Gerrit User Summit 2023 skeleton
Initial skeleton of the Gerrit User Summit 2023 sponsored
by Volvo Cars, Polstar and GerritForge Inc.
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+# Conduct Policy
+
+The Gerrit Community reserves the right to refuse admittance to, or remove any
+person from the summit premises at any time in its sole discretion.
+This includes but is not limited to attendees behaving in a disorderly manner or
+failing to abide by the Volvo Cars
+[Code of Conduct](https://www.volvogroup.com/content/dam/volvo-group/markets/master/about-us/company-values/code-of-conduct-other-policies/vg-code-of-conduct-en.pdf)
+and [Code of Conduct for Business Partners](https://www.volvocars.com/images/v/-/media/market-assets/intl/applications/dotcom/pdf/ethical-business/Volvo_Cars_Code_of_Conduct_for_Business_Partners_EN_2021.pdf).
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+# Gerrit User Summit 2023
+
+## The Gerrit Community gets together
+
+The Gerrit Community is happy to announce the Gerrit User Summit & Hackathon 2023,
+THE event of the year for everything related to Gerrit Code Review and the
+trunk-based development pipeline.
+
+## Summit in Europe and USA
+
+The Gerrit User Summit & Hackathon 2023 will be held in Gothenburg (Sweden) and
+in Sunnyvale (California, USA) at the same time, to allow most of the community
+around the globe to attend and share their experience and ideas.
+
+The first part of the event is a 5-days Hackathon reserved for the current
+Gerrit contributors and maintainers plus anyone that is willing to start contributing
+to the platform.
+
+It will then follow with a 2-days Users Summit opened to all the members
+of the community or who is willing to learn and adopt Gerrit Code Review in their
+development process.
+
+> Please note that the seats for the Hackathon are limited and your request could be declined by
+> the organizer. We will do our best, however, to get people in and help increasing the community
+> of contributors.
+
+### Gerrit User Summit - Europe and USA
+
+*Location*
+
+The Gerrit User Summit & Hackathon is hosted and sponsored by [Volvo Cars at their HQ in Gothenburg
+(Sweden)](https://goo.gl/maps/aroy4fWDSb4c7Kp99) and [Polestar](https://www.polestar.com/),
+and by [GerritForge Inc.](http://www.gerritforge.com) in
+[Sunnyvale CA (USA)](https://goo.gl/maps/5NdP8v5fun7esNyG9)
+in collaboration with the
+[Gerrit Community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/repo-discuss/uVQbBOC9IeU).
+
+*Dates*
+
+- The Hackathon (reserved for Gerrit maintainers and contributors):
+[25-29th September 2023](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MDJvaG4wZHJoOTg2bnZybzQxcWZmNXJzdW0gZ29vZ2xlLmNvbV91YmIxcGxhNmlqNzg1b3FianI2MWg0dmRpc0Bn&tmsrc=google.com_ubb1pla6ij785oqbjr61h4vdis%40group.calendar.google.com)
+- The Summit (open for all members of the Gerrit Community):
+[30th September-1st October 2023](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NzNvMmMyMGZhM3NtZHMxOW5sOThlNWpxbTggZ29vZ2xlLmNvbV91YmIxcGxhNmlqNzg1b3FianI2MWg0dmRpc0Bn&tmsrc=google.com_ubb1pla6ij785oqbjr61h4vdis%40group.calendar.google.com)
+
+## Why two Gerrit User Summits, in Europe and USA, at the same time?
+
+Starting from 2017, we promised to get in touch with a *wider and more diverse community*,
+and, as promised, we are keen to listen to all Gerrit Users around the world.
+
+Historically most of the Gerrit users were located in the USA. However, recently the adoption
+has extended to many other locations around the world, including India, China, Korea and most
+of the central and northern European countries.
+
+Also, the recent COVID-19 pandemic and the following economic downturn has limited the
+travel budget for many companies. Despite the continued restrictions, we want to encourage
+all members of the community to get together and interact face-to-face, giving the possibility
+to have a shorter and less expensive journey to reach the event.
+
+We have moved to virtual events in 2020 and 2021, which has allowed to keep in touch with
+the recent developments of the Gerrit Code Review platform; however, the remote virtual
+interaction showed all its limitations, due to the lack of peer-to-peer information exchange.
