Call for Presentations for Clouds, Containers, and Orchestration Miniconf

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Submitted on 2014-11-03 06:11

"Software defined everything," DevOps, and cloud are driving open source further and faster than we might have imagined possible just a decade ago. Most recently, Docker containers and orchestration have opened up all kinds of new opportunities to develop, deploy, and manage software from the developer's desktop well into production.

Call for Presentations

The miniconf will focus on the open source tools and best practices for working with cloud tools, containers, and orchestration software (e.g., Kubernetes, Apache Mesos, and others). We want the leading developers working on those tools, as well as users who are deploying them in real production environments to share their knowledge and show where tools will be going in 2015.

We welcome talks on container security, creating complex applications in the cloud, working with open source Platforms-as-a-Service, container orchestration, packaging applications in containers, single-purpose operating systems, and presentations on the state and future of these applications from their developers.

Presentations should be useful to practitioners, and technical in nature. Talks should not be promotional in nature.

Format for Presentations

As we only have one day, presentation slots will be shorter than many speakers may be used to. Most talks will be 20 minutes, with the possibility for one or two longer slots for exceptionally interesting and involved topics.

Please indicate which type of presentation you're seeking:

  • 20 minute full presentation.
  • 10 minute "case study" or "state of project" presentation.
  • 40 minute double-length presentation.
Final configuration of talk/times is pending submissions received.

Submitting Talks

Please see the Submission Template and submit your proposal to miniconf [at] dissociatedpress.net. Please include [LCA15 CFP] and talk title in your subject line. (For example: [LCA15 CFP] Whiz-Bang Container Wrangling with Docker and Acme Widgets.)

Note: In order to present at the miniconf, you must be registered for the main Linux.conf.au conference, and presenting at the miniconf does not entitle speakers to registration at the main conference, or any travel sponsorship.

Important Dates

  • 2014-11-15 Deadline for early submissions
  • 2014-11-20 Early submissions confirmation
  • 2014-11-25 Deadline for all submissions
  • 2014-12-1 Confirmation for submissions
  • 2014-12-2 Final speaker confirmation required
  • 2014-12-4 Final schedule announced
  • 2015-01-12 Miniconf (first day of Linux.conf.au 2015)

Schedule

The schedule will be announced on 4 December 2014.

Code of Conduct

The Clouds, Containers, and Orchestration Miniconf follows the Linux.conf.au Code of Conduct and values statement. Please do read the full Code of Conduct and Values Statement, but the bottom line is that Linux.conf.au is meant to be an event for a diverse community. Anyone – regardless of age, race, gender identity or expression, background, disability, appearance, sexuality, walk of life, or religion – should be able to attend, learn from and be inspired by other people in the Free and Open Source community.

It is important that everyone be courteous and respectful to other attendees. All public presentations should be suitable for people 12-years-old and above. Presentations may not contain:

  • Sexual or violent imagery
  • Exclusionary language
  • Language that is not appropriate for an all-ages audience

If you're in doubt, you are encouraged to confer with conference speaker liaiso

Current CFPs for lca2015 miniconfs

n or mailing list/forum moderators before your session.

Questions?

If you have questions that aren't covered here, please contact Joe Brockmeier at miniconf [at] dissociatedpress.net. For fastest response, please include [LCA15 CFP] in your subject line.