We would like to encourage people to submit talks for the Configuration Management devroom, which is being held at FOSDEM on Saturday, February 1. We are looking for talks from real world case studies, brainstorming and hacking around configuration and systems management from complex virtual environments and cloud computing to desktops and laptops. There is huge interest in automation, monitoring, performance management, configuration management, and DevOps. We are looking for presentations from people who are working in the field on these topics: * Configuration and Systems Management theory & principles * Configuration and Systems Management tools - with an emphasis on real world use cases * Techniques and case studies * Audit, Compliance and Security * Various DevOps topics, including collaboration and training tips. As most of you already know, they are asking everyone to use Pentabarf for submissions this year. Here's what you need to do to submit a talk to the Configuration Management Devroom: * Go to https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/ * Select FOSDEM 2014 * Follow the instructions to submit a talk * Select "Configuration management devroom" as the "track". * Propose your session. Configuration Management Devroom Deadlines: * 1/12/2013 : Devroom CFP Ends * 13/12/2013 : Speakers notified * 30/12/2013 : Agenda published on FOSDEM site We also holding CfgMgmtCamp.eu right after FOSDEM on February 3 - 4 in Gent (a 30 min train ride from Brussels). This is an event for people interested in Open Source Configuration management to meet each other. CfgMgmtCamp.eu will be the event where different communities will meet and exchange ideas both internally and within the broader community. CfgMgmtCamp.eu will have different rooms for each community, hackspaces, trainings, workshops and a general track with keynotes all about Configuration Management topics. You can get the details here: http://cfgmgmtcamp.eu Thanks, Dawn Foster