---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: BSDCon Brasil 2015 <bsdcon bsdcon.com.br> Date: 2015-06-08 16:30 GMT-03:00 Subject: BSDCon Brazil 2015 - 2nd Call for Papers To:
INTRODUCTION BSDCon Brazil (http://www.bsdcon.com.br) is the Brazilian BSD powered and flavored conference held in Brazil. The first edition was in 2003 (https://www.freebsd.org/events/events2003.html) and it brought together a great mix of *BSD developers and users for a nice blend of both developer-centric and user-centric presentations, and activities. The 2015 edition will be even more fun! This year BSDCon Brazil will be held from 9-10th October 2015, in Fortaleza (CE). The very first edition with people coming to Brazil from all around the globe! OFFICIAL CALL (http://bsdcon.com.br/call-for-papers) We've got extra room for the conference! Now we are proudly requesting proposals for even more presentations. We do not require academic or formal papers. If you wish to submit a formal paper, you are welcome to, but it is not required. Presentations are expected to be 45~60 minutes and are to be delivered in Portuguese (preferred), Spanish or English. The proposals presentation should be written with a very strong technical content bias. Proposals of a business development or marketing nature are not appropriate for this venue and will be rejected! Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to: [*] Automation & Embedded Systems [*] Best Current Practices [*] Continuous Integration [*] Database Management Systems [*] Device Drivers [*] Documentation & Translation [*] Filesystems [*] Firewall & Routing [*] Getting Started to *BSD Systems [*] High Availability [*] Internet of Things (IoT) [*] IPv6 [*] Kernel Internals [*] Logging & Monitoring [*] Network Applications [*] Orchestration [*] Performance [*] Privacy & Security [*] Third-Party Applications Management [*] Virtualization [*] VoIP [*] Wireless Transmissions We are waiting to read what you got! Please send all proposals to: [email protected] The proposals should contain a short and concise text description. The submission should also include a short CV of the speaker and an estimate of the expected travel expenses. - Do not forget to tell us your host city; - If your quotes are in another currency than Brazilian Reais, please inform the day you got the prices for proper conversion. - We've got speakers who will pay for their own flight; if you would like to do the same, your name/company will be listed as sponsor. SCHEDULE Proposals Acceptance May 8th 2015 ----- BEGINS June 10th 2015 --- END OF PHASE 1 June 30th 2015 --- END OF PHASE 2 Contact to Accepted Proposals Authors July 10th 2015 --- CONTACT WITH PHASE 1's AUTHORS July 20th 2015 --- CONTACT WITH PHASE 2's AUTHORS NOTES * If your talk is accepted, you are expected to present your talk in person; * Speakers do not register or pay conference fees; * We can pay for speakers flight and accommodation; * A speaker paying for its own flight/accommodation will be listed as sponsor (no special category); * You pay for your own food and drink; * There will be a digital projector available in each lecture room. -- BSDCon Brasil 2015 http://www.bsdcon.com.br http://twitter.com/bsdcon_br
