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See the Conference website: - <a href= - "http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008";>http://marketing.openoffice.org/ooocon2008</a></p> ---> +<h2>Call for Papers</h2> - <p>The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit - proposals for papers for OOoCon 2008. Whether you are a seasoned - presenter, or have never stood up in public before, if you have something - interesting to share about OpenOffice.org - we want to hear from you. - Please note the Conference language is English.</p> - - <h3>A unique occasion</h3> - - <p>OOoCon 2008 will see the biggest concentration of OOo developers ever - assembled in one location on this planet. For this reason, we - particularly welcome proposals from developers with information to share - with fellow developers, from how to get started with simple extensions, - through to the deep, dirty, and downright technical aspects of hacking - the OpenOffice.org codebase.</p> - - <p>Papers are also welcomed on any topic of interest to the Community: to - the thousands of people who have joined one of our Projects and design, - develop, maintain, translate, test, document, support, promote, or in any - other way help us bring OpenOffice.org's products and services to the - world. As this is the first OOoCon to be held in Asia, we encourage - local communities to submit papers for a special feature on local success - stories.</p> - - <h3>Key Dates</h3><a id="dates" name="dates"></a> - - <ul> - <li><strong>20th June</strong>: deadline for regular submissions for - consideration by the OOoCon Jury. If your proposal is submitted by this - date, we guarantee it will be considered on its merits against all the - other proposals.</li> - - <li><strong>1st July</strong>: we will let you know if your proposal - has been accepted. If you have applied for a <a href="#bursary">travel - bursary</a>, we will tell you if we have been able to grant you - one.</li> - - <li>If there are spaces left on the programme, we will continue to - accept <em>latecomer</em> submissions until <strong>18th July</strong>. - If there is any funding left over, we may be able to offer travel - bursaries to latecomers.</li> +<p>The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit +proposals for papers for OOoCon 2008. Whether you are a seasoned presenter, +or have never stood up in public before, if you have something interesting to +share about OpenOffice.org - we want to hear from you. Please note the +Conference language is English.</p> - <li>The Conference Programme will be published on <strong>1st - August</strong> with all accepted proposals.</li> - </ul> +<h3>A unique occasion</h3> - <h2>Conference Topics</h2> +<p>OOoCon 2008 will see the biggest concentration of OOo developers ever +assembled in one location on this planet. For this reason, we particularly +welcome proposals from developers with information to share with fellow +developers, from how to get started with simple extensions, through to the +deep, dirty, and downright technical aspects of hacking the OpenOffice.org +codebase.</p> - <p>We welcome contributions on any of the following topics ... but feel - free to add your own:</p> +<p>Papers are also welcomed on any topic of interest to the Community: to the +thousands of people who have joined one of our Projects and design, develop, +maintain, translate, test, document, support, promote, or in any other way +help us bring OpenOffice.org's products and services to the world. As this is +the first OOoCon to be held in Asia, we encourage local communities to submit +papers for a special feature on local success stories.</p> - <h4>Development</h4> +<h3>How to submit a Proposal</h3> - <ul> - <li>The source and how to work with it</li> +<p>Your proposal (abstract) must be submitted in line with the <a href= +"#dates">Key Dates</a>.</p> - <li>The roadmap beyond 3.0</li> +<ul> +<li>See if your proposal is likely to be of interest by reading the <a href= +"#topics">list of conference topics</a></li> - <li>Tools for development</li> +<li>Decide what <a href="#sessions">type of session</a> best suits your +proposal</li> - <li>Integration and localization</li> +<li>Decide whether you would like to apply for a <a href= +"#bursary">bursary</a> towards your travel and accomodation costs</li> - <li>QA, UI, and development processes</li> +<li>Submit your proposal <a href= +"%20http://survey.services.openoffice.org/forms/public/survey.php?name=CfP2008";> +via the form on the Conference website</a></li> +</ul><a id="dates" name="dates"></a> - <li>Packaging for distribution</li> +<h3>Key Dates</h3> - <li>Porting and platform specifics</li> +<ul> +<li><strong>20th June</strong>: deadline for regular submissions for +consideration by the OOoCon Jury. If your proposal is submitted by this date, +we guarantee it will be considered on its merits against all the other +proposals.