"Every year in late summer, the Department of Computer Science at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, with the help of FrOSCon e. V., organises an exciting programme of talks and workshops for visitors of all ages who use free software, want to learn about it or develop it themselves." This is the self-image of FrOSCon, which it has actually been fulfilling for 14 years.
With CMS Garden e. V., I have been a "permanent exhibitor" at FrOSCon for several years now and every time I leave the event with exciting new contacts, topics and impressions that keep me busy for weeks and months afterwards.openHAB is an open source software for building automation. The community was represented at FrOSCon14 with exciting SmartHome talks.
This time, together with Jerome Luckenbach, I took responsibility for the openHAB Foundation's stand area. That meant preparing and communicating with the FrOSCon organisers, shipping and transporting the "presentation case", setting up the stand, looking after the ambassadors and "48" hours of continuous discussions about SmartHome, SmartCity, SmartBuilding and IoT.
I have to deduct a few hours myself because I was scheduled as an ambassador for Drupal at the CMS Garden stand and was confirmed as a speaker in advance. Thank you, Jerome, for watching my back. :)
As is almost always the case at events, I had so much in my pocket that I didn't have time for the other speakers' presentations. So I was all the more pleased that all the sessions were recorded and can be accessed via the wonderful portal media.ccc.de.
I can recommend the following sessions from the SmartHome and IoT category:
What is this smart in SmartHome (German only)
You can also get more impressions under the hashtag #FrOSCon14 on Twitter.
