From kde-devel Thu Nov 29 16:12:20 2012 From: Pau Garcia i Quiles Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:12:20 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Reminder: FOSDEM CrossDesktop DevRoom 2013 - Call for Talks Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=135420565109493 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0036620902888247563==" --===============0036620902888247563== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b2e145d668c0e04cfa48d0b --047d7b2e145d668c0e04cfa48d0b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, The Call for Talks for the CrossDesktop DevRoom at FOSDEM 2013 is officially open and will close in two weeks (Dec 14th). Please submit your talk proposals ASAP! In case you are out of ideas, Jure Repinc elaborated a list of interesting topics: * KDE Framework/Workspaces/Software 5 and Qt 5 * KDE Wokspaces and Wayland * QtQuick/QML-based Plasma and desktop software * Presentation of Activities and how to add support ot apps * How to quickly recreate all other desktops with KDE Plasma * State of semantic technologies in KDE software * KDE's approach to color management * Speech recognition with Simon * How KDE desktop connects to mobile world * Also a lot of interesting stuff is happening in KDevelop, Calligra, KDE Education apps and elsewere * KDevelop --8<--- * FOSDEM is one of the largest gatherings of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the CrossDesktop DevRoom, which will host Desktop-related talks. We are now inviting proposals for talks about Free/Libre/Open-source Software on the topics of Desktop development, Desktop applications and interoperativity amongst Desktop Environments. This is a unique opportunity to show novel ideas and developments to a wide technical audience. Topics accepted include, but are not limited to: Enlightenment, Gnome, KDE, Unity, XFCE, Windows, Mac OS X, general desktop matters, applications that enhance desktops and web (when related to desktop). Talks can be very specific, such as developing mobile applications with Qt Quick; or as general as predictions for the fusion of Desktop and web in 5 years time. Topics that are of interest to the users and developers of all desktop environments are especially welcome. The FOSDEM 2012 schedule might give you some inspiration: https://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/crossdesktop_devroom.html Please include the following information when submitting a proposal: - Your name - The title of your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with around 250 from other projects) - Short abstract of one or two paragraphs - Short bio - Requested time: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 minutes. Longer duration requests must be properly justified. The deadline for submissions is December 14th 2012. FOSDEM will be held on the weekend of 2-3 February 2013. Please submit your proposals to crossdesktop-devroom@lists.fosdem.org (subscribtion page for the mailing list: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/crossdesktop-devroom ) -- The CrossDesktop DevRoom 2013 Organization Team* --8<--- -- Pau Garcia i Quiles http://www.elpauer.org (Due to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer) --047d7b2e145d668c0e04cfa48d0b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello,

The Call for Talks for the CrossDesktop DevRoom at FOS= DEM 2013 is officially open and will close in two weeks (Dec 14th). Please = submit your talk proposals ASAP!

In case you are out of ideas, Jure Repinc elaborated a list of interest= ing topics:

* KDE Framework/Workspaces/Sof= tware 5 and Qt 5
* KDE Wokspaces and Wayland * QtQuick/QML-based Plasma and deskt= op software
* Presentation of Activities and how= to add support ot apps
* How to quickly recreate all other = desktops with KDE Plasma
* State of semantic technologies in = KDE software
* KDE's approach to color manage= ment
* Speech recognition with Simon
* How KDE desktop connects to mobile= world
* Also a lot of interesting stuff is= happening in KDevelop, Calligra, KDE=A0Education apps and elsewere
* KDevelop


--8<---

FOSDEM is one of the largest gatheri= ngs of Free Software contributors in the world and happens each February in= Brussels (Belgium). One of the tracks will be the CrossDesktop DevRoom, wh= ich will host Desktop-related talks.


We are now inviting proposals for ta= lks about Free/Libre/Open-source Software on the topics of Desktop developm= ent, Desktop applications and interoperativity amongst Desktop Environments= . This is a unique opportunity to show novel ideas and developments to a wi= de technical audience.


Topics accepted include, but are not= limited to: Enlightenment, Gnome, KDE, Unity, XFCE, Windows, Mac OS X, gen= eral desktop matters, applications that enhance desktops and web (when rela= ted to desktop).


Talks can be very specific, such as = developing mobile applications with Qt Quick; or as general as predictions = for the fusion of Desktop and web in 5 years time. Topics that are of inter= est to the users and developers of all desktop environments are especially = welcome. The FOSDEM 2012 schedule might give you some inspiration:

https= ://archive.fosdem.org/2012/schedule/track/crossdesktop_devroom.html<= /a>

=

Please include the following infor= mation when submitting a proposal:


  • Your name

  • The title of= your talk (please be descriptive, as titles will be listed with around 250= from other projects)

  • Short abstract= of one or two paragraphs

  • Short bio

  • Requested ti= me: from 15 to 45 minutes. Normal duration is 30 minutes. Longer duration r= equests must be properly justified.


The deadline for submissions is Dece= mber 14th 2012. FOSDEM will be held on the weekend of 2-3 February 2013. Pl= ease submit your proposals to crossdesktop-devroom@lists.fosdem.org (subscribtion page for the mailing list: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/cro= ssdesktop-devroom )


-- The CrossDesktop DevRoo= m 2013 Organization Team

--8<---

--
Pau Garcia i Qu= iles
http://www.elpauer.org
(D= ue to my workload, I may need 10 days to answer)
--047d7b2e145d668c0e04cfa48d0b-- --===============0036620902888247563== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe << --===============0036620902888247563==--