+
+Having two events on both sides of the Atlantic would help increasing the diversity of the
+people attending the event, have a more organic and complete feedback on the direction
+of the Gerrit roadmap, and allow again a direct networking between the members of the community.
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+# Insert here your session title
+
+Describe your session in a few sentences (max 200 words),
+something like ...
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris
+feugiat libero leo, hendrerit interdum elit ornare eu. In sed
+nibh auctor, consectetur turpis in, interdum ligula. Nullam
+enim quam, imperdiet sit amet venenatis vitae, molestie at
+magna. Maecenas in posuere tellus. Morbi ut neque vel ante
+tristique elementum. Phasellus fringilla, turpis nec posuere
+feugiat, risus mi lobortis dolor, at consectetur orci dolor ut nunc.
+
+*[First Last Name, Affiliation / Company](../speakers.md#anchor)*
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+# Gerrit User Summit at Volvo Cars 2023 - Location
+
+## Europe - Hosted by Volvo Cars and Polestar
+
+The User Summit is hosted by Volvo Cars in [Volvohallen](https://goo.gl/maps/HWHd11EkEP6YPAjD7) and [Polestar](https://www.polestar.com).
+
+See below the full address of the location:
+
+```
+Volvohallen
+Volvo Cars HQ
+Gunnar Engellaus väg 2, 418 78 Gothenburg
+Sweden
+```
+
+The Hackathon will be located at [Volvo Cars PVD](https://goo.gl/maps/6zhtdn14X9f3kHuh6).
+
+See below the full address of the location:
+
+````
+Volvo Cars PVD
+Volvo Jakobs väg 17, 418 78 Gothenburg
+Sweden
+````
+
+If you are coming by car, there is free parking available for the attendees of the Summit.
+
+## Check-in Instructions
+
+When you arrive at Volvohallen, please enter through the southeast entrance, which faces
+the parking lot. You will be greeted and can check-in.
+
+You will receive at check-in:
+
+- The Gerrit User Summit conference badge
+- The Gerrit 15 years celebration T-Shirt
+- Stickers to remember about the event and on Gerrit Code Review
+
+For attendees of the hackathon, please enter the main (south) entrance of PVD.
+Proceed to the reception desk in the main lobby to check-in.
+
+## Hotels and Places to Stay
+
+Volvo Cars has a special rate for this event at the *TBC* in downtown Gothenburg
+You can reserve directly your rooms using *TBC*.
+
+## How to reach Volvo Cars from Gothenburg
+
+__By Car__
+
+From the Gothia Towers, it would take around 20 mins to reach Volvo Cars HQ.
+
+- Take the E6/E20 (Toll) road to E45/Oslo, stay on E6 onto Tingstadstunneln,
+ then keep left at the fork to continue on Lundbyleden, follow signs for
+ Route 155/Öckerö/N Älvstranden/Hamnar.
+- Use the right lane to take the Route 155 slip road to E6/E45/Hamn/Torslanda/Öckerö/Oslo/Karlstad.
+- Keep left to stay on Hisingsleden, follow signs for E45/Angered Volvo/E6.
+- Continue on Hisingsleden and then use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto
+ Assar Gabrielssons väg (signs for Volvo Torslanda).
+- Follow the road through a traffic light, and at the roundabout, take the
+ first exit.
+- Keep left to Volvohallen.
+
+For those attending the hackathon, the directions are almost the same.
+
+- Take the E6/E20 (Toll) road to E45/Oslo, stay on E6 onto Tingstadstunneln,
+ then keep left at the fork to continue on Lundbyleden, follow signs for
+ Route 155/Öckerö/N Älvstranden/Hamnar.
+- Use the right lane to take the Route 155 slip road to E6/E45/Hamn/Torslanda/Öckerö/Oslo/Karlstad.
+- Keep left to stay on Hisingsleden, follow signs for E45/Angered Volvo/E6.
+- Continue on Hisingsleden and then use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto
+ Assar Gabrielssons väg (signs for Volvo Torslanda).
+- Follow the road through a traffic light, and at the roundabout, take the
+ first exit.
+- Take the first exit at the next roundabout (go straight through).
+- At the traffic light, turn left.
+- After about 400m, you will see a white building on the left, which is PVD,
+ and a parking structure on the right.
+- Turn right, and then in about 100m turn left into the parking structure.
+- Spaces will be available and their location is *TBC*.
