The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit proposals for papers for OOoCon 2009. Whether you are a seasoned presenter, or have never stood up in public before, if you have something interesting to share about OpenOffice.org - we want to hear from you. Please note the Conference main language is English, but this year we have a specific session dedicated to education where it will be possible to submit proposals both in English and Italian.
Do you have something to share?
If you do, then this conference is the place to do it! We particularly welcome proposals from developers with information to share with fellow developers, ranging from how to get started on simple extensions, to the deepest most complex technical aspects of the OpenOffice.org codebase. We also look forward to many proposals on other topics, such as design, education, localization, testing, documentation, guidelines, support, marketing, or any other topic of interest to the OpenOffice.org community. In addition, we would like to encourage individuals, groups, or companies to submit case studies - whether successful or unsuccessful, as long as there are lessons to share!
Types of Session
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
- A lightning talk is a mini (5-15 minutes), informal and very practical presentation where the speaker presents how to solve a specific issue.
Further Information
- Please check the Track Policies link for details of the OOoCon themes
- Please check the Submissions section of the Timeline for the key dates
- For a step by step guide, see the OOoCon Wiki
When Author Registration opens, a link below will take you through the submissions process.
Author Guidelines
In your proposal (abstract), you must state which of the following types of conference session you would like:
- 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).
- 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).
- 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.
- 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).
- A lightning talk is a mini (5-15 minutes), informal and very practical presentation where the speaker presents how to solve a specific issue.
Submissions for this conference were closed on 2009-11-01.
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