Hi Russ, This sounds great -- we're definitely interested in participating, but need to figure out who can go, as the date clashes with FOSDEM. Amir is investigating options...
How would you like talk proposals? Anil > On 4 Nov 2015, at 04:22, Russell Pavlicek <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anil et al, > > The "Unikernels & More Summit" (working name) is on! We have a verbal > agreement with the organizers of Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE) to > hold a one day event at SCALE 14X on (tentatively) January 29 in Pasadena, CA. > > In keeping with the "Unikernel User Summit" which we held at Texas Linux Fest > (TXLF) this past summer, we want an event which focuses on inviting new users > to actually try working with Unikernels. > > The event in Texas was enthusiastically embraced by a crowd of Unikernel > novices, some of whom attended Texas Linux Fest specifically for the Summit > (this according to one of the TXLF organizers). We saw a maximum of about 60 > people in the room, with a total reach of 80+ (including people who moved > between the Summit and other TXLF activities on that morning). Given that > SCALE is several times the size of TXLF (expected attendance is over 3000 > this year), and that we are doing a full day instead of a half day, we > believe we should be able to top 100 attendees for this event. > > What we need now is YOU! We need some good talks about using Unikernels, as > well as other bleeding-edge innovations. > > In particular, we'd like to see: > > - HowTo talks for particular Unikernels: Tell people how to get and build a > specific Unikernel. Maybe demonstrate your favorite "Hello World" > application. > > - Use Cases for particular Unikernels: Exactly what is your Unikernel of > choice suited for? Why? What attributes will grip users and make them say, > "I need to try that!"? > > - Success Stories: Who is actually using your Unikernel and for what? I have > been asked multiple times for real world stories of Unikernels in action. > This is your chance to make an impact on people hungry to hear about some > successes. > > - War Stories: How did you build or employ a Unikernel? What problems did > you face? What solutions did you come up with? Give the audience an account > of some real world experiences to take home with them. > > - Unikernel Tools: What tools have you used and/or developed to further the > use of Unikernels? Tools for debugging, testing, instantiating, > integrating... whatever. > > We want talks to electrify a group of Unikernel novices and to encourage them > to begin playing with Unikernels. > > Interested? Please let me know so we can give you an opportunity to make > some real noise at what could be the largest Unikernel user event ever held! > > If you think you might want in, drop me a line. > > Thanks! > > Russ Pavlicek, Summit organizer > Home Office: +1-301-829-5327 > Mobile: +1-301-814-1143 > UK VoIP: +44 1223 852 894
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