From: Chad Fowler Date: 2005-02-09T21:21:08+09:00 Subject: Re: OSCON Call For Proposals Now Open The clock is ticking, everyone. You have until SUNDAY to get your proposals in! Without going into details prematurely, I can tell you that the lineup for the Ruby track so far is looking _very_ exciting. For those of you on the fence (or procrastinating!) about submitting a proposal, this is your year! Don't fail to throw your name in the proposal list. You'll kick yourself when you read the post-conference reviews. :) Chad On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:03:27 -0500, Chad Fowler wrote: > Hi All. Attached is the announcement for this year's Oreilly Open > Source Convention call for participation. > > This year's RubyConf (http://www.rubyconf.org) was alight with a new > level of buzz. As I said at the closing of the conference, it felt > somehow different and bigger than ever before. > > I'd love to see us take that same feeling to OSCON this year, where > many of the leaders in the open source software world will be present. > We want _everyone_ to be talking about the Ruby track this year. :) > > Hope to see you there, > > Chad Fowler > http://chadfowler.com > http://rubycentral.org > http://rubygarden.org > http://rubygems.rubyforge.org (over 50,000 gems served!) > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: OSCON Call For Proposals Now Open > From: "O'Reilly Conferences" > Date: Thu, January 20, 2005 2:21 pm > To: chadfowler@chadfowler.com > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > The Call for Proposals has just opened for the > 7th Annual O'Reilly Open Source Convention > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/ > > OSCON is headed back to friendly, economical Portland, Oregon during the > week of August 1-5, 2005. If you've ever wanted to join the OSCON speaker > firmament, now's your chance to submit a proposal (or two) by February 13, > 2005. > > Complete details are available on the OSCON web site, but we're > particularly interested in exploring how software development is moving to > another level, and how developers and businesses are adjusting to new > business models and architectures. We're looking for sessions, tutorials, > and workshops proposals that appeal to developers, systems and network > administrators, and their managers in the following areas: > > - All aspects of building applications, services, and systems that use the > new capabilities of the open source platform > - Burning issues for Java, Mozilla, web apps, and beyond > - The commoditization of software: who and/or what can show us the money? > - Network-enabled collaboration > - Software customizability, including software as a service > - Law, licensing, politics, and how best to navigate other troubled waters > > Specific topics and tracks at OSCON 2005 include: Linux and other open > source operating systems, Java, PHP, Python, Perl, Databases (including > MySQL and PostgreSQL), Apache, XML, Applications, Ruby, and Security. > > Attendees have a wide range of experience, so be sure to target a > particular level of experience: beginner, intermediate, advanced. Talks > and tutorials should be technical; strictly no marketing presentations. > Session presentations are 45 or 90 minutes long, and tutorials are either > a half-day (3 hours) or a full day (6 hours). > > Feel free to spread the word about the Call for Proposals to your friends, > family, colleagues, and compatriots. We want everyone to submit, from > American women hacking artificial life into the Linux kernel to Belgian > men building a better mousetrap from PHP and recycled military hardware. > We mean everyone! > > Even if you don't want to participate as a speaker, send us your > suggestions--topics you'd like to see covered, groups we should bring into > the OSCON fold, extra-curricular activities we should organize--to > oscon-idea@oreilly.com . > > This year, we're moving to the wide open spaces of the Oregon Convention > Center. We've arranged for the nearby Doubletree Hotel to be our > headquarters hotel--it's a short, free Max light rail ride (or a lovely > walk) from the Convention Center. > > Registration opens in April 2005; hotel information will be available > shortly. > > Deadline to submit a proposal is Midnight (PST), February 13. > > For all the conference details, go to: > http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/ > > Press coverage, blogs, photos, and news from the 2004 O'Reilly Open Source > Convention can be found at: http://www.oreillynet.com/oscon2004/ > > Would your company like to make a big impression on the open source > community? If so, consider exhibiting or becoming a sponsor. Contact > Andrew Calvo at (707) 827-7176, or andrewc@oreilly.com for more info. > > See you Portland next summer, > > The O'Reilly OSCON Team > > ******************************************************* > To change your newsletter subscription options, please visit > https://epoch.oreilly.com/account/default.orm and click the > "Manage My Newsletters" link. For assistance, email > help@oreillynet.com > > O'Reilly Media, Inc. > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 > ******************************************************* >