[Linux-aus] Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane - Call for Papers

[Arjen Lentz]

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Call for Papers
Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane
"Success in Development & Business"

OSDC is a grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers  
with an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off.  
OSDC focuses on Open Source developers building solutions directly  
for customers and other end users, anything goes as long as the code  
or the development platform is Open Source. Last year's conference  
attracted over 180 people, 60 talks, and 6 tutorials. Entry for  
delegates is kept easy by maintaining a low registration fee (approx  
$300), which always includes the conference dinner.

This year OSDC will be held in Brisbane from the 26th to the 29th of  
November, with an extra dedicated stream for presentations on Open  
Source business development, case studies, software process, and  
project management. The theme for this year's conference is "Success  
in Development & Business". If you are an Open Source maintainer,  
developer or user we would encourage you to submit a talk proposal on  
the open-source tools, solutions, technologies, or languages you are  
working with.

Previous years have included numerous talks on topics such as:

  - FOSS Software Development Tools, Software Process and Project  
Management
  - Languages/Platforms: C/C++, Java, C#/Mono/OSS.Net
  - Scripting: Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
  - Databases
  - Education
  - Web Technologies
  - Emerging Technologies and Innovation

For more details and to submit your proposal(s), see http:// 
osdc.com.au/papers/cfp.html
If you have any questions or require assistance with your submission,  
please don't hesitate to ask!

We recognise the increasing importance of Open Source in providing a  
medium for collaboration between individuals, researchers, business  
and government.  In recognition of this, we offer optional peer- 
review for those members of our community who desire it.  We are  
still finalising our review board, in addition to which those  
requesting peer-review will be asked to contribute reviews for up to  
three papers.


OSDC 2007 Brisbane - Key Program Dates:

30 Jun  - Proposals deadline
31 Jul   - Proposal acceptance
31 Aug - Submission deadline
15 Sep - Peer-review response (optional)
30 Sep - Final version for proceedings

26 Nov       - OSDC 2007 Tutorials
27-29 Nov - OSDC 2007 Main Conference!

For all information, contacts and updates, see the OSDC conference  
web site at http://osdc.com.au/


We gratefully acknowledge the following companies for their early  
commitment in sponsoring OSDC 2007:
  - Apress (http://apress.com/)
  - Common Ground (http://commongroundgroup.com/)
  - Google (http://google.com.au/)
  - OpenGear (http://opengear.com.au/)
Interested in sponsoring also? See http://www.osdc.com.au/sponsors/ 
opportunities.html