HackerTrain to FOSDEM 2025 (a.k.a. the beta run)

At this point, the first HackerTrain to FOSDEM has – hopefully 🤞 – arrived!

In this talk we will present :

• what was/is the HackerTrain to FOSDEM
• how the idea came about and who was involved
• the rollercoaster ride that was the different plans we tried
• the actual train ride that followed (hopefully with pictures!)
• lessons learnt
• what are the long-term goals for this project

Through this beta run of the HackerTrain to FOSDEM we hope to uncover also the potential for (massive) group travel to (FOSS) events, as well as the hurdles that we still need to overcome to make affordable, easy, comfortable and engaging cross-border public travel possible.