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+title: XMPP Summit 27
+date: 2024-11-05
+author: XMPP Standards Foundation
+categories: ["XMPP Summit", "FOSDEM"]
+---
+
+The XMPP Standards Foundation (XSF) will hold its 27th XMPP Summit in Brussels, Belgium this year again!
+These are the two days preceding [FOSDEM 2025](https://fosdem.org/2025/).
+The XSF invites everyone interested in development of the XMPP protocol to attend, and discuss all things XMPP in person and remote!
+
+### The Summit
+
+The XMPP Summit is a two day event for the people who write and implement [XMPP extensions (XEPs)](https://xmpp.org/extensions/).
+The event is not a conference and besides small and short lightning talks there are no long presentations.
+The participants, where everyone is welcome, are sitting at a round table to discuss and active participation is encouraged.
+Similar to an _unconference_ at the beginning all participants can suggest topics and others can indicate via votes whether or not they are interested in that topic. 
+Afterwards a rough order of topics is established that will be followed in moderation with the participants.
+
+If you have ever followed a thread on the [standards mailing list](https://xmpp.org/community/mailing-lists/) or participated in a discussion on the [public XSF channel](https://xmpp.org/community/chat/) you should be familiar with this, now only in person.
+The different topics are broken up by short breaks that are great for networking and getting to know other XMPP developers.
+Still, if you cannot participate, we will also provide an online way of joining the discussion.
+
+Agreeing on a common strategy or even establishing a rough priority for certain features in our decentral and interoperable technology and protocol can be hard.
+In-person events do a lot in getting us on the same page and as an XMPP developer (e.g. client, server, gateway) we strongly encourage you to come to the summit.
+(Info: To get the most out of the summit you should have a background in reading (and maybe even writing) XEPs). If you are simply an enthusiastic user or admin we regularly have booths at various conferences (FOSDEM, CLT, FrOSCon, …) that are a great opportunity to meet us, too.
+
+If we gained your attention, we will then hopefully see you at the XMPP Summit 27. Read on!
+
+### Time & Address
+
+The venue will take place at the Thon Hotel EU including coffee break (from 09:00 o'clock) and lunch (13:00 to 14:00 o'clock) paid by the XSF in the hotel restaurant.
+
+Date: Thursday 30th - Friday 31st, January 2025
+Time: 09:00 - 17:00 o'clock (CET) (both days)
+
+[Thon Hotel EU](https://www.thonhotels.com/de/hotels/belgien/brussel/thon-hotel-eu/)  
+Room: Germany  
+Wetstraat / Rue de la Loi 75  
+1040 Brussels  
+[Openstreetmap](https://osm.org/go/0EoS9cWe0?layers=N&m=)
+
+Furthermore, the XSF will have its Summit Dinner on Thursday night which is paid for all participating XSF members.
+Everyone else is of course invited to participate, however at their own expense.
+Please reach out if you are participating as a non-member (see list below).
+
+### Participation
+
+**So that we can make final arrangements with the hotel, you must register before Wednesday 15th January 2025!**
+
+Please note that, although we welcome everyone to join, you must announce your attendance beforehand, as the venue is not publicly accessible.
+If you're interested in attending, please make yourself known by filling out your details on the [wiki page for Summit 27](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27).
+To edit the page, reach out to an XSF member to enter and update your details or you'll need a wiki account, which we'll happily provide for you.
+Reach out via communication below listed.
+When you sign-up please book the accomodation and your travel.
+Please also unsign if you will not attend anymore.
+
+Please also consider signing up if you plan to:
+
+- present in the [Lightning talks or Show-and-Tell](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27#Show-and-tell)
+- [remote participate](https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27#Remote_Participation)
+
+### Communication
+
+To ensure you receive all the relevant information, updates and announcements about the event, make sure that you're signed up to the [Summit mailing list](https://mail.jabber.org/mailman/listinfo/summit) and the [Summit chatroom](xmpp:summit@muc.xmpp.org?join) ([Webview](/chat#converse/room?jid=xsf@muc.xmpp.org)).
+
+Spread the word also via our communication channels such as [Mastodon](https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp) and [Twitter](https://twitter.com/xmpp).
+
+### Sponsors
+
+We would like to thank [Isode](https://www.isode.com/) for sponsoring the XMPP Summit again.
+
+We also would like to thank [Alexander Gnauck](https://xmppdotnet.org/) for sponsoring the XSF Dinner again.
+
+Also many thanks to [Daniel Gultsch](https://gultsch.de/) investing time and resources to help organising the event again!
+
+We appreciate support via sponsoring or even [XSF sponsorship](https://xmpp.org/community/sponsorship/) so that we can keep the event open and accessible for everyone. If you are interested, please contact the [XSF Board](https://xmpp.org/contact/).
+
+We are really excited seeing many people already signing up. Looking forward to meeting all of you!
+
+The XMPP Standards Foundation