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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.
	# 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.