Membership is for one calendar year, and costs €25 for academics and €50 for everyone else. Members get a newsletter, a vote at the General Assembly, and discounts on selected DdS events.

Become a member!

Départ de Sentier Events and Membership Portal

This web application allows you to sign up for membership in the Départ de Sentier (DdS) association. DdS hosts conferences, schools, and online seminars; the list of public events is given below. If you have questions, you can reach us at events@d-d-s.ch .

We wrote this portal ourselves, and it is far from perfect. Feel free to suggest changes at our issue tracker .

Open Events

You need to have a user account and be logged in to register for events.

Brightcon 2025 (Virtual)

Online access to the Brightcon 2025 conference (October 15-17, 7:30-14:30 UTC)

Registration opens: June 13, 2025
Registration closes: Oct. 17, 2025

Brightcon 2025 (In-person; with or without classes or hackathon)

In-person attendance at Brightcon 2025 in Grenoble, France (October 15-17). Can include classes (October 14) or the Brightcon hackathon (October 13-14).

Registration opens: June 13, 2025
Registration closes: Oct. 1, 2025