Re: FOSDEM 2014 Desktops DevRoom Call for Talks

[Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau gmail com>]

Hey everyone, just a reminder that this Call for talks is still open,
don't wait until the last minute to send your proposal!

Christophe

2013/11/6 Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau gmail com>:
> Hey,
>
> As usual, it's time to submit your talk proposal for FOSDEM
>
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> FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors
> in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of
> the tracks will be the Desktops DevRoom (formerly known as
> "CrossDesktop DevRoom"), which will host Desktop-related talks.
>
> We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source
> Software on the topics of Desktop development, Desktop applications
> and interoperability amongst Desktop Environments. This is a unique
> opportunity to show novel ideas and developments to a wide technical
> audience.
>
> Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: Enlightenment, Gnome,
> KDE, Unity, XFCE/Razor, Windows, Mac OS X, general desktop matters,
> applications that enhance desktops and web (when related to desktop).
>
> Talks can be very specific, such as developing mobile applications
> with Qt Quick; or as general as predictions for the fusion of Desktop
> and web in 5 years time. Topics that are of interest to the users and
> developers of all desktop environments are especially welcome. The
> FOSDEM 2013 schedule might give you some inspiration:
> https://archive.fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/cross_desktop/
>
> Please include the following information when submitting a proposal:
>
> Your name
> The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be
> listed with around 250 from other projects)
> Short abstract of one or two paragraphs
> Short bio (with photo)
> Requested time: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 minutes.
> Longer duration requests must be properly justified. You may be
> assigned LESS time than you request.
>
>
> The deadline for submissions is December 14th 2013. FOSDEM will be
> held on the weekend of 1-2 February 2014. Please use the following
> website to submit your proposals:
> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM14
>
> You can also join the devroom's mailing list, which is the official
> communication channel for the DevRoom:
> desktops-devroom lists fosdem org (subscription page for the mailing
> list: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/desktops-devroom )
>
> – The Desktops DevRoom 2014 Organization Team
>
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