Hi everyone, We haven't received a lot of submissions so far, the deadline is next Monday, don't wait too much for submitting a proposal :)
Cheers, Christophe On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 08:16:33PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > Hello, > > Here is the Call for Participation for the Desktops DevRoom 2017 > > -8<-- > > FOSDEM <https://fosdem.org/2017/> is one of the largest (5,000+ hackers!) > gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each > February in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). Once again, one of the tracks will > be the Desktops DevRoom (formerly known as “CrossDesktop DevRoom”), which > will host Desktop-related talks. > > We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source > Software on the topics of Desktop development, Desktop applications and > interoperability amongst Desktop Environments. This is a unique opportunity > to show novel ideas and developments to a wide technical audience. > > Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: > > - Open Desktops: Gnome, KDE, Unity, Enlightenment, XFCE, Razor, MATE, > Cinnamon, ReactOS, CDE etc > - Closed desktops: Windows, Mac OS X, MorphOS, etc (when talking about a > FLOSS topic) > - Software development for the desktop > - Development tools > - Applications that enhance desktops > - General desktop matters > - Cross-platform software development > - Web > - Thin clients, desktop virtualiation, etc > > Talks can be very specific, such as the advantages/disadvantages of > distributing a desktop application with snap vs flatpak, or as general as > using HTML5 technologies to develop native applications. > > Topics that are of interest to the users and developers of all desktop > environments are especially welcome. The FOSDEM 2016 schedule > <https://archive.fosdem.org/2016/schedule/track/desktops/> might give you > some inspiration. > > > Submissions > > Please include the following information when submitting a proposal: > > - Your name > - The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be > listed with around 400 from other projects) > - Short abstract of one or two paragraphs > - Short bio (with photo) > - Requested time: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 minutes. > Longer duration requests must be properly justified. You may be assigned > LESS time than you request. > - > > How to submit > > All submissions are made in the Pentabarf event planning tool: > https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17 > > To submit your talk, click on "Create Event", then make sure to select the > “Desktops” devroom as the “Track”. Otherwise your talk will not be even > considered for any devroom at all. > > If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous year, even if your > talk was not accepted, please reuse it. Create an account if, and only if, > you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with > Pentabarf, please contact desktops-devroom AT lists DOT fosdem DOT org. > > > Deadline > > The deadline for submissions is December 5th 2016. > > FOSDEM will be held on the weekend of 4 & 5 February 2017 and the Desktops > DevRoom will take place on Sunday, February 5th 2017. > > We will contact every submitter with a “yes” or “no” before December 11th > 2016. > > Recording permission > > The talks in the Desktops DevRoom will be audio and video recorded, and > possibly streamed live too. > > In the "Submission notes" field, please indicate that you agree that your > presentation will be licensed under the CC-By-SA-4.0 or CC-By-4.0 license > and that you agree to have your presentation recorded. For example: > > "If my presentation is accepted for FOSDEM, I hereby agree to license all > recordings, slides, and other associated materials under the Creative > Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License. Sincerely, > <NAME>." > > If you want us to stop the recording in the Q & A part (should you have > one), please tell us. We can do that but only for the Q & A part. > > More information > > The official communication channel for the Desktops DevRoom is its mailing > list desktops-devr...@lists.fosdem.org. > > Use this page to manage your subscription: > https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom > > > <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom> > Organization > > The Desktops DevRoom 2017 is managed by a team representing the most > notable open desktops: > > - Pau Garcia i Quiles, KDE > - Christophe Fergeau, Gnome > - Michael Zanetti, Unity > - Philippe Caseiro, Enlightenment > - Jérome Leclanche, Razor > > If you want to join the team, please contact desktops-devroom AT lists DOT > fosdem DOT org. > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
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