</li> - <li>System integration with OpenOffice.org (ODF, UNO, API, - extensions)</li> +<li><strong>1st July</strong>: we will let you know if your proposal has been +accepted. If you have applied for a <a href="#bursary">travel bursary</a>, we +will tell you if we have been able to grant you one.</li> - <li>Macros and Extensions</li> - </ul> +<li>If there are spaces left on the programme, we will continue to accept +<em>latecomer</em> submissions until <strong>18th July</strong>. If there is +any funding left over, we may be able to offer travel bursaries to +latecomers.</li> - <h4>OpenDocument Format</h4> +<li>The Conference Programme will be published on <strong>1st August</strong> +with all accepted proposals.</li> +</ul><a id="topics" name="topics"></a> - <ul> - <li>ODF State of the art</li> +<h3>Conference Topics</h3> - <li>ODF Future Directions</li> +<p>We welcome contributions on any of the following topics ... but feel free +to add your own:</p> - <li>ODF interoperability</li> - </ul> +<h4>Development</h4> - <h4>Community</h4> +<ul> +<li>The source and how to work with it</li> - <ul> - <li>Celebrating and promoting OpenOffice.org 3.0</li> +<li>The roadmap beyond 3.0</li> - <li>Commercializing, integrating, and supporting OpenOffice.org</li> +<li>Tools for development</li> - <li>Migration methodology</li> +<li>Integration and localization</li> - <li>Marketing OpenOffice - the product and the Community</li> +<li>QA, UI, and development processes</li> - <li>Branding and artwork</li> +<li>Packaging for distribution</li> - <li>Funding the project, defining the product, and extending it</li> - </ul> +<li>Porting and platform specifics</li> - <h4>Native Languages</h4> +<li>System integration with OpenOffice.org (ODF, UNO, API, extensions)</li> - <ul> - <li>More than translation: building local language communities</li> +<li>Macros and Extensions</li> +</ul> - <li>Tools and techniques for localisations</li> +<h4>OpenDocument Format</h4> - <li>The OpenOffice.org Release Process</li> - </ul> +<ul> +<li>ODF State of the art</li> - <h4>Case Studies</h4> +<li>ODF Future Directions</li> - <ul> - <li>OpenOffice.org in Government and Public Administrations</li> +<li>ODF interoperability</li> +</ul> - <li>OpenOffice.org in the private sector (SME - Small to Medium-sized - Enterprise)</li> +<h4>Community</h4> - <li>Building a successful business around OpenOffice.org (training, - migration, support, development of extensions, technical - authors...)</li> - </ul> +<ul> +<li>Celebrating and promoting OpenOffice.org 3.0</li> + +<li>Commercializing, integrating, and supporting OpenOffice.org</li> + +<li>Migration methodology</li> + +<li>Marketing OpenOffice - the product and the Community</li> + +<li>Branding and artwork</li> + +<li>Funding the project, defining the product, and extending it</li> +</ul> + +<h4>Native Languages</h4> + +<ul> +<li>More than translation: building local language communities</li> + +<li>Tools and techniques for localisations</li> + +<li>The OpenOffice.org Release Process</li> +</ul> + +<h4>Case Studies</h4> + +<ul> +<li>OpenOffice.org in Government and Public Administrations</li> + +<li>OpenOffice.org in the private sector (SME - Small to Medium-sized +Enterprise)</li> + +<li>Building a successful business around OpenOffice.org (training, +migration, support, development of extensions, technical authors...)</li> +</ul><a id="session" name="session"></a> + +<h3>Types of Session</h3> + +<p>A <em>presentation</em> is a general discussion of some topic, including +(but not limited to) the software, the community, relationships with other +software or communities, and political or philosophical issues. Presentations +should be limited to 50 minutes (including questions and answers).</p> + +<p>A <em>workshop</em> is a "hands-on labs." session, in which the presenter +takes the audience step-by-step through a task, or provides hands-on tuition +for audience in a classroom format. Presenters may request extended workshop +sessions up to half a day in duration for complex tasks (e.g. how to set up a +build environment).</p> + +<p>A <em>BoF (Birds of a Feather meeting)</em> is an informal gathering of +people in a particular group, or interested in a specific topic. Examples +include the members of a native-language group, the marketing project, +documentation writers, or Apple Mac porters.</p> + +<p>A <em>panel discussion</em> involves a group of people (usually 3 or 4) +led by a moderator. The participants make opening and closing statements on +the topic, may discuss the topic among themselves, and may answer questions +from the audience (usually submitted in advance).</p><a id="bursary" name= +"bursary"></a> + +<h3>Travel Bursaries</h3> + +<p>As this is the first time OOoCon has been held outside Europe, we are will +be offering bursaries to speakers to help defray the costs of attending. A +bursary will consist of free room-only accomodation in a conference hotel, +plus a lump sum contribution of Euro 500 towards travel expenses.</p> - <h2>How to submit a Proposal</h2> +<p>Each request will be considered on the basis of both merit and need, so if +you need a busary to enable you to present your paper, please give as much +information as possible to help us evaluate your request.</p> - <p>Submissions must be made <a href=" http://survey.services.openoffice.org/forms/public/survey.php?name=CfP2008";>via the form on the Conference website</a>. Your proposal (abstract) must be submitted in line with the <a href="#bursary">Key Dates</a>.</p> +<h3>Presentation Materials</h3> - <h3>Types of Session</h3> +<p>An OpenOffice.org Impress template recommended for use for the conference +presentations will be published around 1 July 2008. All speakers are required +to file a copy of their presentations with the Conference organisers +<strong>in advance</strong>. These presentations will be filed on the +Conference website.</p> - <p>A <em>presentation</em> is a general discussion of some topic, - including (but not limited to) the software, the community, relationships - with other software or communities, and political or philosophical - issues. Presentations should be limited to 50 minutes (including - questions and answers).</p> - - <p>A <em>workshop</em> is a "hands-on labs." session, in which the - presenter takes the audience step-by-step through a task, or provides - hands-on tuition for audience in a classroom format. Presenters may - request extended workshop sessions up to half a day in duration for - complex tasks (e.g. how to set up a build environment).</p> - - <p>A <em>BoF (Birds of a Feather meeting)</em> is an informal gathering - of people in a particular group, or interested in a specific topic. - Examples include the members of a native-language group, the marketing - project, documentation writers, or Apple Mac porters.</p> - - <p>A <em>panel discussion</em> involves a group of people (usually 3 or - 4) led by a moderator. The participants make opening and closing - statements on the topic, may discuss the topic among themselves, and may - answer questions from the audience (usually submitted in advance).</p> - - <h3>Travel Bursaries</h3><a id="bursary" name="bursary"></a> - - <p>As this is the first time OOoCon has been held outside Europe, we are - will be offering bursaries to speakers to help defray the costs of - attending. A bursary will consist of free room-only accomodation in a - conference hotel, plus a lump sum contribution of Euro 500 towards travel - expenses.</p> - - <p>Each request will be considered on the basis of both merit and need, - so if you need a busary to enable you to present your paper, please give - as much information as possible to help us evaluate your request.</p> - - <h3>Presentation Materials</h3> - - <p>An OpenOffice.org Impress template recommended for use for the - conference presentations will be published around 1 July 2008. All - speakers are required to file a copy of their presentations with the - Conference organisers <strong>in advance</strong>. These presentations - will be filed on the Conference website.</p> - - <p>Please note that your session may be streamed as a live broadcast and - may be recorded and made available for download from the Conference - website.</p> +<p>Please note that your session may be streamed as a live broadcast and may +be recorded and made available for download from the Conference website.</p> - <p>We look forward to receiving your proposals.</p> - </div> +<p>We look forward to receiving your proposals.</p> +</div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
