<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The </span><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">linux.conf.au</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> 2016 Geelong - LCA By the Bay team is thrilled to confirm dates and venue for LCA 2016. The conference will happen between 1st-5th February at Deakin University’s architecturally spectacular Waterfront campus, situated just a block from the cafe and foodie precinct of Eastern Beach, and two blocks from Geelong’s vibrant CBD. </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The Call for Presentations (CfP) for </span><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">linux.conf.au</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> are expected to open in June.</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Potential Delegates and Speakers are encouraged to remain up to date with conference news through one of the following channels;</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Website: </span><a href="http://lcabythebay.org/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://lcabythebay.org</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">,au</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Twitter: @linuxconfau, hashtag #lca2016</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Facebook: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">https://www.facebook.com/lcabythebay</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Google+: </span><a href="https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">https://www.google.com/+LcabythebayOrgAu</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">  </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Lanyrd: </span><a href="http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://lanyrd.com/2016/linuxconfau/</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">IRC: #</span><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">linux.conf.au</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> on </span><a href="http://freenode.net/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">freenode.net</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Email: </span><a href="mailto:info@lcabythebay.org.au" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">info@lcabythebay.org.au</a><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Announce mailing list: </span><a href="http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/lca-announce</a><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">We warmly encourage you to forward this announcement to technical communities you may be involved in. </span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Kind regards,</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">David</span><div class="" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div id=":2n6" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span class="" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#888888">-- <br>David Bell<br>Conference Director <a href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> 2016<br>@linuxconfau<br><a href="mailto:info@lcabythebay.org.au" target="_blank">info@lcabythebay.org.au</a><br><a href="http://lcabythebay.org.au/" target="_blank">http://lcabythebay.org.au</a></font></span><br></div>