+
+__By Taxi__
+
+Volvo Cars has a special deal with taxi service PM Logistik (http://www.pmlogistik.se/en/),
+we recommend groups at a hotel go together to share one.
+PM Logisitik can also provide rides from the airport into the city with a special rate
+(typically ~450 SEK, split fares are cheaper).
+
+## Facility Resources
+
+__Food and Drink__
+
+Lunch will be provided in Volvohallen during the Summit.
+Water and coffee will be available outside the main auditorium.
+
+__Internet__
+
+Wifi will be available to all attendees.
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+# Gerrit User Summit at GerritForge Inc. 2023 - Location
+
+## USA - Hosted by GerritForge Inc.
+
+The User Summit is hosted by GerritForge at [The Satellite - Sunnyvale](https://goo.gl/maps/no8vCBpqi61pv2jx5).
+
+See below the full address of the location:
+
+```
+100 S Murphy Ave Suite 200
+Sunnyvale, CA 94086
+USA
+```
+
+## How to reach GerritForge from the San Jose Airport
+
+__By Taxi__
+
+[Uber](http://www.uber.com) and [Lyft](http://www.lyft.com) are the most popular ways of moving
+around in the Silicon Valley. Use them if you are concerned about not finding parking space in Sunnyvale.
+
+__By Car__
+
+The travelling time from the San Jose Airport to downtown Sunnyvale is typically around 20 mins. However,
+traffic conditions change rapidily in the Silicon Valley and the best route changes consequently.
+
+Under normal conditions (very early morning, late evening and week-ends), the best route is:
+- Get on CA-87 N from Airport Blvd
+- Take US-101 N to N Mathilda Ave in Sunnyvale. Take the exit for Mathilda Avenue S from US-101 N
+- Continue on N Mathilda Ave. Drive to S Murphy Ave
+
+## Parking
+
+There are several options for parking in the area. See the map below.
+
+Please note that on Saturday morning, a farmer’s market runs in Murphy Avenue, therefore this street is closed
+for cars and the area can get busy with pedestrians.
+
+
+
+## Hotels and Places to Stay
+
+GerritForge has agreed a discounted rate for the *TBC*
+
+Staying in the same Hotel helps __to reduce the overall carbon footprint__ of the event by leveraging Carpooling
+and saving costs on the transfer via Taxi or Shuttle.
+Also, allows continuing the __networking of the event with the other participants__ to the Hackathon and Summit.
+Most of the Gerrit maintainers and contributors will stay at the same Hotel, so you would have more chances
+to have interesting conversations.
+
+## Facility Resources
+
+__Food and Drink__
+
+Lunch will be provided at The Satellite location during the Summit.
+Water and coffee will be available on-site also.
+
+__Internet__
+
+Wifi will be available to all attendees.
+
+## Check-in Instructions
+
+When you arrive at 100 S Murphy Avenue, please enter through the
+[east entrance](https://goo.gl/maps/dcWVSNoytvBvTLpv8) between E Evelyn Ave and S Sunnyvale Ave
+which faces the parking lot. Once entered into the building, go to the 2nd floor (for americans)
+or 1st floor above ground (for europeans).
+
+You will then find the signs of the Gerrit User Summit and GerritForge Inc. outside the door and the
+welcome desk of the event.
+
+You will receive at check-in:
+
+- The Gerrit User Summit conference badge
+- The Gerrit 15 years celebration T-Shirt
+- Stickers to remember about the event and on Gerrit Code Review
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+* [**REGISTER**](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gerrit-user-summit-2023-tickets-675511853137?aff=website)
+* [Home](/index.md)
+* [Location (Europe)](/location-europe.md)
+* [Location (USA)](/location-usa.md)
+* [Schedule](/schedule.md)
+* [Speakers](/speakers.md)
+* [Overview](/overview.md)
+* [Conduct Policy](/conduct-policy.md)
+
+[home]: /index.md
+[logo]: images/gerritusersummit2023.jpg
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+# What is Gerrit Code Review?
+
+Gerrit provides web based code review and repository management
+for the Git version control system.
+
+If you are new to Gerrit, you may read a [Quick Introduction](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/intro-quick.html)
+directly from the Google-hosted documentation Gerrit web-site:
+
+> Gerrit is intended to provide a lightweight framework for reviewing
+> every commit before it is accepted into the code base. Changes are
+> uploaded to Gerrit but don’t actually become a part of the project
+> until they’ve been reviewed and accepted.
