Beethoven Sprint

A strategic Plone sprint
on Plone 6.1 and 7

Bonn, May 15th - 19th 2023

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/01 What

The Beethoven Sprint is a gathering of Plone developers in Bonn, Germany from May 15th to 19th 2023.

We will focus on the developement of Plone 6.1 and Plone 7 focussing on Volto. Volto is the new ReactJS-based default frontend for Plone 6 content management system. We plan to mostly work on:

The Beethoven sprint has been declared as a strategic sprint by the the Plone Volto Team, the Plone Framework Team, and has been approved by the Plone board of directors. The sprint covers topics that are considered vital for the future of the Plone CMS.

/02 Where

The sprint will be held at the kitconcept GmbH Bonn office, where we will have everything that is needed for a productive and successful sprint. There are three rooms, we will have a fast internet connection, snacks, drinks, a beautiful garden, and a coffee machine.

Address:

kitconcept GmbH
Riesstraße 21
53113 Bonn

/03 Who

In the past we had 20-30 attendees from up to eleven different countries. This is the preliminary list of attendees:

  • Víctor Fernández de Alba (kitconcept)
  • Érico Andrei (kitconcept)
  • David Glick (kitconcept)
  • Rob Gietema (kitconcept)
  • Timo Stollenwerk (kitconcept)
  • Jakob Kahl (kitconcept)
  • Steffen Ring (kitconcept)
  • Thomas Kindermann (kitconcept)
  • Jonas Piterek (kitconcept)
  • Dante Alvarez (kitconcept)
  • Alec Ghica (Eau de Web)
  • Alin Voinea (Eau de Web)
  • Claudia Ifrim (Eau de Web)
  • Răzvan Miu (Eau de Web)
  • Andrei Grigore (Eau de Web)
  • Piero Nicolli (Red Turtle)
  • Stefano Marchetti (Red Turtle)
  • Wagner Trezub (Red Turtle)
  • Roman Kysil (Red Turtle)
  • Fred van Dijk (Zest)
  • Maurits van Rees (Zest)
  • Philip Bauer (Starzel)
  • Steffen Lindner (Starzel)
  • Katja Süss (Rohberg)
  • Bernd Wolber (FZJ)
  • Christian Mroncz (FZJ)
  • Gil Forcada (Freitag)
  • Margarida Paixao (Freitag)
  • Marina Noleto (Freitag)
  • Paul Grunewald (TU Dresden)
  • Jens Klein (Klein & Partner)
  • Irene Escudé
  • Albert Casado
  • Roel Bruggnik

Add your own name to the list here.

/04 Schedule

Sprint schedule for the Beethoven sprint.

Monday, May 15th 2023

09:00 - 09:30 - Arrival, kitconcept office

9:30 - 10:00 - Sprint planning / Stand up

10:00 - 13:00 - Sprint slot 1

13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch Casbah

14:00 - 17:00 - Sprint slot 2

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap up sprint day 1

17:30 - 19:00 - Sprint slot 3

19:00 - 21:00 Dinner Wirtshaus Salvator

Tuesday, May 16th 2023

09:00 - 09:30 - Arrival, kitconcept office

9:30 - 10:00 - Sprint planning / Stand up

10:00 - 13:00 - Sprint slot 1

13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch L'Osteria

14:00 - 17:00 - Sprint slot 2

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap up sprint day 1

17:30 - 19:00 - Sprint slot 3

19:00 - 21:00 Dinner Der Spanier

Wednesday, May 17th 2023

09:00 - 09:30 - Arrival, kitconcept office

9:30 - 10:00 - Sprint planning / Stand up

10:00 - 13:00 - Sprint slot 1

13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch Von & Zu

14:00 - 17:00 - Sprint slot 2

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap up sprint day 2

17:30 - 19:00 - Sprint slot 3

19:00 - 21:00 Dinner, Hans im Glück

Thursday, May 18th 2023

09:00 - 09:30 - Arrival, kitconcept office

9:30 - 10:00 - Sprint planning / Stand up

10:00 - 13:00 - Sprint slot 1

13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch, Sion im Carré

14:00 - 17:00 - Sprint slot 2

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap up sprint day 1

17:30 - 19:00 - Sprint slot 3

19:00 - Dinner Order Pizza

Friday, May 19th 2023

09:00 - 09:30 - Arrival, kitconcept office

9:30 - 10:00 - Sprint planning / Stand up

10:00 - 13:00 - Sprint slot 1

13:00 - 14:00 - Lunch, Ginger's

14:00 - 17:00 - Sprint slot 2

17:00 - 17:30 - Wrap up sprint day 1

17:30 - 19:00 - Sprint slot 3

19:00 - 21:00 - Dinner Black Veg

/05 More

Find out more about the Beethoven sprint.

Accommodation

There are several Hotels available close to the kitconcept office. You can find a list of the most popular ones in out planning doc.

Getting there

From Frankfurt (FRA) airport: Take the train (IC/ICE) to Bonn Hbf, either directly (IC) or via Bonn/Siegburg (ICE) to Bonn/Siegburg, then switch to tram line "66" to "Bonn Hbf".

From Cologne (CGN) airport: Take the bus "SB60" to "Bonn Hauptbahnhof".

From Düsseldorf (DUS) airport: Take the train to Bonn, via Cologne (RB, IC, or ICE).

From Bonn Hauptbahnhof (railway station) you can walk to the kitconcept office within 10 minutes or take a bus to Nassestr./Arithmeum.

Bonn Guide and some recommendations

Bonn tourist information

House of History (Haus der Geschichte)

Beethoven Haus

/06 Sponsors

Those organisations and companies are making the Beethoven Sprint possible.

Plone Foundation
Python Software Verband
Python Software Foundation
Red Turtle
Eau de Web

If your company would like to support the Beethoven Sprint, get in touch with us.