<div dir="ltr"><pre class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">CALL FOR PAPERS / PARTICIPATION</b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">At </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">2019</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> will again participate with a dedicated </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">devroom</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">, on February 3rd, in Brussels.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">As possibly the largest European Open Source Conference, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> attracts more than 600 lectures and over 8000 hackers - many core contributors of the worlds leading open source projects.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Complementing the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">developer</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> meetings, the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">devroom</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> at </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> provides a great opportunity for </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">developers</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> and the wider open source community to get together, connect and discuss.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">We invite academic, industrial and hobbyist speakers to present their work on developing or using </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">, </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Clang</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">, LLDB, Polly, Compiler-rt, etc.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">We are looking for:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><li style="margin-left:15px">Keynote speakers.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Technical presentations (30 minutes plus questions and discussion) related to <span class="gmail-il">development</span> of <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span>, <span class="gmail-il">Clang</span> etc.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Presentations about the use of <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span>, <span class="gmail-il">Clang</span> in commercial, academic, hobbyist and other projects.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Tutorials.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Lightning talks (5 minutes).<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Demos.</li></ul><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">The deadline for receiving proposals is Sunday November 25th, 2018.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Speakers will be notified of acceptance or rejection by December 11th. Please find some advice on what constitutes a good proposal at the end of this </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">CFP</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">To submit a proposal, please create an account on the </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> interface (</span><a href="https://penta.fosdem.org/user/new_account" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">https://penta.<span class="gmail-il">fosdem</span>.org/user/new_account</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">). If you already have an account from previous years, please reuse that.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Submit your proposal following </span><a href="https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM19" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">https://penta.<span class="gmail-il">fosdem</span>.org/submission/FOSDEM19</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">, “Create Event”.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Please make sure you select "</span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">devroom</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">" as the "Track”.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Presentations will be recorded and streamed. Sending your proposal implies giving permission to be recorded. However, exceptions can be made for exceptional circumstances.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Registration<br></b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> does not require any registration and is free of charge.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Organization<br></b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">The mailing list </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">llvm</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">-</span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">devroom</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> at </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="">lists.<span class="gmail-il" style="">fosdem</span>.org<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"> </span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">can be used to discuss issues of general interest related to the conference organization. Please, do not reply to this email, as it is cross posted to many lists.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Financial support<br></b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">There may be a possibility of limited funding to help presenting students or presenting contributors who could not otherwise attend the conference.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">If you need funding to be able to present at the meeting, or can help sponsor, please tell us o</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal">n </span>llvm<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal">-</span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal">devroom</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);white-space:normal"> at </span>lists.<span class="gmail-il">fosdem</span>.org.</font></pre><pre class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Guidance on writing a proposal for the <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span> <span class="gmail-il">Dev</span> <span class="gmail-il">Room</span><br></b><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">This is a guide to help you submit a good proposal and increase your chances of your proposal being accepted.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">If you have never presented at an </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> meeting, then do not fear this process. We are actively looking for new speakers who are excited about </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> and helping grow the community through these educational talks! You do not need to be a long time </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">developer</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> to submit a proposal.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">General Guidelines:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><li style="margin-left:15px">It should be clear from your abstract what your topic is, who your targeted audience is, and what are the takeaways for attendees. The program committee does not have time to read 10 page papers for each submission.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Talks about a use of <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span> (etc) should include details about how <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span> is used and not only be about the resulting application.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Tutorials on “how to use X” in <span class="gmail-il">LLVM</span> (or other subproject) are greatly desired and beneficial to many <span class="gmail-il">developers</span>. Entry level topics are encouraged as well.<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Typically a few paragraphs are sufficient.</li></ul><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">Best regards,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">LLVM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> @ </span><span class="gmail-il" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal">FOSDEM</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;white-space:normal"> organisers</span><br></pre></div>