+
+# What is Gerrit User Summit?
+
+Gerrit User Summit is THE event for everything related
+to the Gerrit Code Review Community.
+
+The Gerrit User Summit is the place where all of major Gerrit users
+annually meet and exchange experiences and practices that foster the
+community with new and useful ideas.
+
+## Gerrit Community in Numbers
+
+Thanks to the [Gerrit Analytics platform](https://analytics.gerrithub.io)
+contributed by GerritForge to the project, we have from this year some real numbers about the
+project, automatically extracted from the Git commits and reviews on Gerrit.
+
+* 15 years of activity
+* 22 events in USA, UK, Germany and Sweden
+* 1000+ contributors worldwide coming from 300+ organisations
+* 305 releases
+* 204 repositories
+* 166 plugins
+* 60k commits
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+# Gerrit User Summit Europe 2023 - Schedule
+
+## Hackathon, 25-29th September (Mon-Fri) at Volvo Cars
+
+| Time | Session
+|-------|-----------------------------------------------------
+| 8:30 | Registration Opens
+| 9:30 | Presentation of the hackathon topics, introductions
+| 10:30 | Coding
+| 12:15 | Lunch & Networking
+| 14:00 | Coding
+| 19:00 | End of the day
+
+## The User Summit, 30th September (Sat) to 1st October (Sun)
+
+Introduction, intermediate and advanced sessions on Gerrit Code Review.
+
+### Saturday 30th September
+
+The Gerrit User Summit starts at 11:00 CEST in Sweden and continues at 08:00 PDT in California.
+
+| Time CEST | Time PDT | Session
+|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------
+| 10:30 | | Registration Opens, Networking
+| 11:00 | | Welcome to Volvo Cars - *TBC*
+| 11:45 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 12:45 | | Lunch & Networking
+| 15:00 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 15:45 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 16:00 | | Break & Networking
+| 17:00 | 08:00 | Welcome to GerritForge Inc. - *TBC*
+| 17:15 | 08:15 | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden / USA*
+| 18:00 | 09:00 | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden / USA*
+| 18:45 | 09:45 | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden / USA*
+| 19:30 | 10:30 | End of Day 1 - Sweden / Break & Networking - US
+| 20:00 | | Dinner - Celebrations for Gerrit 15 years
+| | 11:15 | *TALK AVAILABLE - USA*
+| | 12:30 | Lunch & Networking
+
+### Sunday 1st October
+
+| Time CEST | Time PDT | Session
+|-----------|-----------|-------------------------------------------------
+| 10:30 | | Networking
+| 11:00 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 11:45 | | Break
+| 11:00 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 12:45 | | Lunch & Networking
+| 14:00 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 14:45 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 15:30 | | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden*
+| 16:00 | | Break & Networking
+| 17:00 | 08:00 | [Q&A with the maintainers](schedule/maintainers-qa.md)
+| 17:45 | 08:45 | *TALK AVAILABLE - Sweden / USA*
+| 18:30 | 09:30 | End of the Summit - Sweden / Break & Networking - USA
+| | 10:15 | *LIGHTNING TALKS*
+| | 11:15 | End of the Summit - USA
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+# Q&A with the Gerrit maintainers
+
+Meet the Gerrit maintainers and ask those questions that
+you've always been wanting to ask.
+
+* *maintainers TBC*
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+# Insert here your session title
+
+Describe your session in a few sentences (max 200 words),
+something like ...
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Mauris
+feugiat libero leo, hendrerit interdum elit ornare eu. In sed
+nibh auctor, consectetur turpis in, interdum ligula. Nullam
+enim quam, imperdiet sit amet venenatis vitae, molestie at
+magna. Maecenas in posuere tellus. Morbi ut neque vel ante
+tristique elementum. Phasellus fringilla, turpis nec posuere
+feugiat, risus mi lobortis dolor, at consectetur orci dolor ut nunc.
+
+*[First Last Name, Affiliation / Company](../speakers.md#anchor)*
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+# Gerrit User Summit 2023 - Speakers
+
+### First Last - Company {#anchor}
+
+First Last is a long-time Gerrit contributor. He joined the Gerrit project in 2009,
+became a maintainer in 2012 and assumed the role as community manager in 2023.
+
+[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/firstlast/)
