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YAPC::Europe::2006 - Call For Papers

Yet Another Perl Conference::Europe::2006

CGIDir
Wednesday, April 12, 2006; 03:11 AM

use.perl.org reports that the organizers of YAPC::Europe::2006 have issued a call for papers. The conference will take place in Birmingham, UK, August 30 - September 1, 2006. The proposal submission deadline is Friday, June 2, 2006. Papers and slides are due Friday, July 21, 2006. The theme for this year's conference is 'The Accessibility of Perl,' which organizers hope will inspire submissions for this and related topics. Proposals can be submitted to [email protected] .

Word from the organizers:

" Each submission should be for only one talk (although multiple submissions are welcome), and include:

a brief bio
the talk title
the proposed length for the talk
a brief description of the talk.

An outline of the main points can also be helpful, and is required for tutorial proposals.

All accepted speakers, except lightning talk only speakers, will have their registration fee waived.

We will be offering a number of time-slots for talks:

Standard: 20 minutes (the preferred format)
Long: 40 minutes
Short Tutorial: 60-90 minutes
Standard Tutorial: 3 hours (including break)

The preferred format is a 20 minute talk. It is expected that the majority of talks will be of this length.

Long talks are reserved for experienced speakers covering large topics. If you have an in-depth topic you would like to present in some detail, perhaps with considerable discussion, a double-slot may be available. However you should also consider splitting it into two standard talks (perhaps an introduction and a more advanced talk).

Short tutorials are available for classes where there are distinct levels of presentation, such as introductory, intermediary and expert levels.

Half-day tutorials tend to cover a wide range of material on a certain aspect of Perl programming. For example, an XML tutorial could cover XML basics, to writing XML, to parsing XML, to practical uses of XML.

Conference organisers reserve the right to change the length assigned to a talk, if deemed appropriate.

Lightning talks will be a feature of the conference, but should not be submitted yet. Details of how to submit these will follow in due course.

We are aiming to notify speakers, as to whether their talks are accepted or not, around mid June. In the event we are deluged with talks, we may ask whether we can hold some talks in reserve in the event of any unforeseen rescheduling."

http://birmingham.pm.org