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> From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> > Date: April 28, 2010 1:48:57 PM EDT > To: annou...@apachecon.com > Subject: Call for Participation: Technical Talks -- ApacheCon North America > 2010 > Reply-To: s...@apache.org > > ApacheCon North America 2010 > 1-5 November 2010 -- Westin Peachtree in Atlanta > > Technical Tracks: Call For Participation > All submissions must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at midnight Pacific > Time. > The official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache Software > Foundation (ASF) returns to Atlanta this November, with dozens of technical, > business, and community-focused sessions at the beginner, intermediate, and > advanced levels. > > Over the past decade, the ASF has gone from strength to strength, developing > and shepherding nearly 150 Top-Level Projects and new initiatives in the > Apache Incubator and Labs. This year's ApacheCon celebrates how Apache > technologies have sparked creativity, challenged processes, streamlined > development, improved collaboration, launched businesses, bolstered > economies, and improved lives. > > We are proud of our achievements and recognize that the global Apache > community --both developers and users-- are responsible for the success and > popularity of our products. > > The ApacheCon Planning Team are soliciting 50-minute technical presentations > for the next conference, which will focus on the theme “Servers, the Cloud, > and Innovation”. > > We are particularly interested in highly-relevant, professionally-directed > presentations that demonstrate specific probrlems and real-world solutions. > Part of the technical program has already been planned; we welcome proposals > based on the following Apache Projects and related technical areas: > > - Cassandra/NoSQL > - Content Technologies > - (Java) Enterprise Development > - Felix/OSGi > - Geronimo > - Hadoop + friends/Cloud Computing > - Lucene, Mahout + friends/Search > - Tomcat > - Tuscany > Submissions are open to anyone with relevant expertise: ASF affiliation is > not required to present at, attend, or otherwise participate in ApacheCon. > > Please keep in mind that whilst we encourage submissions that the highlight > the use of specific Apache solutions, we are unable to accept > marketing/commercially-oriented presentations. > > Other proposals, such as panels, or those longer than 50 minutes in duration > have been considered in the past. You are welcome to submit an alternate > presentation, however, such sessions are accepted under exceptional > circumstances. Please be as descriptive as possible, including names/bios of > proposed panelists and any related details. > > All accepted speakers (not co-presenters) qualify for general conference > admission and a minimum of two nights lodging at the conference hotel. > Additional hotel nights and travel assistance are possible, depending on the > number of presentations given and type of assistance needed. > > To submit a presentation proposal, please send an email to submissions AT > apachecon DOT com containing the following information in plaintext (no > attachments, please): > > 1. Your full name, title, and organization > > 2. Contact information, including your address > > 3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple and relevant to > the topic) > > 4. The technical category of the intended presentation (Cassandra/NoSQL; > Content Technologies; (Java) Enterprise Development; Felix/OSGi; Geronimo; > Hadoop + friends/Cloud Computing; Lucene, Mahout + friends/Search; Tomcat; or > Tuscany) > > 5. The classification for each presentation (Servers, Cloud, or Innovation) – > some presentations may have more than one theme (e.g., a next-generation > server can be classified both as "Servers" and "Innovation" > > 6. The intended audience level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) > > 7. A 75-200 word overview of your presentation > > 8. A 100-200-word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or > related experience > > 9. Feedback or references (with contact information) on presentations given > within the last three years > > To be considered, proposals must be received by Friday, 28 May 2010 at > midnight Pacific Time. Please email any questions regarding proposal > submissions to cfp AT apachecon DOT com. > > Technical Tracks Key Dates > > 23 April 2010: Call For Participation Open > 28 May 2010: Call For Participation Closes > 11 June 2010: Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification > 1-5 November 2010: ApacheCon NA 2010 > We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! > > For the ApacheCon Planning team, > Sally Khudairi, Program Lead > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: announce-unsubscr...@apachecon.com > For additional commands, e-mail: announce-h...@apachecon.com >
