by The Arizona Business and Liberty Experience Conference (ABLEconf) is soliciting presentations for its second annual conference. ABLEconf will take place on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona.
Continuing ABLEconf’s drive to showcase free and open source software for business, we are seeking presentations in either 20 or 50 minute formats. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* SMB/SME
* Health/Medical Software and Systems
* Local Business Use of Free and Open Source Software
* Women in Technology and Business
* Education
* Multimedia
* Gadgetry and Fun Devices
* Green Computing
* Multi-Platform Applications and Free Software for proprietary systems
* Virtualization, Grid and Cloud Computing
* Network Setup, Management and Security
Proposals submitted by September 7th will qualify for an early bird prize drawing.
Proposals should include the following:
1. title for the talk
2. name, affiliation, bio and contact email address of the presenter (needed for publishing on the website and final program schedule)
3. Is a 20 minute or 50 minute presentation is preferred?
4. What will be covered? A list or a brief description of the main points to be presented should be submitted. Please include enough detail to enable the committee to evaluate the proposal.
5. Please notify us if the presentation will require a special technical set up.
Submission formats in plain text, PDF and Open Document Format (ODF) will be accepted. As we are attempting to increase awareness of free and open technologies, it is highly desirable that presentations be done in open, non-proprietary formats.
Email proposals to proposals@ABLEconf.com.
To see an updated full listing of the desired tracks and requirements please visit the presentations page.
http://www.ABLEconf.com/2009/Phoenix/cfp
ABLEconf was founded in 2008 by a coalition of open-source software groups and associations in Arizona. The free-admission one-day conference hosts a wide variety of speaking tracks and sessions on how to take advantage of open-source software in small business, government, medical, enterprise, and individual use.
Important Dates:
* 2009Aug17: CFP opens
* 2009Sep07: early bird deadline for proposal submissions
* 2009Oct05: final deadline for proposal submissions
* 2009Oct12: last date for notification of proposal acceptance
* 2009Oct24: ABLEconf at UAT