The organizers behind the 9th annual (SCALE) announced a call for papers today ahead of the event to be held February 25-27, 2011 in Los Angeles, CA. There are a total of five speaker tracks this year and the selection committee is looking for presenters to speak on a wide variety of topics of interest to the FOSS community, from beginners to expert-level and enterprise users. Organizers also welcome lab sessions for speakers who want to take a hands-on approach with their audience.
Last year, SCALE Publicity Chair Orv Beach gave OStatic readers an overview of what the SCALE chairs will be looking for when selecting papers. "There aren't hard and fast rules, but there are some things we look for. If a proposal even faintly smells of being commercial, it is rejected. That's not our focus and we provide enough other opportunities for commercial sponsors to meet our attendees. We screen the proposals strictly, but once in a while one does sneak through (the proposal misrepresents what the speaker is actually going to talk about). When it does we hear about very clearly from the audience afterwards. I'm not saying that SCALE has a speaker blacklist, but we do have long memories; speakers who violate that guideline generally won't have their submittals considered thereafter."
To ensure presentations appeal to the widest possible audience, SCALE organizers are looking for content in several areas, including:
* Kernel Internals and Enhancements
* Unix variants:Tools and Appliances
* Open Source for Embedded Platforms
* Government Policies with Open Source
* Open Source Promotion and Adoption: Current State
* Open Source Success Stories
* Shell Programming
Submitting a paper for consideration is an easy process. Register on the event Web site as a speaker, then wait for a confirmation email. Once you receive your validation code, simply fill out the online submission form by the December 13, 2010 deadline (submissions for more than one topic are permitted). Speakers will be chosen and notified no later than December 27, 2010.
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