From lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au Mon Sep 26 09:28:15 2016 From: lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au (linux.conf.au Announcements) Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:28:15 +1000 Subject: [lca-announce] Announcing the linux.conf.au 2017 miniconfs! Message-ID: Before we give the stage to our selected presentations, linux.conf.au will explore twelve special interest areas affecting the Future of Open Source. Miniconfs are linux.conf.au?s special interest streams: they let us explore important topics in Open Source with greater depth than our selected presentations alone. This year our miniconfs cover fields ranging across technology, community, and openness in fields beyond technology. linux.conf.au 2017 is being held in Hobart, Tasmania from Monday 16 January to Friday 20 January 2017. Our miniconfs will take place on Monday 16 January and Tuesday 17 January. Many of our miniconfs are accepting talk submissions, and want to hear from you. Miniconfs are a great opportunity to share your stories and experience, especially if you?re a new speaker, or if you missed out in linux.conf.au?s primary call for proposals. To submit a talk to a miniconf, create an account on our website (https://linux.conf.au/dashboard), create a speaker profile, and then select ?new proposal?. Note that linux.conf.au does not offer complimentary tickets to presenters at miniconfs, however, a limited number of tickets for just the Monday and Tuesday of the conference may be available on request. To find out more about our miniconfs, please visit https://linux.conf.au/schedule/miniconfs/list We?re excited to share our list of accepted miniconfs with you, and can?t wait to see what sort of talks you?ll propose! == Systems Administration == Organised by Ewen McNeill -- Talk submissions now open The Systems Administration Miniconf focuses on professional management of real-world Linux and open source environments, both large and small. The miniconf aims to include talks directly useful to professional Linux administrators, covering a diverse range of tools and techniques that will help keep your entire environment functioning smoothly, and accomplish more with less effort. == Open Hardware == Organised by Jonathan Oxer and Andy Gelme -- Talk submissions open soon The concept of Free and Open Source Software, already well understood by LCA attendees, is complemented by a rapidly growing community focused around Open Hardware and "maker culture". Interest in Open Hardware is high among FOSS enthusiasts, but there is also a barrier to entry with the perceived difficulty and dangers of dealing with hot soldering irons, unknown components and unfamiliar naming schemes. The Open Hardware Miniconf will ease software developers into dealing with hardware, covering topics across both software and hardware. == Write the Docs Down Under == Organised by Brian Moss and Lana Katherine Brindley -- Talk submissions now open Write the Docs Down Under is a technical communication-themed miniconf that will draw documentation professionals of all kinds from across Australia. Topics on every aspect of technical writing are welcome, ranging from languages and tools to building communities and the state of the industry. We are particularly interested in talks on the future of technical communication as an industry, new and interesting communication technologies, and the changing role of the writer in the IT world. == Open Knowledge Australia == Organised by Matthew Cengia -- Talk submissions open soon The Open Knowledge miniconf, organised with the help of members of Open Knowledge Australia, will give people the opportunity to learn about many different aspects of openness, transparency, and information sharing, including in Open Data, Open Government, Open Source Software, Open Journals, Open Maps, Open Communities, Open Hardware, Open Science, and probably others too. This miniconf is a great introduction for people who are new to the open source world, or who want to learn about different types of openness to those with which they are familiar. == Security and Privacy == Organised by Fraser Tweedale and Jason Cohen -- Talk submissions now open The linux.conf.au 2017 Security and Privacy Miniconf will bring together users, researchers and practitioners involved in, or simply interested in, security topics in Open Source software and hardware. The program will feature a series of talks explaining and demonstrating important security and privacy concepts, techniques and initiatives. Whether you are a researcher, developer, sysadmin, UX designer or anthropologist, there will be something at the Security Miniconf to help you or your users live a more secure digital life. == Kernel == Organised by Andrew Donnellan -- Talk submissions now open The Linux kernel is at the heart of several billion computing devices, and is thus a rather important piece of open source infrastructure! The Kernel Miniconf will focus on a variety of kernel-related topics ? technical presentations on up-and-coming kernel developments, the future direction of the kernel, and kernel development community and process matters. Past Kernel Miniconfs have included talks on RCU, scheduling, filesystems, memory management, and others. == WOOTCONF == Organised by Katie McLaughlin, Jacinta Catherine Richardson, Lana Katherine Brindley -- Talk submissions now open WOOTCONF, Women Of Open Tech, is a miniconf dedicated to allowing women to share their knowledge in relation to the future of open source in Australia in beyond. Working on a foundation of previous linux.conf.au miniconferences: AussieChix, and Haecksen, WOOTCONF seeks to provide an environment allowing women to share their ideas and knowledge, with talks ranging from professional development, community and technical. WOOTCONF, and encourages new and upcoming speakers to propose and deliver talks. Mentoring by a number of recognised women in the open source community will be available for any speaker or attendee who wishes to use such help. == Games and FOSS == Organised by Tim Nugent and Eloise Ducky -- Talk submissions now open We all love games, right? We all love free and open source software, right? So why don't we love them together? Games are now a very big part of the software and entertainment industry but we don't often talk about how well they play with FOSS. Despite there being an overlap amongst users and developers, for the most part the game developers hide in their silo and FOSS hide in theirs, it is