Re: [guadec-list] GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Thanks Dave.

On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 17:53 +0800, Dave Neary wrote: 
> Behdad, can you fill in the blanks, and this will be good to go, once

Did a lame try below.

> the guadec.expectnation.com instance is pointed at by www.guadec.org (or

This is already done.  It's a redirect though.  I think it's ok though.


> modify the URLs) and the keynote page is up (Baris, any ETA on that?).
> 
> GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey
> ==========================================
> 
> The annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference will be held in
> Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The conference
> will bring together the GNOME development community and key
> personalities from business and government, to discuss the future
> direction of the GNOME project.
> 
> Now in its 9th year, the conference has grown every year from its humble
> beginnings to become a fixture in the calendar of the leading lights of
> the free software desktop development community, and an important
> meeting place between industry and community. This year, over 500 people
> are expected to gather in Turkey for the conference, whose theme will be
> "Designing the User Interface for Freedom".
> 
> Among the keynote speakers who will be present at the conference are
> Matt Webb, co-author of "Mind Hacks", and a leading user experience
> designer, Eric Sink, a renowned blogger and software development
> business entrepreneur, and Leisa Reichelt, a London-based expert in
> interaction design and user experience research.
> 
> The call for participation in the conference is now open. The program
> chair this year, Behdad Esfahbod, hopes that the conference will bring
> ... [XXX what does Behdad hope that the conference will bring? Is there
> a theme for this year's conference?]

No theme really.  Umm, how about this instead:

The call for participation in the conference is now open.  "Emerging
GNOME trends set the dialog at GUADEC.  It was Online Desktop last year,
and GNOME Mobile the year before that."  said the program
chair, Behdad Esfahbod, "We are excited to see what the community is
bringing to GUADEC this year."


> The Call for Participation for the conference has been released, and as
> with last year, the conference will have three tracks:
>  - Catwalk: Showcasing the best and most exciting applications that the
> GNOME community has to offer
>  - Topaz: Identifying the diamonds in te rough that will form the basis
                                        ^^
typo

> for the next generation of the free software desktop
>  - Tangle: Community and governance issues, and tough technical issues,
> will be considered, attacked and resolved
> 
> 
> The GUADEC website (http://www.guadec.org) has more information about
> the conference.
> 
> Call for papers: http://www.guadec.org/cfp/1

CFP is at http://guadec.expectnation.com/guadec08/public/cfp/1


> Presentation of keynote speakers: http://www.guadec.org/keynotes/1

-- 
behdad
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