There's a Linux-related conference in Leeds (England) this summer (July 30th-August 1st). Why mention it on the Perl module authors list? Because Perl is sufficiently on-topic as to count as "Linux-related": many of the delegates will have some experience in Perl or come into contact with it somewhere. And because as a Perl enthusiast, I'd be happy if delegates left the conference knowing a little more about Perl than when they came in ...
Details are on the following webpage. Unfortunately the closing date for proposals is this coming weekend, but abstracts can be pretty informal: http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2004/cfp.shtml For ideas of the kind of things that are appropriate, in recent years I've had papers accepted on experiences of using PHP on large websites, an introduction to the 'RT' ticketing system, and an overview of the WxWindows cross-platform gui toolkit (including WxPerl). Many of the kind of talks given at Perl-specific conferences won't really be suitable, as they (quite reasonably!) assume the audience are Perl programmers. But anything that's a 'higher-level' overview (introducing a 'framework' module for solving particular tasks, for example), or an approach to a common-ish problem (where the solution just happens to involve Perl) would likely work. And I'd really like to see something that helps address some of the misconceptions that non-Perl-programmers often have about Perl (for example an introduction to writing tests for Perl programs, combating the myth that Perl is only good for quick kludges and is hard to maintain in the long term). Sorry if anybody considers this spam or off-topic, but I thought there might be some module authors out there who'd welcome an opportunity to give a talk promoting one of their modules ... If anybody has any questions, feel free to get in touch with me directly. Cheers. Smylers
