[Gluster-devel] Fwd: FOSDEM 2017: Call for Participation

[Amye Scavarda]

Hi all,

FOSDEM has announced their CFP.
We'll be applying for a stand again this year, let me know if you're
applying for the CFP/would like to help staff the stand at FOSDEM.

 -- amye

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk at redhat.com>
Date: Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 5:04 PM
Subject: FOSDEM 2017: Call for Participation
To: calls-for-papers at redhat.com, fosdem-planning at redhat.com, osas at redhat.com


https://fosdem.org/2017/news/2016-07-20-call-for-participation/

Call for participation
----------------------

We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms,
stands and lightning talks.

FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet,
share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly
developer-oriented, the event brings together some 5000+ geeks from all
over the world.

The seventeenth edition will take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th
February 2017 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels.

Main Tracks
-----------

Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security,
operating system development, community building, and many other topics.
Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long and should cater to a
varied technical audience. The conference covers reasonable travel
expenses agreed in advance and arranges accommodation for accepted main
track speakers if needed.

We will record and stream all main tracks live. The recordings will be
published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). If,
exceptionally, there is a reason why your presentation should not be
streamed or recorded, you must seek our agreement before submitting it.

Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using
Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit. If you already created an account
in the system for a previous edition, please reuse it rather than
re-registering.

This year, submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with
those received by 10 October. The final deadline is 31 October.

Questions or remarks? Contact us at program at fosdem.org.

Key dates:

    10 October
        deadline for first batch of main track proposals
    31 October
        final deadline for main track proposals
    1 November onwards
        main track talks announced (in batches)

Developer Rooms
---------------

Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together
on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics relevant to
a broader subset of the community, etc. Content may be scheduled in any
format, subject to approval. Popular formats include presentation
tracks, hacking sessions and panel discussions. Proposals involving
collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly
encouraged.

Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at
https://fosdem.org/devroom which contains further information.

Questions or remarks? Contact us at devrooms at fosdem.org.

Key dates:

    9 September
        deadline for developer room proposals
    21 September
        accepted developer rooms announced
    9 October (or earlier)
        developer rooms issue Calls for Participation
    11 December (or earlier)
        developer rooms publish complete schedules

Stands
------

FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity to
display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can share
information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, and so
on, and personally interact with the visitors.

What we offer
    one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with
developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. A second
table is possible in a few cases, but the pressure on space means this
is becoming increasingly rare and needs strong justification. Joint
submissions that share a table between related projects will be favoured
in the selection process.

    two chairs per table

    one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional
sockets, please bring them yourself)

    fast uplink shared wireless Internet access

To apply, please fill out the form at: https://fosdem.org/stands which
contains further information.

Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands at fosdem.org.
Key dates

    31 October
        deadline for stand proposals
    14 November
        accepted stands announced

Lightning talks
---------------

Lighting talks are short — 15 minute long — talks on a wide variety of
topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open source
or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage topics that
do not fit in any of the developer rooms.

We will record and stream all lightning talks live. The recordings will
be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). If,
exceptionally, there is a reason why your presentation should not be
streamed or recorded, you must seek our agreement before submitting it.

Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf:
https://fosdem.org/submit. Please select "lightning Talks" in the
"track" field. If you already created an account in the system for a
previous edition, please reuse it rather than re-registering.

Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks at fosdem.org.
Key dates

    25 November
        deadline for lightning talk proposals
    19 December
        accepted lightning talks announced

All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC.




-- 
Amye Scavarda | amye at redhat.com | Gluster Community Lead
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