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FOSDEM'19 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom Call for Participation
by Kenneth Hoste 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

FOSDEM'19 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom Call for Participation Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, Brussels, Belgium https://hpc-bigdata-fosdem19.github.io/ # Overview We are proud to announce the 4th edition of the HPC, Big Data and Data Science devroom, co-located with FOSDEM 2019. FOSDEM is an annual conference about free and open source software, attended by over 5000 developers and open-source enthusiasts from all over the world. This devroom is organised by representatives from the HPC and Big Data communities, who are joining forces to bring both communities together. High Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data are two important approaches to scientific computing. HPC typically deals with smaller, highly structured data sets and huge amounts of computation while Big Data, not surprisingly, deals with gigantic, unstructured data sets and focuses on the I/O bottlenecks. With the Big Data trend unlocking access to an unprecedented amount of data, Data Science has emerged to tackle the problem of creating processes and approaches to extracting knowledge or insights from these data sets. Machine learning and predictive analytics algorithms have joined the family of more traditional HPC algorithms and are pushing the requirements of cluster and data scalability. Free and Open Source communities have been the foundation of the HPC and Big Data communities for some time. In the HPC community, it should be no surprise that 100% of the Top500 supercomputers in the world run Linux. On the Big Data side, the Hadoop ecosystem has had a tremendous amount of Open Source contributions from a wide range of organizations coming together under the Apache Software Foundation. Our goal is to bring the communities together, share expertise, learn how we can benefit from each other’s work and foster further joint research and collaboration. We welcome talks about Free and Open Source solutions to the challenges presented by large scale computing, data management and data analysis. The devroom will take place on Sunday, February 3rd, 2019, at ULB (Campus Solbosch), in Brussels, Belgium. Join us to enjoy a full day of talks, demos and interesting discussions on open-source HPC, Big Data and Data Science. Sounds interesting? Submit your talk proposal below and see you in Brussels! # Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Architecture and design of High Performance Computing (HPC) and Big Data systems Architecture and design of Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) and data acquisition pipelines Data security and governance Tools and technologies related to HPC and computational science, for example: Multithreading (OpenMP, etc.) Distributed computing (MPI, etc.) GPGPU computing (OpenCL, OpenACC, etc.) Parallel filesystems and storage Large-scale performance analysis and debugging Computational paradigms for Big Data systems MapReduce engines Streaming engines SQL engines Dataflow engines Emerging hardware trends of large scale clusters Large scale memory pooling High-speed interconnects ARM cluster architecture System administration of HPC and Big Data clusters User support tools Machine learning libraries and tools Scientific software applications, tools and libraries (across all scientific domains) Big Data platforms, extensions to existing systems, libraries, APIs Experience reports on using Big Data systems, for example: Large-scale deployments Development and configuration issues Tuning and performance tips and lessons learned Interesting Big Data use-cases and applications Comparative analysis of existing systems, evaluation results, performance studies Interdisciplinary HPC/Big Data use-cases, for example: Applications using both HPC and Big Data technologies Integration issues Open research problems on the convergence of HPC and Big Data Running MPI jobs on Big Data clusters and vice-versa # Submission We invite presenters to submit talk proposals to present high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the HPC, Big Data, and/or Data Science communities. Talk proposals should be submitted through the FOSDEM Pentabarf server. Submissions must include: Abstract Session type Session length Expected prior knowledge / intended audience Speaker bio Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) Links to previous talks by the speaker Our intention is to have a full day of talks of about 20 minutes each, with an additional 5 minutes for questions by attendees. We would also like to note: Talks will be streamed live and will be recorded. By submitting a session, speakers agree to being recorded and having their talk made available. All accepted talks will be about (using) free and open source software. We highly discourage “marketing” talks. Submit here: <https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19> When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the ‘HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom’ as the ‘Track’. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous FOSDEM edition, please reuse it. Create an account if, and only if, you don’t have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair: contact hpc-bigdata-devroom [at] lists.fosdem.org. # Dates Call for participation available: Wednesday October 10th 2018 Call for participation closes: Friday November 23rd 2018 Devroom schedule available: Monday December 10th 2018 Devroom date: Sunday February 3rd 2019 # Organizers Kenneth Hoste - HPC team at Ghent University Vasia Kalavri - ETH Zürich Roman Shaposhnik Please email hpc-bigdata-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org with questions or concerns.

