<div dir="ltr">Looking forward to seeing you there :).<br><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Del Fante</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pdelfante@gmail.com" target="_blank">pdelfante@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<br>LCA2014 Official Announcement<br>
<br>
Announcing <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> 2014<br>
<br>
Overview<br>
In January 2014, Perth, Western Australia will be playing host to the<br>
continents premier open source conference – <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a>.<br>
<br>
<a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> draws attendees and speakers worldwide from all spheres<br>
of open source, geeks, hackers, professionals, hobbyists and business<br>
partners.<br>
Conference Format<br>
The <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> conference runs over 5 days from Monday 6th January<br>
to Friday 10th January.<br>
<br>
Conference tickets are available at Professional, Hobbyist and Student<br>
levels with associated pricing and perks.<br>
<br>
Over the first two days we host a series of miniconfs, small single<br>
day conferences covering particular topics. Intended as an incubator<br>
for related technologies and interests that could eventually hold<br>
their own conferences. The miniconfs are managed and run as<br>
independent conferences with their own call for papers and management<br>
committees.<br>
<br>
The remaining three days feature a packed conference schedule, in 2014<br>
we will be running presentations over 5 simultaneous tracks. Each<br>
track will feature four 45 minute presentations per day. The full<br>
programme is available on our website at<br>
<a href="http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule" target="_blank">http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule</a>.<br>
<br>
On most days before the main sessions, the conference will open with a<br>
keynote presentation. The keynotes tend to follow a less technical<br>
approach and provide commentary and insight on broad global trends and<br>
open source challenges.<br>
Birds of a Feather Sessions<br>
Run outside the scope of the formal presentation agenda, <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a><br>
encourages delegates to arrange “Birds of a Feather” - BOF - sessions.<br>
These draw together people with a specific area of interest and are<br>
run after hours. Typical BOF sessions range from Astronomy, Video<br>
capture, Running, Cycling, Hacking and many others. The BOF sessions<br>
are a great opportunity to meet and socialise with like minded people<br>
during the conference.<br>
Video and Streaming<br>
All presentations made at <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> will be recorded and the<br>
completed videos made available for download and online viewing. This<br>
year we will be attempting to provide a live stream of the proceedings<br>
too.<br>
Social Programme<br>
The <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> tries to be as accessible to participants as<br>
possible, we generally run a partners programme to provide some<br>
interest and entertainment to partners of attendees who are not<br>
interested in participating. We also arrange a creche facility to care<br>
for children while delegates are attending presentations.<br>
<br>
We also run several semi-formal networking sessions including a<br>
speakers dinner on Tuesday, a professional delegates networking<br>
function on the Thursday and a penguin dinner open to all delegates<br>
on the Wednesday.<br>
<br>
In addition to the above, various organisations will be hosting social<br>
gatherings during the conference and on free evenings.<br>
<br>
Keynotes<br>
At present, we've announced two keynote presenters, with a third still<br>
being determined. The confirmed keynote presenters so far are:<br>
Jonathon Oxer<br>
Jon will be presenting an overview of the latest developments to the<br>
ArduSat project as part of his keynote presentation during<br>
<a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> 2014 in Perth, Western Australia.<br>
<br>
Jon has been hacking on both hardware and software since he was a<br>
little tacker. Most recently he's been focusing more on the Open<br>
Hardware side, co-founding Freetronics as a direct result of<br>
organising the first Arduino Miniconf at LCA2010. His books include<br>
"Ubuntu Hacks" and "Practical Arduino".<br>
<br>
Jon has been variously referred to as Australia's geekiest man and as<br>
a cyborg-in-progress. As part of his “SuperHouse” home automation<br>
series, Jon has taken keyless entry to an all new level by embedding<br>
an RFID tag into his arm using a vet's chipping tool.<br>
<br>
Recently he has been working on ArduSat, a satellite that aims to give<br>
hobbyists, students and space enthusiasts an opportunity to design and<br>
run their own experiments in space. By choosing a standardised<br>
platform based on the hugely popular Arduino hardware design, ArduSat<br>
allows anyone to develop and prototype experiments at home using<br>
readily accessible parts and all based on a simple open source<br>
software environment.<br>
<br>
Kate Chapman<br>
Kate Chapman is the Executive Director of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.<br>
<br>
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is an initiative of<br>
OpenStreetMap to apply the principles of open source and open data<br>
sharing towards humanitarian response and economic development.<br>
<br>
