All: The organizers of Community Over Code North America have announced today[1] the opening of registration for the event. Formerly known as ApacheCon, Community Over Code is the flagship event of the ASF, showcasing content from many of the project communities at the ASF. Community Over Code North America will be held at the Halifax Convention Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia October 7-10, 2023.
This year, Community Over Code will feature four days of sessions, with tracks focusing on Search, Big Data, Cassandra, Community, Financial Tech, Geospatial, Internet of Things, Community, Geospatial, Cassandra, Financial Tech, Search, and many other topics. Each evening will also feature Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions, where communities will have an opportunity for freeform discussion and planning around our various projects. Early bird registration is available from now until July 31, 2023 for US$500 per attendee, a savings of US$250. After that, regular registration for the event will be US$750 until September 21. Late registration begins on September 22, at US$850. Apache committers can register for US$250. If you want to take advantage of this, please use the following steps: 1. When starting the registration process, please use your apache.org email address with your personal information. 2. Select the Committer category. 3. Enter this code to apply a discount to get the price to US$250: *CCNACOMMIT23* *Note*: *If you have applied to be a speaker, you should wait until notification that your talk was accepted before registering. This way you won't have to go through the refund process.* Registered attendees can take advantage of discounted rooms at hotels near the venue. To view all registration rates, deadlines, and room block information, visit the event’s Registration page[2]. *Call for Proposals* Speakers who can address content spanning ASF projects, open source governance, community, or software development are encouraged to submit a proposal. The call for presentations[3] is open now through July 13, 2023. *Event Sponsorship* For organizations interested in sponsoring Community Over Code, visit the Community Over Code Sponsorship page[4]. *Travel Assistance* The ASF Travel Assistance Committee (TAC) provides financial aid to members of the open source community who are interested in attending a Community Over Code event but face financial hardships that make attending difficult or impossible. Applications for Community Over Code North America are being accepted until July 22, 2023. For more information, please read the latest blog[5]. To apply, visit https://tac-apply.apache.org/. Thanks, BKP [1] https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/apache-software-foundation-opens-registration-for-community-over-code-north-america [2] https://communityovercode.org/registration/ [3] https://communityovercode.org/call-for-presentations/ [4] https://communityovercode.org/sponsors/ [5] https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/how-to-apply-for-travel-assistance-for-community-over-code-2023-events Brian Proffitt VP, Marketing & Publicity Co-organizer, Community Over Code Member, Apache Software Foundation Member, Apache Community Development & Incubator PMCs Red Hat Open Source Program Office
