To: lweditors@linuxworld.com, lwn@lwn.net, brookec@cnet.com
Subject: O'Reilly Linux Conference, Call for Presenters
From: Matt Welsh <mdw@cs.berkeley.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 16:43:57 -0800


Hello, 

I'm the program chair for the O'Reilly Linux Conference (August 21-24, 1999
in Monterey, California). I'm hoping you can help me to distribute the 
following Call for Presenters by publicizing the event on your website.
All of the information is at http://conferences.oreilly.com or by e-mail 
at linuxextracts@oreilly.com.

Let me know if you need any other details.

Thanks much!

Matt Welsh, mdw@cs.berkeley.edu
University of California, Berkeley
+1 510 643 7566 (voice)

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Announcement and Call for Invited Talks  

Linux Conference
August 21-24, 1999
Monterey, California
http://conferences.oreilly.com

Sponsored by O'Reilly & Associates
Co-sponsored by Linux International (Confirm with maddog)

Invited Talks Committee
Matt Welsh, Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Jon "Maddog" Hall, Linux International
Andy Oram, O'Reilly & Associates
Greg Hankins, Georgia Tech
Russ Nelson, Crynwr Software
Erik Troan, Red Hat Software

Overview

The O'Reilly Linux Conference will be held August 21-24, 1999 at the Monterey 
Conference Center in Monterey, California. There will be two days of 
tutorials followed by a two-day, multi-track conference including sessions 
for submitted invited presentations on practical and experimental uses of 
Linux; daily Q and A sessions with leading Linux developers, and evening 
breakaway sessions for special interest groups.

Practical Presentations, Talks, and Panels

This is not a traditional solicitation for academic papers.  We seek 
presenters for talks and panels that demonstrate the diversity and 
strength of Linux. In the practical spirit of Linux, this means not just 
showing the clever and interesting ways you use Linux, but how your 
experience and code can help others.

We're interested in large stories, small stories, silly hacks, case studies 
from the trenches ("Introducing Linux in an NT Shop"), philosophical 
perspectives ("Can Linux replace NT?") and even more traditional computer 
science pieces ("Distributed Computing with Linux"). We welcome presentations 
on every aspect of Linux, from new applications to case studies of Linux at 
work to panels.  If you have a use for Linux that saves time, money, and 
headaches for your and your organization, we would like to hear about it.  
In short, we encourage submissions that highlight Linux's features and 
benefits. 

Some suggestions for talks follow --- but are not limited to these topics.  
If you've got an idea that will benefit the Linux community, please let us 
know.

  * Kernel development and device drivers
  * Networking and communications
  * Databases, data mining, and storage management
  * System and network administration 
  * Programming environments (C, C++, Java, Perl, etc.)
  * Graphical User Interface toolkits (X11, GTK, KDE, GNOME, ...)
  * Ports to non-Intel architectures (SPARC, Alpha, PowerPC, ...)
  * World Wide Web and Internet applications
  * High-performance and parallel computing (Beowulf, Extreme Linux, ...)
  * Experiences with Linux: Using Linux for WWW, databases, large 
     installations, enterprise applications, etc.
  * Philosophical musings on the future and role of Linux 

What, How, and Where to Submit

Speakers should submit an abstract (250 words) and a detailed outline of 
their talk. The abstract and outline should describe what your talk will 
be about, and be specific about problems, solutions, and conclusions.  
Both the abstract and outline will be used together to evaluate talks.

All submissions will be held in confidence. Talks that do not include both an 
abstract and an outline will not be considered. 

Important deadlines:

Submissions:    February 15, 1999
Acceptances:    February 22, 1999
Camera-ready presentations:  June 30, 1999

Each submission must include:

1. An initial page with the: 
  --complete title of the presentation
  --name and affiliation of a speaker who will be the primary contact
  --that person's complete contact information including phone,
      fax, email, postal address,
  --The names of all other speakers with their affiliations and email addresses
B. An abstract as detailed above
C. A detailed outline

Abstracts should be sent to linuxabstracts@oreilly.com.
Email inquiries should be sent to linuxextracts@oreilly.com.

Registration Information

Complete conference and registration information will be available in 
mid-April. Keep checking the conference web site for the latest information: 
http://conferences.oreilly.com/

About O'Reilly & Associates

Sponsor of Geekfest, the OpenSource Conference, O'Reilly & Associates is 
the leading publisher of books for UNIX, X, the Internet, and other open 
systems, as well as a pioneer in on-line publishing. We also publish the 
leading web server for Windows NT and Windows 95, and are defining new 
ways to develop and sell software on and over the Internet. For more
information about O'Reilly & Associates, visit our web site:
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