About the conference

The 13th International conference of developers and users of free/open source software, Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe (LVEE 2017), will be held near Grodno from 22 June to 25 June 2017. The event combines both communication and rest of the enthusiasts of free software, including GNU/Linux platform, but not limited to it.

LVEE 2017 is organised by Minsk Linux Users Group with support of the open source community active members from other cities. Recommended Conference languages are Russian, Belarusian and English.

5 June is the deadline for abstracts submission. All proposals must be submitted before that date to be evaluated for the official schedule.

11 June is the deadline for participation requests.

Conference format mainly includes oral presentations and lightning talks, while round table discussions, workshops, and code-sprints are also possible. Speakers will be provided with a conference hall with all necessary equipment.

The abstracts will be put on-line before the conference, with multimedia materials (slides and video of presentations) following later on. The printed abstracts digest of the conference will be available before the conference begins.

Presentations topics include development and maintenance of free software, adoption and administration of FOSS-based solutions, making business based on open technologies, peculiarities of free licenses. The conference covers a wide range of platforms, from workstations and servers to embedded systems and mobile devices.

Authors of presentations, sponsors representatives and press are free from paying the organisation fee.

LVEE 2017 wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We are still accepting sponsors; if you are interested, please get in touch!