Debian Med Sprint 2023
An in-person meetup of volunteers to create and update packages of bioinformatic and other biomedical software in Debian as part of the DebianMed team.
Location, Date
- when: 21.+22.1.2023
Dinner at Friday, 20.1.2023 at 18:00 in Vietnamese restaurant. From 19:00 meeting at EUREF-Campus lounge (organiser +49 (0)174 4160380)
- Venue will be open at ~9AM, please ring the bell outside building number 22 ("DCSO" 2nd floor, main reception). If no one opens, please call organiser (+49 (0)151 54150155)
Venue
We will have access to one large (~15 people) and one small (~ 5 people) meeting room, so working in separate groups from time to time is definitely possible. A comfortable open space with coffee machine for socialising and relaxing is available.
Network and Wifi
There will be only public WiFi provided by DCSO. Sorry, no wired ethernet unless someone brings an access point and switch.
Getting there
Berlin can be easily reached from within Germany using the DB train system (Berlin Hbf or Berlin-Südkreuz) or Flixbus long-distance bus service (Berlin ZOB or Alexanderplatz). There is also a major international airport: Berlin Brandenburg (BER) with good public transport connections to the rest of the city for 3.80 € per trip: https://ber.berlin-airport.de/en/orientation/getting-here/public-transport.html
The venue is easily reachable by S-Bahn (S1, Ringbahn S41/S42/S46) via Schöneberg station. There are also a couple of buses running (M46, 248). See https://sbahn.berlin/liniennetz/station/235/ for more details. Südkreuz station would also be an alternative with a bit of walking.
Please avoid coming by car in favour of the environment and limited parking.
Accommodation
There are a variety of hotels and hostels just a couple of S-Bahn stations from the venue, e.g. near Potsdamer Platz or Anhalter Bahnhof: https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+near+euref-campus/@52.4884989,13.3415758,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!2m4!5m3!5m2!4m1!1i2
Examples:
Within walking distance: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Sch%C3%B6neberg/@52.4838617,13.3538017,17.5z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x0:0x7cbdc6094eb22597!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d52.4849925!4d13.3545083
Few S-Bahn stations away: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hotel+Novotel+Suites+Berlin+City+Potsdamer+Platz/@52.5048022,13.3817308,16.54z/data=!4m8!3m7!1s0x0:0x1c4720a47f155c71!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d52.50457!4d13.38312 and others in the area
On campus: https://euref.de/en/euref-campus_en/campus-life/#overnight (only few spaces available, might go quickly)
Food
The venue is located in the "Rote Insel" district of Berlin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rote_Insel) with many suitable and affordable lunch spots, e.g. good Korean and Indian restaurants, a South German Wirtshaus within very short walking distance, and various fast food options (with vegetarian menu items).
Bring
Please consider bringing the following items:
- computers
- adaptors for EU power plugs, if necessary
- power strips
- energy bars 🍫
- video adapters/cables maybe?
Participation, Agenda, and Reports
Acknowledgements
The sprint has been possible thanks to:
The venue is provided by DCSO GmbH.