XDC 2018: getting ready

Posted by Samuel Iglesias on September 15, 2018

XDC 2018 is going to happen in the Computer Science Faculty of University of Coruña, in the city of A Coruña, Spain during the last week of September, from Wednesday 26th to Friday 28th. This is a 3-day conference full of talks about all the technologies about free software graphics stack covering different topics like graphics driver development, testing and benchmarking, DRM, X, virtualization… Check the schedule for more info.

As member of the organization team, I’m proud to announce that there are several surprises for the attendees :-)

  • Tuesday: welcome party, sponsored by Igalia. Traditionally, XDC organizes a networking event the day before the conference, in order to meet each other and share some drinks and food together. This year, the welcome party is going to happen at the Breen’s Tavern, Praza Maria Pita, 24, A Coruña, from 19:00 to 23:00. There will be beverages and food for free for registered attendees thanks to Igalia :-) There will be a registration desk there too.

  • Wednesday: guided tour and stand-up dinner, sponsored by Igalia. This is the first time XDC is happening in A Coruña, which is where Igalia’s headquarters are located. Igalia wants to show the city to the attendees so they can discover the hidden gems it has! There will be a bus waiting in front of the venue and will take us to the city center, where the 2-hour guided tour (in English) will start. After that, we will head to Rectorado UDC where the stand-up dinner is going to happen. The stand-up dinner is a kind of dinner where there are no chairs but only tables with food on them, facilitating chit-chatting among the attendees :-) Again, this two events are for free for registered attendees thanks to Igalia.

  • Saturday: sightseeing activity in Santiago de Compostela. Another XDC tradition is sightseeing activity for the attendees that are staying on Saturday. We are going to visit the city of Santiago de Compostela, Do you want to know more about the Way of Saint James? Walk through the old town which was designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site? We will meet in A Coruña’s train stationat 9:30, to take a train to Santiago. There, we will do a guided tour visiting the relevant parts of the old town, have lunch there and spend free time together during the afternoon until we come back by train around 18:00. The organization asks for 20 EUR to buy the train tickets and to book the guided tour, but the lunch is not included. If you want to attend it, just notify it in the registration desk at the venue.

  • Conference days: lunches are sponsorized by X.Org Foundation. This year, the X.Org Foundation is sponsoring the lunches for all the registered attendees in order to facilitate networking, discussions and spend more time together talking about free software instead of going far away for having lunch. We booked space in the nearest canteen of the campus (see itinerary) where the daily menu will be for free for registered attendees. Thanks X.Org Foundation!

The organization team wants also to help attendees. If you have any food allergy, dietary restriction or something else that we should know in advance, please contact us as soon as possible, either by xdc2018@gpul.org or at the registration desk.

See you at X.org Developer’s Conference 2018!