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> From: Grant Ingersoll <grant.ingers...@gmail.com> > Date: March 3, 2011 3:52:05 PM EST > To: u...@mahout.apache.org, solr-user@lucene.apache.org, > java-u...@lucene.apache.org, opennlp-u...@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Fwd: [Announce] Now Open: Call for Participation for ApacheCon North > America > > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> 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 >> > -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll http://www.lucidimagination.com