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team believes that freely available,<br>
up-to-date geographic data can be vital in responding to a disaster.<br>
They help communities and responders to utilize the OpenStreetMap<br>
data, and encourage them to contribute and update the data.<br>
<br>
Over the past two years Kate has been primarily based in Indonesia<br>
where she has lead the AusAID funded HOT program. The program Scenario<br>
Development for Contingency Planning (SD4CP) is a joint initiative of<br>
the Indonesian and Australian governments through BNPB (Indonesian<br>
Disaster Management Agency) and AusAID that aims to teach disaster<br>
mangers how to develop realistic impact scenario for contingency<br>
planning. HOT teaches disaster mangers to spatially analysis the<br>
combination of scientific hazard model outputs with community<br>
knowledge through the open-source software InaSAFE (Indonesia Scenario<br>
Assessment For Emergencies). OpenStreetMap is one of the keys elements<br>
of this procedure, as it allows the disaster mangers to draw on<br>
community knowledge to identify important buildings such as schools<br>
and hospitals that potentially be impacted during a disaster.<br>
<br>
We're really pleased to have Kate coming to talk with us as her<br>
personal efforts and her teams work represents an organization that we<br>
can really hold up as a shining example of how the open source model<br>
truly does work.<br>
<br>
Miniconfs<br>
Each year we try to select a range of topics for our focused mini<br>
conferences. This year's miniconf sessions are listed below.<br>
<br>
Monday:<br>
Systems Administration<br>
Developer, Testing, Release and Continuous integration Automation<br>
Open Government<br>
Open Radio<br>
<br>
Tuesday:<br>
OpenStack<br>
Linux Kernel<br>
Haecksen<br>
Astronomy<br>
Multimedia and Music<br>
Arduino<br>
<br>
Conference<br>
The main conference runs over the remaining three days, and is a full<br>
programme of five streams of deep technical presentations and<br>
tutorials covering a wide range of topics. To view the full schedule<br>
please visit our website at <a href="http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule" target="_blank">http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule</a>.<br>
Conference Location<br>
<a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> will be held in Perth, Western Australia this year.<br>
Perth is Australia's most remote capital city, but is also where most<br>
of the action is happening. Perth is experiencing an huge amount of<br>
growth, driven by the mining boom, but encompassing all aspects of<br>
city life. Perth now has a vibrant cultural scene, and our outdoor<br>
lifestyle and coastal location is the envy of the world.<br>
<br>
The last <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> held in Perth was ten years ago in 2003, so we<br>
are really looking forward to hosting the conference again.<br>
<br>
The <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> conference is traditionally held on a university<br>
campus, utilising the lecture rooms and accommodation facilities they<br>
have to offer – 2014 is no exception, and we will be hosting the<br>
conference at the University of Western Australia (UWA). The UWA<br>
Crawley Campus is situated a short distance from the Perth CBD and<br>
adjacent to the magnificent Swan river and Kings Park public space.<br>
Accomodation<br>
Accommodation will be at the university colleges of St George's<br>
<a href="http://www.stgeorgescollege.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.stgeorgescollege.com.au/</a> and Trinity<br>
<a href="http://www.trinity.uwa.edu.au/" target="_blank">http://www.trinity.uwa.edu.au/</a> for full details of the accomodation<br>
please refer to our wiki article<br>
<a href="https://lca2014.linux.org.au/wiki/Campus_accommodation" target="_blank">https://lca2014.linux.org.au/wiki/Campus_accommodation</a>. The<br>
accomodation is ideally situated just across the road from the<br>
conference and registration areas.<br>
<br>
Volunteering<br>
The conference is run as a voluntary effort. We rely on people to<br>
volunteer their time to organise and run the conference. During the<br>
conference we are always keen to welcome volunteers to come on board<br>
and help with the running of the conference. Interested people can<br>
sign up to volunteer at <a href="https://lca2014.linux.org.au/volunteer/new" target="_blank">https://lca2014.linux.org.au/volunteer/new</a>. We<br>
offer free registration for people who are willing to volunteer a<br>
significant portion of their time to the conference.<br>
Proposed Focus<br>
To provide a degree of consistency <a href="http://linux.conf.au" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> normally selects a<br>
general focus to help guide the presenters in topic selection. For<br>
2014 our focus is on “linux on the frontier and deep technical<br>
content”. With the scope of Linux broadening at such a rapid pace this<br>
provides a broad scope for speakers topics and allows topics to be<br>
drawn from just about any sphere of computing, be it cybernetics,<br>
mobile operating systems, astronomy, big data, gaming etc.<br>
<br>
Contacts<br>
Please send all correspondence to the LCA2014 Organising Team<br>
<a href="mailto:team@lists.lca2014.linux.org.au" target="_blank">team@lists.lca2014.linux.org.au</a><br>
Our website is accessible from <a href="http://lca2014.linux.org.au" target="_blank">lca2014.linux.org.au</a><br>
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