Stephen, According to Dave (cc'd): it cannot be applied for FOSDEM; the organizers would not be happy if we proposed that.
Best regards, Vincent On 01/11/2014 22:43, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Rather than individual talks what about getting them to schedule a 1/2 day > unconference? > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at > 6wind.com> > wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Talks related to DPDK can be proposed for FOSDEM 2015: >> https://fosdem.org/2015/ >> This conference will take place in Belgium on 31 January & 1 February. >> >> -- >> Thomas >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: Network devroom call for participation >> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:33:33 -0400 >> From: Dave Neary <dneary at redhat.com> >> To: Pavel Simerda <psimerda at redhat.com>, >> network-devroom at lists.fosdem.org, fosdem at lists.fosdem.org >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> We are pleased to announce the Call for Participation in the FOSDEM >> 2015 Networking DevRoom! >> >> Important dates: >> * Nov 25: Deadline for submissions >> * Dec 1: Speakers notified of acceptance >> * Dec 5: Schedule published >> >> This is the first time that networking has been included as a >> stand-alone DevRoom, and this year the topics will cover two distinct >> fields: >> * Software Defined Networking (SDN), covering virtual switching, open >> source SDN controllers, virtual routing >> * Network management, covering host-level networking - NetworkManager, >> ConnMan, systemd, wicked, kernel network services, network security, etc >> >> >> We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source >> Software on the topics of SDN and network management. This is an >> exciting and growing field, and this is a unique opportunity to show >> novel ideas and developments to a very knowledgeable technical audience. >> >> Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: >> >> SDN: >> * SDN controllers - OpenDaylight, OpenContrail, OpenStack Neutron >> * Dataplane processing: DPDK, OpenDataplane, netdev, netfilter >> * Virtual switches: Open vSwitch, Snabb Switch, VDE >> * Open network protocols: OpenFlow, NETCONF, OpenLISP >> >> Network management: >> * Network management: NetworkManager, ConnMan, systemd-networkd, >> interoperability among these projects >> * Common code infrastructure: libnl, libmnl, libsystemd, ell, pyroute2 >> * Network services: DHCP, DNS, DNSSEC, PPP >> * Connection management: Wifi, tethering, connection sharing, metric and >> source based routing, >> >> Talks should be aimed at a technical audience, but should not assume >> that attendees are already familiar with your project or how it solves a >> general problem. Talk proposals can be very specific solutions to a >> problem, or can be higher level project overviews for lesser known >> projects. >> >> Please include the following information when submitting a proposal: >> >> Your name >> The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be >> listed with around 250 from other projects) >> Short abstract of one or two paragraphs >> Short bio (with photo) >> >> The deadline for submissions is November 25th 2014. FOSDEM will be held >> on the weekend of January 31st-February 1st 2015 and the Networking >> DevRoom will take place on Saturday, January 31st 2015. Please use the >> following website to submit your proposals: >> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM15 (you do not need to create >> a new Pentabarf account if you already have one from past years). >> >> You can also join the devroom?s mailing list, which is the official >> communication channel for the DevRoom: network-devroom at lists.fosdem.org >> (subscription page: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/network-devroom) >> >> ? The Networking DevRoom 2015 Organization Team >> >> -- >> Dave Neary - NFV/SDN Community Strategy >> Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com >> Ph: +1-978-399-2182 / Cell: +1-978-799-3338 >>