Developers Workshop 2008

This page is dedicated to the netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008

Page History
30.11.2007 cla: applied date change to May, 17-18th 2008, added information on booking rooms 09.08.2007 cla: Added first information on Place, Time, Booking etc. 11.07.2007 cla: Initial setup

What
The netlabs.org Developers Workshop one again is the hotspot and place to be to get all the latest news form and insights into the development community for the OS/2 and eComStation platform as well as for the Voyager Project, intending to build a successor to the current eComStation product. In 2008 the workshop is hosted and organized by Team OS/2 Ruhr e.V..

When & Where
This years workshop will be held from 17 to 18 May 2008 in the City Youth Hostel of the city of Düsseldorf, Germany (website currently available in german language only)

This Hostel is located right to the Rhine, and opposite the famous old town of Düsseldorf. Be prepared for a spectacular sight onto the Rhine from our conference room !

The hostel is also brand new, so you can expect a fine location on a high level standard, both for the conference room and the rooms for overnight stay.

Getting there
On the web site of the Youth hostel you can find a route description, but currently in german language only. We expect an english version to appear on this page by April 2008, but if that fails, we will add appropriate information to this page.

Right in front of the Youth hostel there is a bus stop - taking this you need to change the bus once to reach the city etc. 1km away there is a subway station with a direct link to the city, old town and main train station. Tickets for both Bus and Subway are sold at the reception of the Youth Hostel.

Workshop Services
The following Workshop services are provided at no charge


 * Internet Access / Wireless LAN
 * We will provide internet access over a secured Wireless LAN, so have your WLAN-equipped notebook ready. As a fallback, we may also provide cabled access, of course.
 * Internet appearance / Taking part remotely
 * The workshop will present itself again via life stream. If possible, we will provide video streaming, otherwise it will at least be audio streaming.
 * The presentations will be made available online shortly before being held.

Stay at the Youth Hostel
First of all, you can for sure stay at the Youth Hostel itself for reasonable prices.

Compared with other youth hostels we visited with Warpstock Europe, due to the little age of the building the rooms are of very good quality.

Important:
 * we have reserved 15 double-bed rooms, which need to be booked before 21th of March, 2008. After that deadline it cannot be guaranteed that you can still book a room.
 * when booking, make sure to specify the reservation id 47015 or the event name netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008, otherwise you have to become a member of the german Youth Hostel Association (Deutsches Jugendherbergswerk) and pay an extra fee of ca. €20,- pP. for that. While this may be of great use for you otherwise, this is not necessary for to stay at this Youth Hostel for this workshop.

The hostel (from November 2007 on) offers
 * 25 2-bed rooms
 * 54 4-bed rooms
 * 17 6-bed rooms
 * Bistro
 * Internet Terminal ;-)
 * 54 garage parking lots
 * 1 cellar for bicycles

Prices for bed and breakfast (don't book lunch !) are
 * € 40,60 single bed room
 * € 30,50 2-bed room
 * € 24,30 4 or -6-bed room

Hotels
Soon we will add further information on hotels nearby.

Costs
This event is a great gathering and is being organized for the fourth time now by volunteers. We try to keep costs as low as possible, but we can't make it for free, unless you are a student! Also speakers do not need to pay for attending the workshop.

Workshop Fee / Online Registration
We will soon setup online registration via Mensys for the following options:


 * netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008, Saturday and Sunday: € 45,-
 * netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008, one day: €25,-
 * netlabs.org Developers Workshop 2008, students: Free

We would like to ask you to register as early as possible, so that we can provide appropriate room for all of us in the Youth Hostel. While students need not to pay, but are required to register, speakers do neither need to pay nor to register.

Lunch / Dinner
The following meals are already included in the workshop fee
 * 2 coffee breaks including fruits, Sandwiches, Coffe, Tea, Cacao and Cake
 * lunch buffet

Please understand that these meals cannot be excluded from the Workshop fee, as they are integral part of the offer of the Youth Hostel that we book.

At a later point of time we will include further information on the lunch on this page.

Please note: For those who would like to have dinner at the Youth Hostel as well, can access the dinner buffet for a fee of € 5,- pP. and evening.

Schedule
We started to collect presentations for the workshop already, and would welcome very much any offer for a presentations. If your offer is of interest and fits into the schedule, we will publish it asap. in exactly this section. Moreover, please note that accepted speakers will neither need to pay the Workshop fee nor to register, but only to take care for the overnight stay ;-). Please send your offers to: [mailto:dws2008@teamruhr.de dws2008@teamruhr.de]

Presentations
Within this section we will offer the presentations online, shortly before they are being held during the workshop.

Something missing ?
This page is under construction. If you are looking for information which is not listed yet or have information that might be of interest to others then please mail us at: [mailto:dws2008@teamruhr.de dws2008@teamruhr.de]