FOSDEM 2022: Support for speakers

Events Conferences
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For speakers - FOSDEM organisers have released this speakers manual to help new speakers

I’ve extracted the most useful information, as of today, 2022-02-01T23:00:00Z, for speakers. I hope this helps.

Speaker Q&A sessions

Your Q&A session will follow your pre-recorded video, you need to be online, logged into the Matrix chat (more information below) for this time.

As an example - if your timeslot is 10:00 - 10:30 - your video will be played out over the stream from 10am. There will be an associated text chatroom where the speaker, host and audience can talk. This means any questions can be answered directly whilst the video plays.

When the video completes, for example at 10:25 minutes, 30 seconds later, the live stream will automatically switch over to a live video room with the speaker and speaker point of contact.
(For Open Source Design devroom speakers you’ve already received an email from @ei8fdb and @Erioldoesdesign introducing you to your Speaker Point Of Contact)

The speaker host will lead a live Q&A/discussion on video, asking questions that have been upvoted in the text chat or asking questions of their own, clarifying anything that may not have been clear.

Just before the 10:30 close of the session, the live stream will end and if any of the audience want to continue the Q&A/discussion, they will be directed to the right place to go do that.

Think of it as a “hallway” contiuation of the conference room Q&A. After the talk closes at 10:30, and the next one begins, you can continue with your extended Q&A in a more open, informal fashion than during the session itself.

Matrix Real-time chat

The Matrix chat platform has been selected for the real-time organisers chat during the event. FOSDEM have released an article explaining the rationale here.

[For XMPP/Jabber users: a bridge is lso available]

Devroom organisers/host/moderators will need to join the chat through one of these connected channels on the day to process Q&A and communicate with FOSDEM staff.

Hosts and coordinators, and all speakers must ensure they have a host and a coordinator to support their talk. [Open Source Design speakers have been introduced to yours already! If you don’t know who they are ask @ei8fdb or @Erioldoesdesign]

Speakers, devroom managers and hosts can see the events you are listed against at the ‘Own Events’ link and upload videos will be available here.

Please make sure that hosts and coordinators are not taking part in a talk before or after your own – otherwise there could be problems with overlap during Q&A sessions outside of the presentation time.
Remember, your Q&A can continue in a separate live video conference after your talk has ended.

Further support