Re: Desktop Summit CFP announed and Registration open

[Nils Faerber <nils faerber kernelconcepts de>]

I assume changing the date is impossible now?
It just occurred to me that this conflicts with the Chaos Communication
Camp organised by CCC:
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Communication_Camp
This is probably the coolest and most geeky event on the planet (imagine
hackers sitting in their two man-tent hacking on a workstation with a
22" non-LCD monitor connected - a picture you'll never forget :)
I would assume that especially from Germany quite people would like to
attend the Camp too - e.g. me.
The Camp is only every four years so I will definitely go their :(

Cheers
  nils


Am 28.02.2011 18:32, schrieb Kenny Duffus:
> The Desktop Summit 2011[1] is a joint conference organised by the GNOME[2] and 
> KDE[3] communities, in Berlin, Germany from the 6th August 2011 to the 12th 
> August 2011. Held annually in cities around Europe, GUADEC and Akademy are the 
> world's largest gatherings of those involved with the free desktop or mobile 
> user interfaces. Developers, artists, translators, community organisers, 
> users, and representatives from government, education, and businesses and 
> anyone else who shares an interest are welcome. GNOME and KDE are Free 
> Software communities that drive the user interfaces of many Linux-powered 
> devices, ranging from smartphones to laptops, or personal media centers. This 
> year, for the second time, both communities have decided to organise a single, 
> joint conference. We anticipate over a thousand participants, covering both 
> projects as well as related technologies.
> 
> Registration for the event is now open and the Call for Participation is 
> available.
> 
> The Desktop Summit Team are excited about the opportunity to have a conference 
> with an unprecedented breadth of presentations about the Free Software 
> Desktop, and are looking forward to your registrations and submissions.
> 
> Of particular interest for the Desktop Summit are presentations and lightning 
> talks on the following topics:
> 
>   * Closer collaboration between GNOME, KDE and related projects
>   * GNOME, KDE and the mobile platform
>   * The free desktops and social networks
>   * Search, meta-data and the semantic desktop
>   * The Desktop and the OS
>   * Relationship with distributions and platforms
>   * Optimizing power, memory and disk I/O usage
>   * Designing and writing applications with strong user interfaces
>   * Supporting non-technical contributions (e.g. documentation, visual design,   
> marketing, project management, etc.) and attracting new community members
>   * GNOME beyond the 3.0 release: the GNOME OS
>   * Powerful foundations, elegant interfaces: Presentations on improvements in 
> KDE applications
>   * Government use of the free desktops; Free Software and non-governmental 
> organizations
>   * Attention for Free Software software in education and participation of 
> students
> 
> Submissions that do not fit into these categories are welcome too, provided 
> that they are relevant for the GNOME or KDE stacks, free desktops or mobile 
> user interfaces in general. We'd like to invite submissions not only from the 
> organizing communities themselves but also from users of free desktops, from 
> projects and organizations related to GNOME and KDE as well as contributors 
> involved in technologies they are based on. Submissions with cross-desktop 
> relevance are preferred. We are looking both for presentations and lightning 
> talks.
> 
> The Desktop Summit Call for Participation has the following timeline:
> 
> * March 25th: Deadline for submission of abstracts
> * April 20th: Notification of speakers
> * August 6th-12th: The conference takes place in Berlin, Germany
> 
> Please submit your proposal before March 25th through the online paper 
> submission system[4]. Papers will be reviewed by the program committee between 
> March 26th and April 20th.
> 
> If you are interested in organizing a workshop session, a BoF or a project 
> room please wait for a later separate call for participation.
> The program committee is looking forward to your suggestions and submissions 
> for participating in this year's exciting edition of the Desktop Summit. In 
> case of questions regarding the CFP feel free to talk to the programme 
> committee[5]. For general questions on the conference please consult the 
> Desktop Summit web site or contact the Desktop Summit organising team[6].
> 
>    1. https://www.desktopsummit.org/
>    2. http://foundation.gnome.org/
>    3. http://ev.kde.org/
>    4. https://www.desktopsummit.org/submit
>    5. mailto:ds-talks desktopsummit org
>    6. mailto:ds-team desktopsummit org
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