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+<define-tag pagetitle>DebConf22 closes in Prizren and DebConf23 dates announced</define-tag>
+
+<define-tag release_date>2022-07-24</define-tag>
+<define-tag frontpage>yes</define-tag>
+
+#use wml::debian::news
+
+<p>
+Today, Sunday 24 July 2022, the annual Debian Developers
+and Contributors Conference came to a close.
+Hosting more than 210 attendees from 38 different countries over a 
+combined 91 event talks, discussion sessions, 
+Birds of a Feather (BoF) gatherings, workshops, and activities,
+<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org">DebConf22</a> was a large success.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The conference was preceded by the annual DebCamp held 10 July to 16 July
+which focused on individual work and team sprints for in-person collaboration
+towards developing Debian.
+In particular, this year there have been sprints to advance development of
+Mobian/Debian on mobile, reproducible builds and Python in Debian, 
+and a BootCamp for newcomers, to get introduced to Debian and have
+some hands-on experience with using it and contributing to the community.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The actual Debian Developers Conference started on Sunday 17 July 2022.
+Together with activities such as the traditional 'Bits from the DPL' talk,
+the continuous key-signing party, lightning talks and the announcement of next year's DebConf
+(<a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> in Kochi, India), 
+there were several sessions related to programming language teams such as Python, Perl and Ruby, 
+as well as news updates on several projects and 
+internal Debian teams, discussion sessions (BoFs) from many technical teams
+(Long Term Support, Android tools, Debian Derivatives, Debian Installer and Images team,
+Debian Science...) and local communities (Debian Brasil, Debian India, the Debian Local Teams), 
+along with many other events of interest regarding Debian and free software.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/schedule/">schedule</a>
+was updated each day with planned and ad-hoc activities introduced by attendees
+over the course of the entire conference. Several activities that couldn't be 
+organized in past years due to the COVID pandemic returned to the conference's
+schedule: a job fair, open-mic and poetry night, the traditional Cheese and Wine party,
+the group photos and the Day Trip.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+For those who were not able to attend, most of the talks and sessions were 
+recorded for live streams with videos made,
+available through the
+<a href="https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2022/DebConf22/">Debian meetings archive website</a>.
+Almost all of the sessions facilitated remote participation via IRC messaging 
+apps or online collaborative text documents.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">DebConf22 website</a>
+will remain active for archival purposes and will continue to offer
+links to the presentations and videos of talks and events.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Next year, <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebConf/23">DebConf23</a> will be held in Kochi, India,
+from  September 10 to September 16, 2023. 
+As tradition follows before the next DebConf the local organizers in India 
+will start the conference activites with DebCamp (September 03 to September 09, 2023),
+with particular focus on individual and team work towards improving the 
+distribution.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants.
+See the <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/about/coc/">web page about the Code of Conduct in DebConf22 website</a>
+for more details on this.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Debian thanks the commitment of numerous <a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/sponsors/">sponsors</a>
+to support DebConf22, particularly our Platinum Sponsors:
+<a href="https://www.lenovo.com">Lenovo</a>,
+<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a>,
+<a href="https://itp-prizren.com/">ITP Prizren</a>
+and <a href="https://google.com/">Google</a>
+
+</p>
+
+<h2>About Debian</h2>
+
+<p>
+The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
+free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
+the largest and most influential open source projects.  Thousands of
+volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
+maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
+supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
+<q>universal operating system</q>.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About DebConf</h2>
+
+<p>
+DebConf is the Debian Project's developer conference. In addition to a
+full schedule of technical, social and policy talks, DebConf provides an
+opportunity for developers, contributors and other interested people to
+meet in person and work together more closely. It has taken place
+annually since 2000 in locations as varied as Scotland, Argentina, and
+Bosnia and Herzegovina. More information about DebConf is available from
+<a href="https://debconf.org/">https://debconf.org</a>.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About Lenovo</h2>
+<p>
+As a global technology leader manufacturing a wide portfolio of connected products,
+including smartphones, tablets, PCs and workstations as well as AR/VR devices,
+smart home/office and data center solutions, <a href="https://www.lenovo.com">Lenovo</a>
+understands how critical open systems and platforms are to a connected world.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About Infomaniak</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="https://www.infomaniak.com">Infomaniak</a> is Switzerland's largest web-hosting company,
+also offering backup and storage services, solutions for event organizers,
+live-streaming and video on demand services.
+It wholly owns its datacenters and all elements critical 
+to the functioning of the services and products provided by the company 
+(both software and hardware). 
+</p>
+
+<h2>About ITP Prizren</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="https://itp-prizren.com/">Innovation and Training Park Prizren</a> intends to be
+a changing and boosting element in the area of ICT, agro-food and creatives industries, 
+through the creation and management of a favourable environment and efficient services for SMEs, 
+exploiting different kinds of innovations that can contribute to Kosovo to improve 
+its level of development in industry and research, bringing benefits to the economy 
+and society of the country as a whole.
+</p>
+
+<h2>About Google</h2>
+<p>
+<a href="https://google.com/">Google</a> is one of the largest technology companies in the
+world, providing a wide range of Internet-related services and products such
+as online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.
+</p>
+<p>
+Google has been supporting Debian by sponsoring DebConf for more than
+ten years, and is also a Debian partner sponsoring parts 
+of <a href="https://salsa.debian.org">Salsa</a>'s continuous integration infrastructure
+within Google Cloud Platform.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Contact Information</h2>
+
+<p>For further information, please visit the DebConf22 web page at
+<a href="https://debconf22.debconf.org/">https://debconf22.debconf.org/</a>
+or send mail to &lt;press@debian.org&gt;.</p>