---
title: The Ruby devroom is back at FOSDEM
teaser: You've heard it from us, Ruby is back at the biggest European conference on
  free and open source software.
tags: conferences,open source,ruby
author: George Kosmopoulos
published_on: 2023-11-17
---

Yours truly has written an application for a Ruby devroom at [FOSDEM2024](https://fosdem.org/2024/) and the organizers were gracious enough to give it!
It has been 6 long years since Ruby got a room at FOSDEM, so it's a merry thing for our community to have it back.

I invite you all, beginners as well as veterans, to give a talk. 
[This is the ruby call for participation.](https://fosdem.rubybelgium.be/)

FOSDEM will be held the weekend of the 3rd and 4th of February in Brussels, Belgium. The Ruby devroom will be open the Saturday afternoon. Having gone to FOSDEM a few times now, I can honestly say that it offers a lot throughout the weekend, even without a Ruby devroom. It's better with one, needless to say.

Also, if you're one of our blog readers, even if you don't submit a proposal, please come and say hi!

Finally, I want to write a special mention to my co-organizer [Stan Boyet](https://www.linkedin.com/in/boyet/). He leads [RubyBelgium](https://rubybelgium.be/) with panache and is helping with this new adventure.