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FOSDEM 2019: Infra Management Devroom Call for Papers
by Heck, Walter 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

The FOSDEM Call for Proposals for the Infra Management devroom on February 2nd, 2019 is open! The Infra Management devroom is what was previously called the config Management devroom. This year we wanted to expand the scope from mere config management to all infrastructure management, hence the rename. FOSDEM Submissions are due on November 20th, 2018. If you submitted a talk to a previous FOSDEM, you should already have an account in Pentabarf, so make sure that you log in with your existing account. You should only need to create an account if you have not submitted a talk to FOSDEM in recent years. FOSDEM has a bunch of devrooms, so please make sure that you select the "Infra Management" devroom in the "Track" dropdown when you submit your talk. Submissions filed under an incorrect devroom will not be noticed. Submit here: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 Topic Description: Mini-talks from real world case studies, brainstorming and hacking around configuration and infrastructure management from complex virtual environments and cloud computing to desktops and laptops. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, infrastructure as code and DevOps. We are looking for presentations from people who are working in the field on these topics: * Configuration and Systems Management theory, principles and development * Configuration and Systems Management tools - with an emphasis on real world use cases * infrastructure as code * Techniques and case studies * Audit, Compliance and Security * Various DevOps topics, including collaboration and training tips. Please note that presenting at FOSDEM implies giving permission to be recorded. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). This same team of people is also organizing ConfigManagementCamp, which is in nearby Gent on February 5th and 6th. The CFP is also open, and we encourage you to submit your talks before the November 5th, 2017 deadline. Details: https://cfp.cfgmgmtcamp.be/ Regards on behalf of the ConfigManagementCamp and FOSDEM Infra Management Devroom organising team, Walter Heck -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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FOSDEM Call for Participation: BSD Devroom
by Rodrigo Osorio 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Hi, Find bellow the Cfp for the BSD devroom published in a blog post (http://blog.osorio.me/post.php?idpost=1) All the best, - rodrigo The Fosdem <https://fosdem.org> is a free event for software hackers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year 8000+ open source developers from all the world gather at the event in Brussels, Belgium. During the Fosdem, developer rooms (devrooms) are assigned to self organized open source groups and projects to meet together and showcase their projects. The next Fosdem will take place on 2–3 February, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. This is YOUR opportunity to submit a talk to the BSD devroom! *Topic **of the talk* **The topic of the talks can include any BSD operating systems or derivative work and can include but are not limited to : * internal hacker discussion * real-world examples * presentations about new and shiny features * community discussion or presentations *Talk duration* There is no fixed duration, but the talk duration should be between 20 and 45 Mn approximately, including discussion *Submit a talk* To submit a talk, go to https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 /If you already have a Pentabarf account, please *don't **recreate a new **one*. If you forgot your password, reset it. If not, follow the instructions to create an account. / Create an "event" and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to display the full form. Your submission must include the following information * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with hundreds from other projects) * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * Links to related websites/blogs etc. *The deadline for submissions is the 10 December 2018.*

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FOSDEM 2019 RISC-V Devroom
by Arun Thomas 15 Oct '18

