Free Real-time Communications (RTC) at DebConf15, Heidelberg


The DebConf team have just published the first list of events scheduled for DebConf15 in Heidelberg, Germany, from 15 - 22 August 2015.

There are two specific events related to free real-time communications and a wide range of other events related to more general topics of encryption and privacy.

15 August, 17:00, Free Communications with Free Software (as part of the DebConf open weekend)

The first weekend of DebConf15 is an open weekend, it is aimed at a wider audience than the traditional DebConf agenda. The open weekend includes some keynote speakers, a job fair and various other events on the first Saturday and Sunday.

The RTC talk will look at what solutions exist for free and autonomous voice and video communications using free software and open standards such as SIP, XMPP and WebRTC as well as some of the alternative peer-to-peer communications technologies that are emerging. The talk will also look at the pervasive nature of communications software and why success in free RTC is so vital to the health of the free software ecosystem at large.

17 August, 17:00, Challenges and Opportunities for free real-time communications

This will be a more interactive session people are invited to come and talk about their experiences and the problems they have faced deploying RTC solutions for professional or personal use. We will try to look at some RTC/VoIP troubleshooting techniques as well as more high-level strategies for improving the situation.

Try the Debian and Fedora RTC portals

Have you registered for rtc.debian.org? It can successfully make federated SIP calls with users of other domains, including Fedora community members trying FedRTC.org.

You can use rtc.debian.org for regular SIP (with clients like Empathy, Jitsi or Lumicall) or WebRTC.

Can't get to DebConf15?

If you can't get to Heidelberg, you can watch the events on the live streaming service and ask questions over IRC.

To find out more about deploying RTC, please see the RTC Quick Start Guide.

Did you know?

Don't confuse Heidelberg, Germany with Heidelberg in Melbourne, Australia. Heidelberg down under was the site of the athlete's village for the 1956 Olympic Games.