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Subject:    www/sites/kde-ev/akademy
From:       Adriaan de Groot <groot () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-09-02 19:09:58
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 <p>Previous to the year 2008 the spelling "aKademy" was used. This was changed
 to "Akademy" due to popular demand in 2008.</p>
 
-<h2>Upcoming Akademy</h2>
 
-<ul>
-  <li><a href="http://conference2009.kde.org">Akademy 2009,
-  Las Palmas, Gran Canaria</a></li>
-</ul>
+<h2>Akademy 2010 in Tampere, Finland</h2>
 
+<p>
+The KDE community is proud to announce the location of next year's Akademy: 
+Tampere, Finland. Akademy is the yearly world conference held by the KDE 
+community to celebrate the Free Software desktop and work towards the future
+of KDE.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+After a successful Akademy 2009 on the Canary Islands, as part of the Gran 
+Canaria Desktop Summit, Akademy heads north to the birthplace of Linux where 
+contributors will enjoy the midnight sun as they spend a week to present, plan 
+and participate in the development of KDE software.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Akademy 2010 will be organized by COSS, the Finnish Centre for Open Source 
+Solutions in cooperation with KDE e.V. "We were happy to meet Mr. Ilkka 
+Lehtinen at GCDS," says Sebastian K&uuml;gler, board member of KDE e.V., "and we 
+spent some time discussing what really goes into Akademy to make it such a 
+vibrant event." The conference is planned for late June or early July, and 
+announcements will be made when the date is finalized and contributors to the 
+Free Software desktop can start to make their summer plans.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+A call for papers and participation is expected in the dark days of the year. 
+Volunteers for the conference itself will be sought in the spring. Mr. Ilkka 
+Lehtinen will lead the local team, Kenny Duffus will lead the KDE team and 
+Claudia Rauch, Business Manager of KDE e.V., will be the central point
+of contact and coordinate with the local team.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Cornelius Schumacher, president of KDE e.V., says of the coming conference, 
+"it will be great to show our technology in new areas and to reach out to the 
+business community and Finland in particular with this Akademy. The release of 
+KDE 4.5 is scheduled around Akademy in 2010 and it will be a good moment to 
+look back at the road from KDE 4.0 to stability, beauty and elegance."
+</p>
+
+
+
 <h2>Akademy Future</h2>
 
 <p>If you are interested in hosting an Akademy in the future, please have a look
 at the <a href="requirements.php">list of requirements.</a></p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li><a href="callforhosts.php">Call for Hosts for Akademy 2009</a> (now
-  closed)</li>
+  <li>
+    <a href="callforhosts.php">Call for Hosts for Akademy 2011</a>.
+    The call for hosts remains roughly the same from year to year,
+    as the conference set up is well-tried; only the number of
+    participants grows. We welcome additional activities (software
+    related) around Akademy and joint events.
+  </li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2>aKademy History</h2>
 
 <ul>
+  <li><a href="http://conference2009.kde.org">Akademy 2009,
+  Las Palmas, Gran Canaria</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://conference2008.kde.org">Akademy 2008,
   Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium</a></li>
   <li><a href="http://conference2007.kde.org">aKademy 2007, Glasgow,
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