[Linux-aus] CFP: Systems Administration Miniconf, linux.conf.au 2006.

[Simon Lyall]

                     Call for Presentations
      Systems Administration Miniconf, linux.conf.au 2006.

This is a call for presentations for a 2 day Linux Systems Administration
mini conference that will be held as part of the linux.conf.au
conference in January 2006. The conference will be held in Dunedin,
New Zealand.  Miniconferences are held on the first two days, prior
to the main programme.

Please see our website at http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ for details.

The organisers of the Systems Administration Miniconf would like to
invite proposals for presentations to be delivered at the Miniconf.

Topics for presentations could include (but are not limited to)

Samba, Databases, Backups, Firewalls, AAA, Troubleshooting, Buying Decisions,
VPN, Virtual machines (Xen, UML, VMware), Monitoring Software,
Web/Mail/LDAP/etc Server software, Wikis, PHP, Spam and Virus Filtering,
VOIP, Trouble Ticket System, Best Practices, New Developments,
Clustering/High Availability , Automated Installs, Automated configuration,
Packaging Local Software.

Speakers should assume that members of the audience have at least a
couple of years experience in Unix/Linux administration.

Format of Presentations
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Presentations of between 30 and 120 minutes (including questions) are
currently being sought.  We will also be holding a lightning talks
session, with a list of 5-10 minutes short presentations..


Submitting talks
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Please note that in order to give a presentation you must be register
to attend the main linux.conf.au conference.

In order to submit a talk please see our Call for Presentations webpage at:

http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp.html

Submissions (or any questions) should be sent to:

contact @ sysadmin.miniconf.org.

Dates and Deadlines
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To encourage early submissions around half the programme will be filled from
presentations submitted before the 31st of October.

31 Oct 2005 - Deadline for early submissions
18 Nov 2005 - Deadline for late submissions

Contact and Questions
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Please see our website at http://sysadmin.miniconf.org/ for more information
on the miniconf and presenting at it.

If you have any questions please feel free to email the organisers at:

contact @ sysadmin.miniconf.org