Just a reminder, just over one week left open on the CFP. Some great talks entered already. Keep it up!
On Mar 24, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > Apache Lucene EuroCon Call For Participation - Prague, Czech Republic May 20 > & 21, 2010 > > All submissions must be received by Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 12 Midnight > CET/6 PM US EDT > > The first European conference dedicated to Lucene and Solr is coming to > Prague from May 18-21, 2010. Apache Lucene EuroCon is running on on > not-for-profit basis, with net proceeds donated back to the Apache Software > Foundation. The conference is sponsored by Lucid Imagination with additional > support from community and other commercial co-sponsors. > > Key Dates: > 24 March 2010: Call For Participation Open > 13 April 2010: Call For Participation Closes > 16 April 2010: Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification > 18-19 May 2010: Lucene and Solr Pre-conference Training Sessions > 20-21 May 2010: Apache Lucene EuroCon > > This conference creates a new opportunity for the Apache Lucene/Solr > community and marketplace, providing the chance to gather, learn and > collaborate on the latest in Apache Lucene and Solr search technologies and > what's happening in the community and ecosystem. There will be two days of > Lucene and Solr training offered May 18 & 19, and followed by two days packed > with leading edge Lucene and Solr Open Source Search content and talks by > search and open source thought leaders. > > We are soliciting 45-minute presentations for the conference, 20-21 May 2010 > in Prague. The conference and all presentations will be in English. > > Topics of interest include: > - Lucene and Solr in the Enterprise (case studies, implementation, return on > investment, etc.) > - “How We Did It” Development Case Studies > - Spatial/Geo search > - Lucene and Solr in the Cloud > - Scalability and Performance Tuning > - Large Scale Search > - Real Time Search > - Data Integration/Data Management > - Tika, Nutch and Mahout > - Lucene Connectors Framework > - Faceting and Categorization > - Relevance in Practice > - Lucene & Solr for Mobile Applications > - Multi-language Support > - Indexing and Analysis Techniques > - Advanced Topics in Lucene & Solr Development > > All accepted speakers will qualify for discounted conference admission. > Financial assistance is available for speakers that qualify. > > To submit a 45-minute presentation proposal, please send an email to > c...@lucene-eurocon.org containing the following information in plain text: > > 1. Your full name, title, and organization > > 2. Contact information, including your address, email, phone number > > 3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple and relevant to > the topic) > > 4. A 75-200 word overview of your presentation (in English); in addition to > the topic, describe whether your presentation is intended as a tutorial, > description of an implementation, an theoretical/academic discussion, etc. > > 5. A 100-200-word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or > related experience (in English) > > To be considered, proposals must be received by 12 Midnight CET Tuesday, 13 > April 2010 (Tuesday 13 April 6 PM US Eastern time, 3 PM US Pacific Time). > > Please email any questions regarding the conference to > i...@lucene-eurocon.org. To be added to the conference mailing list, please > email sig...@lucene-eurocon.org. If your organization is interested in > sponsorship opportunities, email > spon...@lucene-eurocon.org > > Key Dates > > 24 March 2010: Call For Participation Open > 13 April 2010: Call For Participation Closes > 16 April 2010: Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification > 18-19 May 2010 Lucene and Solr Pre-conference Training Sessions > 20-21 May 2010: Apache Lucene EuroCon > > We look forward to seeing you in Prague! > > Grant Ingersoll > Apache Lucene EuroCon Program Chair > www.lucene-eurocon.org