15 Oct '18

Hi all, We are pleased to announce the call for presentations for the FOSDEM 2019 RISC-V Devroom. The Devroom will be held on February 2, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The submission deadline for talk proposals is November 25, 2018. # FOSDEM 2019 RISC-V Devroom CFP FOSDEM 2019 will take place on February 2-3, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. There will be a full day RISC-V developer’s room on February 2nd (Saturday). The topic of the devroom encompasses the RISC-V ISA, open source RISC-V hardware (e.g., cores, SoCs, accelerators), and open source RISC-V software (e.g., OS ports, emulators). ## Presentation Details * The default duration for talks will be 45 minutes including discussion. Feel free to request a longer or shorter slot. * Presentations can be recorded and streamed, sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. However, exceptions can be made. ## Submit a talk Visit the [Fosdem 2019 Pentabarf]( https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19) website (see account creation below) Create an "event" and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to display the full form. Your submission must include the following information: * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with ~500 from other projects) * Select "RISC-V devroom" as the track. * A short abstract of one paragraph * A longer description if you wish to do so * Links to related websites / blogs etc. ## Account creation If you already have a Pentabarf account, please _don't_ create a new one. You can [reset your password](https://penta.fosdem.org/user/forgot_password) instead. If you don't have an account, please [create a new account]( https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account/FOSDEM19) ## Important Dates * **Abstract submission: Sunday November 25, 2018** * Conference date: February 2-3, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium * Devroom date: Saturday February 2, 2019 ## More Details https://github.com/riscv/riscv-wiki/wiki/FOSDEM-2019-RISC-V-Devroom Please consider submitting a talk proposal. Best, Arun

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FOSDEM Call for Participation: Rust Devroom
by Andy Georges 14 Oct '18

14 Oct '18

Hello, Please find below the CfP for the Rust devroom at FOSDEM 2019, 2-3 February 2019, Brussel, Belgium ---- Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Rust devroom, co-located with FOSDEM 2019 (https://fosdem.org/2019/) FOSDEM is an annual conference about free and open source software, attended by over 8000 developers and open-source enthusiasts from all over the world. The devroom is a colocated conference-within-a-conference that gives us the opportunity to come together and chat, hack, and share stories about Rust usage in FLOSS ecosystems. The devroom will take place on Sunday, 3 February 2019, at [ULB (Campus Solbosch)](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1632534522) in Brussels, Belgium. Join us to enjoy a full day of talks, demos and interesting discussions on Rust. We welcome any talk proposals about Rust-related projects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - The Rust language - Recent features and future roadmap - Architecting large projects - Rust usage across FLOSS projects (Tor, VLC, Gnome, Firefox, etc.) - Projects written in Rust (show and tell, architecture and API design) - Tooling - Build tools (cargo, clippy, rustfmt, etc.) - Packaging libraries and executables written in Rust - Profiling, FFI, etc. - Documentation and education initiatives - Community initiatives - How to contribute - RFC process Slots will be allocated for short (20 minutes) and long (40 minutes) talks. Speakers need to specify their preferred format. Both include time for questions and answers. Depending on number of submissions and topics, submitters could be asked for a different format instead. We invite authors to submit original, high-quality work with sufficient background material to be clear to the Rust community. Please be aware of the fact that Devroom talks at FOSDEM will be recorded. By submitting a proposal you agree to being recorded and to have your talk made available. Submissions must include: - Abstract - Session type - Session length - Expected prior knowledge / intended audience - Speaker bio - Links to code / slides / material for the talk (optional) - Links to previous talks by the speaker Please submit through https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 When submitting your talk in Pentabarf, make sure to select the 'Rust Devroom' as the 'Track’. If you already have a Pentabarf account from a previous FOSDEM edition, please reuse it. Create an account if, and only if, you don't have one from a previous year. If you have any issues with Pentabarf, do not despair: contact rust [dash] devroom [at] lists.fosdem.org <http://lists.fosdem.org/> Important dates: - Call for papers available: 14 October 2018 - Call for participation closes: 25 November 2018 - Devroom schedule available: 16 December 2018 - Devroom day: Sunday 3 February 2019 (09:00 to 17:00) Sounds interesting? Submit your talk proposal and we will hopefully see you in Brussels! On behalf of the organisers, — Andy Georges

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DNS devroom CfP
by Peter van Dijk 14 Oct '18

