2025 GUADEC Location Proposal

Describe the location and why it is a good fit for GUADEC. Please include relevant facts about the city and a description of the area.

Describe the venue. During the conference we will need space for board meetings (ahead of the conference days), two presentation rooms/auditoriums for up to 200 people for three days, 2-6 smaller rooms for BoFs, and Workshops for up to 50 people for two days.

GUADEC typically happens in late July.

Are there GNOME community members, other groups, open source communities, universities, government, or industry affiliated with GNOME or open source?

Are there any local companies, open source projects, or groups that are willing to sponsor GUADEC and GNOME?

Please list airports and connections including availability of direct flights and common costs for traveling from Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. List available train and bus stations and routes.

GUADEC attendees come from all over the world, please summarize the entry and visa requirements for your country.

Please list local transportation options for getting around the city, traveling from airports/bus/train to accommodations, and traveling from accommodations to venue.

Please list the types of accommodations available near the venue and the average costs.

Please list dining available near the venue and average costs - include options for providing coffee at the venue, lunch nearby, and dinner in popular areas.

GUADEC typically includes 2-3 events during the conference days, each including food and drinks with space for up to 200 people. Please list options for hosting these events and average costs.

GUADEC typically reserves the last conference day for a group social outing or sight-seeing activity, list ideas/options for this outing.

Please list the estimated cost for hosting GUADEC in this location. Include venue costs, AV costs (live streaming, etc.), average coffee break costs, average social event costs, and any known banking or money transfer fees.

The GNOME Foundation uses its events in locations around the world to encourage participation from new audiences in the GNOME Project. If your proposal is accepted, we will need your help to communicate our programs and opportunities related to GNOME Pathways, a program that engages new developers and users in our organization, providing them with access to mentoring, internships, training, economic empowerment, and leadership opportunities. We will also need your help gathering demographic information for all event participants and photographs documenting the diversity of event participants. Please let us know if you can assist with these tasks or have questions about them.