FYI -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for Papers Opens for ApacheCon US 2006 Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:52:57 -0400 From: Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is proud to announce that ApacheCon US 2006 will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Austin, Texas, October 9 - 13, 2006. ApacheCon US is the premier conference of the Apache Software Foundation. This annual event creates a unique platform for the Open Source community in to come together to gain deep insight into techniques and methodologies critical to the advancement of Open Source software, and gain skills to optimize the power and versatility of Apache software. The conference brings together ASF members, developers and contributors, business people, and power users, working with Apache and related software, to participate in a leading-edge forum to exchange ideas and network with peers. The conference begins with two days of intensive half-day and full-day tutorials, which will offer actionable techniques and methodologies pivotal to the increasing demand for Open Source software. This year we hope to offer several intensive trainings that will be 2 - days in lengths. The three main conference days offer a wide range of beginner, intermediate and advanced sessions. ApacheCon US attendees will have FIVE tracks to choose from each days featuring more than 70 sessions, to gain real-world insight and to learn firsthand the latest developments of key Open Source projects including the Apache HTTP Server - the world's most popular web server software. Come share your knowledge, hit upon new ideas, find solutions and connect with your peers at this educational, fun-filled gathering of users, developers, and vendors of Apache software. The ASF and the conference producer for the ApacheCon US conference series - Full Circle Productions - invite the Open Source community to send in session and tutorial proposals for ApacheCon US 2006. Apache Software Foundation members are designing the technical program for ApacheCon US 2006, which will feature multiple tracks and dozens of technical sessions. The program committee is particularly interested in session and tutorial proposals on the following topics: * Apache HTTP server topics (installation, configuration, migration, ...) * All ASF projects such as, Jakarta, mod_perl, XML, and SpamAssassin * Scripting languages and dynamic content (such as Java, Perl, Python, Ruby, XML, XSL, and PHP) * Security and e-commerce * Performance tuning, load balancing and high availability * Technical and non-technical case studies * New technologies (e.g., Web, Java, XML, and anti-spam) Regular sessions will be 60 minutes and tutorials will be either 3 or 6 hours. Or 12 hour/2 day sessions. To submit a proposal, visit http://www.us.apachecon.com/html/cfp-form.html The deadline for submitting is June 28, 2006 Speaker benefits include: * travel costs will be covered up to $750.00 for international flights. * accommodation depending on the number of sessions will be covered * tutorials speakers will be paid an extra fee for their efforts based on enrollment * conference registration fees will be waived ApacheCon US Team http://www.apachecon.com/ topics and catagories for the CFP - Apache HTTP Server ASF Build Tools Case Study Community Database E-Commerce Java New Technologies Performance Perl PHP Python Ruby Security Spam TCL Unix Web Services Windows XML --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
