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----- Forwarded message from Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au: Second Call for Papers Second Call for Papers ====================== linux.conf.au February 6 - 9, 2002 Brisbane, Australia ================================================ NOTE: ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS DUE: October 31, 2001 ================================================ linux.conf.au is a technical conference aimed at giving Linux developers, admins and users a chance to get together and talk about all the arcana that no one else understands. It consists of a day of tutorials and three days of technical sessions concentrating on issues related to the development of Linux and other open systems. The following types of session are available: Paper presentations (1 hour) Work-in-progress presentations (1/2 hour) Tutorials (2-4 hours) Birds of a Feather Sessions Panel Sessions Papers related to one or more of the following topics are encouraged: kernel, embedded and real-time systems, device drivers, filesystems, software development, networking, clustering, high-availability, high-end graphics, multimedia, simulation, configuration management, packaging systems, significant community-related developments If you have a technical talk on a Linux related topic that doesn't fit into any of the above categories, feel free to submit it for consideration anyway. Please submit abstracts in plain text of up to 300 words, and include authors' names, affiliations, postal addresses, fax and phone numbers, and email addresses. Please also indicate the type and duration of session you wish to hold. For Birds of a Feather and Panel sessions, please provide an outline of the topic to be covered and a brief description of your background as relevant. Abstracts are to be submitted via electronic mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Final submissions are to be made electronically in one of the following formats: DocBook, PDF, PostScript, DVI, Latex or ASCII text. Hard copies should be sent only if electronic submission is not possible. Papers accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms can not be accepted, and will not be reviewed. All software featured in presentations should be available, at the time of submission, in source form under a license complying with the Open Source Definition (http://www.opensource.org/osd.html). Important Deadlines: -------------------- Submission of Abstracts: October 31, 2001 Notification of Acceptance: November 30, 2001 Final Submission for Conference Proceedings: January 15, 2002 Submissions received after these deadlines may be accepted at the whim of the papers committee. If you have to be overdue, the earlier the better. Financial Assistance -------------------- Some financial assistance is available for speakers' travel and accommodation in cases of need. Please indicate if this is the case. Location -------- The University of Queensland is situated in St Lucia, Brisbane. It is close to the Gold Coast and only a short distance from the city centre. February is mid-summer in Australia. Further Information ------------------- linux.conf.au is a collaborative effort by Linux Australia, the Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group and affiliated organisations. It is supported by the School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, at the University of Queensland. This event is a successor to linux.conf.au 2001, held in Sydney in January 2001. For updates, see the conference website: http://www.linux.org.au/conf/ For further information email the organising committee at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] An announcement list for the conference can be found at: http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce Useful Links ------------ CALU 1999: http://www.linux.org.au/projects/calu/ Linux Australia: http://www.linux.org.au/ Home Unix Machine Brisbane Users Group (HUMBUG) http://www.humbug.org.au/ The University of Queensland, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering: http://www.csee.uq.edu.au/ Brisbane: http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/ The Gold Coast: http://www.queensland-holidays.com.au/pfm/regions/goldcoast/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- "In addition to these ample facilities, there exists a powerful configuration tool called gcc." - Elliot Hughes, author of lwm -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug