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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ubuntu Live Conference 2008 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 7, 2008 3:32 PM Subject: CFP is Now Open - Proposals due February 4 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ubuntu Live Conference July 21-22, 2008 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon http://www.ubuntulive.com Ubuntu Live is Coming Back -- July 21-22 in Portland. Submit a Proposal and Be Part of the Program! Last summer's inaugural Ubuntu Live conference was such a success that we can hardly wait for the second. The 2007 conference attracted a more technical audience than we had anticipated, so this year's meeting will include longer, more in-depth sessions. It will also include a new track dedicated to technical enthusiasts and developers, with topics such as the innovative Launchpad web-based open source project management tools and Bazaar revision control system, among others. If you attended last year, we know you'll want to return. If you didn't, be sure to save the dates and join the crowd. Co-produced by Canonical Ltd. and O'Reilly Media, Ubuntu Live is a two-day gathering of the growing, worldwide Ubuntu community--IT professionals, government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, enterprise and business users. It brings together the people who deploy and manage Ubuntu in organizations, companies offering services and solutions based on Ubuntu, customers of those services, users of Ubuntu, and the folks who build Ubuntu and other key open source software. We're Looking for Speakers! Are you an entrepreneur launching a business with Ubuntu? A programmer, trainer, or system administrator with techniques or best practices to share? A guru using Ubuntu in unexpected ways? An educator or researcher helping an underseved community thrive with Edubuntu? If so, then we want to hear from you. How are you taking Ubuntu further? You may submit proposals for sessions, panel discussions, and demos, on any aspect of developing, using, customizing, or deploying Ubuntu. Here are just a few of the topics we'd like to explore at Ubuntu Live 2008: =Using Ubuntu Server Edition at the edge of the network =Ubuntu in small and medium businesses =Managing large scale deployments =Building Ubuntu-based appliances and products =Point of sale, mobile, scientific research, banking, and other verticals =Performance optimization in Ubuntu =Virtualization used for server consolidation, maintenance simplification, or security =Developing new products on Ubuntu =Adding Ubuntu as a supported platform =Ubuntu in the NGO/non-profit sector =Ubuntu in education =Ubuntu Community contributors Do not feel limited by this brief list. We welcome your ideas for topics and sessions. Your proposal must be submitted by midnight PST, February 4 to: http://www.ubuntulive.com/proposal Save the Dates and Plan to Attend For two days, July 21-22, Ubuntu Live participants will share their experiences, learn from each other, and catch up with the latest developments from Ubuntu, Ubuntu partners, and the free software and open source ecosystem. Like last year's conference, Ubuntu Live 2008 is co-located with the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) at the Oregon Convention Center, to provide you even greater access to the open source community. Early registration--at a discount--opens in April. To stay on top of the program as it develops, sign up for the Ubuntu Live conference newsletter at: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/nl/home#conferences As linux.com said about last year's conference, "'community' seemed to be the keyword for the entire conference. I can't recall any of the talks or sessions...that did not at least touch on the importance of community to Ubuntu." Expand your contacts and influence within this rapidly growing community at Ubuntu Live 2008. We hope to see you in Portland! The Ubuntu Live 2008 Committee P.S. Deadline for proposals is midnight PST, February 4, at: http://www.ubuntulive.com/proposal To see what happened at the inaugural Ubuntu Live Conference last year, check out: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/ubuntu2007/ For exhibition and sponsorship opportunities please email Sharon Cordesse at [EMAIL PROTECTED] For media and promotional partner opportunities please email Avila Reese at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************** If you have a conference-related question, or do not wish to receive messages about this particular event in the future, please reply to this message. To unsubscribe from ALL O'Reilly conference announcements, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 ******************************************************
