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[[File:Debconfshirts12.jpg|thumb|550px|DebConf T-shirts from conferences 3 through 12.]]
'''DebConf, the Debian developers conference''' is the yearly conference where developers of the [[Debian]] operating system meet to discuss further development of the system.

Besides the scheduled workshops and talks, Debian developers take the opportunity to [[Hack (technology slang)|hack]] on the Debian system in a more informal setting. This has been institutionalised by introducing the '''DebCamp''' in the Oslo DebConf in 2003: a room is set aside and computing infrastructure provided.

==Locations==
Locations of past and future DebConf events:
{| class="wikitable"
|[http://debconf0.debconf.org/ DebConf0]||2000||July 5–9||[[Bordeaux]], France
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|[http://debconf1.debconf.org/ DebConf1]||2001||July 2–5||Bordeaux, France
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|[http://debconf2.debconf.org/ DebConf2]||2002||July 5–7||[[Toronto]], Canada
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|[http://debconf3.debconf.org/ DebConf3]||2003||July 18–20||[[Oslo]], Norway
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|[http://debconf4.debconf.org/ DebConf4]||2004||May 26 – June 2||[[Porto Alegre]], Brazil
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|[http://debconf5.debconf.org/ DebConf5]||2005||July 10–17 ||[[Helsinki]], Finland
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|[http://debconf6.debconf.org/ DebConf6]||2006||May 14–22||[[Oaxtepec]], Mexico
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|[http://debconf7.debconf.org/ DebConf7]||2007|| June 17–23 || [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
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|[http://debconf8.debconf.org/ DebConf8]||2008|| August 10–16 || [[Mar del Plata]], Argentina
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|[http://debconf9.debconf.org/ DebConf9]||2009|| July 24–30 || [[Cáceres, Spain|Cáceres]], Spain
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|[http://debconf10.debconf.org/ DebConf10]||2010|| August 1–7 || New York City, United States
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|[http://debconf11.debconf.org/ DebConf11]||2011|| July 24–30  || [[Banja Luka]], Bosnia and Herzegovina
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|[http://debconf12.debconf.org/ DebConf12]||2012|| July 8–14  || [[Managua]], Nicaragua
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|[http://debconf13.debconf.org/ DebConf13]||2013|| August 11–18  || [[Vaumarcus]], Switzerland
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|[http://debconf14.debconf.org/ DebConf14]||2014|| August 23–31  || [[Portland, Oregon]], United States
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|[http://debconf15.debconf.org/ DebConf15]||2015|| August 15–22  || [[Heidelberg]], Germany
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|[https://debconf16.debconf.org/ DebConf16]||2016|| July 3–9 || [[Cape Town]], South Africa
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|[https://debconf17.debconf.org/ DebConf17]||2017|| August 6–12 || [[Montreal]], Canada
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|[https://debconf18.debconf.org DebConf18]||2018|| July 29 – August 4 || [[Hsinchu]], Taiwan
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|[https://debconf19.debconf.org/ DebConf19]||2019|| July 21–28 || [[Curitiba]], Brazil
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|[https://debconf20.debconf.org DebConf20]||2020|| August 23–29 || ''Online only (due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]])''
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|[https://debconf21.debconf.org/ DebConf21]||2021|| August 24–28 || ''Online only (due to the COVID-19 pandemic)''
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|[https://debconf22.debconf.org DebConf22]||2022|| July 17–24 || [[Prizren]], Kosovo
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|[https://debconf23.debconf.org DebConf23]||2023|| September 10–17 || [[Kochi]], India
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|[https://debconf24.debconf.org DebConf24]||2024|| July 28 – August 4 || [[Busan]], Republic of Korea
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|[https://debconf25.debconf.org DebConf25]||2025|| July 14–21 || [[Brest, France|Brest]], France
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|}

== Miniconf ==
These were one-day miniature conferences, originally held in association with the main [[linux.conf.au]] Australian Linux conference. They were targeted towards specific communities of interest and offered delegates an opportunity to network with other enthusiasts while immersing themselves in a specific topic or project.

