Join us to write code, discuss and have loads of fun together with like-minded passionate developers.
Learn and share new ideas, techniques, languages and frameworks through coding dojos, pair programming, mob programming, groups discussions, presentations, informal conversations.
Being a self-organizing event, SoCraTesBE participants create the schedule on the fly, every day before the Open Space starts. This “schedule” is known as the Market Place.
The market place is basiscally a map of timeslots and locations for sessions like in the picture above.
Every participant that wants to, can give a short intro of the topic they want to discuss, present, work on, experiment with that day. After which it will be added to the market place.
When the market place is set up, everyone is free to attend any session they are interested in. If at any time during a session you find yourself neither learning nor contributing, use your two feet and join another session.
Yes, we're finally back!
The gathering runs from Thursday 7 July to Sunday 10 July, 2022.
We’ll kick off Thursday evening with dinner at 7 PM. After dinner, around 8.30 PM, we will officially open the third edition of SoCraTes BE with a warm up session to get all the brains fired up. When the warm up session is finished, the floor is yours to continue the conversation, twist it around and branch it in every direction.
On Friday and Saturday, we’ll run an open space, in which every attendee is welcome and encouraged to propose talks, discussions, workshops or whatever else they choose to further every attendee’s knowledge and understanding of creating and maintaining software.
On Friday and Saturday evenings, attendees are encouraged to run social activities, from pair-programming to board games and everything in between.
The conference is officially over on Sunday the 12th after breakfast, but people can still join us for a nice walk or discover the beauty of La Roche-En-Ardenne, or any other informal activities.
overview of conference
Official opening of this edition of SoCraTes BE with a warm up session to get all the brains fired up!
It is time to strenghten our body to make sure we can get through the weekend.
During this timeslot we invite all participants who feel like sharing a short session on any topic to take the stage.
The floor is yours to continue the conversation, twist it around and branch it in every direction.
We start the day with a good breakfast
Time for everyone to write down their sessions and pick a slot on the market place.
The sessions are one hour long.
Time to refuel.
The sessions are one hour long.
Time to wrap up the first day of SoCraTes BE!
We end the day with dinner.
Time to code, play, sing, play music, dance or whatever else you want to do during the evening.
We start the day with a good breakfast
Time for everyone to write down their sessions and pick a slot on the market place.
The sessions are one hour long.
Time to refuel.
The sessions are one hour long.
Time to wrap up the second day of SoCraTes BE!
We end the day with dinner.
Time to code, play, sing, play music, dance or whatever else you want to do during the evening.
We start the day with a good breakfast
Time to checkout!
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A conference for everyone
SoCraTes BE follows the Conference Code of Conduct laid out by several conference organisers around the globe. We ask that you read the full version before attending. You are required to cooperate with the code throughout the event to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.
Our conference is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion. We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks, workshops, parties, Twitter and other online media. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference without a refund at the discretion of the conference organisers.
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