From:	 Jochen Topf <jochen@remote.org>
To:	 lwn@lwn.net
Subject: Call for Papers Linux-Kongress 2002
Date:	 Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:07:40 +0200


                              Linux-Kongress 2002
              9th International Linux System Technology Conference
                    September 4-6, 2002 in Cologne, Germany

                                Call for Papers

   Linux-Kongress 2002, the 9th International Linux System Technology
   Conference is organized by the German Unix User Group (www.guug.de) and
   and hosted by the Institute of Computer Science at the University of
   Cologne, Germany. Please contact <info@linux-kongress.org> if you
   have any questions.

Overview

   The 9th Linux-Kongress 2002 will take place from September 4 to
   September 6, 2002, at the University of Cologne in Germany. It follows
   the tradition of the Linux-Kongress series (Heidelberg '94, Berlin '95
   and '96, Würzburg '97, Köln '98, Augsburg '99, Erlangen 2000, Enschede
   2001) which has evolved into the most important meeting for Linux
   experts and developers in Europe.

   You are invited to participate in this famous Linux community event by
   giving a presentation about your current development work, experiences
   with Linux and Open Source, and future plans. The Linux-Kongress will
   be the best opportunity for Open Source developers to meet in Europe
   and exchange ideas about current and upcoming Open Source projects.

   You can learn from the tutorials, refereed papers, and invited talks,
   and discuss the newest technology with famous Linux and Open Source
   gurus. You can also visit the vendor exhibition, where leading Linux
   and Open Source companies show their newest products, or find the
   latest books about your favorite topic on this exhibition. A social
   event will take place on Thursday, September 5. A perfect opportunity
   to exchange ideas with other Linux experts, while enjoying food and
   drinks.

   The conference language is English.

Tutorial Program (September 4)

   On Wednesday, a number of tutorials will be presented, all related to
   Linux and Open Source. Tutorials both for beginners and for more
   advanced users and developers will be included. If you're interested
   in presenting a tutorial or would like to share ideas about what would
   be a terrific tutorial, please contact the program committee via
   e-mail at <program@linux-kongress.org>.

Technical Conference (September 5-6)

   Thursday and Friday will offer around 25 technical sessions, including
   keynote address, presentations of refereed papers, and invited talks,
   divided in 2 parallel tracks. The talks will focus on Linux kernel and
   systems software, as well as more generic Open Source software, the
   underlying software technologies, and the free software and Open
   Source philosophy. Presentations should take about 40 minutes
   (including discussions, when applicable).

   The Linux-Kongress 2002 conference seeks original and innovative
   papers about current Linux software development and more generally
   about Open Source projects.

   Presentations are being solicited in areas including, but not limited
   to:
     * Security (firewalls, VPNs, cryptography, smart cards, ...)
     * Networking (IPv6, IPsec, VoIP, ...)
     * High-Availability and clustering
     * Architectures (from Linux on PDAs to Linux on S/390)
     * Virtual machines and emulations (Wine, Plex86, User-Mode Linux, ...)
     * Storage management (LVM, filesystems, ...)
     * Device drivers
     * Desktop/office environments
     * Multimedia
     * ...

   To address the fast evolving nature of Linux, new topics not covered
   by the conference talks can be discussed during informal gatherings,
   called Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions. BoFs may be scheduled at the
   conference or in advance by mailing the program committee.

Refereed Paper Submissions

   Papers for the technical sessions will be reviewed by the program
   committee. An extended abstract is required for the paper selection
   process. These abstracts must be submitted via the Linux-Kongress 2002
   web site at http://www.linux-kongress.org/2002/submission.html.
   Only abstracts in ASCII format (250-500 words), including a title and
   the name(s) and e-mail address(es) of the author(s) are accepted.
   Furthermore, abstracts accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms
   are not acceptable and will not be read. By submitting an abstract to
   the Linux-Kongress 2002 organization, you also give permission to
   publish it on the conference web site.

   Authors of accepted submissions are asked to provide a final paper for
   publication in the conference proceedings. This paper preferably
   should not have been published before.

Important Dates

   Extended abstracts due:     June 14, 2002
   Notification to speakers:   June 24, 2002
   Final papers due:         August 12, 2002

Program Committee

   You can contact the program committee via e-mail at
   <program@linux-kongress.org>. Abstracts can only be submitted via the
   web form at http://www.linux-kongress.org/2002/submission.html.

  Program chair

   Jos Vos, X/OS

  Members

   Fred Donck, NLUUG / PatriotSoft
   André von Raison, iX
   Ralf Spenneberg
   Marcelo Tosatti, Conectiva
   Theodore Ts'o
   Harald Welte, Astaro

   Complete registration and program information will be made available
   on the web site in early July 2002. Companies interested in getting a
   booth at the exhibition or in sponsoring the Linux-Kongress 2002
   should send e-mail to Jochen Topf <jochen.topf@guug.de>.

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