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- <p><a href="http://www.boost.org">
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- <h1>Boost Conference 2007:
- Call for Session Proposals</h1>
- <p>The first annual Boost conference will take place in Aspen, Colorado, May
- 14-18. This promises to be the main face-to-face event for all things Boost,
- from generic-programming techniques to Boost community, from using Boost
- libraries to writing Boost libraries, from deployment considerations to
- promoting the use of Boost more widely, from TR1 to TR2. Given the range and
- interests of the participants, this event promises to be intense and in
- depth. We invite you to propose a session. </p>
- <p>More <a href="http://www.boost.org/more/BoostCon07.html">
- BoostCon 2007 information</a> is available on the Boost web site.</p>
- <p><a href="#formats">Session formats</a><br>
- <a href="#topics">Session topics</a><br>
- <a href="#proposal">Submitting a proposal</a><br>
- <a href="#Timeline">Timeline</a><br>
- <a href="#Other">Other arrangements</a></p>
- <h2>Session <a name="formats">formats</a></h2>
- <p><strong>Presentations</strong> focus on a practitioner’s ideas and
- experience with anything relevant to Boost and Boost users. </p>
- <p><strong>Panels</strong> feature three or four people presenting their
- ideas and experiences relating to Boost relevant, controversial, emerging,
- or unresolved issues. Panels may be conducted in several ways, such as
- comparative, analytic, or historic. </p>
- <p><strong>Tutorials</strong> are formally prepared sessions at which
- instructors teach conference participants specific Boost relevant skills.
- </p>
- <p><strong>Workshops</strong> provide an active arena for advancements in
- Boost relevant topics. Workshops provide the opportunity for experienced
- practitioners to develop new ideas about a topic of common interest and
- experience. </p>
- <p><strong>Other formats</strong> may also be of interest. Don't hold back a
- proposal just because it doesn't fit in a pigeonhole. </p>
- <h2>Session <a name="topics">topics</a></h2>
- <p>Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following: </p>
- <ul>
- <li>General tutorial sessions introducing one or more Boost libraries </li>
- <li>In-depth sessions on using specific libraries </li>
- <li>Case studies on using Boost </li>
- <li>Experts panels </li>
- <li>Advanced sessions on implementation techniques used within Boost
- libraries </li>
- <li>TR1 (and TR2) </li>
- <li>Development workshops to extend or enhance existing Boost libraries
- </li>
- <li>Workshops on design process </li>
- <li>Infrastructure workshops
- <ul>
- <li>Build tools </li>
- <li>Website </li>
- <li>Testing </li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>C++0x and how it will change life for users and library writers </li>
- <li>Concepts and Generic Programming </li>
- <li>Other topics likely to be of great interest to Boost users and
- developers </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Interactive and collaborative sessions are encouraged, as this is the
- nature of both the online Boost community and the style of learning and
- participation that has proven most successful at such events. Sessions can
- be tutorial based, with an emphasis on interaction and participant
- involvement, or workshop based, whether hands-on programming or paper-based,
- discussion-driven collaborative work. </p>
- <h2>Submitting a <a name="proposal">proposal</a></h2>
- <p>Please include: </p>
- <ul>
- <li>The working title of the session </li>
- <li>Type of session: presentation/panel/tutorial/workshop/other </li>
- <li>A paragraph or two describing the session, suitable for the conference
- web site </li>
- <li>Proposed length: 45/90 minutes, half/full day </li>
- <li>Alternate length, if any: 45/90 minutes, half/full day </li>
- <li>Audience: users/developers/both </li>
- <li>Level: basic/intermediate/advanced </li>
- <li>A biography, suitable for the conference web site </li>
- <li>Your contact information (will not be made public) </li>
- <li>Financial support needs, if any, with rationle (will not be made
- public) </li>
- </ul>
- <p>Please submit via email to conference@boost-consulting.com, with a
- subject that begins "BoostCon
- proposal" </p>
- <h2><a name="Timeline">Timeline</a></h2>
- <p><strong>Proposals due</strong> October 27, 2006 </p>
- <p><strong>Proposals acceptances sent</strong> November 10, 2006 </p>
- <p><strong>Session materials due</strong> March 15, 2007 </p>
- <h2 id="Otherarrangements"><a name="Other">Other</a> arrangements</h2>
- <p>Like Boost itself,
- BoostCon is strictly non-profit. Conference organizers and presenters
- are not paid for their time. Any surplus money will be rolled over into the
- succeeding year
- BoostCon budget. </p>
- <p>To reduce the price for attendees this first year, conference organizers
- and presenters will pay the regular admission fee and will receive no
- compensation. We recognize this is tough for presenters on tight budgets, so
- will consider providing financial support if requested, based on budget and
- the applicant's needs.</p>
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- <p>Revised:
- <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->29 September 2006<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39511" --></p>
- <p>© Copyright David Abrahams and Beman Dawes 2006</p>
- <p>Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
- accompanying file <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
- LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at
- <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
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