DebConf18 starts today in Hsinchu

DebConf18, the 19th annual
Debian Conference, is taking place in Hsinchu, Taiwan
from July 29th to August 5th, 2018.

Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at
National Chiao Tung University, Microelectronics and Information Research Center (NCTU MIRC)
during the preceding week for DebCamp (focused on individual work
and team sprints for in-person collaboration developing Debian),
and the Open Day on July 28th (with presentations and workshops
of interest to a wide audience).

Today the main conference starts with over 300 attendants
and 118 activities scheduled,
including 45- and 20-minute talks and team meetings,
workshops, a job fair, talks from invited speakers,
as well as a variety of other events.

The full schedule at
https://debconf18.debconf.org/schedule/
is updated every day, including activities planned ad-hoc
by attendees during the whole conference.

If you want to engage remotely, you can follow the
video streaming available from the DebConf18 website
of the events happening in the three talk rooms:
Yushan (玉山) (the main auditorium), Xueshan (雪山), and Zhongyangjianshan (中央尖山),
or join the conversation about what is happening
in the talk rooms:
#debconf18-y,
#debconf18-x and
#debconf18-z
(all those channels in the OFTC IRC network).

DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
See the DebConf Code of Conduct
and the Debian Code of Conduct for more details on this.

Debian thanks the commitment of numerous sponsors
to support DebConf18, particularly our Platinum Sponsor
Hewlett Packard Enterprise.