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Early Bird Events

Join the MeeGo Conference Early Bird events in Dublin on November 13th and 14th, right before the MeeGo Conference begins. This is an informal event handled by skilled people and anyone can get involved. The events will be held at the D4 Hotels, next to the Aviva Stadium. Signup is free but required for planning purposes. Details about the events, planning for the events and volunteer opportunities are located on the MeeGo Early Bird Event wiki page.

Saturday, November 13

  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Hackathon: hacking on various Maemo/MeeGo projects, working on small groups.
  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Linux Developer Tools: If you want to brush up on developer tools including git, gdb and Valgrind, or if you have never used them before and want to get started, this is the session for you.
  • 17:00 - 18:30 - Maker's Contest (after workshops, with beer): Small teams will have an hour to build a bridge with 100 lollipop sticks, which can span a 40cm gap, and withstand as much weight as possible. Prizes will be awarded for prettiest and strongest bridges.

Sunday, November 14

  • 10:00 - 13:00 - UX experts: Hands-on application design / bring your own UIs (mock-ups or existing apps) for review and discussion - leading: Tim Samoff, support: Thomas Perl
  • 10:00 - 13:00 - Introduction to Qt: An introduction to the Qt toolkit for developers who do not know anything about it - leading: Kevin Ottens
  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Hands-on Qt: People will pick a project from the proposed list and will work in groups of 4-5 persons with the help of Qt experts - leading: Kevin Ottens
  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Getting started with MeeGo on ARM: Go from bare laptop to working MeeGo on ARM development environment with a sample application in 3 hours - leading: Bob Spencer
  • 14:00 - 17:00 - Geocache treasure hunt: A GPS-based treasure hunt around the streets of Dublin 4, in a hunt for a hidden treasure - leading: Till Harbaum
  • 17:30 - 19:30 - Werewolf Games: no prior experience needed - strategy & mind games, over beers - leading Dawn Foster

You can more details about the Early Bird events by visiting the wiki.