Fw: [lca-announce] Linux.Conf.Au 2004 Call for Papers - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

Anyone going to this?  I'm not...

Chris

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Subject: [lca-announce] Linux.Conf.Au 2004 Call for Papers


> 2004 - Adelaide
>
>
> Linux.Conf.Au is the annual Australian Linux technical conference, and
> is one of the largest gatherings of users and developers of Free and
> Open Source Software in the Southern Hemisphere.  It is an opportunity
> for developers and groups to present their ideas amongst peers, and
> for the Free Software and Open Source communities to gather in
> general.
>
> The 2004 conference is being held in Adelaide, South Australia at the
> University of Adelaide, right in the centre of the city on the banks
> of the river Torrens.  More information can be found on the conference
> website:
>
> http://lca2004.linux.org.au/
>
> Although the majority of conference attendants are developers, papers
> of more general appeal will also be considered.
>
> People interested in giving presentations have a choice of the
> following formats:
>
>     * Paper Presentations (45 minutes)
>     * Tutorials (3 hours)
>     * Work in progress sessions (5 minutes)
>
> Topics
>
> Papers on the following topics are encouraged:
>
>     * Linux kernel
>     * File systems
>     * Databases
>     * Programming and scripting languages
>     * Networking and communications
>     * Productivity, Groupware
>     * Multimedia
>     * Desktop and windowing systems
>     * Games
>     * BSD
>     * Other 'Open Source' projects
>
> We are open to a broader range of papers as well, even non-Linux based
> papers (*gasp*!). Submit it to us anyway!
>
> Abstracts are required for paper, tutorial and work in progress
> presentations. Abstracts should be up to 400 words and be submitted to
> the Paper Review Committee at the address lca-cfp@linux.org.au.
>
> Abstracts should contain meta information of:
>
>     * Author's full name (and preferred handle, if any)
>     * Author's complete email address
>     * Author's affiliation with commercial or relevant organisations
>     * Author's postal address
>     * Author's telephone and fax numbers, with area and country codes.
>     * Author's short biography, in around 1 - 3 paragraphs.
>     * Whether travel and accommodation assistance will be required -
>       if so, please list the closest international air terminal.
>
> Abstracts and biographies should be submitted as plain text. The final
> paper should be submitted in one of the following electronic formats:
>
>     * PDF (A4 paper size)
>     * Postscript (A4 paper size)
>
> We encourage you to submit the the 'source' for the paper as well
> (eg. HTML, LaTeX, DocBook, MagicPoint, etc).
>
> Any featured software in papers must be available under a licence
> compatible with the Open Source Definition
> (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html).  Any papers that are accompanied
> by non-disclosure agreement forms will be rejected.  All successful
> papers must be eligible for republication on-line and on distribution
> media given to conference attendees.  Linux.Conf.Au requires
> publication rights to accepted papers, including the publication of
> the audio proceedings as well as publication and reproduction rights
> to any video filmed during the presentations. These rights are
> non-exclusive. Copyright ownership is retained by the author.  You may
> be asked to sign an agreement to these conditions upon arrival at the
> conference.
>
> In the event that you miss one of the deadlines we reserve the right
> to revoke any offer to present your paper. We take having the paper
> for the conference proceedings very seriously and late submissions
> place an undue burden on our formatting team.
>
>
> Dates to Remember
>
>     * CFP Opens: Monday June 16, 2003
>     * Abstracts Due: Monday August 18, 2003
>     * Acceptance Notification by Review Committee: Friday September 19,
2003
>     * Final Complete Submissions Due: Monday December 8, 2003
>
>
> Travel and Accommodation Assistance
>
> Some financial assistance is available for speakers' travel and
> accommodation in cases of need.  Please indicate in your abstract
> submission(s) if this is the case.  If your CFP submission doesn't
> clearly state that you require assistance, the panel will assume that
> you do not require any.  Financial assistance may be withheld if final
> complete submissions aren't received by the date specified above.
>
>
> --
>
> Please feel free to forward this announcement to your local LUG.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah Bolderoff.
>
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