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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
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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

Call for Papers

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

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE or Qt, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will take place in Vienna, Austria, from Saturday 11th to Friday 17th of August, 2018. The talks will be held on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th. The rest of the week will be Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE or Qt, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will take place in Milan, Italy, from Saturday 7th to Friday 13th of September, 2019. The talks will be held on Saturday the 7th and Sunday the 8th of September. The rest of the week will be Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will take place online from Friday the 18th to Friday the 25th of June, 2021. Training sessions will be held on Friday the 18th of June and the talks will be held on Saturday the 19th, Sunday the 20th, and half of Friday the 25th of June. The rest of the week (Monday - Friday) will be Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will take place in Barcelona, Spain from Saturday 1st to Friday the 7th of October, 2022. Our preference is for talks to be in person. However, we will also accept remote talks. The talks will be held on Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd (CEST daytime). The rest of the week (Monday - Friday) will be dedicated to Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will be held at the University of Macedonia (UoM) in Thessaloniki, Greece. The talks will be held on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of July (EEST daytime). The rest of the week (Monday - Friday) will be dedicated to Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will be held at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg. The talks will be held on Saturday, September 7th, and Sunday, September 8th. (CET daytime). The rest of the week (Monday - Thursday) will be dedicated to Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), trainings, unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. It will be held at the Technische Universität in Berlin, Germany. The talks will be held on September 6th and 7th. The rest of the week will be dedicated to Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), trainings, unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call for Participation (Now Closed)

Akademy is the annual KDE Community conference. If you are working on topics relevant to KDE, this is your chance to present your work and ideas to the KDE community at large. Akademy 2020 will take place online from Friday the 4th to Friday the 11th of September 2020. Training sessions will be held on Friday the 4th of September and the talks will be held on Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of September. The rest of the week (Monday - Friday) will be Birds-of-a-Feather meetings (BoFs), unconference sessions and workshops. Read More

Call For Volunteers

Are you attending Akademy 2014 in Brno? Help make it unforgettable, and get an exclusive Akademy 2014 t-shirt in the bargain. Please consider being a volunteer. Help is needed for various tasks. Training is provided where needed or requested. Read More