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You will be notified by email within 5 business days as to whether your request has been accepted. Upon receipt of that email, you will be given 72 hours to either confirm or reject your invitation. If you do not respond within 72 hours, your invitation will be cancelled. Once you confirm your invitation, you are considered a registered participant.
You will be notified by email within 5 business days as to whether your request has been accepted. Upon receipt of that email, you will be given 72 hours to either confirm or reject your invitation. If you do not respond within 72 hours, your invitation will be cancelled. Once you confirm your invitation, you are considered a registered participant.


=== I have an Invitation ====
=== I have an Invitation ===


We will email you instructions on how to confirm your invitation request.
We will email you instructions on how to confirm your invitation request.

Revision as of 17:33, 25 March 2014

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When and Where ?

Rackspace Ltd, May 29-30

We confirmed the Xen Hackathon for May 29-30, 2014 in London, UK at Rackspaces London Site. We will start at 9AM and finish at 5PM each day. There will also be an evening social event on May 29th : more details will follow.

Rackspace Ltd
5 Millington Road
Hyde Park Hayes
Middlesex
UB3 4AZ

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Hotel Options

StayCity Serviced Apartments (~5 minutes from venue)

StayCity Serviced Apartments
Highpoint Village, Station Approach, Hayes UB3 4FN
Closest Train Station: Directly next to Hayes and Harlington Station (National Rail and District/Central tube line). 15/20 minutes to Paddington station on the Overground line and 15 minutes on the fast train to Paddington or 30 minutes on the slow train.
Distance from Venue: 4 minute walk to Rackspace office.
Nightly Rate is £68-£90, not central
Directions

Hotel Xanadu (~23 minutes from venue)

Hotel Xanadu
26-42 Bond St, London W5 5AA
Closest Train Station: Ealing Broadway (National Rail and District/Central tube line)
Distance from Venue: Around 23 minutes to Venue and 15 minutes to Paddington station on the Overground line.
Nightly Rate is £130-£220
Directions

Hilton Paddington (~26 minutes from venue)

Hilton Paddington
Hilton London Paddington Hotel, 146 Praed St, London W2 1EE
Closest Train Station: Inside London Paddington Station (National Rail and multiple underground stations)
Distance from Venue: Approx 30 minutes to Hayes and Harlington
Nightly Rate is £180-£260
Directions

Hotel Indigo Paddington (~27 minutes from venue)

Hotel Indigo London Paddington
16 London Street, Paddington, London W2 1HL
Closest Train Station: Inside London Paddington Station (National Rail and multiple underground stations)
Distance from Venue: Approx 30 minutes to Hayes and Harlington
Nightly Rate is £200-£280
Directions

Mercure London Paddington Hotel (~26 minutes from venue)

Mercure London Paddington Hotel
144 Praed St, Paddington, London, W2 1HU
Closest Train Station: Inside London Paddington Station (National Rail and multiple underground stations)
Distance from Venue: Approx 30 minutes to Hayes and Harlington
Nightly Rate is £130-£200
Directions

Other Paddington Options

Note that there are many hotels within walking distance of London Paddington at different price points

Transport Information

Getting from London Heathrow to Paddington and/or Ealing (Hotel Xanadu)

  • Heathrow Express will get you from LHR to Paddington in 15 minutes (runs every 15 minutes)
  • Heathrow Connect will get you to Ealing Broadway (Hotel Xanadu) in 10 minutes (runs every 30 minutes)

Getting from London Paddington to Hayes and Harlington Station

To get from London Paddington to Hayes and Harlington Station you have two fast options via London Overground

  • Trains going to Oxford or Reading will stop in Hayes & Harlington. The train fare is £5.90 and takes 17 or 19 minutes
  • Heathrow Connect takes 20 minute and leaves at 03 and 33 past each hour
  • There are approximately 7 trains leaving every hour

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To go back, take any train to London Paddington

Walking from Hayes and Harlington Station to the Rackspace Office

Click on Image for more information.
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Visa Invitation Letters

If you require an invitation, please send an e-mail to community dot manager at xenproject dot org

Topics to Discuss, Code, Work on, ... at the Hackathon

Instructions

Topics

Please add topics you want to discuss in this section


Dealing with xen-devel list traffic

Date of insert: 27/02/2014; Verified: Not updated in 2020; GSoC: N/A
Technical contact: Lars Kurth
Mailing list/forum for project: xen-devel@
IRC channel for project: #xen-devel
Difficulty: N/A
Skills Needed: N/A
Description: Traffic on xen-devel has doubled in the last 2 years and is getting hard to handle. I would like to discuss different options and then make a proposal to the community
Outcomes: Draft proposal on developer lists


VirtIO and Xen

Date of insert: 3/18/2014; Verified: Not updated in 2020; GSoC: N/A
Technical contact: Daniel Kiper
Mailing list/forum for project: xen-devel@
IRC channel for project: #xen-devel
Difficulty: N/A
Skills Needed: N/A
Description: Discuss the technical issues related to make VirtIO work on Xen.
Outcomes: Use information for the VIRTIO-46


I want to attend

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Request Invite

You will be notified by email within 5 business days as to whether your request has been accepted. Upon receipt of that email, you will be given 72 hours to either confirm or reject your invitation. If you do not respond within 72 hours, your invitation will be cancelled. Once you confirm your invitation, you are considered a registered participant.

I have an Invitation

We will email you instructions on how to confirm your invitation request.

Community members that requested an invite

  • Lars Kurth, Citrix
  • Daniel Kiper, Oracle
  • Ian Campbell, Citrix
  • Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk, Oracle
  • Julian Chesterfield, OnApp
  • Michail Flouris, OnApp
  • Michail Alvanos, OnApp
  • Xenia Ragiadakou, OnApp