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> From: Sally Khudairi <s...@apache.org> > Date: March 3, 2011 3:10:17 PM EST > To: annou...@apachecon.com > Subject: [Announce] Now Open: Call for Participation for ApacheCon North > America > Reply-To: s...@apache.org > > 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: announce-unsubscr...@apachecon.com > For additional commands, e-mail: announce-h...@apachecon.com >
