Merge pull request #2911 from dadrasarmin/EGD2025_announcement

The announcement of EGD2025.

Author: bgruening

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+title: European Galaxy Days (EGD)
+date: "2025-10-01"
+tease: "European Galaxy Days meeting in Autumn 2025"
+continent: EU
+location:
+    name: Freiburg, Germany
+contact: "contact@usegalaxy.eu"
+supporters:
+- eurosciencegateway
+- denbi
+- unifreiburg
+- elixir
+- eu
+subsites: [all, eu, esg]
+---
+
+The **European Galaxy Days** will be held from the **1st to 3rd of October 2025** in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. This 3-day meeting will be similar to the events we held in [2023](https://galaxyproject.org/events/2023-10-egd/),  [2022](https://galaxyproject.org/events/2022-10-egd/), [2018](https://galaxyproject.org/events/2018-europe-dev/), [2016](https://galaxyproject.org//events/sg2016/), [2014](https://galaxyproject.org//events/sg2014/), and [2012](https://galaxyproject.org//events/switzerland2012/). The first two days will give an overview of the current state of the Galaxy framework and community with several talks, demonstrations, and Birds of a Feather sessions. As part of a CoFest, the third day offer the opportunity to continue the discussions, to code and hack as well as enjoy the Galaxy community.
+
+We are holding **3 events** in the same week:
+
+- The **ELIXIR Galaxy Community Face-to-face (F2F)** meeting,
+- The **EuroScienceGateway** project closure meeting,
+- The **European Galaxy Days (EGD)** meeting.
+
+<figure class="figure">
+  <g-image src="./logo_egd_2025.png" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded" />
+</figure>
+
+# Contributing
+
+Galaxy is powered by the people who use, develop, and administrate it, regardless of their community. We invite you to contribute and enrich our meeting through different activities such as talks, demos, posters, and Birds-of-a-feather meetings (BoFs). If you have something to share or talk about, we give you a slot in the schedule.
+
+# Registration
+
+Registration is free. We recommend to register as soon as possible to secure your spot for different events as well as helping us to organize the event better. The traveling, accommodation, and subsistence expenses will be partially covered by the organizers for a limited number of ELIXIR participants. The organizers will contact you for further clarification.
+
+<div class="row justify-content-center">
+  <a class="btn w-25 btn-dark" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19pQ3c906y1GxvtzEmsEXcXSk31x-5HQje5WlnlRdCOI/" role="button" target="_blank">Register now</a>
+</div>
+
+# Schedule
+
+The schedule of the meeting will be posted here, as soon as we have the list of participants and speakers.
+
+# Venue
+
+<figure class="figure">
+  <g-image src="https://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/data/intern/bilder/1756.jpg" class="figure-img img-fluid rounded" />
+</figure>
+
+Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg<br>
+Institute for Informatics<br>
+Georges-Köhler-Allee, 101<br>
+79110 Freiburg im Breisgau<br>
+Germany
+
+# Logistics
+
+### Getting to Freiburg
+
+Freiburg can be easily reached by train with the ICE from the North (via Frankfurt and Karlsruhe) and the South (via
+Basel) [Deutsche Bahn](https://www.bahn.com/en).
+
+#### How to reach Freiburg from Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport (EuroAirport)?
+
+- Option 1: Use the French/German exit and take
+  the [airport shuttle bus](https://www.freiburger-reisedienst.de/index.php) to Freiburg main station (Hauptbahnhof).
+- Option 2: Use the Swiss exit and take the local bus (#50) to the train station in Basel and from there take a train
+  to Freiburg.
+
+#### How to reach the venue from Freiburg Hauptbahnhof?
+
+- Option 1: Local train; Take the Breisgau S-Bahn from Hauptbahnhof Freiburg to Gottenheim/Breisach towards "Freiburg Messe/Universität".
+- Option 2: Tram 4 direction "Messe"; Exit at the stop "Technische Fakultät" (see [tram plan](https://www.vag-freiburg.de/fahrplan/liniennetzplaene)).
+
+The [mobile app](https://www2.bwegt.de/reiseinformationen/apps) of the local public transport company [bwegt](https://www2.bwegt.de/) can also be very helpful to check the schedule of the trains and buses.
+
+### Tram tickets for local transport
+
+[Here](https://www.vag-freiburg.de/tickets) you can find the types of tram tickets that VAG offers.
+The [2x4 rides ticket](https://www.vag-freiburg.de/ticket/2x4-fahrten-karte) and the [day pass](https://www.vag-freiburg.de/ticket/tageskarte-solo) are convenient options for several days and/or passengers.
+
+### Accomodation
+
+We are going to organize accomodation options in Freiburg. The information will be announced here, after we have more information.
+
+# Event rules and regulations
+
+### Code of Conduct
+
+The European Galaxy Days will abide the [Galaxy Project Code of Conduct](https://galaxyproject.org/community/coc/). Please, make sure that you read it before the event.
+
+# Questions?
+
+If you want to present, help, have suggestions or questions, please get in touch with us. Simply contact:
+
+Armin Dadras (dadras@informatik.uni-freiburg.de)<br>
+Hans-Rudolf Hotz (hrhotz@googlemail.com)<br>
+Björn Grüning (bjoern.gruening@gmail.com)<br>