We'll be uploading slides and videos from the talks soon -- watch this space, our twitter @BOBkonf and our mastodon account @bobkonf@discuss.systems for news.

Germany is once again nearing a peak (hopefully the last) of COVID infections. Influenza, RSV, and the common cold are also circulating, and we'd like to avoid having BOB be the source of excess sick days and health complications, especially for folks with increased health risks from such infections.

We will therefore ask you to wear masks when attending a talk or tutorial, as we'll all be in close vicinity for longer stretches of time. We'll also ask you to wear masks in the restrooms. Regular medical masks will be sufficient. We'll have those and special BOB swag FFP2 masks available for you on-site.

Masking will not be obligatory in the other common spaces at the conference, however, we would ask you to mask whenever possible out of respect for those who need to avoid infection. Weather permitting, we'll also have outdoor space available for the breaks.

If you have a cough, are sneezing, have a runny nose or sore throat or similar symptoms of a respiratory tract infection, we ask that you wear a mask indoors at the conference. We also recommend you take a rapid antigen test on the day of the conference -- we'll make them available on-site.

We realize this is a lot to ask, especially as many other events have dropped restrictions -- albeit with predictable consequences that we'd like to avoid. We'd particularly ask you to show respect and compassion for the folks around you who really need to avoid getting sick -- it may be the person next to you.

Thank you for understanding.