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I was a keynote speaker at FOSDEM last year; it was my first time at the conference. I’m blind and I use a white cane. I found it very difficult to orient myself there—some rooms were so crowded it was impossible to not use my cane with a very defensive stance (i.e. using it to try to block people from hitting me); I had to rely on human guides most of the time. Some paths to specific rooms had really rough terrain too, and some rooms are difficult to access (e.g. access through stairs only).