FYI if you'd like to come out and present to a big, fun community event! -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Jakob Perry Reply-to: LinuxFest Northwest Discussion To: LinuxFest Northwest Discussion , Bellingham Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: [Fest-list] LinuxFest 2016 Call for Papers is open! Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 10:13:05 -0800 LinuxFest Northwest is celebrating 17 years of service to the Free and Open Source community. Please join us by presenting at the largest, technically diverse, educational, and fun open source conferences in the Pacific Northwest. The conference had 1850 attendees last year, and this year promises to be even bigger. When & Where April 23rd and 24th 2015 - 9:00am-5pm Bellingham Technical College 3028 Lindbergh Avenue Bellingham, WA 98225   Call For Papers Presentations can cover anything that qualifies as Free/Open Source software or surrounding communities including popular topics such as makerspace, robotics, sustainable technology, Linux and complimentary communities such as Databases, DevOps, Web Development, Programming and Community building. See the track details on the present page for specifics. The presentation formats include 60 minute, 90 minute and the ever popular 5 minute lightning talk. http://www.linuxfestnorthwest .org/2016/present   Tutorials Track New this year is a tutorials track, aimed at beginners. They can run 90 minutes or two and a half hours, and be held in the tutorium, a computer lab with capacity for 30 people. Papers Submission Deadline: February 10th, 2016 @ 7pm PST. Acceptance Notification: February 23rd, 2016   Open Source Project Collaboration Space If your project is interested in hosting a sprint or other mini- conference at Linuxfest Northwest there is very limited space to host projects. Please include as much information about your project, how you plan to advertise the sprint, and expected attendance.   Previous examples for these spaces have been PostgreSQL track, Drupal code sprints, KDE days, LibreOffice dev sprints, and a Fedora user track. You can reserve a room for sessions, code sprints, or unconferences. http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/call-communty-tra cks Community Tracks Deadline: February 1st, 2016 @ 7pm PST.   Sponsorship We are also seeking sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring this fantastic event and reaching nearly 2000 technically minded individuals please visit: http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org/2016/sponsor/packages   Visit the 2016 linuxfestnorthwest.org site to submit your session or community collaboration track. If you've attended in the past, your existing user details should work. _______________________________________________ Fest-list mailing list Fest-list@lists.blug.org http://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list -- James Mason Technical Architect, Public Cloud openSUSE Member SUSE jmason@suse.com