[ovirt-users] FOSDEM18 Virt & IaaS Devroom CFP

Mon Oct 16 15:31:30 UTC 2017

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Piotr Kliczewski <pkliczew at redhat.com>
wrote:

> On behalf of oVirt and the Xen Project, we are excited to announce that the
> call for proposals is now open for the Virtualization & IaaS devroom at the
> upcoming FOSDEM 2018, to be hosted on February 3 and 4, 2017.
>
> This year will mark FOSDEM’s 18th anniversary as one of the longest-running
> free and open source software developer events, attracting thousands of
> developers and users from all over the world. FOSDEM will be held once
> again in Brussels, Belgium, on February 3 & 4, 2018.
>
> This devroom is a collaborative effort, and is organized by dedicated folks
> from projects such as OpenStack, Xen Project,, oVirt, QEMU, and
> Foreman. We would like to invite all those who are involved in these fields
> to submit your proposals by December 1st, 2017.
>
> About the Devroom
>
> The Virtualization & IaaS devroom will feature session topics such as open
> source hypervisors and virtual machine managers such as Xen Project, KVM,
> bhyve, and VirtualBox, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service projects such as
> Apache CloudStack, OpenStack, oVirt, QEMU, OpenNebula, and Ganeti.
>
> This devroom will host presentations that focus on topics of shared
> interest, such as KVM; libvirt; shared storage; virtualized networking;
> cloud security; clustering and high availability; interfacing with multiple
> hypervisors; hyperconverged deployments; and scaling across hundreds or
> thousands of servers.
>
> Presentations in this devroom will be aimed at developers working on these
> platforms who are looking to collaborate and improve shared infrastructure
> or solve common problems. We seek topics that encourage dialog between
> projects and continued work post-FOSDEM.
>
> Important Dates
>
> Submission deadline: 01 December 2017
> Acceptance notifications: 14 December 2017
> Final schedule announcement: 21 December 2017
> Devroom: 03 and 04 February 2018 (two days- different rooms)
>
> Submit Your Proposal
>
> All submissions must be made via the Pentabarf event planning site[1]. If
> you have not used Pentabarf before, you will need to create an account. If
> you submitted proposals for FOSDEM in previous years, you can use your
> existing account.
>
> After creating the account, select Create Event to start the submission
> process. Make sure to select Virtualization and IaaS devroom from the Track
> list. Please fill out all the required fields, and provide a meaningful
> abstract and description of your proposed session.
>
> Submission Guidelines
>
> We expect more proposals than we can possibly accept, so it is vitally
> important that you submit your proposal on or before the deadline. Late
> submissions are unlikely to be considered.
>
> All presentation slots are 45 minutes, with 35 minutes planned for
> presentations, and 10 minutes for Q&A.
>
> All presentations will be recorded and made available under Creative
> Commons licenses. In the Submission notes field, please indicate that you
> agree that your presentation will be licensed under the CC-By-SA-4.0 or
> CC-By-4.0 license and that you agree to have your presentation recorded.
> For example:
>
> "If my presentation is accepted for FOSDEM, I hereby agree to license all
> recordings, slides, and other associated materials under the Creative
> Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0 International License. Sincerely,
> <NAME>."
>
> In the Submission notes field, please also confirm that if your talk is
> accepted, you will be able to attend FOSDEM and deliver your presentation.
> We will not consider proposals from prospective speakers who are unsure
> whether they will be able to secure funds for travel and lodging to attend
> FOSDEM. (Sadly, we are not able to offer travel funding for prospective
> speakers.)
>
> Speaker Mentoring Program
>
> As a part of the rising efforts to grow our communities and encourage a
> diverse and inclusive conference ecosystem, we're happy to announce that
> we'll be offering mentoring for new speakers. Our mentors can help you with
> tasks such as reviewing your abstract, reviewing your presentation outline
> or slides, or practicing your talk with you.
>
> You may apply to the mentoring program as a newcomer speaker if you:
>
> Never presented before or
> Presented only lightning talks or
> Presented full-length talks at small meetups (<50 ppl)
>
> Submission Guidelines
>
> Mentored presentations will have 25-minute slots, where 20 minutes will
> include the presentation and 5 minutes will be reserved for questions.
>
> The number of newcomer session slots is limited, so we will probably not be
> able to accept all applications.
>
> You must submit your talk and abstract to apply for the mentoring program,
> our mentors are volunteering their time and will happily provide feedback
> but won't write your presentation for you!
>
> If you are experiencing problems with Pentabarf, the proposal submission
> interface, or have other questions, you can email our devroom mailing
> list[2] and we will try to help you.
>
> How to Apply
>
> In addition to agreeing to video recording and confirming that you can
> attend FOSDEM in case your session is accepted, please write "speaker
> mentoring program application" in the "Submission notes" field, and list
> any prior speaking experience or other relevant information for your
> application.
>
> Call for Mentors
>
> Interested in mentoring newcomer speakers? We'd love to have your help!
> Please email iaas-virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org with a short speaker
> biography and any specific fields of expertise (for example, KVM,
> OpenStack, storage, etc.) so that we can match you with a newcomer speaker
> from a similar field. Estimated time investment can be as low as a 5-10
> hours in total, usually distributed weekly or bi-weekly.
>
> Never mentored a newcomer speaker but interested to try? As the mentoring
> program coordinator, email Brian Proffitt[3] and he will be happy to
> answer your questions!
>
> Code of Conduct
>
> Following the release of the updated code of conduct for FOSDEM, we'd like
> to remind all speakers and attendees that all of the presentations and
> discussions in our devroom are held under the guidelines set in the CoC and
> we expect attendees, speakers, and volunteers to follow the CoC at all
> times.
>
> If you submit a proposal and it is accepted, you will be required to
> confirm that you accept the FOSDEM CoC. If you have any questions about the
> CoC or wish to have one of the devroom organizers review your presentation
> slides or any other content for CoC compliance, please email us and we will
> do our best to assist you.
>
> Call for Volunteers
>
> We are also looking for volunteers to help run the devroom. We need
> assistance watching time for the speakers, and helping with video for the
> devroom. Please contact me, Brian Proffitt, for more information.
>
> Questions?
>
> If you have any questions about this devroom, please send your questions to
> our devroom mailing list. You can also subscribe to the list to receive
> updates about important dates, session announcements, and to connect with
> other attendees.
>
> See you all at FOSDEM!
>
> [1] <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM17>
> https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18
>

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Please note that [1]
should be: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM18

[4] https://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2017-October/084724.html

> [2] iaas-virt-devroom at lists.fosdem.org
> <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem>[3] bkp at redhat.com
> <https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/fosdem>
>
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