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We have only received a bid from Nepal for 2025 and have reached out to other Ubuntu LoCos who might be interested in hosting. The team also had time to improve their bid. After an organizing committee meeting today (November 18th 12:00 UTC) where the Nepal team presented their event organizing plan and answered many committee questions, the UbuCon Asia Committee unanimously agreed to choose Kathmandu, Nepal for UbuCon Asia 2025.</p> <p>The event will be held at St. Xavier’s College (SXC), Kathmandu, Nepal in mid-September during the weekend. Once the venue is confirmed, we will share more event details soon. Hopefully, we’ll see everyone in Kathmandu next year!</p> <p>If you would like to know how we chose Nepal, please check out our bid announcement, bid proposal from Nepal, and video recording of our meeting today:</p> <ul> <li>Bid announcement <a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-asia-2025-call-for-bids/47578/" class="inline-onebox">UbuCon Asia 2025 - Call for Bids!</a></li> <li>Nepal Bid <a href="https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-asia-2025-bid-for-kathmandu-nepal/48809" class="inline-onebox">UbuCon Asia 2025 Bid for Kathmandu, Nepal</a></li> <li>Video recording of the meeting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/XbEYjO1pChI">https://www.youtube.com/live/XbEYjO1pChI</a></li> </ul> <h2><a name="p-123628-key-details-1" class="anchor" href="#p-123628-key-details-1"></a>Key details</h2> <ul> <li>Proposed dates: Mid of September (To be confirmed)</li> <li>Participant scale: About 250 - 300 attendees or more</li> <li>Venue: St. Xavier’s College (SXC), Kathmandu, Nepal (May subject to change)</li> </ul> <h2><a name="p-123628-become-a-sponsor-2" class="anchor" href="#p-123628-become-a-sponsor-2"></a>Become a sponsor!</h2> <p>If your company or organization is interested in sponsoring UbuCon Asia 2025, please contact <a href="mailto:sponsorship@ubucon.asia">sponsorship@ubucon.asia</a>. While we don’t have our sponsorship prospectus ready, we have standard sponsorship pricing information which will likely become the pricing for 2025 with few adjustments if needed. <a href="https://docs.ubucon.asia/organizer/sponsorship-finance/standard-sponsorship/">Please review the details </a>and let us know if you have any questions!</p> <h2><a name="p-123628-next-call-for-bid-schedule-3" class="anchor" href="#p-123628-next-call-for-bid-schedule-3"></a>Next Call for bid schedule</h2> <p>As we are trying to confirm the next event location earlier so we can prepare events with enough time, we will announce the call for bids for UbuCon Asia 2026 in early January 2025. Bid submissions for 2026 will be due in late March or early April 2025. If you want to host UbuCon Asia 2026 in your city, we recommend starting to prepare your bid today. The Bid process and template for 2026 will be exactly same as 2025.</p> <h2><a name="p-123628-general-inquiries-4" class="anchor" href="#p-123628-general-inquiries-4"></a>General inquiries</h2> <p>For general questions on UbuCon Asia, you may send a mail to contact@ubucon.asia. 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