thank you to our sponsors who help to make this event happen! There are still sponsorship opportunities available. If you are interested, please see Sponsoring Akademy for more information, including valuable sponsor benefits.
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Did you enjoy the stickers included as a gift in last year’s Akademy T-Shirt orders? Do you have ideas for what some of the stickers could look like this year?
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Did you enjoy the stickers included as a gift in previous year’s Akademy T-Shirt orders? Do you have ideas for what some of the stickers could look like this year?
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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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Würzburg is home to some historic buildings that are worth visiting.
The Würzburger Residenz was built by the prince-bishops of Würzburg to live in, after leaving the castle. Together with the Hofgarten (the park behind the palace), it is a world heritage site widely known for containing one of the largest frescoes in the world. It is home to several museums and can be visited daily. There are daily guided tours in German and English.
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Local buses Public transport in A Coruña is provided by Tranvías Coruña, with 23 lines during the day. If you want to go somewhere at night, you only have one bus line (BUHO) on friday and saturday nights, every hour from city center.
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Akademy attracts people from around the world. Travel and accommodation are important considerations for the Akademy Team and for people who are attending Akademy. The first part of July is busy in Bilbao; there is a big music festival taking place from 11-13 July. We strongly encourage you to plan your trip to Akademy 2013 and book your hotel as soon as possible.
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