Thread: PostgreSQL@FOSDEM 2010 - Call for talks
FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) is a major Free and Open Source event held annually in Brussels, Belgium, and attended by around 4000 people. As in recent years, the PostgreSQL project will have a devroom where we will be presenting a number of talks. The event will be held on the 6 - 7th February 2010. We're looking for developers, users and contributors to submit talks for inclusion on the program. Any topic related to PostgreSQL is acceptable as long as it is non-commercial in nature. Suggested topics might include: - Migration of systems to PostgreSQL - Application development - Benchmarking and tuning - Spatial applications - Hacking the code - Data warehousing - New features - Tips and tricks - Replication - Case studies We will have a number of 45 minutes slots, and may split one or more into 3 back-to-back 15 minute slots if we receive suitable proposals. Please submit your proposals to: fosdem@postgresql.eu and include the following information: - Your name - The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~250 from other projects) - A short abstract of one to two paragraphs - A short biography introducing yourself - Links to related websites/blogs etc. The deadline for submissions is 22nd December 2009. See you in Brussels! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- -To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: pgsql-announce-unsubscribe@postgresql.org
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote: > We will have a number of 45 minutes slots, and may split one or more > into 3 back-to-back 15 minute slots if we receive suitable proposals. I would like to suggest we reduce the number of talks and have instead some more participatory round-table discussions. I think it would be better to find out what problems people are facing, what features they would be interested in, what's stopping non-users from adopting postgres, etc. I would suggest having a few general topics like "security", "replication", "high availability", "change management", "postgres upgrades", etc. -- greg
2009/12/3 Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote: > >> We will have a number of 45 minutes slots, and may split one or more >> into 3 back-to-back 15 minute slots if we receive suitable proposals. > > I would like to suggest we reduce the number of talks and have instead > some more participatory round-table discussions. I think it would be > better to find out what problems people are facing, what features they > would be interested in, what's stopping non-users from adopting > postgres, etc. I would suggest having a few general topics like > "security", "replication", "high availability", "change management", > "postgres upgrades", etc. > Not a bad idea. How about scheduling one or two "talk slots" for that, and then maybe just have visitors tell us beforehand which topics are interesting? As in not now, but the day before or so? -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote: > >> We will have a number of 45 minutes slots, and may split one or more >> into 3 back-to-back 15 minute slots if we receive suitable proposals. > > I would like to suggest we reduce the number of talks and have instead > some more participatory round-table discussions. I think it would be > better to find out what problems people are facing, what features they > would be interested in, what's stopping non-users from adopting > postgres, etc. I would suggest having a few general topics like > "security", "replication", "high availability", "change management", > "postgres upgrades", etc. We may not be able to adjust the sessions much time-wise (we're not sure yet how our timeslots will be arranged), but we can certainly consider proposals for roundtable sessions from people interested in hosting them. -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:48:22 +0000 Dave Page wrote: > FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) is a major Free and Open Source > event held annually in Brussels, Belgium, and attended by around 4000 > people. As in recent years, the PostgreSQL project will have a devroom > where we will be presenting a number of talks. The event will be held > on the 6 - 7th February 2010. Like the last years i reserved a number of rooms in the same hotel like last year: Hotel Agenda Louise rue de Florence 6 B-1000 Brussels We have 20 rooms for max. 30 people. If you want one of the rooms, send an email to: ads@pgug.de . First come, first serve ;-) I need your reservation by the end of this year (2009-12-31). Bye -- Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum German PostgreSQL User Group European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors Volunteer Regional Contact, Germany - PostgreSQL Project ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- -To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: pgsql-announce-unsubscribe@postgresql.org
On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:48:22 +0000 Dave Page wrote: > FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) is a major Free and Open Source > event held annually in Brussels, Belgium, and attended by around 4000 > people. As in recent years, the PostgreSQL project will have a devroom > where we will be presenting a number of talks. The event will be held > on the 6 - 7th February 2010. Like the last years i reserved a number of rooms in the same hotel like last year: Hotel Agenda Louise rue de Florence 6 B-1000 Brussels We have 20 rooms for max. 30 people. If you want one of the rooms, send an email to: ads@pgug.de . First come, first serve ;-) I need your reservation by the end of this year (2009-12-31). Bye -- Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum German PostgreSQL User Group European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors Volunteer Regional Contact, Germany - PostgreSQL Project ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- -To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to: pgsql-announce-unsubscribe@postgresql.org
Have you sent us you talk proposal for FOSDEM yet? If not, there is just one day left to prepare and send your submission for presentation in the PostgreSQL devroom at FOSDEM 2010! Not sure if your topic is appropriate? Send it anyway and let us decide! Never spoken to a room full of geeks before? Don't worry - it's a small room, and we're always keen to support new speakers. Not able to come to FOSDEM? Yeah, sorry. Can't help with that one. So, if you have anything PostgreSQL related to talk about that you think would be interesting to other hackers or geeks in the Free & Open Source world, please send in your proposal by the end of tomorrow! On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org> wrote: > FOSDEM (http://www.fosdem.org/2010/) is a major Free and Open Source > event held annually in Brussels, Belgium, and attended by around 4000 > people. As in recent years, the PostgreSQL project will have a devroom > where we will be presenting a number of talks. The event will be held > on the 6 - 7th February 2010. > > We're looking for developers, users and contributors to submit talks > for inclusion on the program. Any topic related to PostgreSQL is > acceptable as long as it is non-commercial in nature. Suggested topics > might include: > > - Migration of systems to PostgreSQL > - Application development > - Benchmarking and tuning > - Spatial applications > - Hacking the code > - Data warehousing > - New features > - Tips and tricks > - Replication > - Case studies > > We will have a number of 45 minutes slots, and may split one or more > into 3 back-to-back 15 minute slots if we receive suitable proposals. > > Please submit your proposals to: > > fosdem@postgresql.eu > > and include the following information: > > - Your name > - The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be > listed with ~250 from other projects) > - A short abstract of one to two paragraphs > - A short biography introducing yourself > - Links to related websites/blogs etc. > > The deadline for submissions is 22nd December 2009. > > See you in Brussels! > -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com