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Author Guidelines

In your proposal (abstract), you must state which of the following types of conference session you would like:

  1. A presentation is a general discussion of some topic, including (but not limited to) the software, the community, relationships with other software or communities, and political or philosophical issues. Presentations should be limited to 50 minutes (including questions and answers).
  2. A workshop is a "hands-on labs" session, in which the presenter takes the audience step-by-step through a task, or provides hands-on tuition for audience in a classroom format. Presenters may request extended workshop sessions up to half a day in duration for complex tasks (e.g. how to set up a build environment).
  3. A BoF (Birds of a Feather meeting) is an informal gathering of people in a particular group, or interested in a specific topic. Examples include the members of a native-language group, the marketing project, documentation writers, or Apple Mac porters.
  4. A panel discussion involves a group of people (usually 3 or 4) led by a moderator. The participants make opening and closing statements on the topic, may discuss the topic among themselves, and may answer questions from the audience (usually submitted in advance).
  5. A lightning talk is a mini (5-15 minutes), informal and very practical presentation where the speaker presents how to solve a specific issue.

 

Submission Preparation Checklist

  1. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another conference for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the OOoCon Teamr).

  2. You have specified which type of conference session you would like: presentation, workshop, BoF, lightning talk, or panel discussion

  3. You agree to file a copy of your presentation with the Conference organisers by June 2nd, 2010. An OpenOffice.org Impress template recommended for use for the conference presentations will be made available later. 

  4. You agree that your session may be streamed as a live broadcast and may be recorded and made available for download from the Conference website.