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<p>On behalf of the OpenStack Conference Program Committee, I am pleased
to initiate the Call for Speakers for the Fall 2011 OpenStack
Conference in Boston, MA from October 5-7. This gathering of OpenStack
developers, users, eco-system partners, open source enthusiasts, and
cloud computing technologists presents speakers with the opportunity to
actively participate in the shaping of the future of the OpenStack
project. I look forward to joining with the community in Boston for an
amazing 3 days of OpenStack goodness.</p>
<p><strong>PROCESS</strong><br>
The Program Committee has listed a series of suggested topics for the
overall agenda of the conference. Please review these topics and submit
your talk under the various topic(s). Of course, if you have an idea for
a topic not listed, please send your information as the Program
Committee is always open to new ideas.</p>
<p>To submit your request to be a speaker please send an email to <a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a>
with the Subject Line: OPENSTACK CONFERENCE SPEAKER SUBMISSION. In the
email be sure to include your contact information as well as the topic
you are interested in speaking on. Should you submit a new topic, please
provide details on that topic.</p>
<p><strong>TOPICS</strong><br>
The topics suggested by the Program Committee fit under two umbrella
categories: technical or business. Each session is currently planned for 30 minutes.</p>
<p><em>Technical</em><br>
Project Overview – NOVA<br>
Project Overview - SWIFT<br>
Project Overview – GLANCE<br>
Community Developer Tools<br>
OpenStack in the Data Center<br>
OpenStack Deployments<br>
DevOps<br>
Project Introductions – Information on the various eco-system projects not yet core in OpenStack</p>
<p><em>Business</em><br>
Economics of OpenStack<br>
OpenStack Case Study<br>
Project Overview – NOVA<br>
Project Overview - SWIFT<br>
Project Overview – GLANCE<br>
Building an OpenStack Practice (Solution Providers)<br>
OpenStack Case Study<br>
Public Cloud Hosting Best Practices<br>
Private Clouds Hosting Best Practices</p>
<p>The Program Committee anxiously awaits your speaker submission as we assemble the final OpenStack Conference Agenda. <strong>The deadline to submit your request is September 6, 2011 </strong>so that we can release the <strong>final agenda on September 14, 2011</strong>.
All speakers selected will receive a complementary pass to the event
via a special registration code. If you have any further questions,
please contact me.</p></div></div><div><div>- - - </div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Stephen Spector, Rackspace</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">OpenStack Community Manager</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="rgb(0, 0, 0)"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"></span></font></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><a href="mailto:stephen.spector@openstack.org">stephen.spector@openstack.org</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><a href="http://openstack.org/blog">OpenStack Blog</a><b> | </b><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">@opnstk_</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">com</a><a href="http://twitter.com/opnstk_com_mgr">_mgr</a><span style="font-style: italic"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; "><b>Office</b> +1 (512) 539-1162 | <b>Mobile</b> +1 (210) 415-0930</span></div></div></div></div></body></html>