Developers Workshop 2005
The OS/2 and eComStation Developers Workshop 2005 will be held on the weekend of 09. and 10. July 2005 in Dresden, Germany.
News Items
01 Mar 2005 Added the first three presentations
28 Feb 2005 Added some hotels to the accomodation section
26 Feb 2005 First travel information available
25 Feb 2005 Added some information about registration, program and location
22 Feb 2005 Initial website online, the old one used to prepare the workshop is here
Registration
Registration will most likely be through Mensys. It is not yet clear how much will be charged, as we do not know yet what will be included in the registration fee. In the survey that we did before announcing the workshop, almost all participants agreed that paying a bit more to have some developers from eastern Europe participating is OK.
We are currently trying to get a VISA for at least one developer from the Ukraine.
We promise to explain to the last EURO how the registration money is spend and how the registration fee was calculated. We are not trying to make any money with this workshop!
Workshop Program
We will be offering short "introduction to a topic" style sessions as well as larger "detailed information" sessions. We are currently in the process of creating the workshop program.
If you want to participate actively, and have an interesting topic to present, please contact:
DevelopersWorkshop [at] netlabs.org
The following presentations are already sheduled:
| Sebastian Wittmeier | Porting X Applications to PM with Everblue |
| Alexandr Cherkaev | Creating an OS/2 IEEE 1394 - Firewire driver |
| Jan van Wijk | Developing cross-platform text-based applications in C using the OpenWatcom compiler on OS/2 |
Workshop Location
The workshop will be held in the beautiful city of Dresden, Germany. Here are a few pictures of Dresden:
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The workshop itself will be held in the Willers-Bau, a building of the Dresden University of Technology. The university campus is located close to the center, just 5 minutes by bus or tram.
More information on the workshop facility, accommodation and travel will follow!
Getting to Dresden
By Train
Dresden can be reached by train very easy. The following table shows the travel time by train from some european cities to Dresden:
| Berlin | 2 hours |
| Bern | 8 hours 40 minutes |
| Brussels | roughly 8 hours |
| Budapest | 9 to 10 hours |
| Frankfurt a.M. | 4 hours 30 minutes |
| Hamburg | 4 hours 20 minutes |
| Leipzig | 1 hour 20 minutes |
| Munich | roughly 7 hours |
| Prague | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Vienna | 7 to 8 hours |
| Warsaw | 8 to 10 hours |
For more information please visit http://www.bahn.de.
By Car
Dresden can be reached by car! :-)
By Plane
Dresden has an airport with a large number of national and some international connections. If there is no direct flight from your city, a connection via Frankfurt a.M., Munich, Leipzig or Berlin is usually available.
Flying to Leipzig or Berlin Schoenefeld is particularily attractive, as there are direct train connections from those airports to Dresden.
Cheap flight to Dresden are currently available from:
| Airline | From | URL |
| DBA | Munich | http://www.flydba.com |
| Germanwings | Stuttgart | http://www.germanwings.com/ |
| Germanwings | Cologne-Bonn | http://www.germanwings.com/ |
Accomodation
4-star Hotel
Mercure Newa Dresden - http://www.mercure.com/mercure/fichehotel/gb/mer/1577/fiche_hotel.shtml
The Mercure Newa Dresden is also located in the city center, and the conference location can be reached by tram in about 4 minutes. (just 3 stops)
2-to-3-star Hotels
Ibis Dresden Königstein - link
Ibis Dresden Lilienstein - link
Ibis Dresden Bastei - link
Ibis operates three hotels in Dresden. All are located next to each other and very close to the Mercure Newa Dresden and the city center. The conference location can be reached in about 4 minutes. (same route as from the Mercure Newa Dresden)
Youth Hostel Style:
City-Herberge Dresden - http://city-herberge.de/
The City-Herberge is right in the center of Dresden. The conference location can be reached by tram in about 5 minutes.(5 stops)
Gallery
No images yet.
Contact
If you have comments or want further information about the workshop, you can always reach us by sending an eMail to:
DevelopersWorkshop [at] netlabs.org
Robert Henschel is mainly responsible for organizing the workshop.