As development of a new release of Ubuntu begins, Canonical sponsor a developer summit to gather Ubuntu developers from around the world together for a week long summit to help shape and scope the next release of our beloved distribution. While open to the public, the summit is an intense, focused and developer-oriented event, and participants should be prepared for this. If you are ready for the challenge, the summit provides a great place to talk to core Ubuntu developers. The summit is not a conference, exhibition or other audience-oriented event, but an opportunity for Ubuntu developers, who usually collaborate online, to work together in person on specific tasks.

The way it works is pretty simple. Small groups of developers participate in short (45-60 minute) BOF sessions where a single project is discussed, and then document the outcome of the discussion in the form of a written specification. These specifications are used as the basis for planning the subsequent work of developing a new release of Ubuntu, as described in FeatureSpecifications and TimeBasedReleases.

The Details

• What: Ubuntu Developer Summit

• Where: Google, Mountain View, California

• When: Sunday 5th to Friday 10th November 2006

• Who: Everyone is welcome! (but remember this is a hands-on, technical, working session)

• Directions/Map: [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1600+Amphitheatre+Parkway,+Mountain+View,+CA+94043+ Google map]

Schedule

As we get closer to the conference, a schedule of work and activities will be organised. You will be able to access this schedule here.

To learn how you can participate without being there, see the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView/Participate participate] page.

How to Attend

All core Ubuntu developers will be in attendance and anyone else who is interested or involved in Ubuntu is welcome to attend as well. You'll be collaborating with the lead developers and helping to define the concrete deliverables that make up the coming months of work.

While the developer summit is open, we do need to have an idea of who is going to be coming so we can plan the space requirements.

If you plan on attending, [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView/Attendees add your details here]

Sponsorship

We will be providing sponsorship of some participants to the event, but sponsorship is limited. If you would like to apply, add yourself to the [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView/Sponsorship Sponsorship Requests] page.

Getting There

The closest available airports are San Francisco and San Jose. From these airports you can use the following directions to travel here by road:

From San Francisco Airport and Points North:

• Merge onto US-101 SOUTH
• Take the RENGSTORFF AVE/AMPHITHEATRE PKWY exit
• Turn right on AMPHITHEATRE PKWY and drive over highway
• Turn right onto CHARLESTON ROAD Drive past Landings Drive
• Turn left into driveway at the "Google" sign at ALTA AVENUE

From San Jose Airport and Points South:

• Merge onto US-101 NORTH
• Take the AMPHITHEATRE PKWY exit
• Turn right onto CHARLESTON ROAD Drive past Landings Drive
• Turn left into driveway at the "Google" sign at ALTA AVENUE

Questions

If you have any queries, add them here.

Pictures from the Summit

Photos will be posed as the summit is happening. Stay tuned!