[lca-announce] linux.conf.au 2005 Call for Papers

[lca-announce-admin at lists.linux.org.au]

2005 - Canberra

linux.conf.au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and
is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of Free and
Open Source Software in the Southern Hemisphere.  It is an opportunity
for developers and groups to present their ideas amongst peers, and
for the Free Software and Open Source communities to gather in
general.

Summary:
        Call for papers is open.
        http://lca2005.linux.org.au/cfp.php

        Call for mini-conferences is open.
        http://lca2005.linux.org.au/miniconfs.php

The 2005 conference is being held in Canberra, ACT[1] at the Australian
National University. More information can be found on the conference
website:

http://lca2005.linux.org.au/

Call for papers:

        Although the majority of conference attendants are developers,
        papers of more general appeal are also considered.

        People interested in giving presentations have a choice of the
        following formats:

            * Paper Presentations (45 minutes)
            * Tutorials (3 hours)
            * Work in progress sessions (5 minutes)

        Topics

        Papers on the following topics are encouraged:

        * Linux kernel
        * File systems
        * Databases
        * Programming and scripting languages
        * Networking and communications
        * Productivity, Groupware
        * Multimedia
        * Desktop and windowing systems
        * Games
        * BSD
        * Other 'Open Source' projects

        We are open to a broader range of papers as well, even non-Linux
        based papers (*eep*!). Submit it to us anyway!

        Abstracts are required for paper, tutorial and work in progress
        presentations.  Abstracts should be up to 400 words and be submitted
        to the Paper Review Committee via the web page
        http://lca2005.linux.org.au/cfpform.php

        Abstracts should contain meta information of:

        * Author's full name (and preferred handle, if any)
        * Author's complete email address
        * Author's affiliation with commercial or relevant organisations
        * Author's postal address
        * Author's telephone and fax numbers, with area and country codes.
        * Author's short biography, in around 1 - 3 paragraphs.
        * Whether travel and accommodation assistance will be required -
          if so, please list the closest international air terminal.

        Abstracts and biographies should be submitted as plain text. The
final
        paper should be submitted in one of the following electronic
formats:

        * PDF (A4 paper size)
        * Postscript (A4 paper size)

        We encourage you to submit the 'source' for the paper as well
        (eg. HTML, LaTeX, DocBook, MagicPoint, etc).

        Any featured software in papers must be available under a licence
        compatible with the Open Source Definition
        (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).  Any papers that are
        accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms will be rejected.  All
        successful papers must be eligible for republication on-line and on
        distribution media given to conference attendees.  linux.conf.au
        requires publication rights to accepted papers, including the
        publication of the audio proceedings as well as publication and
        reproduction rights to any video filmed during the presentations.
        These rights are non-exclusive. Copyright ownership is retained by
        the author.  You may be asked to sign an agreement to these
        conditions upon arrival at the conference.

        In the event that you miss one of the deadlines we reserve the right
        to revoke any offer to present your paper. We take having the paper
        for the conference proceedings very seriously and late submissions
        place an undue burden on our formatting team.

        Travel and Accommodation Assistance

        Some financial assistance is available for speakers' travel and
        accommodation in cases of need.  Please indicate in your abstract
        submission(s) if this is the case.  If your CFP submission doesn't
        clearly state that you require assistance, the panel will assume
        that you do not require any.  Financial assistance may be withheld
        if final complete submissions aren't received by the date specified
        above.

Call for mini-conferences:

        Mini-conferences give sections of the Linux community up to two days
        to focus specifically on their areas of expertise enabling smaller
        sections of the community to get together and share their knowledge
        and network with each other.

        If you think you would like to run a mini-conference, please take a
        look at http://lca2005.linux.org.au/miniconfs.php

Dates to Remember:

        * CFP Opens: Tuesday July 20, 2004
        * Abstracts Due: Tuesday October 5, 2004
        * Acceptance Notification by Review Committee: Tuesday November 16,
2004
        * Final Complete Submissions Due: Friday February 18, 2005
        * Conference begins: Monday April 18, 2005
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[1] http://www.canberratourism.com.au/

Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG.

Regards 

linux.conf.au 2005 Organisers