I should add that talks on Mahout, Tika, Nutch, etc. are also encouraged. -Grant
On May 17, 2010, at 8:43 AM, Grant Ingersoll wrote: > Lucene Revolution Call For Participation - Boston, Massachusetts October 7 & > 8, 2010 > > The first US conference dedicated to Apache Lucene and Solr is coming to > Boston, October 7 & 8, 2010. The conference is sponsored by Lucid Imagination > with additional support from community and other commercial co‐sponsors. The > audience will include those experienced Solr and Lucene application > development, along with those experienced in other enterprise search > technologies interested becoming more familiar with Solr and Lucene > technologies and the opportunities they present. > > We are soliciting 45‐minute presentations for the conference. > > Key Dates: > May 12, 2010 Call For Participation Open > June 23, 2010 Call For Participation Closes > June 28, 2010 Speaker Acceptance/Rejection Notification > October 5‐6, 2010 Lucene and Solr Pre‐conference Training Sessions > October 7‐8, 2010 Conference Sessions > > > Topics of interest include: > Lucene and Solr in the Enterprise (case studies, implementation, return on > investment, etc.) > “How We Did It” Development Case Studies > Spatial/Geo search > Lucene and Solr in the Cloud (Deployment cases as well as tutorials) > Scalability and Performance Tuning > Large Scale Search > Real Time Search > Data Integration/Data Management > Lucene & Solr for Mobile Applications > > All accepted speakers will qualify for discounted conference admission. > Financial assistance is available for speakers that qualify. > > To submit a 45‐minute presentation proposal, please send an email to > c...@lucenerevolution.org with Subject containing: <your name>, Topic <your > session title> containing the following information in plain text. > > If you have more than one topic proposed, send a separate email. Do not > attach Word or other text file documents. > > Return all fields completed as follows: > 1. Your full name, title, and organization > 2. Contact information, including your address, email, phone number > 3. The name of your proposed session (keep your title simple, interesting, > and relevant to the topic) > 4. A 75‐200 word overview of your presentation; in addition to the topic, > describe whether your > presentation is intended as a tutorial, description of an implementation, an > theoretical/academic > discussion, etc. > 5. A 100‐200‐word speaker bio that includes prior conference speaking or > related experience > To be considered, proposals must be received by 12 Midnight PDT Wednesday, > June 23, 2010. > > Please email any general questions regarding the conference to > i...@lucenerevolution.org. To be added to the conference mailing list, please > email sig...@lucenerevolution.org. If your organization is interested in > sponsorship opportunities, email spon...@lucenerevolution.org. > > We look forward to seeing you in Boston!
