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If you plan to be around and you have a topic to discuss that may be
interesting for a developers audience, please consider submitting a talk !

Thierry Carrez wrote:
> There will be a two-day "Virtualisation and IaaS" devroom at FOSDEM 2014
> (Brussels, February 1-2). See below for the CFP.
> 
> Note: For this edition we'll avoid high-level, generic project
> presentations and give priority to deep dives and developer-oriented
> content, so please take that into account before submitting anything.
> 
> ----------------------
> Call for Participation
> ----------------------
> 
> The scope for this devroom is open source, openly-developed projects in
> the areas of virtualisation and IaaS type clouds, ranging from low level
> to data center, up to cloud management platforms and cloud resource
> orchestration.
> 
> Sessions should always target a developer audience. Bonus points for
> collaborative sessions that would be appealing to developers from
> multiple projects.
> 
> We are particularly interested in the following themes:
> * low level virtualisation aspects
> * new features in classic and container-based virtualisation technologies
> * new use cases for virtualisation, such as virtualisation in mobile,
> automotive and embedded in general
> * other resource virtualisation technologies: networking, storage, …
> * deep technical dives into specific IaaS or virtualisation management
> projects features
> * relationship between IaaS projects and specific dependencies (not just
> virtualisation)
> * integration and development leveraging solutions from multiple projects
> 
> 
> Important dates
> ---------------
> 
> Submission deadline: Sunday, December 1st, 2013
> Acceptance notifications: Sunday, December 15th, 2013
> Final schedule announcement: Friday January 10th, 2014
> Devroom @ FOSDEM'14: February 1st & 2nd, 2014
> 
> 
> Practical
> ---------
> 
> Submissions should be 40 minutes, and consist of a 30 minute
> presentation with 10 minutes of Q&A or 40 minutes of discussions (e.g.,
> requests for feedback, open discussions, etc.). Interactivity is
> encouraged, but optional. Talks are in English only.
> 
> We do not provide travel assistance or reimbursement of travel expenses
> for accepted speakers.
> 
> Submissions should be made via the FOSDEM submission page at
> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM14 :
> 
> * If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it
> * In the “Person” section, provide First name, Last name (in the
> “General” tab), Email (in the “Contact” tab) and Bio (“Abstract” field
> in the “Description” tab)
> * Submit a proposal by clicking on “Create event"
> * Important! Select the "Virtualisation and IaaS" track (on the
> “General” tab)
> * Provide the title of your talk (“Event title” in the “General” tab)
> * Provide a 250-word description of the subject of the talk and the
> intended audience (in the “Abstract” field of the “Description” tab)
> * Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short
> list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the
> “Full description” field in the “Description” tab
> 
> 
> Contact
> -------
> 
> For questions w.r.t. the Virtualisation and IaaS DevRoom at FOSDEM'14,
> please contact the organizers via
> fosdem14-virt-and-iaas-devroom at googlegroups.com (or via
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/fosdem14-virt-and-iaas-devroom).
> 
> 
> This CFP is also visible at:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fosdem14-virt-and-iaas-devroom/04y5YkyqzIo
> 


-- 
Thierry Carrez (ttx)