2024 X.Org Developers Conference - October 9-11, Montréal, Canada
Hello! We're delighted to announce that the 2024 X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) will be taking place on October 9 to 11 in Montréal, Canada, co- located with the GStreamer Conference & Hackfest 2024 which will be running from October 7 to 10. Join us for a freedesktop week in Montréal! XDC is the event for developers working on all things Open graphics (Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland, X11, etc.). New this year: XDC 2024 will feature two full days of talks followed by a day dedicated to workshops, meetings & hacking. XDC 2024 website: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/6/ The in-person venue is the Concordia University Conference Centre, located within the John Molson School of Business. Concordia University Conference Centre 1450 Guy St., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3H 0A1 https://goo.gl/maps/9nDyTvKtf7X1JuJc9 As usual, XDC will be free of charge and open to the general public. Registration & Call for Proposals will be opening soon, stay tuned! Best regards, Mark Filion, on behalf of X.org
XDC 2024: Registration & Call for Proposals now open!
Hello! Registration & Call for Proposals are now open for XDC 2024, which will take place at the Concordia University Conference Centre in Montréal, Canada on October 9 to 11. New this year: XDC 2024 will feature two full days dedicated to talks followed by a day dedicated to workshops, meetings & hacking. All workshops and meetings will take place on the last day. https://xdc2024.x.org As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible! In order to register as attendee, you will therefore need to register via the XDC website. https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/6/registrations/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, workshops and demos at XDC 2024. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/6/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Monday, 12 August 2024. We are looking forward to seeing you in Montréal! If you have any questions, please send me an email (mfilion at collabora.com), adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
Reminder - The Call for Proposals is open for XDC 2024!
Hello! Reminder - The CfP is now open for talks, workshops and demos at XDC 2024. The deadline for submissions is Monday, 12 August 2024. https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/6/abstracts/ While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more! As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible! And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
XDC 2024: Call for Proposals deadline extended to August 19
Hello! The CfP deadline for talks, workshops and demos at XDC 2024 has been extended to next Monday, 19 August 2024. You have one more week to submit, don't wait! https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/6/abstracts/ While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more! As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible! And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019: 10 days left to submit your talks!
Hello! Onlyh 10 days to go to submit your talks, workshops or demos for this year's X.Org Developer Conference, which will be taking place in beautiful Montréal, Canada on October 2-4, 2019! Whether it's the Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland or X11, if it's related to the Open Source graphics stack, please send it in! Head to the XDC website to learn more: https://xdc2019.x.org/ The deadline for submissions Sunday, 7 July 2019. Best, Mark ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019: Final week to submit your talks!
Hi! It's the final week to submit your talks, workshops or demos for #XDC2019!! CfP ends this coming Sunday, July 7! Have some new developments to share? Facing some challenges with you projects? If it's related to open source graphics, please send it in! http://xdc2019.x.org Best, Mark ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019: Schedule published & Workshops CfP reopened!
Hello, The preliminary schedule for XDC 2019 has been published! https://xdc2019.x.org/event/5/timetable/#20191002.detailed XDC 2019 will take place at the Concordia University Conference Centre in Montréal, Canada on October 2-4, 2019. If you haven't already done so, now is the time to book your travel! In addition to publishing the schedule, the CfP for workshops has been reopened. If you ave an idea for a workshop discussion, please sent it in! https://xdc2019.x.org/event/5/abstracts/ We are looking forward to seeing you (and sharing a poutine!) in beautiful Montréal! If you have any questions, please send me an email to mark.fil...@collabora.com, adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Twitter for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://twitter.com/xdc2019 Best, Mark ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019: Registration & Call for Proposals now open!
Hello! Registration & Call for Proposals are now open for XDC 2019, which will take place at the Concordia University Conference Centre in Montréal, Canada on October 2-4, 2019. Thanks to LWN.net, this year we have a brand new website using the Indico platform, a fully open source event management tool! https://xdc2019.x.org If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible as space is limited! As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. Please note, as we are now based on Indico, we will no longer use the wiki for registration. You will therefore need to register via the XDC website. However, as XDC is sharing the same Indico infrastructure as LPC, if you previously registered on the LPC website (linuxplumbersconference.org), then you already have an active account and can use the same username & password to login! https://xdc2019.x.org/event/5/registrations/2/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, workshops and demos at XDC 2019. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://xdc2019.x.org/event/5/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Sunday, 7 July 2019. We are looking forward to seeing you (and sharing a poutine!) in beautiful Montréal! If you have any questions, please send me an email to mark.fil...@collabora.com, adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Twitter for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://twitter.com/xdc2019 Best, Mark ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
[Mesa-dev] XDC 2019: Less than three weeks to go to submit your talks, workshops or demos!
