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baseline;" id="internal-source-marker_0.36854199084979133">This
year the Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC) will be hosted
in our nation’s capital, Canberra from Monday 14th - Friday 18th
November 2011. OSDC is a great way to meet your peers, share your
knowledge, and improve your skills.</span><br>
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baseline;">We have a number of sessions available during the main
conference (16, 17, 18th November), please feel free to submit
multiple papers - presentation length can be 20 minutes (30 minute
session) or 45 minutes (1 hour session) - allowing time to field
questions and transition between talks.</span><br>
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baseline;">Miniconfs will be held on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th
of November. Let us know if you are interested in organising a
mini conference for one of these days (or even for half a day).</span><br>
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baseline;">Presentation topics can cover the creation and use of
Open Source technologies - software, hardware, open data,
databases, visualisation, cloud computing, web, programming
languages, frameworks, system administration, government - WE WANT
YOU!</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">Presenters for the main conference and miniconf
organisers will receive free entry to the conference (one free
ticket per miniconf), and the admiration and love of the
Australian Open Source community.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">For more details, and to submit a presentation proposal
online, please refer to our website</span><a
href="http://osdc.com.au/"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
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baseline;">http://osdc.com.au</span></a><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:
transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. You can also
follow us on twitter @osdc2011.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">Closing date for submissions is 15 August 2011. The
outcome of the presentation proposal will be provided within two
weeks of this cut off.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">Key Dates:</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">15 August 2011 - Call for presentations closes</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">31 August 2011 - Proposal Acceptance</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">14 - 15 November 2011 - Miniconfs</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">16 - 18 November 2011 - Main Conference</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0,
0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align:
baseline;">We look forward to receiving your presentation
proposals.</span><br>
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal;
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baseline;">Kind regards,</span><br>
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