Re: [openstack-dev] KVM Forum 2015 Call for Participation

2015-04-27 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
A friendly reminder that KVM Forum 2015 accepts proposal submissions
until this coming Friday.

Thanks on behalf of the KVM Forum 2015 Program Committee.

Daniel

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 09:51:31AM +, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
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 KVM Forum 2015: Call For Participation
 August 19-21, 2015 - Sheraton Seattle - Seattle, WA
 
 (All submissions must be received before midnight May 1, 2015)
 =
 
 KVM is an industry leading open source hypervisor that provides an ideal
 platform for datacenter virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure,
 and cloud computing.  Once again, it's time to bring together the
 community of developers and users that define the KVM ecosystem for
 our annual technical conference.  We will discuss the current state of
 affairs and plan for the future of KVM, its surrounding infrastructure,
 and management tools.  Mark your calendar and join us in advancing KVM.
 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/
 
 This year, the KVM Forum is moving back to North America.  We will be
 colocated with the Linux Foundation's LinuxCon North America, CloudOpen
 North America, ContainerCon and Linux Plumbers Conference events.
 Attendees of KVM Forum will also be able to attend a shared hackathon
 event with Xen Project Developer Summit on August 18, 2015.
 
 We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking
 proposal for KVM Forum 2015.
 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp
 
 
 Suggested topics:
 
 KVM/Kernel
 * Scaling and optimizations
 * Nested virtualization
 * Linux kernel performance improvements
 * Resource management (CPU, I/O, memory)
 * Hardening and security
 * VFIO: SR-IOV, GPU, platform device assignment
 * Architecture ports
 
 QEMU
 
 * Management interfaces: QOM and QMP
 * New devices, new boards, new architectures
 * Scaling and optimizations
 * Desktop virtualization and SPICE
 * Virtual GPU
 * virtio and vhost, including non-Linux or non-virtualized uses
 * Hardening and security
 * New storage features
 * Live migration and fault tolerance
 * High availability and continuous backup
 * Real-time guest support
 * Emulation and TCG
 * Firmware: ACPI, UEFI, coreboot, u-Boot, etc.
 * Testing
 
 Management and infrastructure
 
 * Managing KVM: Libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, etc.
 * Storage: glusterfs, Ceph, etc.
 * Software defined networking: Open vSwitch, OpenDaylight, etc.
 * Network Function Virtualization
 * Security
 * Provisioning
 * Performance tuning
 
 
 ===
 SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL
 ===
 Abstracts due: May 1, 2015
 
 Please submit a short abstract (~150 words) describing your presentation
 proposal.  Slots vary in length up to 45 minutes.  Also include in your
 proposal
 the proposal type -- one of:
 - technical talk
 - end-user talk
 
 Submit your proposal here:
 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp
 Please only use the categories presentation and panel discussion
 
 You will receive a notification whether or not your presentation proposal
 was accepted by May 29, 2015.
 
 Speakers will receive a complimentary pass for the event.  In the instance
 that your submission has multiple presenters, only the primary speaker for a
 proposal will receive a complementary event pass.  For panel
 discussions, all
 panelists will receive a complimentary event pass.
 
 TECHNICAL TALKS
 
 A good technical talk should not just report on what has happened over
 the last year; it should present a concrete problem and how it impacts
 the user and/or developer community.  Whenever applicable, focus on
 work that needs to be done, difficulties that haven't yet been solved,
 and on decisions that other developers should be aware of.  Summarizing
 recent developments is okay but it should not be more than a small
 portion of the overall talk.
 
 END-USER TALKS
 
 One of the big challenges as developers is to know what, where and how
 people actually use our software.  We will reserve a few slots for end
 users talking about their deployment challenges and achievements.
 
 If you are using KVM in production you are encouraged submit a speaking
 proposal.  Simply mark it as an end-user talk.  As an end user, this is a
 unique opportunity to get your input to developers.
 
 HANDS-ON / BOF SESSIONS
 
 We will reserve some time for people to get together and discuss
 strategic decisions as well as other topics that are best solved within
 smaller groups.
 
 These sessions will be announced during the event.  If you are interested
 in organizing such a session, please add it to the list at
 
http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2015_BOF
 
 Let people you think might be interested know about it, and encourage
 them to add their names to the wiki page as well.  Please try to
 add your ideas to the list before KVM Forum starts.
 
