<div dir="ltr">Hi,<br><div dir="ltr"><br>Since our country still exists we have been discussing a lot about the next Belgian Perl Workshop.<br>
<br>Well here is the official Call For Papers.<br><br>It is planned for february 2009. At <a href="http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=e523pgkukrp33itd" target="_blank">http://www.doodle.ch/participation.html?pollId=e523pgkukrp33itd</a> you can let us know your date preferences so we can take this into account.<br>
Please be aware that from February 21 till March 01 it is spring
holiday season in Belgium. Therefore hotel prices might be higher in
the more touristic belgian cities at that time if reserved too late.<br><br>The theme for this year's workshop is <b>"Discovering Perl"</b>, which we hope will inspire submissions on this and related topics.<br>
<br>This theme includes 2 "Red Threads" spread over 2 simultaneous tracks.<br><ul><li>Perl Discovered by Companies.</li><ul><li>Perl on the work floor empowering companies to make ICT-based business happen, grow, flourish. (Perl 5 & 6)</li>
</ul></ul><ul><li> Perl Discovery.</li><ul><li>Perl Tech Topics: Introduction (Beginner's-, Intermediate Level) (Perl 5 & 6)</li><li>Perl Tech Topics: Advanced. (Advanced, Expert Level) (Perl 5 & 6)</li>
<li>Perl Yet Another Talk</li><li>Perl Lightning Talks</li><li>BOFs</li></ul></ul>We are currently looking for speakers (and attendees of course also ;-) ).<br><br><font size="2"><b>Talk Types</b></font><br><br><div style="margin-left: 40px;">
We will accept these two presentation formats:<br>
<br>A <b>standard talk</b> is the preferred format.<br>This gives
enough time to introduce a topic, presenting it with some slides, and a
coverage of the main points leading up to later, hopefully more
in-depth, discussions (possibly at a BOF). The duration of a standard
talk is 30 minutes. If your talk is much longer than 30 minutes, please
consider breaking it into 30-minute parts, to accommodate our schedule.<br>
<br>A <b>lightning talk</b> is a brief talk that focus on a single example, idea, project, module or technique.<br>Lightning
talks do not attempt to cover all aspects of their respective topics,
but rather presents a facet of the idea clearly and succinctly.
Lightning talks are an excellent forum for first-time speakers. The
duration of a lightning talk is 5 minutes.<br>
<br>Please include the following with your abstract:<br></div><ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li> A little information about yourself (and possibly an image of your choosing - preferably of yourself).</li><li> An indication of preferred language and possible languages the presentation can be given in.</li>
<li> An indication of the length of the presentation, whether this is a standard 30-minute talk, or a 5-minute lightning talk.</li><li> A
listing of any requirements you might have for doing your presentation.
We will try to accommodate your request. Projectors will be available
for all talks.</li></ul><div style="margin-left: 40px;"><br>We might want to arrange a BOF as a follow-up to a talk and hope that speakers will welcome this and participate.<br><br>We
plan on doing audio and/or video recordings of the presentations, and
making these available on our website. If you have issues with this,
please let us know in advance.<br>
</div><br>Thank you, we hope you will participate either as a speaker or as an attendee.<br><br>Proposals can be submitted for the moment at <a href="mailto:belgianperlworkshop2009@gmail.com" target="_blank">belgianperlworkshop2009@gmail.com</a>.<br>
<br>A wiki concerning the BPW 2009 will be published within the coming weeks.<br><br>If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us on <a href="mailto:belgianperlworkshop2009@gmail.com" target="_blank">belgianperlworkshop2009@gmail.com</a>.<br>
<br>Hoping to see you there!<br>Cheers.<br><br>Dirk De Nijs<br>Vlaanderen.pm<br>Brussels.pm</div></div>