Locations of past LCA Miniconf events:
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080722051829/http://www.linux.org.au/conf/2002/debiancon.html Debian GNU/Linux: Australian Mini-Conference 2002]||2002||February 4–5||[[Brisbane]], Australia
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050623152740/http://www.debconf.org/lca2003/ Debian Miniconf2]||2003||January 20–21||[[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Australia
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050624071721/http://debconf.org/miniconf3/ Debian Miniconf3]||2004||January 12–13||[[Adelaide]], Australia
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20050624071651/http://debconf.org/miniconf4/ Debian Miniconf4]||2005||April 18–19||[[Canberra]], Australia
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080107193830/http://miniconf5.debconf.org/ Debian Miniconf5]||2006||January 23–24||[[Dunedin]], New Zealand
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071122024159/http://miniconf6.debconf.org/ Debian Miniconf6]||2007||January 15–16||Sydney
|}

== MiniDebConf ==
This is a smaller Debian event, held annually in various places in the world.

Locations of past and future MiniDebConf events:
{| class="wikitable"
|[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianColombia/MiniDebconf2006 MiniDebConf 2006 Colombia]||2006||August 19–20||[[Popayán]], Colombia
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|[http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2010/01/#6 MiniDebConf Centroamérica: Panamá]||2010||March 20–23||[[Panama City]], Panama
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|[https://web.archive.org/web/20100611234344/http://www.minidebconf.de/2010/berlin/ MiniDebConf 2010 Germany]||2010||June 10–11||[[Berlin]], Germany
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|[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2010 MiniDebConf 2010 India]||2010||August 7–8||[[Pune]], India
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|[http://fr2010.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf 2010 France]||2010||October 30–31||Paris, France
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|[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianVietnam/MiniDebConf2010 MiniDebConf 2010 Vietnam]||2010||November 12–14||[[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
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|[http://fr2012.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf 2012 France]||2012||November 24–25||Paris, France
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|[http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2013/Calicut MiniDebConf 2013 India]||2013||February 22–24||[[Kozhikode]], India
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|[https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Miniconf-UK/2013 MiniDebConf 2013 UK]||2013||November 14–17||[[Cambridge]], United Kingdom
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|[http://france.debian.net/events/minidebconf2014 MiniDebConf 2014 France]||2012||January 18–19||Paris, France
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|[http://bcn2014.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf 2014 Spain]||2014||March 15–16||[[Barcelona]], Spain
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|[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2014/Kollam MiniDebConf 2014 India]([https://web.archive.org/web/20150205085447/http://www.debutsav.in/ Debutsav])||2014||October 17–18||[[Kollam]], India
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|[https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/Miniconf-UK/2014 MiniDebConf 2014 UK]||2014||November 6–9||Cambridge, United Kingdom
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|[http://nz2015.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf 2015 New-Zealand]||2015||January 10–12||[[Auckland]], New Zealand
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|[http://in2015.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf 2015 India]||2015||January 17–18||[[Mumbai]], India
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|[http://france.debian.net/events/minidebconf2015 MiniDebConf 2015 France]||2015||April 11–12||[[Lyon]], France
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|[http://bucharest2015.mini.debconf.org MiniDebConf 2015 Romania]||2015||May 16–17||[[Bucharest]], Romania
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|[http://br2016.mini.debconf.org MiniDebConf 2016 Curitiba]||2016||March 5–6||[[Curitiba]], Brazil
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|[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2018/MiniDebConfHamburg MiniDebConf 2018 Hamburg]||2018||May 16–20||[[Hamburg]], Germany
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|[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2019/MiniDebConfHamburg MiniDebConf 2019 Hamburg]||2019||June 5–9||Hamburg, Germany
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|[https://in2021.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf India 2021]||2021||January 23-24||Online
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|[[debian:DebianEvents/de/2021/MiniDebConfRegensburg|MiniDebConf 2021 Regensburg]]
|2021
|October 2-3
|[[Regensburg]], Germany
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|[https://pt2023.mini.debconf.org/ MiniDebConf Portugal 2023]||2023||February 13-16||[[Lisbon]], Portugal
|}

== Attendance ==
According to a 2013 brochure, the conference had about 30 attendees in 2000 while in 2011 there were around 300 attendees, and about 250 are expected.<ref>[http://media.debconf.org/dc13/sponsors/DebConf13_SponsoringBrochure.pdf DebConf13 Vaumarcus Sponsoring Brochure]. Debian.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [http://www.debconf.org DebConf website]
* [http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/ DebConf video archive]
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