14 Oct '18

(posted at https://blog.powerdns.com/2018/10/14/fosdem-2019-dns-devroom-cfp/) Hello DNS enthusiasts and other developers, After a successful and well-filled half day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2018, we are happy to announce a full day DNS devroom at FOSDEM 2019. As last year, we hope to host talks anywhere from hardcore protocol stuff, to practical sessions for programmers that are not directly involved with DNS but may have to deal with DNS in their day to day coding or system administrators responsible for DNS infrastructure. We have been allotted a room on Sunday 3 February 2019. We expect to schedule 30 minutes per talk, including questions, but if you need more of less time, we can discuss this. If you have something you’d like to share with your fellow developers, please head to pentabarf at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19. Examples of topics are measuring, monitoring, DNS libraries, and anecdotes on how you’ve (ab)used the DNS. Here’s the 2018 schedule, for your inspiration: https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/dns/ . The deadline for submission is December 1st. If you have a FOSDEM pentabarf account from a previous year, please use that account. Reach out to dns-devroom-manager(a)fosdem.org if you run into any trouble. See you there! Cheers, Peter van Dijk, Shane Kerr, Pieter Lexis, and Kees Monshouwer

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Call for participation
by Gerry Demaret 12 Oct '18

12 Oct '18

We now invite proposals for main track presentations, developer rooms, stands and lightning talks. FOSDEM offers open source and free software developers a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Renowned for being highly developer oriented, the event brings together some 8000+ geeks from all over the world. The nineteenth edition will take place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd February 2019 at the usual location: ULB Campus Solbosch in Brussels. We will record and stream all main tracks, devrooms and lightning talks live. The recordings will be published under the same licence as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). If, exceptionally, you believe there is a legitimate reason why your presentation should not be streamed or recorded, you must seek our agreement before submitting it. Main Tracks Previous editions have featured main tracks centered around security, operating system development, community building, and many other topics. Presentations are expected to be 50 minutes long (including audience questions) and should cater to a varied technical audience. The conference covers reasonable travel expenses agreed in advance and arranges accommodation for accepted main track speakers if needed. Proposals for main track presentations should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit. If you already created an account in the system for a previous edition, please reuse it rather than re- registering. Submissions will be reviewed in two batches, beginning with those received by 13 October. The final deadline is 3 November. Questions or remarks? Contact us at program(a)fosdem.org. Key dates: 13 October: deadline for first batch of main track proposals 3 November: final deadline for main track proposals 1 November onwards: main track talks announced (in batches) Developer Rooms Developer rooms are assigned to self-organising groups to work together on open source and free software projects, to discuss topics relevant to a broader subset of the community, etc. Most content should take the form of presentations. Proposals involving collaboration across project or domain boundaries are strongly encouraged. Developer room proposals should be submitted through the form at https://fosdem.org/devroom which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at devrooms(a)fosdem.org. Key dates: 20 September: deadline for developer room proposals 30 September: accepted developer rooms announced 16 October (or earlier): developer rooms issue Calls for Participation 15 December (or earlier): developer rooms publish complete schedules Stands FOSDEM offers open source and free software projects the opportunity to display their work during the event. At its stand, a project can share information, demo software, sell merchandise, give away goodies, and so on, and personally interact with the visitors. What we offer: - one 180x80cm table, positioned in one of the buildings with developer rooms, for the entire duration of the conference. A second table is possible in a few cases, but the pressure on space means this is becoming increasingly rare and needs strong justification. Joint submissions that share a table between related projects will be favoured in the selection process. - two chairs per table - one power socket type C/E (if you require adapters or additional sockets, please bring them yourself) - fast uplink shared wireless Internet access To apply, please fill out the form at: https://fosdem.org/stands which contains further information. Questions or remarks? Contact us at stands(a)fosdem.org. Key dates: 2 November: deadline for stand proposals 11 November: accepted stands announced Lightning talks Lighting talks are short — 15 minute long — talks on a wide variety of topics. Anyone who has something interesting to say about an open source or free software topic can apply. We particularly encourage topics that do not fit in any of the developer rooms. Proposals for lightning talks should be submitted using Pentabarf: https://fosdem.org/submit. Please select "lightning Talks" in the "track" field. If you already created an account in the system for a previous edition, please reuse it rather than re-registering. Questions or remarks? Contact us at lightningtalks(a)fosdem.org. Key dates: 24 November: deadline for lightning talk proposals 15 December: accepted lightning talks announced All deadlines are at 23.59 UTC.

