Prospective upcoming ones

Northwest Linuxfest

April 25-26 2009

in Bellingham, WA (south of Seattle)

http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/

see Dan's page for planning
we have a booth
working on speakers, etc.

Collaboration Summit

April 8-10 2009

in San Francisco, CA

http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit

invitation only
- and apparently we're actually invited Blauzahl

Penguicon

May 1-3 2009

http://www.penguicon.org/

in Romulus, Michigan

This one is just goofy: a science fiction convention mixed with an open source convention. Nixternal went one year and had a blast. We've missed getting on the program, though, and this isn't something where you'd do a booth.

Southeast LinuxFest

June 13 2009

http://wiki.southeastlinuxfest.org/index.php/Main_Page

in Clemson, South Carolina

Registration is open as of March 11, 2009
Currently no KDE sponsor is signed up to go

Gran Canaria

July 3-11 2009

just noting....

O'Reilly's Oscon

July 20-24 2009

in San Jose, California

http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009

we have a booth, maybe can get someone to do unconference talks?
This is probably big.

LinuxWorld (SF)

August 12-13

in San Francisco, CA

http://linuxworldexpo.com/

This is now called "open source world"; very corporate
Big, but not as big as it once was
more disorganized... Still trying to get in touch with a real person to get us a booth

Atlanta Linux Fest

September 19 2009 (Software Freedom Day)

in Atlanta, Georgia

http://atlantalinuxfest.org/

There is a call for papers right now (as of March 21, 2009), they can be emailed to:

papers at atlantalinuxfest.org

Currently no KDE sponsor is signed up to go

LinuxCon

September 21-23 2009

in Portland, OR

http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon

Register to attend by April 15 for the discounted rate of $299.

Ohio Linuxfest

Sept 26 2009

in Columbus, Ohio

http://ohiolinux.org

inquires:

Locals nearby willing to help? People who are familiar with it and have been? We currently have nothing set up.

Sites with Linux Event Listings

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meeting schedule
topics
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booth
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KDE booth (yes/no)
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