time to start getting the two together. This miniconf will be a single day exploring the interaction of games, free and open source software, and their communities and developers. == Testing/Automation == Organised by R Tyler Croy -- Talk submissions open soon Testing and automation is not isolated to a single toolchain, language or platform, there is much to learn and share regardless of background. The goal of this miniconf is to foster discussion across various layers of testing and automation, using open source tools to improve all software. == Community Leadership Summit X at LCA == Organised by VM (Vicky) Brasseur The Community Leadership Summit X is an outreach event spun out of the annual Community Leadership Summit run by Jono Bacon and held prior to OSCON. It brings together community leaders, organizers and managers of projects and organisations that are interested in growing and empowering a strong community. == Free Software Law and Policy == Organised by Deb Nicholson and Donna Benjamin -- Talk submissions open soon Code is a great thing, but there are also rules. You can't get too far without at least a cursory understanding of copyright law, software patents and trademark issues. Plus, the disconnect between legislators and developers leads to policies that seem to lack a basic understanding of technology, let alone a proper respect for user autonomy and privacy. The state of international and local law presents constant challenges and occasional opportunities for free sofware advocates -- so let's talk about it! == Open Radio == Organised by Scott Bragg and Ben Short -- Talk submissions now open The Open Radio miniconf has been a popular staple of the linux.conf.au program for a number of years now, and with the explosion of embedded devices, open hardware and the Internet of Things, there are constant improvements and new ways of letting both users and devices communicate. Many Linux enthusiasts are also experienced amateur radio operators, while many more are interested in becoming a licensed ham. There are still plenty of experiments that can use unlicensed parts of the spectrum, and the Open Radio Miniconf will showcase talks and project demonstrations about many of them. == About linux.conf.au 2017 == linux.conf.au is a community-driven conference about the Linux operating system and the vibrant ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year by local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. In 2017, linux.conf.au is welcoming you to Hobart, Tasmania, on Monday 16 through to Friday 20 January. Ticket sales will open in October. We thank our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise for their generous contribution to the conference. For more information, please visit https://linux.conf.au -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Director - linux.conf.au - January 2017 - Hobart From lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au Thu Sep 29 09:28:14 2016 From: lca-announce at lists.linux.org.au (linux.conf.au Announcements) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 16:28:14 -0700 Subject: [lca-announce] Presenting linux.conf.au 2017's selected presentations Message-ID: We?re very pleased to share this year?s selected talks and tutorials for linux.conf.au 2017, taking place from Monday 16 January to Friday 20 January in Hobart, Tasmania. Selected from over 400 submissions, this year?s linux.conf.au programme features 84 talks and 6 tutorials. Our diverse presenters, coming to Hobart from all around the world, directly shape the projects and topics they?re presenting about. They?ll help you understand the tools, the technology, and the issues that are shaping the Future of Open Source. You can find our full list of accepted presentations at https://linux.conf.au/schedule/general-sessions/list For those who want to know what?s happening close to the hardware, we have presentations covering upcoming features of the Linux kernel, new approaches in networking, and stories from people who?ve been making and breaking the latest new and unusual hardware. If you?re a developer, we?ll be covering the latest developments in Open Source browsers, new tools for targeting mobile platforms, war stories from developers working with emerging programming languages, and how design and usability shapes the applications we develop. Sysadmins and devops can look forward to talks about the future of tools that make systems run better, including talks on automated builds, configuration management, new tools for working with containers, and package management. We also have a strong line-up of talks looking into community, policy, and business issues in Open Source. We?ll look at how Open Source is playing a more important role in Government, how businesses can better participate in Open Source, and how Open Source can provide better communities for users and developers. And of course, linux.conf.au will feature its usual fare of people doing cool stuff with Open Source Software and Hardware: from cars, to planes, and even into space. Our tutorials will provide you with practical experience in a diverse range of topics in Free and Open Source Software. This year we?re featuring tutorials on devops with SaltStack, home automation, the Rust programming language, .NET on Linux, Linux containers, and GPL compliance. If you want to find out about these talks, tutorials, and more, check out our full list of accepted presentations at https://linux.conf.au/schedule/general-sessions/list You?ll emerge from linux.conf.au 2017 knowing where the world of Open Source is heading, with skills and knowledge to be a part of the Future of Open Source. We expect to announce ticket sales and accommodation options shortly. == About linux.conf.au 2017 == linux.conf.au is a community-driven conference about the Linux operating system and the vibrant ecosystem of Free and Open Source Software that has grown up around it. Run in a different Australian or New Zealand city each year by local volunteers, LCA invites more than 500 people to learn from the people who shape the future of Open Source. In 2017, linux.conf.au is welcoming you to Hobart, Tasmania, on Monday 16 through to Friday 20 January. Ticket sales will open in October. We thank our Emperor Penguin Sponsors, IBM and Hewlett Packard Enterprise for their generous contribution to the conference. For more information, please visit https://linux.conf.au -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Director - linux.conf.au - January 2017 - Hobart