 
 PANEL DISCUSSIONS
 
 If you are proposing a panel discussion, please make sure that 

[openstack-dev] KVM Forum 2015 Call for Participation

2015-03-18 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
=
KVM Forum 2015: Call For Participation
August 19-21, 2015 - Sheraton Seattle - Seattle, WA

(All submissions must be received before midnight May 1, 2015)
=

KVM is an industry leading open source hypervisor that provides an ideal
platform for datacenter virtualization, virtual desktop infrastructure,
and cloud computing.  Once again, it's time to bring together the
community of developers and users that define the KVM ecosystem for
our annual technical conference.  We will discuss the current state of
affairs and plan for the future of KVM, its surrounding infrastructure,
and management tools.  Mark your calendar and join us in advancing KVM.
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kvm-forum/

This year, the KVM Forum is moving back to North America.  We will be
colocated with the Linux Foundation's LinuxCon North America, CloudOpen
North America, ContainerCon and Linux Plumbers Conference events.
Attendees of KVM Forum will also be able to attend a shared hackathon
event with Xen Project Developer Summit on August 18, 2015.

We invite you to lead part of the discussion by submitting a speaking
proposal for KVM Forum 2015.
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp


Suggested topics:

KVM/Kernel
* Scaling and optimizations
* Nested virtualization
* Linux kernel performance improvements
* Resource management (CPU, I/O, memory)
* Hardening and security
* VFIO: SR-IOV, GPU, platform device assignment
* Architecture ports

QEMU

* Management interfaces: QOM and QMP
* New devices, new boards, new architectures
* Scaling and optimizations
* Desktop virtualization and SPICE
* Virtual GPU
* virtio and vhost, including non-Linux or non-virtualized uses
* Hardening and security
* New storage features
* Live migration and fault tolerance
* High availability and continuous backup
* Real-time guest support
* Emulation and TCG
* Firmware: ACPI, UEFI, coreboot, u-Boot, etc.
* Testing

Management and infrastructure

* Managing KVM: Libvirt, OpenStack, oVirt, etc.
* Storage: glusterfs, Ceph, etc.
* Software defined networking: Open vSwitch, OpenDaylight, etc.
* Network Function Virtualization
* Security
* Provisioning
* Performance tuning


===
SUBMITTING YOUR PROPOSAL
===
Abstracts due: May 1, 2015

Please submit a short abstract (~150 words) describing your presentation
proposal.  Slots vary in length up to 45 minutes.  Also include in your
proposal
the proposal type -- one of:
- technical talk
- end-user talk

Submit your proposal here:
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/cfp
Please only use the categories presentation and panel discussion

You will receive a notification whether or not your presentation proposal
was accepted by May 29, 2015.

Speakers will receive a complimentary pass for the event.  In the instance
that your submission has multiple presenters, only the primary speaker for a
proposal will receive a complementary event pass.  For panel
discussions, all
panelists will receive a complimentary event pass.

TECHNICAL TALKS

A good technical talk should not just report on what has happened over
the last year; it should present a concrete problem and how it impacts
the user and/or developer community.  Whenever applicable, focus on
work that needs to be done, difficulties that haven't yet been solved,
and on decisions that other developers should be aware of.  Summarizing
recent developments is okay but it should not be more than a small
portion of the overall talk.

END-USER TALKS

One of the big challenges as developers is to know what, where and how
people actually use our software.  We will reserve a few slots for end
users talking about their deployment challenges and achievements.

If you are using KVM in production you are encouraged submit a speaking
proposal.  Simply mark it as an end-user talk.  As an end user, this is a
unique opportunity to get your input to developers.

HANDS-ON / BOF SESSIONS

We will reserve some time for people to get together and discuss
strategic decisions as well as other topics that are best solved within
smaller groups.

These sessions will be announced during the event.  If you are interested
in organizing such a session, please add it to the list at

   http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/KVM_Forum_2015_BOF

Let people you think might be interested know about it, and encourage
them to add their names to the wiki page as well.  Please try to
add your ideas to the list before KVM Forum starts.


PANEL DISCUSSIONS

If you are proposing a panel discussion, please make sure that you list
all of your potential panelists in your abstract.  We will request full
biographies if a panel is accepted.


===
HOTEL / TRAVEL
===
KVM Forum 2015 will be taking place at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.  We
are pleased to offer attendees a discounted room rate of US$199/night
(plus applicable taxes) which includes wifi in your