This week marks your last opportunity to submit proposals to present
at PyCon Australia 2012, the national conference for the Python
programming community, to be held on August 18 and 19 in Hobart,
Tasmania.
The deadline for proposal submission is Friday May 4, 2012, and more
information can be found at http://pycon-au.org/cfp
PyCon Australia is an excellent opportunity to share experience and
knowledge with like-minded Python developers from all walks of life --
we attract professional developers from industry, government, science
and education, along with enthusiast and student developers.
Presentations can be targeted at all skill levels, on any topic
related to Python programming.
If you're a first-time developer, don't be afraid to submit a
presentation -- we're a community-driven conference, and we have a
focus on building the next generation of Python programmers.
Don't know what to present about? PyCon Australia co-organiser,
Christopher Neugebauer recently listed the results of PyCon Australia
2012's Call for Topics on his blog [1]; we'd love it if you used these
suggestions to help shape your submission.
We can't wait to see your proposals.
[1] http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2012/03/03/speak-at-pycon-australia-2012/
=== About PyCon Australia ===
PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming
Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19,
2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and
enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon
Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations,
tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python,
as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.
To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at
http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact(a)pycon-au.org.
PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and
acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia
(www.google.com.au); our Event partner, Secret Lab; and our Silver
sponsors, the Python Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat,
ekit, and CSIRO.
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--Christopher Neugebauer
Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison
PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- @pyconau
Call for Proposals now open! Closes May 4.
Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our
website for details.
Jabber: chrisjrn(a)gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net --
WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn
tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out
more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices, including details of
our accommodation programme.
PyCon Australia is excited to announce that early bird conference
registrations are now available for our 2012 conference, to be held on
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird
registration will be extended to the first 60 confirmed conference
registrations, or until Friday 1 June, whichever comes first.
PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts
and professionals working with the Python programming language; it
represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow
developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers
from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during
the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that
PyCon Australia has to offer.
Early bird registration comes with a substantial discount for tickets
at our "Enthusiast" and "Professional" rates. Early bird tickets at
both the "Enthusiast" and "Professional" level are guaranteed a seat
at our conference dinner. All tickets include access to the CodeWars
event on Friday 17 August, and the post-conference sprints on Monday
20 and Tuesday 21 August.
Early bird registration starts at $44 for full-time students; $168 for
enthusiasts and $420 for professionals.
PyCon Australia has been working closely with our venue to provide a
great conference experience; we're very pleased to be able to offer
accommodation to delegates for the duration of the conference. We've
secured an allocation of rooms within the Wrest Point complex, many of
which are in the same building as the conference venue. Rooms
available to delegates start at $124 per night; rooms inside the
conference building start at $146 per night.
Information on conference registration, including details on how to
book delegate accommodation through our preferred provider can be
found at the PyCon Australia website (http://2012.pycon-au.org).
Our conference Call for Proposals is still open, and will close on Friday 4 May.
We can't wait to see you in Hobart in August!
About PyCon Australia
PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming
Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19,
2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and
enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon
Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations,
tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python,
as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on.
To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at
http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact(a)pycon-au.org.
PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and
acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia
(www.google.com.au).
--
--Christopher Neugebauer
Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison
PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- @pyconau
Call for Proposals now open! Closes May 4.
Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our
website for details.
Jabber: chrisjrn(a)gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net --
WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn
Ruxcon 2012 Call For Papers
The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2012 annual Ruxcon conference.
This year the conference will take place over the weekend of 20th and 21st of October at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July.
* What is Ruxcon?
Ruxcon is the premier technical computer security conference in the Australia. The conference aims to bring together the individual talents of the best and brightest security folk in the region, through live presentations, activities and demonstrations.
The conference is held over two days in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing attendees to enjoy themselves whilst networking within the community and expanding their knowledge of security.
Live presentations and activities will cover a full range of defensive and offensive security topics, varying from previously unpublished research to required reading for the security community.
For more information, please visit http://www.ruxcon.org.au
* Presentation Information
Presentations are set to run for 40 to 50 minutes, and will be of a formal nature, with slides and a speech.
