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+# FOSDEM 2019 CAD and Open Hardware Devroom Call for Participation
+
+This is the call for participation in the [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org)
+2019 devroom on Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools and Open Hardware, to
+be held on Sunday 3 February 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking
+for contributions under the form of talks and tutorials covering the
+following main topics:
+
+  - Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tools (e.g.
+    [KiCad](http://www.kicad-pcb.org/) and
+    [gEDA](http://www.geda-project.org/))
+  - Analogue and digital simulators (e.g.
+    [ngspice](http://ngspice.sourceforge.net/),
+    [Qucs](http://qucs.sourceforge.net/),
+    [Gnucap](http://www.gnucap.org), [Xyce](https://xyce.sandia.gov/),
+    [GHDL](http://ghdl.free.fr/), [Icarus](http://iverilog.icarus.com/)
+    and [Verilator](http://www.veripool.org/wikis/verilator))
+  - Any other EDA tools such as high-level tools for digital hardware
+    design (e.g. [Migen](https://github.com/m-labs/migen)) and HDL
+    synthesis tools (e.g. [Yosys](http://www.clifford.at/yosys/))
+  - Field solvers such as [openEMS](http://openems.de)
+  - Mechanical 2D and 3D CAD tools such as
+    [LibreCAD](http://librecad.org),
+    [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/),
+    [OpenSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/) and
+    [SolveSpace](http://solvespace.com)
+  - Open Hardware projects such as the [Teres
+    laptop](https://github.com/OLIMEX/DIY-LAPTOP) and the
+    [lowRISC](http://www.lowrisc.org/) SoC
+  - Inter-project opportunities for collaboration
+
+We hope to provide an opportunity for attendees to bring themselves up
+to date on the latest FOSS CAD and Open Hardware developments, share
+knowledge and identify opportunities to collaborate on development
+tasks. This devroom is an evolution of the EDA devroom we organised in
+[2015](https://archive.fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/electronic_design_automation/),
+[2016](https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/eda/) and
+[2017](https://archive.fosdem.org/2017/schedule/track/electronic_design_automation_eda/),
+which enlarged its scope in the CAD and Open Hardware devroom in
+[2018](https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/cad_and_open_hardware/).
+
+## The submission process
+
+Please submit your proposals at
+https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 *before 1 December 2018*.
+
+If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of
+having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in
+and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already
+have one. Please provide a bit of information about yourself under
+Person -\> Description -\> Abstract. When you submit your proposal
+(creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "CAD and
+Open Hardware Devroom" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your
+proposal might go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for
+the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Bear in mind that a lot of
+the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please be
+reasonable regarding the duration of the talk.
+
+## Important dates
+
+  - 8 December 2018: deadline for submission of proposals
+  - 15 December 2018: announcement of final schedule
+  - 3 February 2019: devroom day
+
+## Recordings
+
+The FOSDEM organisers hope to be able to live-stream and record all the
+talks. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all
+FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Only presentations will be recorded, not
+informal discussions and whatever happens during breaks between
+presentations. By agreeing to present at FOSDEM, you automatically give
+permission to be recorded. The organisers will agree to make exceptions
+but only for exceptional and well-reasoned cases.
+
+## Mailing list
+
+Feel free to subscribe to the [mailing
+list](https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/open-hardware-devroom) of the
+CAD and Open Hardware devroom to submit ideas, ask questions and
+generally discuss about the event.
+