From jarich at perltraining.com.au Fri May 16 00:29:01 2008 From: jarich at perltraining.com.au (Jacinta Richardson) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:29:01 +1000 Subject: [Auckland-pm] OSDC 2008 Sydney (1-5 Dec 2008) - Call for Papers Message-ID: <482D37BD.1020809@perltraining.com.au> Sorry if this results in a duplicate. I just haven't seen it around as much as I'd like ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 1st - 5th December 2008, Sydney, Australia The Open Source Developers' Conference 2008 is a conference run by open source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related topics such as business processes, licensing, and strategy. Talks vary from introductory pieces through to the deeply technical. It is a great opportunity to meet, share, and learn with like-minded individuals. This year, the conference will be held in Sydney, Australia during the first week of December (1st - 5th). If you are an Open Source maintainer, developer or user, the organising committee would encourage you to submit a talk proposal on open source tools, solutions, languages or technologies you are working with. For more details and to submit your proposal(s), go to: http://osdc.com.au/2008/papers/cfp.html If you have any questions or require assistance with your submission, please don't hesitate to ask! We recognise the importance of Open Source in providing a medium for collaboration between individuals, researchers, business and government. In recognition of this and ensure a high standard of presentations, we intend to peer-review all submitted papers. OSDC 2008 Sydney (Australia) - Key Program Dates: 30 Jun - Initial proposals (short abstract) due 21 Jul - Proposal acceptance 15 Sep - Accepted paper submissions 13 Oct - Reviews completed 27 Oct - Final paper submission cut-off For all information, contacts and updates, see the OSDC conference web site at http://osdc.com.au/2008/ Also if you are interested in sponsoring, please see: http://www.osdc.com.au/2008/sponsors/opportunities.html Regards Mark Rees OSDC 2008 Marketing Co-ordinator