* Topics
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
o Mobile Device Security
o Virtualization, Hypervisor, and Cloud Security
o Malware Analysis
o Reverse Engineering
o Exploitation Techniques
o Rootkit Development
o Code Analysis
o Forensics and Anti-Forensics
o Embedded Device Security
o Web Application Security
o Network Traffic Analysis
o Wireless Network Security
o Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
o Social Engineering
o Law Enforcement Activities
o Telecommunications Security (SS7, 3G/4G, GSM, VOIP, etc)
* Submissions
Submissions should thoroughly outline your desired presentation subject.
If you have any enquiries about submissions, or would like to make a submission, please send an e-mail to presentations(a)ruxcon.org.au
The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July.
If approved we will additionally require:
i. A brief personal biography (between 2-5 paragraphs in length).
ii. A description on your presentation (between 2-5 paragraphs in length).
* Contacts
Email: presentations(a)ruxcon.org.au
Twitter: ruxcon
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*Saturday 21 April, 12 noon at 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne*
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Google Map:
http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=U…
The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be
on the *21st of April*.
LibreOffice - Wen Lin
LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite highly compatible with
other major office suites, and is available for a variety of platforms.
The applications include a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation
program, a database system, a vector graphics editor, and an application
for mathematical formula.
It was founded in September 2010, when members of the OpenOffice.org
project formed a new group called "The Document Foundation". The Document
Foundation created LibreOffice from their former project in response to
Oracle Corporation's purchasing of Sun Microsystems over concerns that
Oracle would either discontinue OpenOffice.org, or place restrictions on
it as an open source project.
Wen, a long-standing member of LUV and current treasurer, will provide an
overview to LibreOffice, its development and a few tricks!
Photo Of Previous Presentation on the Topic by Wen at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathyreid/5920565685/
*General Workshop Area:
*
At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux
enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This
could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations,
networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop!
The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's
Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)
project, please come and join in!
*Links, Location, Transport:*
Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/03/17 <http://luv.asn.au/2011/12/17
When: 21 April 2012
Workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm
Tutorial: 1:00pm until 14:00
Where: The Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street.
Parking can be found at the church building and nearby..
For those coming via Public Transport:
*Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through
Fitzroy Gardens:
Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv
*Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on
the Routes 24, 31, and 109.
Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria
Parade and Powlett Street:
- 302,
- 303,
- 304,
- 309,
- 313,
- 315,
- 318,
- 340,
- 350,
- 684,
- 905,
- 906,
- 907,
- 908
Otherwise, go to www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au to work out the best journey
from your home.
LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the
Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the
Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting!
http://redhat.com.auhttp://benk.net.auhttp://vpac.org
Lev Lafayette - President
Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: [Announce] linux.conf.au 2014 Bid - Formal Request
From: "John Ferlito" <johnf(a)inodes.org>
Date: Wed, April 11, 2012 2:35 pm
To: announce(a)linux.org.au
"linux-aus" <linux-aus(a)linux.org.au>
Cc: lugcomms(a)lists.linux.org.au
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Howdy,
We have just come off the tail end of linux.conf.au 2012 and I'm very much
looking forwarded to linux.conf.au 2013 in Canberra next year. However it is
now time to look forwards to 2014.
We are a bit behind on the bid process this year, so we've dropped the
expressions of interest phase and are moving straight into the formal
bids phase.
The new timeline is outlined below:
* Jan/Feb - The council updates the bid process documentation.
* 11th Apr - The council will formally request bids for LCA.
* 15th Jun - Submission of formal bids closes.
* Jun-Aug - The council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and
visits each bid team.
* Sep - The council decides on the winning city and informs the
bidding teams.
* Jan - The winning bid is announced at the LCA closing ceremony.
>From the attendance at the linux.conf.au BOF in Ballarat, there are already
quite a number of teams well on the way to putting together a bid. But
that doesn't mean there isn't room for more.
If you've ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or LCA talk and had a quick
chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put that idea into
action. If you were the person two seats back listening in, go bug that
person
to put in a bid :).
The first thing to to do is to send an email to council(a)linux.org.au
to let them know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also
CC linux-aus(a)linux.org.au, this might help you find other people keen
on helping you out.
Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to
council(a)linux.org.au and linux-aus(a)linux.org.au.
Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started.
* http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines
* http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_HOWTO
The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the
second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need
to think about when preparing to run an LCA.
If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather
than later so that the council can make sure you get the support you
need to prepare a high quality bid.
Happy bidding!!
P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere else
you think is relevant.
Cheers,
John
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John
Blog http://www.inodes.org
LCA2012 http://lcaunderthestars.org.au
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