This doesn't seem to have been forwarded to slug@ yet. This is the linux.conf.au 2004 Call For Papers.
People interested in linux.conf.au announcements should probably join the lca-announce list at http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce People submitting talks to this or similar conferences might find Martin Pool's "How to get a conference abstract accepted" article helpful: http://www.advogato.org/article/549.html - it was written after he helped review the paper submissions for linux.conf.au 2003 ----- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lca-announce] Linux.Conf.Au 2004 Call for Papers Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:09:19 +0930 2004 - Adelaide Linux.Conf.Au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of Free and Open Source Software in the Southern Hemisphere. It is an opportunity for developers and groups to present their ideas amongst peers, and for the Free Software and Open Source communities to gather in general. The 2004 conference is being held in Adelaide, South Australia at the University of Adelaide, right in the centre of the city on the banks of the river Torrens. More information can be found on the conference website: http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ Although the majority of conference attendants are developers, papers of more general appeal will also be considered. People interested in giving presentations have a choice of the following formats: * Paper Presentations (45 minutes) * Tutorials (3 hours) * Work in progress sessions (5 minutes) Topics Papers on the following topics are encouraged: * Linux kernel * File systems * Databases * Programming and scripting languages * Networking and communications * Productivity, Groupware * Multimedia * Desktop and windowing systems * Games * BSD * Other 'Open Source' projects We are open to a broader range of papers as well, even non-Linux based papers (*gasp*!). Submit it to us anyway! Abstracts are required for paper, tutorial and work in progress presentations. Abstracts should be up to 400 words and be submitted to the Paper Review Committee at the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abstracts should contain meta information of: * Author's full name (and preferred handle, if any) * Author's complete email address * Author's affiliation with commercial or relevant organisations * Author's postal address * Author's telephone and fax numbers, with area and country codes. * Author's short biography, in around 1 - 3 paragraphs. * Whether travel and accommodation assistance will be required - if so, please list the closest international air terminal. Abstracts and biographies should be submitted as plain text. The final paper should be submitted in one of the following electronic formats: * PDF (A4 paper size) * Postscript (A4 paper size) We encourage you to submit the the 'source' for the paper as well (eg. HTML, LaTeX, DocBook, MagicPoint, etc). Any featured software in papers must be available under a licence compatible with the Open Source Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html). Any papers that are accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms will be rejected. All successful papers must be eligible for republication on-line and on distribution media given to conference attendees. Linux.Conf.Au requires publication rights to accepted papers, including the publication of the audio proceedings as well as publication and reproduction rights to any video filmed during the presentations. These rights are non-exclusive. Copyright ownership is retained by the author. You may be asked to sign an agreement to these conditions upon arrival at the conference. In the event that you miss one of the deadlines we reserve the right to revoke any offer to present your paper. We take having the paper for the conference proceedings very seriously and late submissions place an undue burden on our formatting team. Dates to Remember * CFP Opens: Monday June 16, 2003 * Abstracts Due: Monday August 18, 2003 * Acceptance Notification by Review Committee: Friday September 19, 2003 * Final Complete Submissions Due: Monday December 8, 2003 Travel and Accommodation Assistance Some financial assistance is available for speakers' travel and accommodation in cases of need. Please indicate in your abstract submission(s) if this is the case. If your CFP submission doesn't clearly state that you require assistance, the panel will assume that you do not require any. Financial assistance may be withheld if final complete submissions aren't received by the date specified above. -- Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG. Cheers, Sarah Bolderoff. -- lca-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce ----- End forwarded message ----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
