From: Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]> Hi, I already sent a accessibility-related abstract to FOSDEM organization, as Main Track. I received this message of "abstract received", but I didn't receive one saying that I was rejected.
So, being conservative, should I send my abstract also to this devroom? or should I wait until they send me a notification of talk not approved? > DRAFT 2 > > List, Here is draft 2 of the CfP proposal for the DevRoom. It includes > constructive rewriting by Peter K. Please, I am not by any means an expert > in this field and am asking those of you here, on this list, who are experts, > to lend your hand in getting this going. I am happy to help out when I can, > but I lack the background you have, both professionally and to this event. > > > ** We also need to form a committee to review the abstracts. I am not an > expert in a11y. I can usually judge something that's interesting over > something that is not, but for talks of this sort, an expert is demanded. I > therefore ask that a committee of 3-5 be formed from this and other relevant > lists (?) for this purpose.** > > ** If you can participate in the committee, please let me know—and others, > too—by notifying this list.** > > Thanks > Louis > > --- > > **Call for talks for the accessibility DevRoom at fosdem 2011** > > — http://fosdem.org – 6 February 2011, 09:00 to 17:00, Brussels, Belgium > > > We will be holding an Accessibility DevRoom at fosdem and are requesting > abstracts for structured presentations now. > > Important information, dates: > > • Submission deadline for abstracts: 2010-12-31 > > • Notification of accepted speakers: 2011-01-10 > > • Final schedule: 2011-01-12 > > • Get together: 2011-02-05 > > > **About this DevRoom** > > Designing software so that it is accessible to and usable by people with > disabilities has been a significant theme in software user interface > development over the last few decades. Recent national and supra-national > regulations, laws, and treaties - such as the UN Convention on the Rights of > People with Disabilities - have only emphasized this work. There have been > numerous significant accessibility achievements in Free/Libre and Open Source > Software. These include work in accessibility frameworks and user interface > toolkits, in accessible applications, in developer and authoring tools, and > in the development and use of assistive technologies by people with > disabilities. > > The focus of this DevRoom is to both demonstrate the breadth and scope of > accessibility technologies in open source software, and to provide developers > with the opportunity to collaborate - across desktops and applications and > assistive technologies. > > We invite you to submit talks on these topics: > > • Inclusive design: state of the art > > • Specific problems in mobile devices > > • Document accessibility > > • Assistive Technologies & building blocks for same > > !!! List: Please suggest other topics you want included!!! > > ** Your submission must include:** > > * Your name > > * The title of your talk > > * A short abstract of one to two paragraphs (150 words, max.) > > * A short biography > > * Links to related websites/blogs etc. > > Presentations are to be formal and not longer than 45 minutes, plus 15 extra > for questions. Panels with more than one speaker are possible, as are shorter > presentations of 20 minutes, though the preference is for the longer format. > > > The deadline for submissions is 31 December 2010. The proposals will be > considered by committee. If your proposal has been accepted, you will be > informed by email by 10 January 2011. > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
