Ghent Functional Programming Group/BelHac

Revision as of 07:56, 20 July 2010

1 About

The Haskell Hackathon is an international, grassroots collaborative coding festival with a simple focus: build and improve Haskell libraries, tools, and infrastructure.

BelHac will be held in November in "The Therminal" in Ghent, Belgium. It is open to all -- you do not have to be a Haskell guru to attend. All you need is a basic knowledge of Haskell, a willingness to learn, and a project you're excited to help with (or a project of your own to work on).

There will be lots of hacking, good beer, and, of course, fun!

• Mailing list: hackathon@haskell.org
• IRC channel: #ghentfpg on FreeNode

You can register here.

2 News

• July 20: Registration is now open!

3 When

• Friday, 5th of November: 2pm - 7pm
• Saturday, 6th of November: 10am - 6pm
• Sunday, 7th of November: 10am - 6pm

3.1 Program

• Friday: short introduction, followed by hacking and sponsored food. There will also be a "Real World Haskell Crash Course" for unexperienced but interested people.
• Saturday: Hacking!
• Sunday: More hacking, and in the afternoon we will have a couple of (lightning) talks.

4 Getting there

4.1 Getting to Ghent

(To be expanded)

4.2 Getting to The Therminal

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5 Food

(To be expanded)

6 Accomodation

(To be expanded)

7 Sponsors

We're still looking for sponsors to help us provide food, drinks and t-shirts. If you or your company is interested in sponsoring please contact one of the organizers.

8 Organizers & Contact

This GhentFPG organizing committee is behind this Hackaton. You can contact us at

• Jasper Van der Jeugt (irc: jaspervdj, email: jaspervdj+belhac@gmail.com, phone: +32-476-26-28-27)