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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mini conf Press Release. For immediate Release.</span></p><br><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:15px"></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<a href="http://linux.conf.au/" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">linux.conf.au</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 2014</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> are pleased to announce the final selection of Mini conf programmes for the conference.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mini conf's are a unique aspect of the </span><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">linux.conf.au</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> experience. First introduced at </span><a href="http://linux.conf.au/" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">linux.conf.au</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 2002</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, they are now a traditional element of the conference.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mini conf's are smaller one day events which are run on the Monday and Tuesday of the conference. They are intended as an incubator -- both of future conferences and speakers. The Mini conf's are selected as part of the Call for Papers process which was run from June to July 2013.</span></p>
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<a href="http://lca2014.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://lca2014.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks from the <a href="http://Linux.conf.au">Linux.conf.au</a> 2014 Core Team</span><a href="http://www.linux.conf.au/" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-weight:normal;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://linux.conf.au" style="text-decoration:initial"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://Linux.conf.au</span></a><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> #LCA2014</span></p>
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