For immediate release. GUADEC is the annual conference of the GNOME community, held in Europe since 2000. GNOME is a free software project which drives user interfaces of many GNU/Linux-powered devices, ranging from smartphones to laptops and personal media centers. GUADEC is the world's largest gathering of users and developers who are involved with the free desktop and mobile user interfaces. GUADEC is expected to draw hundreds of attendees who will discuss and direct the future of the GNOME project. Developers, artists, translators, users, and representatives from government, education, and businesses, and anyone else who shares an interest are welcome.
GUADEC 2015 will be held for the first time in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference will be held August 7th to August 9th, with extra days afterwards available after the core conference days for hackfests and meetings. The schedule of the conference mirrors the ongoing development of the GNOME project: * Design of the core user experience (core applications, shell, toolkit) * Design of the developer experience (tools, documentation, services) * Integration and extension of the operating system plumbings into the core UX * Application development and deployment * Integration of web technologies into the GNOME user experience * Improving the user experience on different form factors * Outreach to new contributors * Organization and governance of the project Submissions that do not fit into these categories are also welcome, provided that they are relevant or inspirational to the GNOME community. The Call for Participation for GUADEC 2015 has the following timeline: 1. Sunday, May 3rd: Deadline for submission of abstracts 2. Sunday, May 17th: Notification of speakers 3. August 7th to 9th: The conference takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden Please submit your proposals before May 3rd through the online submission system available on the GUADEC website, available at: https://www.guadec.org. Presentations will be reviewed by the program committee between May 4th and May 17th. A separate call for lightning talks, workshops, and birds of a feather sessions will be issued later in May. If you are interested in organizing a workshop session, BoF or project room during the second part of GUADEC, please wait until the relevant call for participation is made. The program committee is looking forward to your submissions to participate in GUADEC 2015 and contributing to turn the event into a large success. In case of questions regarding the Call for Participation, please contact the program committee at guadec-pap...@gnome.org. For general questions regarding the conference, please consult the GUADEC web site or contact the local GUADEC organizing team. On behalf of the papers committee, Emmanuele. -- https://www.bassi.io [@] ebassi [@gmail.com] _______________________________________________ foundation-announce mailing list foundation-announce@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce