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FOSDEM 2019 Open Media room - Call for speakers participation
by Zohar Babin 12 Oct '18

12 Oct '18

Hi all, Join us on February 2, 2019 in Brussels for the 5th year of the Open Media devroom at FOSDEM! Video has gone mainstream, and technologies to handle media assets, streams, workflows and apps at scale are now critical for many operations both hobby and commercial. Submit a speaking session and share your knowledge with the community at FOSDEM! We want to learn about open standards, software or hardware projects that deal with media. We're looking for sessions on software or hardware spanning from building audio / video applications, through open standards, formats, codecs, media analytics and search, AI for creating or analyzing media, IPTV, Broadcasting and Radio practices - anything media is welcome! This year, the Open Media devroom will take place on: Saturday, February 2nd, 2019. About FOSDEM FOSDEM is one of the largest (5,000+ hackers!) gatherings of Free and Open Source Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium, Europe). About the Open Media devroom A lot of free and open source projects are used in the media business, as well in the broadcast industry as in the Web streaming. There are seldom events where project members are able to share and promote their projects, and FOSDEM is a very good place for such discussions and presentations. The Open Media room has already been organised at FOSDEM for the last four years, with a strong attendance and talks of great quality. We intend to continue the work to make it even greater. If you're interested in video, image or audio technologies, and the breadth of available open source technologies and communities for media - the Open Media Room is for you! For more information about the previous year sessions: https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/track/open_media/ . CFP Guidelines The deadline for submission is: December 3rd 2018 (Monday). * To submit your proposal, visit: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 * You can submit a session of one of the following formats: * lightning talks (10 minutes incl. questions) * regular talk (25 minutes incl. questions) * workshops (45 minutes or more) * Between sessions we will allow additional 5 minutes Q&A and 5 minutes for speaker switching/prep in between. Panel discussions may last longer (Feel free to ask if you want to have a longer or a shorter slot). * IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select ”Open Media devroom” track for your submission. * You will need to create an account (or use your account from previous years) and then go to "create event”, and add the details of your presentation. * Selected talks will be notified by December 15th 2018. * All sessions will be recorded and be made available under CC-BY licence by FOSDEM at https://video.fosdem.org/ . Your submission must include the following information * The title and subtitle of your talk (please be descriptive). * select ”Open Media devroom” as the track. * Short single paragraph detailing what the talk will discuss, and why attendees should attend it. * A longer description if you have more details to share. * Links to related material/websites/blogs etc. Community The official communication channel is the Open Media devroom mailinglist. Join the list at: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/open-media-devroom . And please don't hesitate to contact us for more information! Zohar, Avital, Jess, Christophe and Kieran, On behalf of the Open Media devroom.

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[cinder][swift] FOSDEM Call for Participation: Software Defined Storage devroom
by Niels de Vos 12 Oct '18

