FOSSCON 2013: Confirmed Speakers
In no particular order:
- Bhavani Shankar will be speaking on how to bring in new developers to open source projects.
- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph will be speaking on Open Source Systems Administration.
- Corey Quinn will be speaking on configuration management with Salt.
- Brent Saner will be speaking on Project.Phree, a wireless mesh project.
- Dru Lavigne will be speaking on FreeNAS 9.1.
- John Ashmead will be speaking on the math and science of invisibility.
- Chris Nehren will be speaking on bridging the gap between development and operations.
- Christina Simmons will be speaking on starting and managing open source events/projects.
FOSSCON 2013: Call for Papers and Invited Session Proposals
As a sponsor, previous speaker, or leader in some aspect in the free and open source community, we encourage you to submit a session for FOSSCON 2013. Below is a generalized list of topics in which we are seeking this year. If you have a topic that may fall out of these guidelines, feel free to submit as well. We are looking for a well rounded experience for our attendees, and we hope you can be a part of that!
Suggested content areas include but are not limited to:
- Open Source Hardware
- Open Source Software
- Open Source Concepts
- “Free” Hardware/Software/Concepts
- Workshops – Hands on classes teaching specific skills relating to various open source or free topics.
If possible, please provide a rating on your talk using the following guidelines, so we may more appropriately provide a well rounded talk.
- Beginning Level Concepts
- Intermediate Level Concepts
- Advanced Level Concepts
On occasion some attendees have brought their children along during Fosscon. If your talk or workshop has content that would appeal to children as well, please let us know.
Deadlines:
- June 30, 2013: Papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals due
- July 10, 2013: Notification of acceptance for presentation at FOSSCON 2013
- August 10, 2013: Conference Date
Please visit http://talks.fosscon.org/en/fosscon2013/cfp to submit your talk.
If you would like to discuss options with members of our team prior to submission, you can find us on the freenode irc network at #fosscon, or you can just click here: http://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=fosscon&prompt=1&uio=MT11bmRlZmluZWQb1
With Regards,
FOSSCON Administration Team