HackerTrain: the first real (and distributed) train trip from N places on M routes to Brussels

After a successful beta run, the HackerTrain to FOSDEM is back! This time we are going distributed.

In this talk we will present:

• how we organized a train trip for an unknown number of groups of unknown people that travel on different dates and on different routes to the same event
• lessons learnt on how to manage such chaos on a zero budget
• how the actual train rides went (hopefully with pictures!) – we expect several lines from all corners of Europe
• lessons learnt on those routes
• what are the next steps and the long-term goals for the HackerTrain

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.