It would be great if Flex gets a track on its own. A lot of what I do at work has to do with Big Data. Flex and Big Data are made for each other :-)
I will have to check with my current employer to see if they will okay my travel plans. If it does work out, I think I can propose two talks on FlexJS and Flex Mobile. Thanks, Om On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > > so I was waiting for a notification on the conference-mailinglist but > couldn't remember getting the CFP opening notification. Just checked the > website and could see that it seems to be open already. > > > Papers have to be submitted till July 1st. > > > I would like to encourage you to submit papers on Flex and Flex related > topics. Ideally I think it would be good to somehow cut them in a way that > they support other hyped topics. So if for example you want to submit a > talk on developing a mobile app ... how about talking about a mobile app as > frontend for big-data backend ... just a thought. The problem is that > Apache doesn't select the talks. The linux foundation does and it selects > the talks it thinks will attract most paying customers. So if we don't get > a track this way your chances could be higher to get selected. > > > If we however submit enough interesting talks, perhaps we could even get > our own track, which would be a great thing. That's why I'm asking more > people to submit talks. > > > For those being hesitant because of the costs, you can always apply for > the Apache Travel Assistance program. If you get selected, Apache will pay > for flight acomodation ... and it's a lot of fun. I always like to remember > my first ApacheCon with TAC ... it was a great time :-) > > > I would suggest that those planning on submitting Flex Related talks step > forward and write to this thread so we can see where there are gaps and we > need to submit something for the full big picture. > > > I am planning on submitting stuff for: > > - Building Flex Applications with Maven (Eventually Building mobile > applications with Maven) > > - Building FlexJS Applications with Maven > > - Some example demonstrating BlazeDS > > - Frontend-tests of Flex Applications using Selenium / Flex Automation > > > Was even thinking of some fun stuff with Justins IoT: > > - A mobile app showing the state of an actor on a mobile device and > controlling some "blinky lights" from a mobile app both talking together > using BlazeDS ... (Justin ... interested in something like this?) > > > Would be cool If someone would step forward for (Some topics I think would > be interesting and could attract some attention): > > - FlexJS > > - FlexUnit > > - Mobile (game) development > > - Charting solutions (eventually as frontend for BigData backends) > > - ... > > > Eventually it would be an idea to work with the Apache Brooklyn guys to > create a frontend/dashboard for their new and extremely cool Project ( > https://brooklyn.incubator.apache.org/) > > > CFP Page ist here: > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-europe/program/cfp > > > Apache Travel Assistance Infos: https://tac-apply.apache.org/ > > CFP | ApacheCon Europe | Linux Conferences and Linux Events | The Linux > Foundation > Linux Foundation events provide a neutral collaborative environment to > advance the state of the art of Linux and network and education > opportunities in the technical, business and legal arenas. > Weitere Informationen...< > http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-europe/program/cfp> > > > > > > > Chris > >
