O'Reilly OSCON 2004 Call for Participation
CFP: O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2004
O'Reilly Open Source Software Convention 2004
Call for Participation - Proposals Due February 9, 2004
From: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/e_sess.
Individuals and companies interested in making presentations or giving tutorials are invited to submit proposals using the form below. Proposals will be considered in two classes: tutorials and convention presentations (sessions). Presentations by marketing staff or with a marketing focus will not be accepted; neither will submissions made by anyone other than the proposed speaker. Session presentations are 45 or 90 minutes long, and tutorials are either a half-day (3 hours) or a full day (6 hours). If you are interested in participating in or moderating panel discussions, or otherwise contributing to the conference, please let us know (and please include your area of expertise). If you have an idea for a panel discussion or a particularly provocative group of panelists that you'd love to see square off, feel free to send your suggestions to oscon-idea@oreilly.com. The theme this year is "Opening the Future: Discover, Develop, Deliver". We're very flexible about how you interpret this. For example, you might talk about using Rendezvous for service discovery, or show how valgrind helps you develop more stable software, or present a case study on deploying GNOME desktops within a 15,000 person company. The theme also applies to attendees, so we'd love to hear proposals for sessions that help attendees add open source to their companies by discovering new open source projects, developing new relationships, or delivering value to their employers and coworkers. There will be many tracks and conferences running in parallel at the convention: Linux Management, security, administration, configuration Desktop, server farm, back office, personal productivity tools, development PHP Conference 4 Unix, Windows, Apache, and beyond New developments, security, case studies, large-scale applications development, best practices The Python 12 Conference Python and Zope Using the latest modules, software engineering, case studies Perl Conference 8 Perl 5, Perl 6, Parrot, mod_perl Useful modules, software development tips, developing for Parrot and Perl 6 MySQL and PostgreSQL Configuration, migration, data warehousing, tuning Clustering and replication, fallover, backups Efficient client-side processing and query design Apache httpd, Java, and XML projects Apache web server: 2.0, modules, configuration, performance tuning, security Apache XML projects: Xerces, Xalan, Cocoon, FOP, SOAP, XML-RPC, XML Security Apache and Open Source Java projects: Jakarta, Jserv, Avalon, Geronimo XML XML Schemas, Transformations, Software, Services, and Standards New standards, best practices, web services, IP issues around standards and schemas Applications System administration tools, servers, back office utilities GUI systems, user applications, productivity tools Ruby Introductions to aspects of Ruby for people unfamiliar with the language Power user talks for experienced Ruby programmers Security Essential techniques for system administrators and programmers Open source security tools such as Nmap, Snort, Nessus, etc. We expect to accept many proposals that are not related to the theme, and we encourage you to consider presentations on the following: Case studies showing how open source software solved thorny problems or replaced expensive closed source software. For instance, migrating from MS SQL Server to MySQL. The best case studies give attendees ideas or information that they can apply to their own systems. Best practices for a tool or system. For instance, the techniques that let you develop 100,000 line Perl systems with multiple developers. We always value practical knowledge over theoretical, so it's best if you've actually used the best practices you outline! New features or modules. For instance, show what's possible with a project that's not on everyone's radar (e.g., the Cairo graphics library). Try to give examples and applications of the new features, so your presentation is more than just a recitation of the ChangeLog. Fundamental skills. Most projects don't use the latest advanced features, so attendees value clear explanations of basic knowledge. For instance, implementing complex data structures in Python, or debugging. Try to fill in the gaps in the attendee's knowledge, for example, if they learned this tool or language as they needed it, which useful features or skills will they not have acquired? Submitting Proposals Keep in mind that proposals need not be works of art. A quick summary or abstract of the talk you plan to give is sufficient for consideration. We prefer outlines for tutorials. The proposal is what the conference committees uses to select speakers, so give enough information that the committee can tell what you'll be covering. As the conference approaches, we may request additional information about your proposal as necessary. NOTE: All presenters whose talks are accepted (excluding Lightning Talks) will receive free registration at the conference. For each half-day tutorial, the presenter receives one night's accommodation, a limited travel allowance, and an honorarium. We give tutors and speakers registration to the convention, and tutors are eligible for a travel allowance: up to US$300 from the west coast of the USA, up to US$500 from the east coast of the USA, up to US$800 from outside the USA. Registration will open April 2004. If you would like an email notification when registration opens, please use the form on our main page. The deadline to submit a proposal is Midnight (PST), February 9. Important Dates Proposals Due: February 9, 2004 Speaker Notification: March 15, 2004 Tutorial Presentation Files Due: June 21, 2004 Session Presentation Files Due: June 30, 2004
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