Hello! Less than three weeks to go to submit your talks, workshops or demos for this year's X.Org Developer Conference, which will be taking place in Montréal, Canada on October 2-4, 2019! The 2019 X.Org Developers Conference is the annual technical meeting for X Window System and Free Desktop developers. Attendees will gather to discuss outstanding technical issues related to the Open Source Graphics stack (Linux kernel, Mesa, DRM, Wayland, X11, etc.) and its software ecosystem. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the XDC website to learn more: https://xdc2019.x.org/ The deadline for submissions Sunday, 7 July 2019. Best, Mark ___ mesa-dev mailing list mesa-dev@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/mesa-dev
2025 X.Org Foundation Membership deadline for voting in the upcoming election
Hello, Now that the freedesktop server migration is almost done, it's time to turn our attention on the 2025 X.Org Foundation elections, which are rapidly approaching! We will be forwarding the election schedule and nominating process to the membership shortly. Please note that only current members can vote in the upcoming election, and that the deadline for new memberships or renewals to vote in the upcoming election is 23 April 2025 at 23:59 UTC. If you are interested in joining the X.Org Foundation or in renewing your membership, please visit the membership system site at: https://members.x.org/ Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee
Reminder: Seeking nominations for the 2025 X.Org Board of Directors Elections
Hello! The nomination period is currently open for the upcoming election to the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible for election to the board. Nominations for the 2025 election are now open and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 16 April 2025. The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two year terms. The directors who received two year terms starting in 2024 were Erik Faye-Lund, Mark Filion, Neal Gompa and Simon Ser. They will continue to serve until their term ends in 2026. Current directors whose term expires in 2025 are Lyude Paul, Arkadiusz Hiler and Christopher Michael. Additionally, a fourth board position is open following the resignation of Simona Vetter in Q3 2024. A director is expected to participate in the bi-weekly BBB meeting to discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the Board of Directors. A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at electi...@x.org. Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions. Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 16 April 2025. The slate of candidates will be published 23 April 2025 and candidate Q&A will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals is 28 April 2025. Best, Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org BoD
Announcement: 2025 X.Org Foundation Election voting OPEN
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The X.Org Foundation's annual election is now open and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 14 May 2025. Four of the eight director seats are open during this election. The four nominees receiving the highest vote totals serving as directors for two year terms. There were five candidates nominated. For a complete list of the candidates and their personal statements, please see https://www.x.org/wiki/BoardOfDirectors/Elections/2025/ Here are some instructions on how to cast your vote: 1. Go directly to the voting link (you might need to log into the member system first) https://members.x.org/ballot/16/vote 2. There is a pull-down selection of candidates next to each preference level. Note that you are NOT required to select your preferences for all five candidates. You can leave more than one blank. 3. After you have completed your ballot, click the "Vote" button. Note that once you click this button, your votes will be cast and you will not be able to make further changes, so please make sure you are satisfied with your votes before clicking the "Vote" button. After you click the "Cast vote" button, the system will verify that you have completed a valid ballot. If your ballot is invalid (e.g., you duplicated a selection or did not answer the By-laws approval question), it will return you to the previous voting page. If your ballot is valid, your votes will be recorded and the system will show you a notice that your votes were cast. Note that the election will close at 23:59 UTC on 14 May 2025. At that time, the election committee will count the votes and present the results to the current board for validation. After the current board validates the results, the election committee will present the results to the Members. Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee
Announcement: 2025 X.Org Foundation Election Candidates
