Dear all,
I have modified the draft to add my comments:
1) to highlight GNOME 3.0 and its launch party in the introduction
2) to focus the topics to be more GNOME related (with reference to
our previous conferences)
3) to have the talks scheduled for either 25 minutes and 5 minutes
Q&A or 45 minutes talk and 15 minutes Q&A
4) to ask for a bio of the presenter during their submission
Please find below the revised version and also the wiki page at
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/CallForPaper , please let us know if
you have any comment. We target to finalize it and send out by the
end of the week. thanks!
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Call for Paper
This is the official Call for Paper for GNOME 3.0
Launch Party | GNOME.Asia Summit 2011.
For this forth edition of the GNOME.Asia Summit
we will be hosting it just before the GNOME 3.0 release. The event
will be held on March xth at the Dayananda Sagar Educational
Institutions, Shivage Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout,
Bangalore 560 078, Karnataka (India).
Right now we are looking for speakers, panelists
and exhibitors. It is important to highlight that GNOME.Asia
Summit 2011 is matching the release of GNOME 3.0 and will be a
great place to celebrate this launch. GNOME 3.0 is a big advance
for GNOME bringing new desktop paradigms to facilitate users
interaction with their computing world. Please join us to
celebrate the launch of this major release together!
About GNOME.Asia Summit
GNOME.Asia Summit is an annual conference for
GNOME users and developers in Asia. The event focuses primarily on
the GNOME desktop and other devices that use GNOME, and also
covers GNOME-based applications and GNOME development platform
tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a
forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and
businesses to discuss both the present technologies and future
developments. GNOME.Asia Summit has been held in Beijing, China in
2008, and Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam in 2009 as well as Taipei,
Taiwan in 2010.
Event dates and venue
- Conference Date: March xxth – xxth 2011
-
Venue: Dayananda Sagar Educational
Institutions, Shivage Malleshwara Hills, Kumaraswamy Layout,
Bangalore 560 078, Karnataka (India) < a map of where it is
located http://bit.ly/fa0PgY
>
Topics of interest
First and foremost we will of course turn the
spotlights on: GNOME 3.0
– What's exciting
Other topics include:
- GNOME, the mobile and netbook platform
- GNOME library and application development
- GNOME desktop deployments and customization
- GNOME communities
- GNOME accessibility
- Lightning talks
Of course, you are free to submit anything that
does not fit in those categories, provided that it is relevant to
GNOME or for the GNOME community at large.
Talks will be scheduled for either 25 minutes and
5 minutes Q&A or 45 minutes talk and 15 minutes Q&A,
please also specify your preference in your submission.
Deadline
- Day , Date : Deadline for submission of abstracts
- Day, Date : Notification of speakers
Submission Guidelines
Those proposing to present papers should submit
an abstract (150 words) and a bio including the name and e-mail
address of the author to asia-summit-list gnome org
on or before xx, 2011 (UTC 1200). The conference language is
English. The abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee
based on content, presentation and suitability for the event. By
submitting an abstract you give us the permission to publish it on
the conference web site.
The program committee is looking forward to your
suggestions for participating in this year's exciting edition of
GNOME.Asia Summit which will be held just before the GNOME 3.0
release.
Speaker
Incentives and Financial Compensation
The GNOME.Asia summit is run by The GNOME.Asia
Committee and The GNOME Foundation, which is a non-profit
organization comprised of the Board of Directors, the Executive
Director, the Advisory Board and the GNOME Memberships and
enthusiasts of free and open-source software.
GNOME.Asia Summit is soliciting donations from
companies and individuals towards this conference. These donations
will be used both for running the conference and for bursaries for
delegates from other continents. Delegates with an accepted paper
will be prioritized in the distribution of these bursaries.
Please note that even if we can grant you a
bursary, you will still be expected to pay a part of trip
yourself, as well as your boarding and lodging.
Publication Rights
The conference requires non-exclusive,
unrestricted publication rights to submitted presentations
including the publication of audio and video recordings of the
proceedings. Copyright is retained by the author. To ensure this,
no speaker will be allowed to present without first signing a
permission document, allowing us to use the material (slides,
video and audio recordings of the presentation, supporting
material, etc.) in a non-exclusive, unrestricted manner,
preferably under a Creative Commons License.
References
http://gnome.asia/
mailto: asia-summit-list gnome org
All interested contributors are highly encouraged
to send in their proposals. Please help us spread the invitation
to other potential participants. Let us celebrate the major 3.0
release for GNOME and go big.
Sincerely,
GNOME.Asia committee
On 01/11/2011 08:37 PM, Bharath Acharya wrote:
Hello All,
Please find attached the call for papers. Let us know your views and
what are the changes that we need to incorporate.
Thanks Akhil, for drafting it.
We will discuss about the changes in the meeting.
Regards,
Bharath
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