Call for Participation in the Libre Application Summit 2018
Presented by the GNOME Foundation
Denver, CO. The GNOME Foundation is pleased to announce the Call for Participation in the 2018 Libre Application Summit (LAS). The conference will be held from September 6th - 9th in Denver, Colorado, and brings together developers, entrepreneurs, and free and open source (FOSS) enthusiasts for discussion and debate around the future of the open source application ecosystem.
The conference will be held at the Parkside Mansion, situated immediately next to the Denver City Park, with direct access to downtown, public transport, restaurants, and nightlife. With the beautiful Colorado summer weather, there really is no better spot for our community to come together to chart the collective future of our projects.
Whether you represent a large or small project, the Libre Application Summit is the perfect opportunity to collaborate towards building a new and successful market for the proliferation of FOSS software. We need persons such as you to lend your voice and expertise, so if you would like to be considered for a presentation we are now accepting abstracts.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Universal App Packaging - I.e. Flatpak or Snap
Toolchains, Toolkits, and Resources for Developers
Application Design and UX
Legal/Licensing/Community Management/Open Source Education
State of the Application Ecosystem
Proposals by newcomers and experienced speakers alike are welcome. When submitting your proposal please keep in mind that talk slots are 45 minutes long. Please kindly keep your abstract to 500 words or less.
The call for presentations will have the following timeline:
July 25th: deadline for submitting your talk proposals through https://las.gnome.org
August 1st: all speakers will be notified if their talk has been accepted
September 6th-9th: core conference days in Denver, Colorado
The Papers Team is looking forward to your talk proposal. In case of questions regarding the call for talks, please contact the Papers Team at papers las gnome org. For general questions regarding the conference, please consult http://las.gnome.org/ website or contact the LAS GNOME organizing team at info las gnome org.
If you would like to become a sponsor of LAS GNOME please contact sponsors las gnome org.