To all X.Org Foundation Members: The election for the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors will begin on 30 April 2025. We have five candidates who are running for four seats. They are (in alphabetical order): * Andres Gomez * Arkadiusz Hiler * Megan Knight * Lyude Paul * Harry Wentland Attached below are the Personal Statements each candidate submitted for your consideration along with their Statements of Contribution that they submitted with the membership application. Please review each of the candidates' statements to help you decide whom to vote for during the upcoming election. If you have questions of the candidates, you should feel free to ask them here on the mailing list. The election committee will provide detailed instructions on how the voting system will work when the voting period begins. PLEASE NOTE: To participate in this election you MUST renew your membership by 28 April 2025! Please go to the Members page for your membership application or renewal. Best, Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee Nominees (in alphabetical order) Andres Gomez Current Affiliation: Igalia Personal Statement: I have been an active Open Source contributor since 2003, participating in projects like GNOME, and FreeDesktop, among others. I started to be actively involved with OSS graphic drivers in 2014, where I continue devoting much of my time, although from a coordination perspective for our team of developers at Igalia. By joining X.Org board I hope to give a bit more back to the community, helping to get things done. Among other things, I've contributed to create the graphic design for the public image of some past OSS events. I'll be happy to work in other tasks, including the organization of XDC. I could take part in the CfP committee, for example, or anything else the board could need help with. Arkadiusz Hiler Current Affiliation: CodeWeavers Personal Statement: Gaming on Linux is one of the main driving forces for the development of a lot of the technologies under the X.Org umbrella. I would like to represent the gaming part of the user space. During my 2 years on the board I've helped with finances and planning for the freedesktop.org migration, assuring that it's sustainable. I also have experience with running conferences and I'm more than happy to help any future XDC organizers on the ground and with streaming the events. Megan Knight Current Affiliation: Director of Software Communities, Arm Personal Statement: I am very new to the X.Org community, but eager to help out! I’ve been in open source for over a decade and have extensive experience planning large scale OS events, engaging with communities, delivering on Advocacy initiatives and being the translator between technical and business decision makers. Currently, I am working on a proposal to organize the upcoming 2026 edition of XDC and alsop plan to attend XDC 2025. I currently serve as the Advocacy Chair for Yocto Project and in the last four years have improved developer relations, improved documentation and onboarding processes, increased their website SEO, migrated/redesigned their website to increase traffic, produce(d) 5+ events a year from start to finish, and increased revenue by attracting new members/upleveling existing members. If elected, I look forward to diving deep into X.Org and will apply these skills so developers can focus on building great tech. Lyude Paul Current Affiliation: Red Hat Personal Statement: Hi! My name is Lyude Paul, and I'm currently employed at Red Hat as a Software Engineer. I'm also currently on the X.org Board of Directors as X.org's Secretary, and am also a member of the CoC team. I've also been a member of X.org for multiple years now and have contributed to a plethora of various projects in the X.org/freedesktop.org/linux kernel space such as: nova, nouveau, i915, amdgpu, the wayland protocol, igt- gpu-tools, libinput, and more. I've had a pretty long tenure on the board where I've accomplished a number of cool things For instance, I restarted X.org's relationship with VESA in order to give X.org members access to various VESA specifications that they might not have access to otherwise without a prior VESA membership. I worked to help enable X.og to provide funding for professional CoC training for any X.org/freeesktop.org project that requests it, and I've assisted through the transition of parent foundations for X.org from SPI to SFC. I love working in this community, and will do my best to serve the community throughout my tenusre if re-elected to the board of directors. Harry Wentland Current Affiliation: AMD Personal Statement: I've been lucky to be paid to help improve the Linux Desktop experience on AMD HW and in that capacity align with X.Org's mission to further the state of the open-source desktop. A healthy, diverse, open-source, and general-purpose des
2025 X.Org Board of Directors Elections Nomination period is NOW OPEN
Hello! We are seeking nominations for candidates for election to the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors. All X.Org Foundation members are eligible for election to the board. Nominations for the 2025 election are now open and will remain open until 23:59 UTC on 16 April 2025. The Board consists of directors elected from the membership. Each year, an election is held to bring the total number of directors to eight. The four members receiving the highest vote totals will serve as directors for two year terms. The directors who received two year terms starting in 2024 were Erik Faye-Lund, Mark Filion, Neal Gompa and Simon Ser. They will continue to serve until their term ends in 2026. Current directors whose term expires in 2025 are Lyude Paul, Arkadiusz Hiler and Christopher Michael. Additionally, a fourth board position is open following the resignation of Simona Vetter in Q3 2024. A director is expected to participate in the fortnightly IRC meeting to discuss current business and to attend the annual meeting of the X.Org Foundation, which will be held at a location determined in advance by the Board of Directors. A member may nominate themselves or any other member they feel is qualified. Nominations should be sent to the Election Committee at electi...