Thanks Dave, didn't know you are working on this! Big, minor, issue for now: It will be in Istanbul, not Ankara!
I'll comment later (on my way back to Toronto right now). But I think things like this are better handled on guadec-planning, then the final thing announced on guadec-list. Cheers, behdad On Feb 10, 2008 5:46 PM, Dave Neary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (Ed: this is a draft - I would like to have some idea of a theme which > we're choosing for the conference, and have a website up before > announcing (that seems like a minimum to me). Behdad, can you help me > out with a quote about your goals for the conference and the themes > you're putting forward in the CfP?) > > GUADEC 2008 coming up in Ankara, Turkey > ======================================= > > The annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference will be held in > Ankara, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The conference > will bring together the GNOME development community and key > personalities from business and government, to discuss the future > direction of the GNOME project. > > Now in its 9th year, the conference has grown every year from its humble > beginnings to become a fixture in the calendar of the leading lights of > the free software desktop development community, and an important > meeting place between industry and community. This year, over 500 people > are expected to gather in Turkey for the conference, whose theme will be > "Designing the User Interface for Freedom". > > Among the keynote speakers who will be present at the conference are > Matt Webb, co-author of "Mind Hacks", and a leading user experience > designer, Eric Sink, a renowned blogger and software development > business entrepreneur, and Leisa Reichelt, a London-based expert in > interaction design and user experience research. > > The call for participation in the conference is now open. The program > chair this year, Behdad Esfahbod, hopes that the conference will bring > ... [what does Behdad hope that the conference will bring? Is there a > theme for this year's conference?] > > The GUADEC website (link) has more information about the conference. > > Call for papers: > > Learn more about the conference: > > Presentation of keynote speakers: > > > > > -- > Dave Neary > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > guadec-list mailing list > guadec-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/guadec-list > -- behdad http://behdad.org/
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