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Ubuntu Developer Summit Next Week

by | Thu 6 Mar 2014

Next week we have our [Ubuntu Developer Summit](https://uds.ubuntu.com), taking place online from **Tues 11th March 2014 – Thurs 13th March 2014**. Go and see the [schedule](https://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/) – we still have lots of schedule space if you want to run a session. For details of how to propose a session, see [this guide](https://uds.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/propose-a-session/).

I just want to highlight a session I would like to really invite input on in particular.

Today the online Ubuntu Developer Summit is largely based on the formula from our physical UDSs that we used to have, and that formula goes back to 2004. While these have traditionally served the project well, I am cognizant that our community is much bigger and more diverse than it used to be, and our current Ubuntu Developer Summit doesn’t serve our wider community as well as it could; there is more to Ubuntu to rigorous software engineering.

UDS is great if you are a developer focused on building software and ensuring you have a plan to do so, but for our translators, advocates, marketeers, app developers, and more…the format doesn’t suit those communities as well.

As such, I would like to discuss this and explore opportunities where UDS could serve our wider community better. The session [is here](https://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/meeting/22201/re-imagining-our-online-summit/) and is on **Wed 12th March at 15.00UTC**. I hope you can join me!

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