@x.org. Nominees shall be required to be current members of the X.Org Foundation, and submit a personal statement of up to 200 words that will be provided to prospective voters. The collected statements, along with the statement of contribution to the X.Org Foundation in the member's account page on http://members.x.org, will be made available to all voters to help them make their voting decisions. Nominations, membership applications or renewals and completed personal statements must be received no later than 23:59 UTC on 16 April 2025. The slate of candidates will be published 23 April 2025 and candidate Q&A will begin then. The deadline for Xorg membership applications and renewals is 28 April 2025. Best, Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org BoD
2025 X.Org Foundation Election results
Hello all, The Board of Directors election concluded at 23:59 UTC on 14 May 2025. For this election, we had 77 members who could cast a vote. 72 did, so the turnout was 92.5%. This is the 3rd highest turnout in the last 10 elections, with only 2021 (93.8%) and 2016 (98.8%) being higher. It is also a 147% increase from last year's turnout (62.9%). Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! In the election of the Directors to the Board of the X.Org Foundation, the results were that Lyude Paul, Andres Gomez, Arkadiusz Hiler and Harry Wentland were elected for two year terms. The old full board is: Erik Faye-Lund, Mark Filion, Neal Gompa, Arkadiusz Hiler, Christopher Michael, Lyude Paul, and Simon Ser. The new full board is: Erik Faye-Lund, Mark Filion, Andres Gomez, Neal Gompa, Arkadiusz Hiler, Lyude Paul, Simon Ser, and Harry Wentland. Mark Filion, on behalf of the X.Org elections committee
XDC 2025: Registration & Call for Proposals now open!
Hello! Registration & Call for Proposals are now open for XDC 2025, which will take place at the TU Wien Kuppelsaal in Vienna, Austria on 29 September to 1 October. https://xdc2025.x.org As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/registrations/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, demos, and workshops at XDC 2025. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Friday, 11 July 2025. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna! If you have any questions, please email the organizer (hfink at snap.com), adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
Reminder: Registration & Call for Proposals open for XDC 2025
Hello! Registration & Call for Proposals are open for XDC 2025, which will take place at the TU Wien Kuppelsaal in Vienna, Austria on 29 September to 1 October. https://xdc2025.x.org As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/registrations/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, demos, and workshops at XDC 2025. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Friday, 11 July 2025. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna! If you have any questions, please email the organizer (hfink at snap.com), adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
Reminder: Final week to submit a talk for XDC 2025!
Hello! It's the final week to submit a talk for XDC 2025, which will take place at the TU Wien Kuppelsaal in Vienna, Austria on 29 September to 1 October. CfP ends this coming Friday, 11 July at 23:59 CEST. https://xdc2025.x.org As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/registrations/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, demos, and workshops at XDC 2025. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Friday, 11 July 2025. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna! If you have any questions, please email the organizer (hfink at snap.com), adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
XDC 2025 - Call for Proposals ends tonight at 23:59 CEST!
Hello! The CfP for XDC 2025 ends tonight at 23:59 CEST! You still have a few hours left to submit your proposal, don't wait! https://xdc2025.x.org As usual, the conference is free of charge and open to the general public. If you plan on attending, please make sure to register as early as possible: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/registrations/ In addition to registration, the CfP is now open for talks, demos, and workshops at XDC 2025. While any serious proposal will be gratefully considered, topics of interest to X.Org and freedesktop.org developers are encouraged. The program focus is on new development, ongoing challenges and anything else that will spark discussions among attendees in the hallway track. We are open to talks across all layers of the graphics stack, from the kernel to desktop environments / graphical applications and about how to make things better for the developers who build them. Head to the CfP page to learn more: https://indico.freedesktop.org/event/10/abstracts/ The deadline for submissions Friday, 11 July 2025. We are looking forward to seeing you in Vienna! If you have any questions, please email the organizer (hfink at snap.com), adding on CC the X.org board (board at foundation.x.org). And don't forget, you can follow us on Mastodon for all the latest updates and to stay connected: https://floss.social/@XOrgDevConf Best, Mark
