Although not an official social event of the Conference, Birds of a Feather - or BoFs as they are known - allow Delegates to meet around a particular topic or interest. BoFs usually occur during lunchtime, or after the main Conference presentations for the day.
Remember that BoF sessions are part of linux.conf.au, and therefore, the [linux.conf.au code of conduct](/attend/code-of-conduct) applies.
In particular, BoF topics and discussions must be suitable for all attendees of the conference, including those aged 12 and up, and may not unwarrantedly exclude people based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, or religion.
## Instructions
- Create a wiki page under this page for your BoF
- Add your BoF to the schedule below
- Room allocation will happen closer to the conference or during the conference so keep an eye on this page
## Schedule
###Monday 6:30pm (after LA AGM):
- [OSIA BoF](osia_bof), meet up outside the Plenary hall by the tables, we'll see who turns up and find a venue. For OSIA members and people interested in what we're up to
- [Blue Hackers](bluehackers), discussing depression and mental health.
### Tuesday 12:20pm (lunch):
- NCSS/CCSS/UUSCSS Alumni - meet up outside Plenary Hall
###Wednesday 12:20pm (during lunch):
- [Perl BoF](perl_bof), Venue: Wellington Room 1, covering all things Perl
- [Elastic BoF](elastic-bof), y'know, for search! (Tasman Room B/C)
- [FLOSS Foundations](floss-foundation-bof), Those interested FLOSS Foundations
- [CNC and Linux](cnc), CNC experiences Making things including CNC machines. Meet near rego desk
### Thursday 7am (before breakfast):
- [Martial Arts BoF](martial_arts_bof)
###Thursday 12:20pm (during lunch):
- [Student Outreach BoF](student_outreach_bof), covering Google Summer of Code, Google Code-in, and similar programs. Venue: on the lawn under the tree (where the Penguin Dinner was)
- [Rust BoF](rustlang_bof). Wellington Room 2 (immediately after Rust 101 tutorial)
- [Hackerspaces BoF](hackerspaces). Venue: Boardwalk
- [Open Hardware Mini-Conference update](openhardware_bof). Venue: Boardwalk
- [CA Cert and security](ca-cert) - Tasman Hall B/C
- [Retained Data in Civil Proceedings Consultation BoF](data-retention-consultation). Venue: Tasman Hall A
###Thursday 5:30pm-6:30pm
- [Astronomy BoF](astronomy_bof) Excursion to observatory & museum.
- [Emacs Bof](emacs_bof). Venue: Wellington Room 1
### Thursday 5:30pm-9:30pm
- [Boardgames BoF](boardgames-etc), boardgames because raisins. In Wellington 2
- [Hobart Hackerspace Visit](hobart-hackerpace-visit)
### Friday 10:40AM - 11:25AM
####Wellington Room 2
- [Key Signing Party](key_signing)
###Friday: 11:35–12:20
####Wellington Room 2
- [Libre unified communications](libre-unified-communications), sequel to the "Libre IM & Social BoF" i.e. for everyone interested in p2p, team, and social communications.
###Friday: 12:20 - 13:20
- [Wool BoF](wool_bof), for anyone interested in knitting, crochet, patterns and related textile things. Wellington Room 2
- [Haskell BoF](haskell), all lambdaheads and lambda-curious people welcome! Tasman Hall B/C
- [Discussing future models for us all BoF :)](distributed_democracy), building on the keynote themes and discussing where we go from here! Was the grass lawns outside, moved to the bar due to rain and availability of beer :)
- [Jobs BoF](/wiki/conference/jobs) - Boardwalk Gallery - downstairs
- [Cryptocurrency BoF](cryptocurrency_bof)[Plenary]
- [micropython on FPGAs](micropython_on_FPGAs), Wellington Room 1
- [Miniconf BOF](Miniconf_BOF), Tasman Hall A
- [Non-monogamy discussion](non_monogamy_discussion)
###Friday: 13:20–14:05
####Wellington Room 2
####CANCELLED
- [(Distopian) Future of distributions (in the Cloud)](future-of-distributions), about the role and relevance of distributions (and/or communities) in the future of Open-Source Software
###Saturday: 10:30-11:30
- [Escape Room Post Conference](escape-room-post-conference-bof)
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## Unscheduled sessions:
List your BoF page here if you haven't decided on a schedule yet!
- [Open Compute Project BoF](open-compute-project-bof)
- [Training Engineers](training-engineers)
### During sessions
### Lunchtime
- [Queer BoF](queer_bof), an all-welcome social meetup catering towards all members of the Queer/LGBTQ and allies community.
### Evening
### Undecided
- Add something!
- [Embedded Linux BoF](embedded_linux_bof)
- [Containers BoF](containers-bof)
## Exercise
- [Running BoF](running) most mornings from below the colleges- [Running BoF](running) most mornings from below the colleges
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