We are looking for contributions about current developments from the whole field of Free Software and Open Source., e.g.:

• Operating Systems
• Development
• Administration
• Security
• Legal Issues
• Desktop
• Education

We would especially like to see contributions about the following topics:

• NoSQL - Alternative Database Systems
• Tinkering - Open Hardware, Fabrication and Hacking
• Collaboration - Social Open Source Software

Furthermore OpenSQLCamp will be a dedicated subconference this year. More info will follow soon.

Contributions for OpenSQLCamp can also be provided through this CfP.

Registration and submission of contributions is via the web-based frontend under https://pentabarf.froscon.org/submission/froscon2010/. For participating in the Call for Papers, you will have to submit a short abstract, as well as a detailed description. To participate in the conference, you will also need to submit slides for your talk beforehand.

Language

Contributions can be submitted in German as well as English. The choice of language should depend solely on which language is more suitable for presenting the chosen topic. Language of the submitted texts and of the talk should be the same.

Length of the Contributions

The abstract should summarize the planned content of the talk in a precise and succinct way. We do not place a limit on its length.

The talks should take no more than 45 minutes, in order to allow some time for questions and for preparing the stage for the following speaker.

We can accept longer contributions in special cases; we ask for a justification for the longer extent in this case.

Format

Abstract and Description have to be submitted as plain text via the web frontend. We ask for submission of the slides in PDF; other open document format such as OpenOffice should only be submitted after prior consultation.

Selection of Contributions

Contributions are selected based on their content by a program committee. Please understand that we cannot accept all contributions, depending on the number and quality of the submissions. We will favor submissions which fall under one of the aforementioned topics.

Remuneration

FrOSCon is organized by volunteers and is mostly funded by sponsors. We ask you to understand that we will not be able to reimburse you for your expenses.

Accomodation

The organizers of FrOSCon are looking for suitable accomodation at the moment. Current developments will be published on the web site of the event (www.froscon.org). We can also help find a place to sleep.

Social Event

We are planning to hold a social event on the evening of August 21st and kindly invite all speakers to attend.

May 23rd, 2010 End of the Call for Papers. All contributions need to be submitted by this date in order to qualify.
June 7th, 2010 Notification of acceptance of all contributions
June 14th, 2010 Final acceptance. We ask all invited speakers to give their final acceptance by this date.
August 1st, 2010 Last date for submitting slides
August 21st, 2010 First day of FrOSCon

Further information can be found on the web under www.froscon.org.

Please send questions about the Call for Papers via email to: program@froscon.org
Contact the organizers via email: contact@froscon.org

Postal address:

FrOSCon e.V.
c/o Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Grantham-Allee 20
53757 Sankt Augustin
Germany

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