12 Oct '18

CfP for the Software Defined Storage devroom at FOSDEM 2019 (Brussels, Belgium, February 3rd). FOSDEM is a free software event that offers open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renown for being highly developer- oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over the world. It is held in the city of Brussels (Belgium). FOSDEM 2019 will take place during the weekend of February 2nd-3rd 2019. More details about the event can be found at http://fosdem.org/ ** Call For Participation The Software Defined Storage devroom will go into it's third round for talks around Open Source Software Defined Storage projects, management tools and real world deployments. Presentation topics could include but are not limited too: - Your work on a SDS project like Ceph, Gluster, OpenEBS or LizardFS - Your work on or with SDS related projects like SWIFT or Container Storage Interface - Management tools for SDS deployments - Monitoring tools for SDS clusters ** Important dates: - Nov 25th 2018: submission deadline for talk proposals - Dec 17th 2018: announcement of the final schedule - Feb 3rd 2019: Software Defined Storage dev room Talk proposals will be reviewed by a steering committee: - Niels de Vos (Gluster Developer - Red Hat) - Jan Fajerski (Ceph Developer - SUSE) - other volunteers TBA Use the FOSDEM 'pentabarf' tool to submit your proposal: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 - If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it. Please reuse your account from previous years if you have already created it. - In the "Person" section, provide First name, Last name (in the "General" tab), Email (in the "Contact" tab) and Bio ("Abstract" field in the "Description" tab). - Submit a proposal by clicking on "Create event". - Important! Select the "Software Defined Storage devroom" track (on the "General" tab). - Provide the title of your talk ("Event title" in the "General" tab). - Provide a description of the subject of the talk and the intended audience (in the "Abstract" field of the "Description" tab) - Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the "Full description" field in the "Description" tab - Provide an expected length of your talk in the "Duration" field. Please count at least 10 minutes of discussion into your proposal plus allow 5 minutes for the handover to the next presenter. Suggested talk length would be 20+10 and 45+15 minutes. ** Recording of talks The FOSDEM organizers plan to have live streaming and recording fully working, both for remote/later viewing of talks, and so that people can watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. This requires speakers to consent to being recorded and streamed. If you plan to be a speaker, please understand that by doing so you implicitly give consent for your talk to be recorded and streamed. The recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement. If you have any further questions, please write to the mailinglist at storage-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org and we will try to answer as soon as possible. Thanks!

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FOSDEM Call for Participation: Software Defined Storage devroom
by Niels de Vos 12 Oct '18

12 Oct '18

CfP for the Software Defined Storage devroom at FOSDEM 2019 (Brussels, Belgium, February 3rd). FOSDEM is a free software event that offers open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. It is renown for being highly developer- oriented and brings together 8000+ participants from all over the world. It is held in the city of Brussels (Belgium). FOSDEM 2019 will take place during the weekend of February 2nd-3rd 2019. More details about the event can be found at http://fosdem.org/ ** Call For Participation The Software Defined Storage devroom will go into it's third round for talks around Open Source Software Defined Storage projects, management tools and real world deployments. Presentation topics could include but are not limited too: - Your work on a SDS project like Ceph, Gluster, OpenEBS or LizardFS - Your work on or with SDS related projects like SWIFT or Container Storage Interface - Management tools for SDS deployments - Monitoring tools for SDS clusters ** Important dates: - Nov 25th 2018: submission deadline for talk proposals - Dec 17th 2018: announcement of the final schedule - Feb 3rd 2019: Software Defined Storage dev room Talk proposals will be reviewed by a steering committee: - Niels de Vos (Gluster Developer - Red Hat) - Jan Fajerski (Ceph Developer - SUSE) - other volunteers TBA Use the FOSDEM 'pentabarf' tool to submit your proposal: https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19 - If necessary, create a Pentabarf account and activate it. Please reuse your account from previous years if you have already created it. - In the "Person" section, provide First name, Last name (in the "General" tab), Email (in the "Contact" tab) and Bio ("Abstract" field in the "Description" tab). - Submit a proposal by clicking on "Create event". - Important! Select the "Software Defined Storage devroom" track (on the "General" tab). - Provide the title of your talk ("Event title" in the "General" tab). - Provide a description of the subject of the talk and the intended audience (in the "Abstract" field of the "Description" tab) - Provide a rough outline of the talk or goals of the session (a short list of bullet points covering topics that will be discussed) in the "Full description" field in the "Description" tab - Provide an expected length of your talk in the "Duration" field. Please count at least 10 minutes of discussion into your proposal plus allow 5 minutes for the handover to the next presenter. Suggested talk length would be 20+10 and 45+15 minutes. ** Recording of talks The FOSDEM organizers plan to have live streaming and recording fully working, both for remote/later viewing of talks, and so that people can watch streams in the hallways when rooms are full. This requires speakers to consent to being recorded and streamed. If you plan to be a speaker, please understand that by doing so you implicitly give consent for your talk to be recorded and streamed. The recordings will be published under the same license as all FOSDEM content (CC-BY). Hope to hear from you soon! And please forward this announcement. If you have any further questions, please write to the mailinglist at storage-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org and we will try to answer as soon as possible. Thanks!

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