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> From: Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> > Date: March 3, 2011 1:52:52 PM MST > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Fwd: [Announce] Now Open: Call for Participation for ApacheCon North > America > Reply-To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> >> Date: March 3, 2011 3:52:05 PM EST >> To: [email protected], [email protected], >> [email protected], [email protected] >> Subject: Fwd: [Announce] Now Open: Call for Participation for ApacheCon >> North America >> >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >>> Date: March 3, 2011 3:10:17 PM EST >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Announce] Now Open: Call for Participation for ApacheCon North >>> America >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> >>> Call for Participation >>> ApacheCon North America 2011 >>> 7-11 November 2011 >>> Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, Canada >>> >>> All submissions must be received by Friday, 29 April 2011 at midnight >>> Pacific Time. >>> >>> ApacheCon, the official conference, trainings, and expo of The Apache >>> Software Foundation (ASF), heads to Vancouver, Canada, this November, with >>> dozens of technical, business, and community-focused sessions for beginner, >>> intermediate, and expert audiences. >>> >>> Now in its 11th year, the ASF develops and shepherds nearly 150 Top-Level >>> Projects and new initiatives in the Apache Incubator and Labs. With >>> hundreds of thousands of applications deploying ASF products and code >>> contributions by more than 2,500 Committers from around the world, the >>> Apache community is recognized as among the most robust, successful, and >>> respected in Open Source. >>> >>> This year's ApacheCon focuses on highly-relevant, professionally-directed >>> presentations that demonstrate specific problems and real-world solutions. >>> We welcome proposals --from developers and users alike-- in the areas of >>> "Apache and ...": >>> >>> ... Enterprise Solutions (from ActiveMQ to Axis2 to ServiceMix, OFBiz to >>> Chemistry, the gang's all here!) >>> >>> ... Cloud Computing (Hadoop, Cassandra, HBase, CouchDB, and friends) >>> >>> ... Emerging Technologies + Innovation (Incubating projects such as >>> Libcloud, Stonehenge, and Wookie) >>> >>> ... Community Leadership (mentoring and meritocracy, GSoC and related >>> initiatives) >>> >>> ... Data Handling, Search + Analytics (Lucene, Solr, Mahout, OODT, Hive and >>> friends) >>> >>> ... Pervasive Computing (Felix/OSGi, Tomcat, MyFaces Trinidad, and friends) >>> >>> ... Servers, Infrastructure + Tools (HTTP Server, SpamAssassin, Geronimo, >>> Sling, Wicket and friends) >>> >>> >>> Submissions are open to anyone with relevant expertise: ASF affiliation is >>> not required to present at, attend, or otherwise participate in ApacheCon. >>> >>> Whilst we encourage submissions that the highlight the use of specific >>> Apache solutions, we are unable to accept marketing/commercially-oriented >>> presentations. >>> >>> Other proposals, such as panels, have been considered in the past; you are >>> welcome to submit an alternate presentation, however, such sessions are >>> accepted under exceptional circumstances. Please be as descriptive as >>> possible, including names/bios of proposed panelists and any related >>> details. >>> >>> Accepted speakers (not co-presenters) qualify for general conference >>> admission and a minimum of two nights lodging at the conference hotel. >>> Additional hotel nights and travel assistance are possible, depending on >>> the number of presentations given and type of assistance needed. >>> >>> To submit a presentation proposal, please complete our ONLINE SUBMISSION >>> FORM at http://na11.apachecon.com/proposals/new >>> >>> To be considered, proposals must be received by Friday, 29 April 2011 at >>> midnight Pacific Time. Please email any questions regarding proposal >>> submissions to cfp AT apachecon DOT com. >>> >>> Key Dates: >>> >>> 3 March 2011 - CFP Opens >>> 29 April 2011 - CFP Closes >>> 20 May-30 June 2011 - Speaker Notifications and Confirmations >>> 7-11 November 2011 - ApacheCon NA 2011 >>> >>> >>> We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver! >>> >>> – The ApacheCon Planning team >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> > > -------------------------- > Grant Ingersoll > http://www.lucidimagination.com > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
