This year, Flock will be held from Thursday, June 7th to Saturday, June 9th at the Vienna House by Wyndham, Anděl in Prague, Czech Republic.

At-a-glance details about the Flock 2025 CfP:

• CfP Opens: January 23rd 2025
• CfP Closes: February 23rd 2025
• Formats: Sessions, workshops, and panels are acceptable. Extra preference is given to workshops with audience participation and engagement.
• Topics: See the tracks and themes below!
• Openness to alternative topics: If your idea does not fit into the themes but you feel that it belongs at Flock, submit it and the reviewers will give it fair consideration.
• Our audience: Flock is the Fedora contributor conference. These are people who help with contributions to our project. Sales pitches and commercial products are not well-received.
• Code of Conduct: The Fedora Code of Conduct applies to both our in-person and virtual spaces. Speakers are expected to accept the Fedora Code of Conduct as a condition making a proposal.
• Financial assistance: If you cannot afford the cost of travel to Flock, Fedora may be able to help. See the questions toward the end of the CfP about financial assistance.

All submissions will choose from the following Tracks & Themes highlighted below:

Tracks

1. General: The usual main track of Flock. Everything and anything to do with the Fedora contributor community. Presentations, talks, workshops, and more.
2. CentOS & Friends: A dedicated track for the CentOS community and other downstream friends. This focuses more to an Enterprise Linux audience, including topics about EPEL.
3. Mentor Summit: Mentor Summit programming focuses on workshops and sessions to promote mentorship best practices and to connect mentors and mentees across the Fedora community.

Themes

1. Empowering Collaboration: Tools and Practices for Fedora's Future: Dive into the tools, workflows, ecosystems and practices that enable Freedom and Features in the Fedora Project. Topics can include the upcoming Git forge change, discussion related to bug tracking systems, communication platforms, building strong community teams, the power of community driven development and project management that drives Fedora’s collaborative efforts.
2. Welcoming New Voices: Pathways for Fedora Contributors: Grow our community of Friendship with an inclusive and welcoming space for new and current contributors. These workshops and talks should focus on beginner-friendly, hands-on sessions to introduce newcomers and long-time community members to the advanced topics of contributing to the Fedora project.
3. Driving Innovation: Fedora and Emerging Technologies: Embrace First by exploring the technologies shaping Fedora’s future. Topics can be related to IoT, containers, AI/ML, edge computing, RISC-V, and other advancements that align with Fedora’s commitment to innovation.

If you are not sure whether your talk topic fits with the above themes, please do submit it anyway! We love to hear about all the ways people are working in Fedora. You can also email the flock-staff@fedoraproject.org for assistance on your submission

See the Flock 2025 announcement for more details about the venue and registration. The website will be updated soon with additional details about the location and hotel reservation block.

Need help? Email flock-staff@fedoraproject.org for questions or other help about the CFP.

You can enter proposals until 2025-02-23 23:59 (UTC), 1 week, 6 days from now.