The openSUSE Summit team is pleased to let you all know the openSUSE Summit website and our Call for Papers is now also available in Spanish. The openSUSE Summit will take place from September 21-23, 2012 in Orlando Florida at the Caribe Royale Hotel. The proposal submission period ends on June 15, 2012 at midnight EDT. Final announcement of the program will occur on or before July 23, 2012. It's live! The Summit aims to continue the tradition of a fun and exciting gathering. We will deliver a bi-lingual event with some sessions offered in English and some in Spanish. In good openSUSE spirit we also want to make this event as welcoming as possible by inviting other projects to participate in the Summit. Tracks The openSUSE Summit will have 3 tracks as outlined below. Presentations, BoF (Birds of a Feather) sessions, and work shops are expected to align with the track topic. * openSUSE Community The openSUSE Community track provides information and discussion around the openSUSE community. * openSUSE Tech The openSUSE Tech track provides information, discussion, and hands on experience with the technology that makes openSUSE tick. This includes packaging and and the Open Build Service, YaST and much more. * open World The open World track provides a platform to present your project, or listen to the interesting things our sponsors want to share. Topics in this track may cover demos and HowTos, FOSS project introductions, or other interesting topics from areas such as the "Maker movement". This is also the platform for cross-community collaboration with upstream or other Linux distributions. Fun

The openSUSE Summit, by virtue of being an openSUSE event, has fun high on the agenda. Therefore, proposals that are "outside the box" of a "regular" software focused conference are encouraged. Collaboratively Building a Giant Paper Mache Geeko has already been proposed and rejected due to environmental concerns. How to submit session proposals Submit proposals for the openSUSE Summit on the website. Go to summit.opensuse.org/es to learn more!